Bill Text: NH HB1176 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to nomination and qualification of fish and game commissioners.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-08-19 - Executive Session: 09/27/2016 10:00 Amendment Legislative Office Building 307 [HB1176 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-HB1176-Introduced.html
HB 1176 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
16-2006
10/06
HOUSE BILL 1176
AN ACT relative to nomination and qualification of fish and game commissioners.
SPONSORS: Rep. Parent, Merr. 26
COMMITTEE: Fish and Game and Marine Resources
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ANALYSIS
This bill includes the New Hampshire Guides Association in the nomination process for fish and game commissioners, decreases the term of commissioners, and prohibits former employees of the fish and game department from being appointed to the commission.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
16-2006
10/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT relative to nomination and qualification of fish and game commissioners.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Fish and Game Commission; Nomination of Commissioner. Amend RSA 206:2 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:
IV. For purposes of this section, "sporting clubs" shall include the New Hampshire Guides Association.
2 Fish and Game Commission; Terms. Amend RSA 206:3 to read as follows:
206:3 Terms. The members shall hold office for a term of [5] 2 years, and each shall continue in office until his or her successor is appointed and qualified. [Each year at least 2 members shall be appointed.] No member shall be eligible to serve more than 2 full consecutive terms. Vacancies in the commission shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment.
3 New Subparagraph; Fish and Game; Qualification of Commissioner. Amend RSA 206:2-a, II by inserting after subparagraph (g) the following new subparagraph:
(h) No member of the commission shall have at any time been an employee of the New Hampshire fish and game department.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
