Bill Text: NH HB1230 | 2022 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Permitting online presentation of deer for registration.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-06-08 - Signed by Governor Sununu 06/07/2022; Chapter 135; 08/06/2022 [HB1230 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2022-HB1230-Enrolled.html

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HB 1230-FN - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

 

16Feb2022... 0021h

2022 SESSION

22-2410

04/11

 

HOUSE BILL 1230-FN

 

AN ACT permitting online presentation of deer for registration.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Pearl, Merr. 26; Rep. Cambrils, Merr. 9

 

COMMITTEE: Fish and Game and Marine Resources

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires the executive director of fish and game to establish an online registration system to register deer killed in this state.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16Feb2022... 0021h 22-2410

04/11

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

 

AN ACT permitting online presentation of deer for registration.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Transportation of Deer; Presentation for Registration.  Amend RSA 208:15-d to read as follows:

208:15-d  Presentation for Registration.  Any person killing a deer shall present the same for registration at the first open deer registration station on the route taken by the person who killed the deer, or by using the online registration process established by the executive director under RSA 208:15-h.  No person shall present for registration, or allow to be registered in such person's name, a deer which such person did not kill.

2  New Section; Game Animals; Transportation of Deer; Online Registration.  Amend RSA 208 by inserting after section 15-g the following new section:

208:15-h  Online Deer Registration.  The executive director shall cause to be established an online registration system on or before September 1, 2023 for the purpose of registering deer killed in the state.  The executive director shall act as the registration agent for deer registered through the online registration system.  The requirements, procedures, and fees for online registration shall be similar to those used at deer registration stations.  The executive director shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A specifying the necessary requirements, procedures, and fees for the use of the online registration system.

3  Emergency Closure; Limitation on Availability.  The executive director may, by administrative rule adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A, limit the availability of online registration on days designated for biological sample collection and suspend online registration in the event of a wildlife or public health emergency, with the consent of the commission.

4  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

LBA

22-2410

Amended 3/25/22

 

HB 1230-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2022-0021h)

 

AN ACT permitting online presentation of deer for registration.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:      [ X ] State              [    ] County               [    ] Local              [    ] None

	Estimated Increase / (Decrease)
STATE:	FY 2022		FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025
Appropriation	$0		$0	$0	$0
Revenue	$0		$0	$0	$0
Expenditures	$0		Indeterminable Increase	Indeterminable Increase	Indeterminable Increase
Funding Source:	[    ] General            [    ] Education            [    ] Highway           [ X ] Other - Fish and Game Fund

METHODOLOGY:

This bill would require the Fish and Game Department to create an online registration system for harvested deer, no later than September 1, 2023.  The Department states creating and operating an online registration system would be a substantial departure from the current registration system and is unable to estimate the resources required at this time.  Therefore, this bill’s impact on state expenditures in FY 2023 and each year thereafter is indeterminable.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Fish and Game Department