Bill Text: NH HB1286 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relative to fishing and hunting licenses for permanently disabled veterans.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-07-10 - Signed by Governor Sununu 07/02/2018; Chapter 346; Eff. 01/01/2019 [HB1286 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2018-HB1286-Amended.html
HB 1286 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
6Mar2018... 0576h
04/05/2018 1367s
2018 SESSION
18-2087
04/10
HOUSE BILL 1286
AN ACT relative to fishing and hunting licenses for permanently disabled veterans.
SPONSORS: Rep. Spillane, Rock. 2; Rep. Verville, Rock. 2; Rep. McGuire, Merr. 29; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. French, Dist 7
COMMITTEE: Fish and Game and Marine Resources
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill authorizes the executive director of fish and game to issue a lifetime license to a veteran who is at least 80 percent permanently disabled.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
6Mar2018... 0576h
04/05/2018 1367s 18-2087
04/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to fishing and hunting licenses for permanently disabled veterans.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping; Permanently Disabled Veterans. Amend RSA 214:13 to read as follows:
214:13 [Veterans, Totally and Permanently Disabled] Permanently Disabled Veterans. If the applicant for a fishing and hunting license is a resident of the state, has received a discharge other than dishonorable from service in [any war or police action in which the United States has been engaged] the armed forces of the United States as defined in RSA 21:50, II and is [totally and] at least 80 percent permanently disabled from such service-connected disability, the executive director shall issue a special veteran's license to said applicant. Said license shall be perpetual. The executive director shall retain the records for such licenses for a period not less than 7 years. Loss or destruction of the license after 7 years shall obligate the licensee to re-establish eligibility. A $10 administrative fee shall be charged once, upon application to the executive director for such license.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.
18-2087
Amended 3/19/18
HB 1286- FISCAL NOTE
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2018-0576h)
AN ACT relative to fishing and hunting licenses for permanently disabled veterans.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ ] None
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| Estimated Increase / (Decrease) | |||
STATE: | FY 2019 | FY 2020 | FY 2021 | FY 2022 |
Appropriation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Revenue | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable |
Expenditures | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Funding Source: | [ ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ X ] Other - Fish and Game Fund, Prepaid Fish and Game License Fund | |||
METHODOLOGY:
This bill offers a lifetime fishing/hunting license discount (50%) to certain qualifying permanently disabled veterans. Due to the uncertainty of qualified individuals, as well as how many would seek such a license, the impact of this bill on the fish and game fund and the fish and game prepaid license fund, if any, is not able to be estimated.
Under current law, revenue received from the lifetime licenses is deposited in the prepaid fish and game license fund. Annually there is a transfer to the fish and game fund from the prepaid fish and game license fund an amount equal to 9 percent of the fund's principal balance, as well as any accrued interest in excess of 5 percent.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Fish and Game Department
