Bill Text: NH HB1286 | 2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Relative to days when fishing without a license is permitted.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2016-05-31 - Signed by Governor Hassan 05/27/2016; Chapter 135; Eff. 7/26/2016 [HB1286 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-HB1286-Chaptered.html
CHAPTER 135
HB 1286 - FINAL VERSION
2016 SESSION
16-2295
10/01
HOUSE BILL 1286
AN ACT relative to days when fishing without a license is permitted.
SPONSORS: Rep. Kiddler, Merr. 5; Rep. Webb, Rock. 6; Rep. Manley, Hills. 3
COMMITTEE: Fish and Game and Marine Resources
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ANALYSIS
This bill allows the fish and game department to establish 2 days per year for fishing without a license but requires persons in fishing tournaments to have a license on those days.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
16-2295
10/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT relative to days when fishing without a license is permitted.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
135:1 Fishing Without a License; Exception. Amend RSA 214:1-e to read as follows:
214:1-e Fishing Without a License. The executive director may adopt rules under RSA 541-A establishing [one day] 2 days per year on which persons normally required to hold a license under RSA 214:1 may fish by angling only, in any public waters within the jurisdiction of the state without a license, except that those anglers participating in a fishing tournament on either day shall be required to possess a valid fishing license.
135:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 27, 2016
Effective Date: July 26, 2017
