Bill Text: NH HB1631 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to hunting and fishing licenses for disabled persons.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-16 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 02/16/2022 House Journal 3 [HB1631 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2022-HB1631-Introduced.html

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HB 1631-FN - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2022 SESSION

22-2380

04/08

 

HOUSE BILL 1631-FN

 

AN ACT relative to hunting and fishing licenses for disabled persons.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. J. Smith, Carr. 5; Rep. McConkey, Carr. 3; Rep. Spillane, Rock. 2; Rep. Lang, Belk. 4; Rep. Nelson, Carr. 5; Rep. Avellani, Carr. 5; Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 4

 

COMMITTEE: Fish and Game and Marine Resources

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill amends the criteria and the fee required for a disabled person to obtain a hunting, fishing, or trapping license.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-2380

04/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

 

AN ACT relative to hunting and fishing licenses for disabled persons.

 

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

 

1  Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping; Licenses for Certain Persons.  Amend RSA 214:13-c to read as follows:

214:13-c  Licenses for Certain Persons.  The executive director shall issue upon application resident hunting and fishing licenses to a person who is both a resident of this state and is either suffering from [paraplegia or is suffering from the permanent loss of, or the permanent loss of the use of, both lower extremities] a permanent and total disability, as certified by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or the United States Social Security Administration.  The executive director shall determine the form of such licenses.  All such licenses shall be consecutively numbered.  A license issued under this section shall be effective for the lifetime of the applicant unless sooner suspended or revoked by the executive director.  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] An administrative fee equal to the license fee in the year the applicant applies for the license shall be charged once, upon application to the executive director for such license.  A physician who falsely certifies a disability for the purpose of this section shall be guilty of a violation and subject to a $500 fine.

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

 

LBA

22-2380

12/23/21

 

HB 1631-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

 

AN ACT relative to hunting and fishing licenses for disabled persons.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to provide a fiscal note for this bill, as introduced, at this time.  The Fish and Game Department was contacted for a fiscal note worksheet initially on 12/03/2021, with several follow-up contacts.  When completed, the fiscal note will be forwarded to the House Clerk's Office.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Fish and Game Department