HB 196 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
27Feb2019... 0384h
04/11/2019 1422s
2019 SESSION
19-0186
10/04
HOUSE BILL 196
AN ACT relative to proof of residency for fish and game purposes.
SPONSORS: Rep. Spillane, Rock. 2; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock. 5; Rep. S. Beaudoin, Straf. 9; Rep. Notter, Hills. 21; Rep. Abramson, Rock. 20; Rep. Potucek, Rock. 6; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17
COMMITTEE: Fish and Game and Marine Resources
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill allows applicants for fish and game licenses who do not have a valid drivers' license or nondrivers' identification to use an alternate form of identification at the fish and game department headquarters.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
27Feb2019... 0384h
04/11/2019 1422s 19-0186
10/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to proof of residency for fish and game purposes.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Fish and Game; Licenses; Identification. Amend RSA 214:11-a, I to read as follows:
I. No person is authorized to procure a resident license to hunt, fish, or take clams or clam worms or oysters, without first exhibiting to the person issuing the license the following identification:
(a) At the location of a registered fish and game agent, a valid New Hampshire driver's license or New Hampshire nondriver's picture identification card issued pursuant to RSA 260:21, RSA 260:21-a, or RSA 260:21-b.
(b) At fish and game department headquarters, a valid New Hampshire driver's license or New Hampshire nondriver's picture identification card issued pursuant to RSA 260:21, RSA 260:21-a, or RSA 260:21-b, or such alternate form of identification and proof of residency as would be accepted by the department of safety, division of motor vehicles, to support the issuance of a New Hampshire driver's license or New Hampshire nondriver's picture identification card.
I-a. Whenever the applicant for a resident license to hunt, fish, or take clams or clam worms or oysters is under 18 years of age, the parent or guardian of the applicant shall be a resident pursuant to RSA 207:1, XXIII.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.