Bill Text: NH SB224 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to lead fishing sinkers and jigs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-06-13 - House Full Committee Work Session: 6/19/2012 10:00 Amendment Legislative Office Building 307 [SB224 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2012-SB224-Introduced.html

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SB 224 – AS INTRODUCED

2012 SESSION

12-2848

04/09

SENATE BILL 224

AN ACT relative to lead fishing sinkers and jigs.

SPONSORS: Sen. Odell, Dist 8; Sen. Lambert, Dist 13; Sen. Forrester, Dist 2; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Rep. Newton, Straf 1; Rep. Russell, Belk 6

COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources

ANALYSIS

This bill amends the definitions of “lead sinker” and “lead jig.”

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

12-2848

04/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve

AN ACT relative to lead fishing sinkers and jigs.

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

1 Lead Fishing Sinkers and Jigs. Amend RSA 211:13-b, IV to read as follows:

IV. For purposes of this section, “lead sinker” means any sinker made from lead, the lead portion of which has a [mass] weight of one ounce or less, and “lead jig” means a lead weighted hook that [measures less than one inch along its longest axis] has a weight of one ounce or less. Lead sinkers and lead jigs shall not include lead fishing related items including but not limited to fishing line, flies, lures, or spoons.

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