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2001 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 273

COMMITTEE: Fish and Game

ANALYSIS

This bill clarifies the purpose of state jurisdiction of fish and game regulation.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

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

25:1 Fish and Game; State Jurisdiction; Purpose. Amend RSA 207:58 to read as follows:

207:58 Purpose. The legislature finds it is in the best interests of the state and its citizens to regulate, protect, restore, and conserve the wildlife resources of the state under a uniform scheme of management through the fish and game department. It is the intent of the general court to explicitly reaffirm the state's long-standing exclusive authority and jurisdiction over the wildlife of the state as established by title XVIII. The general court further finds that it is in the best interest of the state and its citizens that the fish and game department recognize, preserve, and promote our special heritage of hunting, fishing, trapping, and wildlife viewing by providing opportunities to hunt, fish, trap, and view wildlife in accordance with title XVIII.

25:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

(Approved: May 15, 2001)

(Effective Date: July 14, 2001)