SB 310 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
02/21/2024 0675s
2024 SESSION
24-2922
08/06
SENATE BILL 310
AN ACT relative to bear registration and federal duck stamps.
SPONSORS: Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Gendreau, Dist 1; Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Carson, Dist 14
COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires the executive director of fish and game to set up bear registration stations. This bill also allows valid federal duck stamps to be confirmed using digital and electronic means.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02/21/2024 0675s 24-2922
08/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to bear registration and federal duck stamps.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraphs; Bear Registration. Amend RSA 208:22 by inserting after paragraph VI the following new paragraphs:
VI-a. The executive director shall cause to be established such number of bear registration stations as the executive director may deem necessary for the purpose of registering bear killed in the state. Each such station shall be in charge of an agent designated by the executive director. Annually, a list of such agents and the location of registration stations shall be published in the Hunting Digest.
VI-b. The bear registration agent shall register each bear legally presented for registration and shall attach a registration seal to each bear in the manner prescribed by the executive director. The executive director shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A relative to registration agent fees.
2 Taking; Federal Duck Stamp Required. Amend RSA 209:6, II to read as follows:
II. No person who has attained the age of 16 years shall take any migratory waterfowl (brant, wild ducks, geese and swans) unless at the time of such taking he or she has on their person an unexpired federal migratory bird stamp (commonly called a duck stamp) validated by his or her signature written across the face of said stamp in ink, or confirmation, including digital confirmation of [an] a current and valid electronic migratory bird hunting and conservation stamp[, purchased within the previous 45 days]. A person who has not attained the age of 16 years is not required to have a duck stamp. Said duck stamp shall be required in addition to a valid New Hampshire hunting license obtained pursuant to RSA 214:1. Regulations promulgated under the Federal Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act of 1934 are hereby made a part of the game law of the state.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.