Philip Andrews

The burden of search and rescue costs should be upon the one who needed the rescuing, not the taxpayers of the State of NH. This bill is allowing for the risky actions of a few to increase the burden of the many. While some rescues are for a disabled person or lost child, I would suspect the large amount of cost incurred are related to people making poor decisions. These people should be forced to repay the cost of their rescue which would likely offset the need for this new expense. My understanding is that it is rare for a rescued individual to actually be billed for the fill cost of the search and rescue, this is what needs to change.