2001 SESSION

01-0611

10/09

HOUSE BILL 236

COMMITTEE: Fish and Game

ANALYSIS

This bill increases the period for a person to register a killed deer.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

01-0611

10/09

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:

22:1 Deer Registration Requirement; Time Period Increased. Amend RSA 208:15-e to read as follows:

208:15-e Prohibition. No person shall keep a deer in the person's home, or any place of storage, except at a deer registration station, for a period of more than [12] 24 hours unless the deer has been legally registered.

22:2 Reference Changed. Amend RSA 208:15-g to read as follows:

208:15-g Registration Required. No person shall possess at anytime any deer, or part thereof, which has not been legally registered as herein provided. The provisions of this section shall not apply to either the possession of a deer between the time it was killed and the presentation of the deer at the registration station, or to the [12-hour] 24-hour period cited in RSA 208:15-e.

22:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

(Approved: May 15, 2001)

(Effective Date: July 14, 2001)