CHAPTER 107

HB 305-FN-A - FINAL VERSION

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2001 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 305-FN-A

AN ACT establishing a dedicated fund for certain fish and game funds to be expended for the purpose of operation game thief.

SPONSORS: Rep. Mock, Carr 3

COMMITTEE: Fish and Game

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill establishes a dedicated fund for certain fish and game funds to be expended for the purpose of Operation Game Thief. The fund is repealed when sums in the fund are insufficient for continued administration of Operation Game Thief.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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

AN ACT establishing a dedicated fund for certain fish and game funds to be expended for the purpose of operation game thief.

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

107:1 New Subdivision; Operation Game Thief. Amend RSA 207 by inserting after section 61 the following new subdivision:

Operation Game Thief

207:62 Operation Game Thief; Fund Account Established. The state treasurer shall establish a separate nonlapsing account within the fish and game fund to be known as the operation game thief account to which moneys obtained by the fish and game department shall be applied, including any federal moneys which become available and all donations received for such purpose. The moneys in this account including accrued interest, shall be used exclusively for, and shall be continually appropriated to, the administration and participation in Operation Game Thief.

107:2 Certification of Date of Repeal. The executive director of fish and game shall certify to the secretary of state and the director of legislative services the date that the fund account established in RSA 207:62 as inserted by section 1 of this act does not contain sufficient funds for the continued administration of Operation Game Thief by the department. The administration and participation of the department in Operation Game Thief shall cease upon such date.

107:3 Repeal. RSA 207:62, relative to Operation Game Thief, is repealed.

107:4 Effective Date.

I. Section 3 of this act shall take effect on the date certified in section 2 of this act.

II. The remainder of this act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

(Approved: June 26, 2001)

(Effective Date: I. Section 3 shall take effect as certified in section 2.

II. Remainder shall take effect July 1, 2001)