CHAPTER 92
HB 370 - FINAL VERSION
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2001 SESSION
10/01
HOUSE BILL 370
This bill allows the fish and game department to adopt rules on reporting requirements for trappers, the method and manner of taking by traps or snares, and licensure for the trapping of nuisance animals by wildlife control operators.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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10/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to the regulation of trapping by the fish and game department.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
92:1 Trapping of Fur-Bearing Animals; Snares. RSA 210:17 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
210:17 Snares. The executive director may adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, relative to the use of snares for the taking of wildlife.
92:2 Authority of Executive Director. Amend RSA 210:23 to read as follows:
210:23 Authority of Fish and Game Executive Director. The executive director of the fish and game department with the approval of the commission may declare an open season or closed season on any fur-bearing animals in any town and county in the state. [He] The executive director may make such other rules as [he deems] necessary as to lengthening or shortening the seasons [and], bag limits, reporting requirements, and the method and manner of taking, in accordance with RSA 541-A.
92:3 New Section; Trapping; Regulation of Wildlife Control Operators; Rulemaking. Amend RSA 210 by inserting after section 24-a the following new section:
210:24-b Wildlife Control Operators.
I. The executive director may adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, for the licensure and regulation of wildlife control operators engaged in the practice of the trapping of nuisance animals. Such rules may include, but shall not be limited to:
(a) The establishment of license types and fees.
(b) Minimum license requirements.
(c) The manner and method of taking.
(d) The wildlife species which may be controlled.
(e) Transportation and disposition of the wildlife.
(f) Reporting and sale requirements.
(g) Exceptions to RSA 210:11.
(h) License reciprocity.
II. The provisions of this section, and any rules adopted under this section, shall not apply to officers and employees of the department, the state, or of a municipality, where such persons are acting in their official capacity.
92:4 Repeal. RSA 210:21, relative to report of catch, is repealed.
92:5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: June 21, 2001)
(Effective Date: August 20, 2001)