HB 521 - AS INTRODUCED

2001 SESSION

01-0895

10/01

HOUSE BILL 521

AN ACT relative to an exception for hunter safety instruction to negligent storage of firearms.

SPONSORS: Rep. Kennedy, Merr 7

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

ANALYSIS

This bill adds hunter safety courses and instructors to exceptions to the violation of the negligent storage of firearms law.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

01-0895

10/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

AN ACT relative to an exception for hunter safety instruction to negligent storage of firearms.

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

1 Negligent Storage of Firearms; Exception for Hunter Safety Course and Instructor. Amend RSA 650-C:1, V(a) to read as follows:

(a) The child has completed firearm safety instructions by a certified firearms safety instructor or has successfully completed a certified hunter safety course; or the child is currently enrolled in a certified hunter safety course and being instructed by a licensed or certified instructor of such course.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.