CHAPTER 181
HB 690-FN - FINAL VERSION
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2003 SESSION
08/01
HOUSE BILL 690-FN
AN ACT relative to agricultural vandalism and relative to agricultural liming materials.
SPONSORS: Rep. Owen, Merr 34; Rep. Akins, Graf 18; Rep. Reardon, Merr 39
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill provides civil and criminal penalties for intentionally damaging legal crops.
This bill also permits the use of eggshells as an agricultural liming material.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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03-0855
08/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT relative to agricultural vandalism and relative to agricultural liming materials.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
181:1 New Section; Agricultural Vandalism; Penalties. Amend RSA 539 by inserting after section 8 the following new section:
539:9 Agricultural Vandalism; Penalties.
I. Whoever shall knowingly cut, fell, destroy, injure, damage, cause to be damaged, carry away, tamper with, worry, or vandalize any legal crop or legal crop bearing tree or plant, cropland, pasture or pasture land, livestock or other farm raised animals, as defined in RSA 21:34-a, and all farm buildings, enclosures, structures, or equipment used in the care and production of crops, livestock or other farm raised animals, or aid in such action without permission of the owner, shall forfeit to the person injured up to 10 times the market value or repair cost.
II. A person who violates the provisions of paragraph I shall also be guilty of a class B felony if the actual loss or cost of repair is $10,000 or more, or a misdemeanor if the actual loss or cost of repair is less than $10,000.
181:2 Agricultural Liming Materials. Amend RSA 431:24, V to read as follows:
V. "Marl" means a granular or loosely consolidated earthy material composed largely of seashell fragments, eggshell fragments, and calcium carbonate.
181:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2004.
(Approved: June 24, 2003)
(Effective Date: January 1, 2004)