2003 SESSION

03-1063

10/09

SENATE BILL 57-FN

COMMITTEE: Wildlife and Recreation

ANALYSIS

This bill allows for the use of certain fish and game fund accounts for fund raising expenses related to those accounts. The bill also repeals the wildlife protection fund and the raptor conservation account and clarifies the uses of the nongame species account.

This bill was requested by the fish and game department.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03-1063

10/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

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

60:1 New Subparagraph; Fish and Game; Fund Raising Revolving Fund. Amend RSA 206:22-a, II by inserting after subparagraph (b) the following new subparagraph:

(c) The executive director may transfer funds from any of the respective accounts of the programs listed in subparagraph (a) or any other such programs established after July 1, 1992. The transfer of such funds for the purposes of this paragraph shall be authorized notwithstanding any exclusive use or dedicated purpose stated in the subaccount of any such program. The respective subaccounts are hereby appropriated for such purpose.

60:2 Falconry; Raptor Conservation Account; Change to Nongame Species Account. RSA 209-A:3, II is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

II. Revenues from fees and renewals under paragraph I shall be deposited in the nongame species account established in RSA 212-B:6.

60:3 Transfer of Balance in the Raptor Conservation Account. Any remaining balance in the raptor conservation account on the effective date of this act shall be transferred to the nongame species account established in RSA 212-B:6.

60:4 Nongame Species Account. Amend RSA 212-B:6, I to read as follows:

I. The state treasurer shall establish a separate nonlapsing account within the fish and game fund to be known as the nongame species account to which moneys obtained by the fish and game department shall be applied, including any federal moneys which become available [under] from the federal [nongame act] government, any state funds appropriated, and all donations received. The moneys in this account shall be used [exclusively] for the development and implementation of a comprehensive nongame species management program. [No moneys shall be expended for nongame management except from this dedicated fund.]

60:5 Repeal. The following are repealed:

I. RSA 6:12, I(kkkkkkkk), relative to the wildlife protection account.

II. RSA 6:12, I(mmmmmmmm), relative to the raptor conservation account.

III. RSA 206:41, relative to the wildlife emblem and wildlife protection fund.

60:6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

(Approved: May 27, 2003)

(Effective Date: July 1, 2003)