CHAPTER 66
SB 171 - FINAL VERSION
03/06/03 0559s
2003 SESSION
04/10
SENATE BILL 171
AN ACT regulating non-agricultural activities which may cause the introduction and spread of infectious wildlife diseases.
COMMITTEE: Wildlife and Recreation
This bill allows the executive director of the fish and game department to adopt rules regulating non-agricultural activities which may cause the introduction and spread of infectious disease in the state's wildlife resources.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/06/03 0559s
03-1139
04/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT regulating non-agricultural activities which may cause the introduction and spread of infectious wildlife diseases.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
66:1 Fish and Game Commission; Powers and Duties. Amend RSA 206:10, I to read as follows:
I. It shall be the duty of the executive director to function as the chief administrator of the commission and to protect, propagate and preserve the fish, game and wildlife resources of the state and to protect and conserve non-game birds of the state. The executive director shall, subject to the limitations hereinafter set forth, have the power and authority to adopt and enforce rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, for the adequate and effective control, management, restoration, conservation, and regulation of the fish, game, bird and wildlife resources of the state, including rules designed to prohibit or otherwise regulate non-agricultural activities which may cause the introduction or spread of infectious disease in the state's wildlife resources. Such power and authority shall include the right to open and close the season for taking fish, game, birds, and wildlife, the right to fix the size, number and weight limits, and other conditions governing the method and manner of taking the same. Such power and authority may be exercised with reference to the state as a whole, or for any specified county or part thereof, or for any lake, pond, stream or part thereof.
66:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: May 27, 2003)
(Effective Date: July 26, 2003)