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NH Rev Stat § 206:33-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 206 - Fish and Game Commission|Section 206:33-b - Transfers from Fish and Game Fund.

    206:33-b Transfers from Fish and Game Fund. –||If the expenditure of additional funds over budget estimates is necessary for the proper functioning of the fish and game department, the department may request, with prior approval of the legislative fiscal committee, that the governor and council authorize the transfer of funds from the fish and game fund for fish and game department purposes.|||Source. 1991, 355:61, eff. July 1, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 206:33-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 206 - Fish and Game Commission|Section 206:33-c - Agreements with Nonprofit Partners.

    206:33-c Agreements with Nonprofit Partners. –||I. The commission, in consultation with the executive director, may designate one or more nonprofit foundations as an official nonprofit partner of the department for the purpose of accepting gifts, grants, bequests, and donations to further department goals.||II. An official nonprofit partner shall be a nonpolitical legal entity that:||(a) Is incorporated under the laws of this state;||(b) Has been granted an exemption from federal income tax under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; and||(c) Works with the department to further department goals.||III. The executive director shall have the power and authority to enter into agreements on behalf of the fish and game department with an official nonprofit partner. Any such agreement shall be subject to review and approval by the attorney general.||IV. The executive director is authorized to assign staff, use department facilities, and pay necessary and reasonable expenses associated with executing and implementing agreements and facilitating a successful partnership between the department and an official nonprofit partner.||V. Any moneys received pursuant to this section shall be accounted for and expended in accordance with RSA 206:33.|||Source. 2006, 18:2, eff. July 1, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 206:33-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 206 - Fish and Game Commission|Section 206:33-d - Wildlife Legacy Initiative; Account Established.

    206:33-d Wildlife Legacy Initiative;  Account Established. –||I. The executive director may establish a wildlife legacy initiative that encourages gifts and donations to support fish, wildlife, and marine resource conservation projects, conservation education activities, and opportunities to use, access, and appreciate these public resources by promoting the benefits of the initiative and recognizing individuals or organizations for their voluntary participation. The executive director in establishing any relationship with such persons shall use care to deal with persons who are supportive of the full mission of the fish and game department and not persons opposing the legal taking of game or fish.||II. The executive director may establish levels of giving and offer incentives for various levels of donations, enter into agreements and partnerships with the public or private sector as necessary to develop, market, promote, solicit for, and conduct the wildlife legacy initiative. The executive director may issue certificates, documentation, and other gifts to identify and recognize participants.||III. There is established an account within the fish and game fund to be known as the wildlife legacy initiative account. All gifts and donations received through the wildlife legacy initiative shall be deposited in this account. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, donations made to the wildlife legacy initiative shall not require acceptance by the commission or the governor and council. Moneys deposited in the wildlife legacy initiative account are nonlapsing and continually appropriated to the fish and game department and may be used with approval of the fish and game commission for the purposes stated in paragraphs I and II.|||Source. 2006, 172:1, eff. July 23, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 206:33-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 206 - Fish and Game Commission|Section 206:33-e - Wildlife Heritage Foundation; Donation of Permits.

    206:33-e Wildlife Heritage Foundation;  Donation of Permits. –||I. The executive director may donate up to 5 fishing licenses and hunting licenses along with any necessary permits to take up to 5 moose, up to 5 deer, up to 5 bear, and up to 5 turkeys, each calendar year to the Wildlife Heritage Foundation of New Hampshire, the official nonprofit partner of the department pursuant to RSA 206:33-c. The donated permits shall be used by the foundation to assist in its corporate mission. The donation of permits shall not affect the number of permits to be made available to the public by the department.||II. The licenses and permits donated under paragraph I shall be valid anywhere in the state open to the taking of the species selected, and shall be valid to take moose, deer, bear, or turkey of either sex during the established hunting season for that species. Prior to being issued a hunting license under this section, a person shall meet the hunting education requirements under RSA 214:23-a.||III. The fish and game department shall submit an annual report to the fiscal committee of the general court and the policy committees responsible for wildlife issues in the senate and house of representatives. The report shall identify funds received and expended from the foundation and projects supported by the foundation during the year.|||Source. 2009, 226:1, eff. Sept. 14, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 206:33-f (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 206 - Fish and Game Commission|Section 206:33-f - Environmental Review Fees.

    206:33-f Environmental Review Fees. –||I. The executive director may charge a fee for the review of proposed projects which may adversely impact wildlife, including threatened or endangered species of wildlife, if such review is requested by a project developer, either public or private, regardless of whether such request is received before or after an application is submitted to any permitting agency.||II. The fees established by this section shall be designed to recover a reasonable portion of the costs of:||(a) Reviewing, assessing, and monitoring the impacts to wildlife of a proposed project;||(b) Reviewing and assessing research, sampling, or modeling protocols to be implemented either prior to or after the completion of a project; and||(c) Formulating recommendations designed to avoid, minimize, and/or mitigate any potential adverse impacts of a project on wildlife.||III. Fees shall be fixed in a schedule prepared and revised as necessary by the executive director, and established in rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A. Such schedule may differentiate among different classes of projects based on the intensity of the requisite review by the department.||IV. All moneys received under this section shall be deposited into the fish and game fund established under RSA 206:33 and used solely for the purposes set forth in RSA 206:34-a.||V. Receipt of the fees established by this section shall be a prerequisite for any environmental review undertaken by the department. Any permit or certificate dependent on the environmental review undertaken by the department shall be invalid until the fees assessed under this section are paid in full.|||Source. 2015, 186:33, eff. July 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 206:33-g (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 206 - Fish and Game Commission|Section 206:33-g - Funds Paid as Mitigation for Unavoidable Impacts to Wildlife or Habitat of Wildlife.

    206:33-g Funds Paid as Mitigation for Unavoidable Impacts to Wildlife or Habitat of Wildlife. –||The executive director may accept funds paid as mitigation for unavoidable impacts to wildlife or habitat of wildlife within the state of New Hampshire. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the executive director may accept and receive such funds without the approval of the governor, the governor and council, or the commission. All moneys received under this section for mitigation of impacts shall be deposited as follows:||I. For impacts to nongame species or the habitat of nongame species that are not considered threatened or endangered, moneys shall be deposited in the nongame species account established under RSA 212-B:6 and used solely for the purposes set forth in that section.||II. For impacts to threatened and endangered species or the habitats of threatened and endangered species, moneys shall be deposited in the threatened and endangered species compensatory mitigation fund established under RSA 212-A:16 and used solely for the purposes set forth in that section.||III. All other moneys received under this section shall be deposited into the fish and game fund established under RSA 206:33 and used solely for the purposes set forth in RSA 206:34-a.|||Source. 2021, 203:2, eff. Oct. 9, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 206:34 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 206 - Fish and Game Commission|Section 206:34 - Fines.

    206:34 Fines. –||I. The court or justice of any court in which a complaint for a violation of any law or rule relating to fish, game, fur-bearing animals, or marine species, or any complaint brought by an employee of the fish and game department for any violation of RSA 215-A or RSA 215-C, is prosecuted shall, within 30 days after any fine or forfeiture is paid, remit the amount thereof to the executive director; provided, however, that from each fine collected by a municipal or district court, there shall be deducted $10 and 20 percent of that part of the fine which exceeds $10, and the same shall be disposed of as provided in RSA 502:14 or RSA 502-A:8.||II. [Repealed.]||III. Any person charged with a violation of any provision of RSA title XVIII, excluding any offense for which the penalty is a misdemeanor or felony, may plead guilty or nolo contendere by mail by entering a plea as provided in RSA 502-A:19-b. If the plea is accepted by the court, the defendant shall not be required to appear as directed by the court.|||Source. 1935, 123:1. RL 240:37. 1951, 224:11. RSA 206:34. 1957, 110:2. 1975, 35:1; 340:4. 1977, 588:44. 1981, 313:1. 1989, 114:1. 2005, 210:4. 2007, 54:3, eff. July 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 206:34-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 206 - Fish and Game Commission|Section 206:34-a - Use of Fish and Game Funds.

    206:34-a Use of Fish and Game Funds. –||All revenues accruing from sales of licenses and permits, and any other revenue received by the department, and any money reimbursed or granted to the department by the state or federal government for fish, game, and wildlife conservation or related programs shall be used solely for conservation, restoration, management, educational benefit, recreational use, and scientific study of the fish, game, and wildlife resources of the state, including acquisition of property and general administration of RSA title XVIII. Such funds shall be used for no other purposes.|||Source. 1997, 88:1, eff. Aug. 2, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 206:34-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 206 - Fish and Game Commission|Section 206:34-b - Game Management Account Established; Report.

    206:34-b Game Management Account Established;  Report. –||I. The state treasurer shall establish a separate nonlapsing account within the fish and game fund, to be known as the game management account. Each month the department shall determine the number of licenses, applications, or permits sold for moose, bear, turkey, and waterfowl and, for each, transfer $10 to the game management account. The moneys in this account shall be used exclusively for the implementation of a comprehensive population and habitat management program, including research and management, protection, education, and outreach for game as defined in RSA 207:1, IX, fur-bearing animals as defined in RSA 207:1, VIII, and migratory game birds as defined in RSA 209:5 to include waterfowl, snipe, and woodcock. Funds in the game management account are hereby continually appropriated for said purposes. Said funds shall be expended for the purposes of this section as determined by the executive director with approval of the commission.||II. The state treasurer shall segregate the moneys credited to the game management account and invest these funds to obtain the highest possible return on such investment until such funds are required to be expended exclusively for the purposes specified in paragraph I. Interest received on investments shall be credited to the account.||III. The executive director shall submit a report annually by October 1 to the chairpersons of the house and senate standing committees having jurisdiction over the fish and game department on the status of game populations in the state and a summary of expenditures made from the game management account.|||Source. 2007, 220:3, eff. July 1, 2007. 2017, 160:1, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 206:35 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 206 - Fish and Game Commission|Section 206:35 - Disbursements.

    206:35 Disbursements. –||The expenses of the commission and the salaries, compensation and expenses of the executive director, conservation officers, superintendents of hatcheries, experts, and all other employees of the department authorized under the provisions hereof, including the premiums on any bonds required herein, shall be charged to and paid out of said fish and game fund.|||Source. 1935, 123:1. RL 240:38.|
NH Rev Stat § 206:35-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 206 - Fish and Game Commission|Section 206:35-a - Pheasant License Revenues.

    206:35-a Pheasant License Revenues. –||The state treasurer shall establish a separate account to which shall be credited all moneys collected by the fish and game department from issuance of pheasant licenses under RSA 214:9, X. The moneys in said account shall be used only for purchase or propagation of pheasants, and is hereby appropriated for said purposes. Said funds shall be expended for the purposes hereof as determined by the executive director with the approval of the commission. The moneys in said account shall be nonlapsing.|||Source. 1975, 440:3. 1985, 291:1. 1986, 214:19, eff. Aug. 5, 1986. 2017, 160:2, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 206:35-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 206 - Fish and Game Commission|Section 206:35-b - Repealed by 2007, 220:7, VI, eff. July 1, 2007, as amended by 2007, 263:58.

    206:35-b Repealed by 2007, 220:7, VI, eff. July 1, 2007, as amended by 2007, 263:58. –|
NH Rev Stat § 206:35-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 206 - Fish and Game Commission|Section 206:35-c - Fish Food Sales Revenues.

    206:35-c Fish Food Sales Revenues. –||The state treasurer shall establish a separate account to which shall be credited all monies collected by the fish and game department from the sale of fish food at hatchery vending machines. The moneys in said account shall be used for the acquisition and maintenance of fish hatchery equipment and/or emergency trout or salmon egg purchase and are hereby appropriated for said purposes. Said funds shall be nonlapsing and are to be expended for the purposes of this section as determined by the executive director with the approval of the commission.|||Source. 1983, 39:1, eff. June 20, 1983. 2013, 144:76, eff. July 1, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 206:35-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 206 - Fish and Game Commission|Section 206:35-d - Repealed by 1996, 73:2, eff. June 12, 1996.

    206:35-d Repealed by 1996, 73:2, eff. June 12, 1996. –|
NH Rev Stat § 206:35-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 206 - Fish and Game Commission|Section 206:35-e - Repealed by 1999, 26:4, I, eff. July 1, 1999.

    206:35-e Repealed by 1999, 26:4, I, eff. July 1, 1999. –|
NH Rev Stat § 206:36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 206 - Fish and Game Commission|Section 206:36 - Repealed by 1976, 56:3, eff. June 4, 1976.

    206:36 Repealed by 1976, 56:3, eff. June 4, 1976. –|
NH Rev Stat § 206:37 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 206 - Fish and Game Commission|Section 206:37 - Repealed by 1981, 568:130, II, eff. July 1, 1981.

    206:37 Repealed by 1981, 568:130, II, eff. July 1, 1981. –|
NH Rev Stat § 206:38 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 206 - Fish and Game Commission|Section 206:38 - Purposes of Expenditures.

    206:38 Purposes of Expenditures. –||The executive director, under the supervision of the commission, shall have the exclusive power to expend for the protection, conservation, propagation and restoration of fish, game, fur-bearing animals and marine species, all funds of the state acquired for the protection, conservation, propagation or restoration of fish, game, fur-bearing animals and marine species, arising from state appropriations, licenses, gifts or otherwise.|||Source. 1935, 123:1. RL 240:41. RSA 206:38. 1975, 340:5, eff. Aug. 6, 1975.|
NH Rev Stat § 206:39 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 206 - Fish and Game Commission|Section 206:39 - Federal Funds.

    206:39 Federal Funds. –||The department of fish and game is authorized to receive and expend with the approval of the governor and council any gifts and grants from any source including the United States of America and to hold property real and personal, acquired thereunder to complete any project authorized under the provisions of this title.|||Source. 1969, 251:1, eff. Aug. 16, 1969.|
NH Rev Stat § 206:40 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 206 - Fish and Game Commission|Section 206:40 - Copies of Plans and Requests to be Filed.

    206:40 Copies of Plans and Requests to be Filed. –||The department of fish and game shall file copies of any plans or requests for funds submitted to the United States government as part of an application for federal funds with the speaker of the house and the president of the senate within 7 days after said plans or requests for funds are submitted.|||Source. 1969, 251:1, eff. Aug. 16, 1969.|
NH Rev Stat § 206:41 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 206 - Fish and Game Commission|Section 206:41 - Repealed by 2003, 60:5, eff. July 1, 2003.

    206:41 Repealed by 2003, 60:5, eff. July 1, 2003. –|
NH Rev Stat § 206:42 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 206 - Fish and Game Commission|Section 206:42 - Fish and Game Search and Rescue Fund.

    206:42 Fish and Game Search and Rescue Fund. –||The additional fee of $1 collected under the provisions of RSA 270-E:5, II(b) for each private boat registered, under RSA 215-A:23, X for each OHRV registered, and under RSA 215-C:39, XI for each snowmobile registered, shall be paid over to the state treasurer who shall keep such fees in a special fund to be expended by the fish and game department for use in search and rescue operations. The special fund shall be nonlapsing. All funds received under this subdivision are continually appropriated to the fish and game department for the purposes of this subdivision. The fish and game department shall report to the fiscal committee on a quarterly basis beginning on October 1, 1989, on the expenditures made from the fund.|||Source. 1989, 408:94. 1990, 229:19. 1997, 268:1. 2005, 210:5, eff. July 1, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:1-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:1-a - Ranch Bred Mink.

    207:1-a Ranch Bred Mink. –||The provisions of this title shall not apply to ranch bred mink.|||Source. 1961, 125:1, eff. July 17, 1961.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:2 - Inclusions.

    207:2 Inclusions. –||No person shall at any time of the year take, in any manner, number, or quantity, fish, game, fur-bearing animals, or protected birds, or buy, sell, offer or expose for sale the same, or any part thereof, transport or have the same in his possession, wherever taken or killed, except as permitted in this title; and this prohibition shall be a part of each permissive section or part thereof. A person doing anything prohibited or neglecting to do anything required by this title, with reference to such fish, game, fur-bearing animals, and protected birds, shall be deemed to have violated this section. A person who counsels, aids or assists in a violation of a provision of this title, or knowingly shares in any of the proceeds of said violation by receiving or possessing either fish, game, fur-bearing animals, or protected birds, shall be fined or imprisoned as provided in this title in the case of a person guilty of such violation.|||Source. 1935, 124:1. RL 241:2.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:2-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:2-a - Minors Hunting.

    207:2-a Minors Hunting. –||I. No person shall knowingly permit any minor, including a nonresident minor, less than 16 years of age to hunt using a firearm, bow and arrow, air rifle, or crossbow and bolt, except when accompanied by a person at least 18 years of age who is properly licensed for said activity. In accordance with RSA 626:8, II(b), such person shall be held criminally liable and fully accountable for any damage incurred or for any violations which may be committed by the minor under the age of 16 while hunting using a firearm, bow and arrow, air rifle, or crossbow and bolt.||II. No minor, including a nonresident minor, under the age of 16 shall hunt using a firearm, bow and arrow, air rifle, or crossbow and bolt, except when accompanied by a person at least 18 years of age who is properly licensed for said activity.|||Source. 1993, 235:4. 1997, 10:23, eff. Jan. 1, 1998. 2018, 77:2, eff. July 1, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:3 - Lawful Methods of Taking.

    207:3 Lawful Methods of Taking. –||I. Wildlife shall be taken in the daytime between 1/2 hour before sunrise and 1/2 hour after sunset with a gun, firearm, muzzleloader, or air rifle, fired at arm's length, bow and arrow or crossbow, or a lever-action carbine chambered in .357, .44 Magnum, or .45 Colt in any area where hunting is restricted to handgun or pistol, unless otherwise specifically permitted. An air rifle may be used to take small game but shall not be used to take moose, bear, turkey, or deer. The executive director shall specify the method and manner of taking small game with an air rifle in rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A.||II. A full automatic rifle shall not be used at any time nor shall a semi-automatic rifle be used to which is attached a magazine or clip holding more than 6 cartridges, nor shall a full jacketed metal case bullet be used, either in its original form or any alteration thereof.||III. Paragraph II shall not apply to the use of .22 or smaller caliber rimfire firearms.||IV. A person may take wildlife during the open season therefor with the aid of a dog, unless otherwise specifically prohibited.|||Source. 1935, 124:1. RL 241:3. 1945, 146:1. RSA 207:3. 1977, 247:2. 2006, 19:1, eff. May 22, 2006. 2018, 77:3, eff. July 1, 2018; 324:11, eff. Aug. 24, 2018. 2021, 12:1, 2, eff. June 22, 2021.|