HB 212 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
11Mar2015… 0229h
2015 SESSION
10/06
HOUSE BILL 212
AN ACT relative to revocation of fish and game licenses of persons convicted of sexual assault while hunting, trapping, or fishing.
SPONSORS: Rep. Shepardson, Ches 10; Sen. Kelly, Dist 10
COMMITTEE: Fish and Game and Marine Resources
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires that the minimum period of revocation of a license issued by the fish and game department for a person convicted of sexual assault while hunting, trapping, or fishing is 5 years.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
11Mar2015… 0229h
15-0774
10/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT relative to revocation of fish and game licenses of persons convicted of sexual assault while hunting, trapping, or fishing.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Fish and Game; Sexual Assault Conviction; Revocation of Licenses. Amend RSA 214:19 to read as follows:
214:19 Revocation or Suspension for Conviction.
I. The executive director may revoke or suspend the license of any person who has been found guilty in any court of a violation of any provision of this title or any rule or regulation of the executive director, or who has been found guilty in a municipal or district court of a violation of RSA 163-B or RSA 635:2. Such revocation or suspension shall not continue for more than one year from the date thereof, except for a conviction under RSA 208:8, in which case the revocation or suspension may be for a period not to exceed 5 years, or except for a conviction under RSA 208:1-a, in which case the revocation or suspension may be for a period not to exceed 2 years.
II. The executive director shall revoke or suspend the license of any person who has been found guilty in any court a second time within 5 years of the first finding of guilt, of a violation of any such laws or regulations, for a period of not less than one, nor more than 3 years from the date of such finding or conviction.
III. The executive director shall revoke the license, for a period of not less than 5 years, of any person convicted of aggravated felonious sexual assault, felonious sexual assault, or sexual assault, except for sexual assault under RSA 632-A:4, I(c), which occurred while the person was engaged in hunting, trapping, or fishing.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2016.