HB 84 - AS INTRODUCED
2017 SESSION
17-0035
10/03
HOUSE BILL 84
AN ACT relative to carrying a loaded rifle, shotgun, or crossbow in a vehicle or boat.
SPONSORS: Rep. Proulx, Hills. 44; Rep. Goley, Hills. 8; Rep. DiSilvestro, Hills. 9; Rep. M. McCarthy, Hills. 29
COMMITTEE: Fish and Game and Marine Resources
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ANALYSIS
This bill allows a person to carry a loaded rifle, shotgun, or crossbow in a motor vehicle, OHRV, snowmobile, aircraft, or boat.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
17-0035
10/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT relative to carrying a loaded rifle, shotgun, or crossbow in a vehicle or boat.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Fish and Game; Hunting From a Motor Vehicle, OHRV, Snowmobile, Boat, or Aircraft. Amend RSA 207:7 to read as follows:
207:7 Hunting From Motor Vehicle, OHRV, Snowmobile, Boat, or Aircraft.
[I.] No person shall take or attempt to take wild birds or wild animals from a motor vehicle, OHRV, snowmobile as defined in RSA 215-C:1, boat, aircraft, or other craft propelled by mechanical power.
[II. No person shall have or carry, in or on a motor vehicle, OHRV, snowmobile, or aircraft, whether moving or stationary, a cocked crossbow, a loaded rifle or loaded shotgun, or a rifle or shotgun with a cartridge in a magazine or clip attached to the gun.
III. No person shall have in or on a boat or other craft while being propelled by mechanical power, or in a boat or other craft being towed by a boat or other craft propelled by mechanical power, a cocked crossbow, a loaded rifle or loaded shotgun, or a rifle or shotgun with a cartridge in a magazine or clip attached to the gun.
IV. The provisions of this section shall not apply to law enforcement officers carrying guns in the line of duty.]
2 Fish and Game; Disabled Persons; Loaded Firearm, Shotgun, Rifle in Vehicles. Amend RSA 207:7-a, I to read as follows:
I. RSA 207:7 shall not apply to a disabled person who is suffering from paraplegia or who is suffering from the loss of, or the loss of the use of, both lower extremities and who has obtained a current license to hunt; provided, however, that such person must first obtain from the executive director a special permit entitling said person to hunt while using a motor vehicle, not to include boats with motor attached or aircraft. For purposes of this section, "motor vehicle'' shall include off highway recreational vehicles and all terrain vehicles as defined in RSA 215-A:1, and snowmobiles as defined in RSA 215-C:1. [No loaded firearm, shotgun, or rifle shall be carried or transported with a cartridge in the chamber, magazine, or clip attached to the firearm, shotgun, or rifle, while the vehicle is in motion.] The executive director may issue such a permit upon application in person or upon documentary proof of such disability by a licensed hunter. Such permit shall be carried upon the person of the permittee while hunting and shall be produced for inspection upon the demand of any law enforcement officer. A $10 administrative fee shall be charged once, upon application to the executive director for such permit.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.