New Hampshire HB 1199: relative to telephone costs for county prisoners.

Bill Text

HB 1199 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

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2026 SESSION

 26-2549

 08/06

HOUSE BILL 1199

AN ACT enabling the fish and game department to create a permit and fee for the use of fish and game staff by other state agencies and departments.

SPONSORS: Rep. Spillane, Rock. 2; Rep. Darby, Hills. 11; Rep. DeVito, Rock. 8; Rep. Erf, Hills. 28; Rep. Moffett, Merr. 4; Rep. Ouellet, Coos 3; Rep. Ulery, Hills. 13; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Watters, Dist 4

COMMITTEE: Fish and Game and Marine Resources

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 This bill enables the fish and game department to create a permit and fee for the use of fish and game staff by other state agencies and departments.

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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

19Feb2026... 0527h

04/09/2026 1130s

04/09/2026 1260s

 26-2549

 08/06

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT enabling the fish and game department to create a permit and fee for the use of fish and game staff by other state agencies and departments.

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

 1 New Section; Interagency Support Permit and Reimbursement. Amend RSA 206 by inserting after section 33-h the following new section: 

 206:33-i Interagency Support Permit and Reimbursement. 

 I. The executive director of the fish and game department may establish, after consultation with the fish and game commission, a permit or fee structure for the provision of department personnel, equipment, or expertise to other state agencies or departments, when such support is requested or required for the fulfillment of that agency’s statutory duties, by rule adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A. 

 II. The permit or fee shall be based on the actual cost to the department, including but not limited to: 

 (a) Personnel time, including salary and benefits.

 (b) Use of department vehicles, vessels, or equipment.

 (c) Administrative overhead associated with coordination and reporting.

 III. All revenues collected under this section shall be deposited in the fish and game fund established under RSA 206:33. 

 2 Lifetime Licenses. Amend RSA 214:9-c to read as follows:

 214:9-c Lifetime Licenses. 

 I.(a) The executive director, at the department of fish and game headquarters only, shall issue lifetime hunting, freshwater fishing, or combination hunting and freshwater fishing licenses similar to that issued on an annual basis under RSA 214:9, III to any resident applicant upon payment of the proper fee, which shall be established by the executive director in accordance with the provisions of paragraph II. 

 (b)(1) In addition, the executive director may issue lifetime licenses to any resident under 16 years of age. 

 (2) In addition further, the executive director may issue discounted lifetime licenses to residents [who have not yet reached] at any time on or before their first birthday. The executive director shall establish the discounted amount of such lifetime licenses in rules adopted under RSA 541-A, except that the fee for a combination hunting and freshwater fishing lifetime license for a resident who has not yet [reached] passed his or her first birthday shall be set by the executive director as prescribed in paragraph II. 

 (3) The parent or legal guardian of the applicant shall be a resident pursuant to RSA 207:1, XXIII. The hunting license or hunting portion of the combination license shall not be valid until the licensee has met the requirements of RSA 214:23-a. Upon meeting the requirements of RSA 214:23-a, the licensee shall have the hunting license or the combination hunting and fishing license validated at the fish and game department headquarters only. 

 (4) The executive director, upon application, may issue a discounted lifetime license to a resident who is a permanently disabled veteran and complies with the provisions of RSA 214:13.

 II. The discounted amount of a permanently disabled veteran's lifetime license shall be 50 percent of the cost of a lifetime license calculated pursuant to paragraph II of this section. 

 III. The executive director shall obtain an actuarial table based on an appropriate annuity from the commissioner of insurance and shall set the fee for the various licenses, including newborns, annually on July 15 of each year for the following year based on the age of the applicant. The fee for any applicant under 16 years of age shall be the same as the fee for a 16-year-old applicant, except for newborns which shall be set by t