CHAPTER 73

HB 280 - FINAL VERSION

 

05/15/2019    1947s

2019 SESSION

19-0558

04/08

 

HOUSE BILL 280

 

AN ACT designating the red-tailed hawk as the state raptor.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Janvrin, Rock. 37; Rep. Abramson, Rock. 20; Rep. Khan, Rock. 20; Rep. Fowler, Rock. 20; Rep. Cushing, Rock. 21; Rep. Edgar, Rock. 21; Rep. Bushway, Rock. 21

 

COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                   

 

ANALYSIS

 

This bill designates the red-tailed hawk as the state raptor.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

05/15/2019    1947s 19-0558

04/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

 

AN ACT designating the red-tailed hawk as the state raptor.

 

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

 

73:1  New Section; State Raptor.  Amend RSA 3 by inserting after section 29 the following new section:

3:30  State Raptor.  The red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis, is hereby designated as the state raptor of New Hampshire.

73:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.

 

Approved: June 14, 2019

Effective Date: June 14, 2019