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Committee moves HB 1074 to ITL after debate over vendorsremittance and online options
Summary
A House committee heard testimony on HB 1074, which would move the deadline for vendors to remit Fish and Game license fees from mid‑month to the last business day of the month. Sponsors cited small‑business burden; Fish and Game warned of reconciliation backlogs and opposed the bill. The committee voted ITL and placed the item on consent.
Representative Thomas Opel, the bills prime sponsor, told the House Fish and Game and Marine Resources Committee that HB 1074 responds to small, often rural vendors who say the current remittance timing imposes an administrative hardship. "My understanding from the department is there are 99 vendors that sell OHRV and snowmobile licenses," Opel told the committee, describing a constituents account of having "less than two weeks" to reconcile monthly sales and get a check to the department.
Melissa Nemeth, legal and legislative liaison for New Hampshire Fish and Game, said the commission opposes the bill as written. Nemeth said the department…
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