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Committee adopts amendment and advances bill to eliminate 10‑day OHRV temporaries and adjust enforcement grants (SB 505)
Summary
SB 505 would eliminate the 10-day nonresident OHRV temporary registration, allow online full-year registration for out-of-state visitors, and remove a $25,000 cap on Fish & Game law-enforcement grants; committee adopted amendments, set an effective date, and voted ought to pass as amended.
Sen. David Rocheford (Senate District 1), prime sponsor of SB 505, told the committee the bill would eliminate the 10‑day nonresident OHRV temporary registration (currently $34 plus fees, roughly $42) and modernize registration and grant authority for Fish & Game. "The current cost of a 10 day registration is $34 with a couple of extra fees that bring it up to $42," Rocheford said, and he argued the temporary registration historically attracted visitors but now creates administrative and enforcement problems.
Captain Michael Eastman, OHRV coordinator for the New Hampshire Fish and Game…
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