HB 373:
"AN ACT establishing the red-tailed hawk as the New Hampshire state raptor."

HB 373 – AS INTRODUCED

2015 SESSION

15-0838

08/01

HOUSE BILL 373

AN ACT establishing the red-tailed hawk as the New Hampshire state raptor.

SPONSORS: Rep. Cushing, Rock 21; Rep. Borden, Rock 24; Rep. Cahill, Rock 17; Rep. Horrigan, Straf 6; Rep. Pantelakos, Rock 25; Rep. McMahon, Rock 7; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21

COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture

ANALYSIS

This bill establishes the red-tailed hawk as the New Hampshire state raptor.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

15-0838

08/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen

AN ACT establishing the red-tailed hawk as the New Hampshire state raptor.

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

1 New Section; State Raptor. Amend RSA 3 by inserting after section 27 the following new section:

3:28 State Raptor. The red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis, is hereby declared to be the state raptor of New Hampshire.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.