NH house bill 663FN

TheProfessor · 02-09-2015, 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by dave603

Wonder how everyone else feels about this bill transferring Fish And Game to the Dept. of Safety? Basically doing away with Fish And Game.
Not a good idea in my mind, two totally separate functions.

https://legiscan.com/NH/text/HB663/id/1095523

"Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)" From link above.

If it is not broken - then why fix it?

I really don't think that the sponsors of this bill whomever they are fully realize the ramifications of this.
They just seem to have nothing to do down there in Concord.
I wonder what the real reason for this bill is.

Misha888 · 02-09-2015, 09:03 AM

Dear xxxx,

Thank you for your e-mail on HB 663. The reason I put this bill which I do agree was badly written was to allow the talk to take place that would look at the possibility if part or all of Fish and Game could go to the Department of Safety.

I was thinking the law enforcement side of Fish and Game or the search and rescue side may be ok in the Department of Safety. This bill was to open the door for talks and the two departments would have to come back with an answer by 2017 if this would work.

Sadly in my eyes I hear the Fish and Game Committee in the House of Representatives will kill my bill. I have bigger bills to protect and this is not a bill worth dying on the hill for.

I just look at the now bankrupt Fish and Game Department which is in the hole for $3.5 million with no way at this time to fix that other than to raise fees to hunters and fisherman which will chase even more of them away as recent rule changes have.

We need an open eye and new top management to fix this huge issue the current management of the Fish and game Department is in. My bill was just a tool to have the talk.

Thank you again for your time to e-mail me.

John

Representative John A. Burt
Criminal Justice Committee
Goffstown, Weare and Deering, NH
District 39

Misha888 · 02-09-2015, 09:09 AM

I have received another response from Representative Hon. Kenneth Kreis, Sr., his concern was to how they were going to allocate fines and fees within the two departments. Sounds simple to me based on my experience in real world finance, but let the government make things complicated.

TheProfessor · 02-09-2015, 09:47 AM

If, and I state, if this is a funding issue.

Then I guess it is time to raise the fees.
Fishing and hunting fees can be raised. Snowmobile fees can be raised.

Thinking out of the box maybe a special lottery scratch card with all of those funds dedicated to Fish and Game.

02-09-2015, 09:03 AM	#2
Misha888 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Gilford, NH Posts: 340 Thanks: 280 Thanked 90 Times in 62 Posts	Representative Burts Reply to a message I sent to him and all representatives Dear xxxx, Thank you for your e-mail on HB 663. The reason I put this bill which I do agree was badly written was to allow the talk to take place that would look at the possibility if part or all of Fish and Game could go to the Department of Safety. I was thinking the law enforcement side of Fish and Game or the search and rescue side may be ok in the Department of Safety. This bill was to open the door for talks and the two departments would have to come back with an answer by 2017 if this would work. Sadly in my eyes I hear the Fish and Game Committee in the House of Representatives will kill my bill. I have bigger bills to protect and this is not a bill worth dying on the hill for. I just look at the now bankrupt Fish and Game Department which is in the hole for $3.5 million with no way at this time to fix that other than to raise fees to hunters and fisherman which will chase even more of them away as recent rule changes have. We need an open eye and new top management to fix this huge issue the current management of the Fish and game Department is in. My bill was just a tool to have the talk. Thank you again for your time to e-mail me. John Representative John A. Burt Criminal Justice Committee Goffstown, Weare and Deering, NH District 39 __________________ ☮ _/♥\_ & (✿ˆ◡ˆ✿)

02-09-2015, 09:09 AM	#3
Misha888 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Gilford, NH Posts: 340 Thanks: 280 Thanked 90 Times in 62 Posts	Note I have received another response from Representative Hon. Kenneth Kreis, Sr., his concern was to how they were going to allocate fines and fees within the two departments. Sounds simple to me based on my experience in real world finance, but let the government make things complicated. __________________ ☮ _/♥\_ & (✿ˆ◡ˆ✿)

02-09-2015, 09:47 AM	#4
TheProfessor Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,117 Thanks: 17 Thanked 341 Times in 206 Posts	If, and I state, if this is a funding issue. Then I guess it is time to raise the fees. Fishing and hunting fees can be raised. Snowmobile fees can be raised. Thinking out of the box maybe a special lottery scratch card with all of those funds dedicated to Fish and Game.

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