Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024
(a) To be eligible
to apply for a bear guide permit, a completed "Guide's License Application"
shall be received at the department's licensing division by 4:00 p.m. on the
third Friday in December, or be postmarked by the second Friday in December, in
the year immediately prior to the year for which the bear guide permit is
sought.
(b) A New Hampshire
licensed guide shall make application to the New Hampshire fish and game
department on Form F & G 401A by providing the following:
(1) Name, address, telephone number, and date
of birth of applicant;
(2) Type of
guiding, whether with dogs, over bait, stalking, or still hunting;
(3) An indication of whether the applicant
seeks a group A or B bear guide permit; and
(4) Signature of applicant, signed subject to
the penalties for making unsworn false statements under
RSA
641:3.
(c) Illegible applications and incomplete
applications shall not be considered. Corrected applications may be resubmitted
by the deadlines specified below.
(d) Permits shall be
non-transferable.
(e) Permits shall
expire on December 31st each year.
(f) A maximum of 50 bear guide permits, split
into group A permits and group B permits, shall be issued per year.
(g) The following criteria shall apply to the
issuance of group A bear guide permits by the department:
(1) A maximum of 25 group A bear guide
permits shall be issued by the department;
(2) Applications shall be received at the
department's wildlife division in the headquarters office in Concord between
the first business day in January and the third Friday in January at 4:00 p.m.
or postmarked by the second Friday in January each year;
(3) Any licensed guide who held a bear guide
permit for at least 5 of the 13 bear seasons from 2002 to 2014, inclusive,
shall be eligible to apply for and obtain a group A bear guide
permit;
(4) Any eligible individual
shall apply for and obtain a group A bear guide permit each year in order to
remain eligible to apply for a group A bear guide permit in subsequent
years;
(5) If any eligible
individual fails to apply for and obtain a group A bear guide permit, whether
because the individual died or for any other reason, that individual shall no
longer be automatically eligible for a group A permit;
(6) If any eligible individual fails to apply
for and obtain a group A bear guide permit, the group A bear guide permit
previously associated with that individual shall be converted into a group B
bear guide permit to be issued in accordance with paragraph (h) below, except
any newly available group A bear guide permits shall be offered to those
individuals on the group A bear guide permit waiting list in the manner
described below in subparagraph (7) below;
(7) The group A bear guide permit waiting
list shall consist of a list of those individuals who apply for a group B bear
guide permit beginning in 2015. The individuals on the list shall be awarded
one point for each year they apply for group B bear guide permits. Any group A
bear guide permit that is not issued pursuant to subparagraphs (3) through (6)
above shall be offered to the individual on the group A bear guide permit
waiting list who has the most points. If there are 2 or more individuals with
the same high point score, the group A bear guide permit shall be awarded by
random drawing of those individuals with the same score. Such drawing shall
occur by February 15th of each year; and
(8) The bear guide's license referenced in
paragraph (a) above shall be issued by the first Monday in February for
eligibility for a group A bear guide permit.
(h) The following criteria shall apply to the
issuance of group B bear guide permits by the department:
(1) A maximum of X group B bear guide permits
shall be issued by the department, where X shall equal 50 minus the number of
group A bear guide permits issued that year;
(2) Applications shall be received at the
department's wildlife division in the headquarters office in Concord between
the first business day in January and the third Friday in January at 4:00 p.m.,
or postmarked by the second Friday in January, each year;
(3) If the number of applicants exceeds X,
Group B bear guide permits shall be issued by a random drawing of the eligible
applications;
(4) The group B bear
guide permit drawing shall occur by February 15th of each year; and
(5) The guide's license referenced in
paragraph (a) above shall be issued by the first Monday in February for
eligibility for a group B guide permit.
(See Revision Note at chapter heading for Fis 1100) #8183,
eff 9-28-04 (formerly Fis 1102.16); amd by #8295, eff 3-1-05; amd by #9800-A,
eff 1-1-11, (para (b)); amd by #9800-B, eff 1-1-11,(para (a)); amd by #9948-A,
eff 6-24-11, (paras (b)&(c)); amd by #9948-B, eff 6-24-11, (para
(a))
