Section Fis 1102.06 - Bear Guide Permit(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.N.H. Admin. Code § Fis 1102.06
(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))
Amended byVolume XXXV Number 01, Filed January 8, 2015, Proposed by #10751, Effective 1/1/2015, Expires1/1/2025.Amended by Number 23, Filed June 8, 2023, Proposed by #13644, Effective 6/1/2023, Expires 6/1/2033.