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• You know, carrying long guns on a snowmobile or an ORV, how would they be carried?
• You know, carrying long guns on a snowmobile or an ORV, how would they be carried?
• You know, carrying long guns on a snowmobile or an ORV, how would they be carried?
• ,<00:30:49.520> I<00:30:49.760> have long gun on a boat or an ORV, I have long gun
• on a boat or an ORV, I have certainly<00:30:50.240> it<00:30:50.480> has<00:30:50.720><

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• Back in maybe 2021, when the use of ORV riding and ATVing in New Hampshire really exploded, and with
• So, uh, the legislature at that time created a commission to study ORV use in New Hampshire and try to

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• Uh, but I have to keep referring back to ORV riders and snowmobilers.
• Not bicycles per se, but certainly, as we've seen, the ORV and snowmobile community, those registrations
• :11:14.000> an between 12 and 16, you have to take an between 12 and 16, you have to take an ORV
• <03:11:16.960> drive<03:11:17.120> a<03:11:17.359> car<03:11:17.439> on ORV
• safety course. um to drive a car on ORV safety course. um to drive a car on the<03:11:17.840> road

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• Next, we have our ORV education, training, and enforcement program.
• So, let's go on back to your OHRV. >> Yes. >> The ORV education, training, and enforcement.
• So, let's go on back to your OHRV. >> Yes. >> The ORV education, training, and enforcement.
• So, let's go on back to your OHRV. >> Yes. >> The ORV education, training, and enforcement.

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Summary: The Joint Committee on Dedicated Funds met to review inactive and dedicated accounts, note prior legislation that had passed, and begin its annual review of agency funds. Members discussed several inactive funds, including some HHS-related accounts, a law enforcement memorial fund, and possible cleanup of accounting references where funds had been reorganized or merged. Staff noted that some newer funds may simply not have started receiving revenue yet, and the committee agreed to follow up on specific accounts later rather than address everything immediately. The committee then heard from Fish and Game on its dedicated funds. Topics included the statewide public boat access account, which is used for boat ramp and access-site maintenance and is supported by boat registration fees and federal funds; the ORV education, training, and enforcement account, which has declined over time and may need attention because revenue depends heavily on weather and snowmobile use; and the search and rescue account, which is funded by Hike Safe cards, a $1 fee from boat and OHRV registrations, and court-ordered fees. Fish and Game also explained that the conservation license plate fund had been merged into the non-game species management account, which is supported by donations, federal funds, and a statutory general fund transfer, and that pheasants are treated as game species under a separate program. The committee spent considerable time on the lifetime license account, an off-book Treasury-held account that collects lifetime license sales and returns funds to Fish and Game based on annual sales plus 9% of the fund balance. Members questioned why the account’s presentation did not clearly show the transfer as a revenue reduction and suggested the reporting format needed cleanup so the flow of money would be easier to understand. Fish and Game said the account is operating properly and that the transfer to the unrestricted Fish and Game fund exceeded $400,000 in the most recent year. The committee also reviewed the publications and fundraising revolving fund, which keeps a $100,000 balance for inventory purchases and transfers excess year-end funds to the unrestricted Fish and Game fund; members again raised concerns that the reporting format did not clearly show the transfer, and staff said they could add a note or other clarification.

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• lieutenant, the district chief that covered the sea coast for 6 and a half years prior to becoming the ORV
• years prior to coast for 6 and a half years prior to becoming<00:51:18.720> the<00:51:19.200> ORV
• 20.960> Um<00:51:21.359> so<00:51:21.520> I<00:51:21.760> am becoming the ORV
• Um so I am becoming the ORV coordinator.

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• a lot of emails about this bill, and a lot of them mention the impact on roads from having ATVs or ORVs
• a lot of emails about this bill, and a lot of them mention the impact on roads from having ATVs or ORVs
• a lot of emails about this bill, and a lot of them mention the impact on roads from having ATVs or ORVs

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Summary: The committee took up several bills in executive session, beginning with HB 568 on subdivision regulations concerning water supply. Representative Donnelly moved ITL, arguing the bill would create costly studies, that towns already have jurisdiction over needed studies, and that the issue was not widespread. The committee voted ITL 9-7. HB 582, dealing with safety requirements for personal watercraft, was also moved ITL on the grounds that existing law already covers the issue and the bill was unnecessary after recent action on personal flotation devices. Representative Derby opposed the ITL, saying the bill was a common-sense safety measure and would restore a misdemeanor penalty, but the committee voted ITL 9-7. The committee then retained HB 595, relative to coastal resilience zones, after members said the bill was important but needed more work and time because of its complexity. Members noted it should be revisited later, and the motion to retain passed 16-0. HB 607, funding the Hampton Beach Area Commission and making appropriations, received an ought-to-pass recommendation 15-1, with support from members who described Hampton Beach as an important economic driver and one dissenting member saying the state should not bear the full cost. The committee also adopted Amendment 2025-3 on HB 624, establishing a local river management advisory committee grant program, by a 16-0 vote; the amendment shifted funding decisions to the Department of Environmental Services based on demonstrated need and a first-come, first-served process. The bill as amended then received an ought-to-pass recommendation 16-0 and was placed on consent. Later, the committee retained HB 629, funding the operation, maintenance, and repair of state dams, after members said the dams need attention but the bill required more work because suggested amendments had just been received. That motion passed 16-0. HB 644, concerning drones in state parks, was ITL’d because the Department of Parks and Recreation is already working through rulemaking on UAS use in remote areas, and the committee voted 16-0 for ITL. HB 657, the short notice booking act access for New Hampshire residents to state parks, was also ITL’d at the request of the prime sponsor, passing 16-0. The committee then adjourned and announced a later hearing on HB 663, which would allow the Division of Historical Resources to use a portion of Moose plate funds for administering its grant program; testimony from the sponsor and the division supported the bill as clarifying existing authority, and no final vote on HB 663 was included in the transcript excerpt.

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• Um, I was just listening to the chair talk about um batteries for like ORVs and things like that that
• the chair talk about um batteries for to the chair talk about um batteries for like<03:39:00.560> ORVs
• 01.760> like<03:39:02.000> that<03:39:02.239> that<03:39:02.640> they like ORVs
• and things like that that they like ORVs and things like that that they would<03:39:02.960> like<

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• House Bill 127, extending the closing date of the ORV trails on the Connecticut River Headarters property
• House Bill 127, extending the closing date of the ORV trails on the Connecticut River Headquarters property

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• the exact hearing because if you remember we already had a hearing on this bill, HB 113, relative to ORV

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• applications for guide licenses and repealing the fee for temporary registration of non-residents relative to ORVs

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