HB 1565 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
08mar06… 1191h
2006 SESSION
05/03
HOUSE BILL 1565
AN ACT relative to evictions in cases involving incidents of domestic violence.
SPONSORS: Rep. Morrison, Belk 2; Rep. J. Tilton, Merr 6; Rep. Julie Brown, Straf 1
This bill grants the court discretion, in certain cases of domestic violence, to permit the victim’s tenancy to continue.
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Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
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08mar06… 1191h
06-2895
05/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT relative to evictions in cases involving incidents of domestic violence.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Actions Against Tenants; Relief in Cases Involving Incidents of Domestic Violence. Amend RSA 540:14 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:
IV. In any action for termination of tenancy under RSA 540:2, II(c) or (d), where the sole basis is a single occasion of domestic violence pursuant to RSA 173-B and there is no threat of violence to others living outside the rental unit from which the domestic violence emanated, the judge shall have the discretion to allow the victim’s tenancy to continue and to make such orders as justice may require. The court may re-open the action upon the lessor or owner’s complaint of a subsequent incident of domestic violence within one year from the first incident. Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit the lessor or owner from proceeding with a termination of tenancy under RSA 540:2, II(c) or (d) based on a subsequent incident.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2007