SB 321 – AS INTRODUCED
2006 SESSION
01/09
SENATE BILL 321
AN ACT relative to delinquency proceedings for juveniles committing felony cruelty to animals.
SPONSORS: Sen. Roberge, Dist 9; Rep. Marshall Quandt, Rock 13; Rep. B. Richardson, Ches 5; Rep. N. Johnson, Straf 3; Rep. Villeneuve, Hills 18
This bill allows a case against a minor for felony cruelty to animals to be transferred to superior court.
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Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
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06-2015
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT relative to delinquency proceedings for juveniles committing felony cruelty to animals.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Delinquent Children; Cruelty to Animals. Amend RSA 169-B:24, IV to read as follows:
IV. When the felony offense charged is first degree murder, second degree murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, first degree assault, second degree assault (except when the allegation is a violation of RSA 631:2, I(d)), aggravated felonious sexual assault, kidnapping, criminal restraint, robbery punishable as a class A felony, a violation of RSA 318-B:26, I(a) or (b), [or] negligent homicide under RSA 630:3, II, or cruelty to animals as a class B felony under RSA 644:8, III-a, or when the minor is charged with any felony and, prior to the filing of the felony petition, the minor has been petitioned to the court on 4 or more occasions and adjudicated delinquent in 4 separate adjudicatory hearings which alleged misdemeanor or felony offenses, and the minor commits the act after the minor's fifteenth birthday, there shall be a presumption that the factors listed in RSA 169-B:24, I support transfer to the superior court.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2007.