SB379 (2006) Detail

(New Title) relative to harm or threats to certain government officials.


CHAPTER 47

SB 379-FN – FINAL VERSION

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2006 SESSION

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SENATE BILL 379-FN

AN ACT relative to harm or threats to certain government officials.

SPONSORS: Sen. Foster, Dist 13; Sen. Clegg, Dist 14

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill establishes a felony offense for causing or threatening harm to certain government officials or a member of their immediate family.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

02/16/06 0831s

06-2962

04/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six

AN ACT relative to harm or threats to certain government officials.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

47:1 New Section; Harm or Threats to Certain Government Officials. Amend RSA 631 by inserting after section 4 the following new section:

631:4-a Harm or Threats to Certain Government Officials.

I. A person is guilty of a class A felony if he or she causes bodily injury to, or commits any other crime against, a sitting member of the general court, an executive councilor, a past or present governor, member of the judiciary, marital master, or member of their immediate family, for the purpose of influencing such official’s action or in retaliation for action taken as a part of an official’s government duties.

II. A person is guilty of a class B felony if he or she threatens bodily injury or threatens to commit any other crime against a sitting member of the general court, an executive councilor, a past or present governor, member of the judiciary, marital master, or member of their immediate family, for the purpose of influencing such official’s action or in retaliation for action taken as a part of an official’s government duties.

III. Violations of this statute shall be prosecuted by the office of the attorney general.

47:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2007.

Approved: April 18, 2006

Effective: January 1, 2007