CHAPTER 203
HB 595-FN – FINAL VERSION
02Jan2008… 2007-2476h
15May2008… 2008-1735eba
2008 SESSION
09/05
HOUSE BILL 595-FN
AN ACT requiring the commissioner of the department of corrections to adopt procedures establishing a policy on and procedures for an internal clemency board to review and make recommendations on requests for sentence modifications.
SPONSORS: Rep. L. Hammond, Graf 11; Rep. Jennifer Brown, Straf 5; Rep. Charron, Rock 7; Sen. Burling, Dist 5
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill requires the commissioner of the department of corrections to adopt procedures establishing a policy on and procedures for an internal clemency board to review and make recommendations on requests for sentence modifications.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02Jan2008… 2476h
15May2008… 2008-1735eba
07-0939
09/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT requiring the commissioner of the department of corrections to adopt procedures establishing a policy on and procedures for an internal clemency board to review and make recommendations on requests for sentence modifications.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
203:1 New Subparagraph; Powers and Duties of Commissioner. Amend RSA 21-H:8, III by inserting after subparagraph (e) the following new subparagraph:
(f) A policy on and procedures for an internal clemency board to review each request for sentence modification pursuant to RSA 651:20 and to provide a recommendation on each request to the sentencing court.
203:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2009.
Approved: June 16, 2008
Effective Date: January 1, 2009