SB399 (2008) Detail

Permitting annulment of certain criminal records in the supreme court.


CHAPTER 104

SB 399 – FINAL VERSION

2008 SESSION

08-2718

03/09

SENATE BILL 399

AN ACT permitting annulment of certain criminal records in the supreme court.

SPONSORS: Sen. Foster, Dist 13; Rep. W. Knowles, Straf 6

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

ANALYSIS

This bill permits annulment of certain criminal records in the supreme court.

This bill is a request of the supreme court.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

08-2718

03/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight

AN ACT permitting annulment of certain criminal records in the supreme court.

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

104:1 New Paragraph; Sentences; Annulment of Criminal Records; Supreme Court. Amend RSA 651:5 by inserting after paragraph XIV the following new paragraph:

XV. A petition for annulment of any record of arrest, conviction, and sentence authorized by this section may be brought in the supreme court with respect to any such record in the supreme court, provided that no record in the supreme court relating to an opinion published in the New Hampshire Reports may be annulled.

104:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2009.

Approved: May 28, 2008

Effective Date: January 1, 2009