Bill Text - HB111 (2009)

Exempting tier I offenders from inclusion in the department of safety's public list of registered offenders.


Revision: Jan. 12, 2009, midnight

HB 111 – AS INTRODUCED

2009 SESSION

09-0493

04/03

HOUSE BILL 111

AN ACT exempting tier I offenders from inclusion in the department of safety’s public list of registered offenders.

SPONSORS: Rep. Jennifer Brown, Straf 5; Rep. Pantelakos, Rock 16; Rep. Robertson, Ches 3

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

ANALYSIS

This bill provides that tier I offenders shall not be included in the department of safety’s public list of registered offenders.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

09-0493

04/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine

AN ACT exempting tier I offenders from inclusion in the department of safety’s public list of registered offenders.

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

1 Registration of Criminal Offenders; Availability of Information. Amend the introductory paragraph in RSA 651-B:7, III(a) to read as follows:

III.(a) The division shall maintain a separate public list of all [tier I,] tier II[,] and tier III offenders who are required to register as a result of an offense against a child, any offenders about whom the division receives notice pursuant to RSA 651-B:4, V that will be required to register as a result of an offense against children, and any offender who is required to register for more than one sexual offense or offense against a child. The public list shall include all of the following information:

2 Repeal. RSA 651-B:6, III(a)(3), relative to the procedure for tier I offenders to petition for removal from the public list, is repealed.

3 Applicability. This act shall apply to any person who is required to register, as defined in RSA 651-B:1, XI, as a tier I offender on or after the effective date of this act.

4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2010.