CHAPTER 269
HB 690-FN – FINAL VERSION
24Mar2009… 0709h
05/13/09 1532s
2009 SESSION
04/03
HOUSE BILL 690-FN
AN ACT establishing a cold case homicide unit.
SPONSORS: Rep. Hinkle, Hills 19; Rep. Hinch, Hills 19; Rep. D. Reed, Merr 2; Rep. Ulery, Hills 27; Sen. Roberge, Dist 9
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill establishes a cold case homicide unit to work on unsolved murder cases in the state until July 1, 2013.
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Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
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24Mar2009… 0709h
05/13/09 1532s
09-0695
04/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT establishing a cold case homicide unit.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
269:1 Cold Case Homicide Unit.
I. The attorney general and the commissioner of the department of safety shall collaborate to establish a cold case homicide unit to work exclusively on unsolved murders in the state. The unit shall consist of such personnel from the division of state police and the department of justice as the commissioner of the department of safety and the attorney general shall determine. The commissioner and the attorney general, or their designees, shall develop procedures for the operation of the unit.
II. The departments of justice and safety shall jointly provide administrative support as may be necessary to the cold case unit.
III. The commissioner of the department of safety and the attorney general, or their designees, shall jointly issue a report on the activities and results of the cold case unit by December 1, 2010 to the governor, the speaker of the house of representative, the president of the senate, and the state librarian.
269:2 Funding. Funding for the state police and department of justice personnel for the cold case unit established in section 1 of this act shall be contingent upon the receipt of grants or federal funds for such purpose, including but not limited to, funds received pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5, 111th Cong. (2009), or other such funds as may be specifically appropriated by the general court.
269:3 Repeal. Section 1 of this act, relative to the establishment of a cold case homicide unit, is repealed.
269:4 Effective Date.
I. Section 3 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2013.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: July 29, 2009
Effective Date: I. Section 3 shall take effect July 1, 2013.
II. Remainder shall take effect July 29, 2009