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HB 78 – VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
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2009 SESSION
04/09
HOUSE BILL 78
AN ACT relative to the interbranch criminal and juvenile justice council, appointing an additional member to the interagency coordinating council for women offenders, and reducing the quorum requirement for the oversight commission on motor vehicle fines.
SPONSORS: Rep. Welch, Rock 8; Rep. Pantelakos, Rock 16; Rep. Charron, Rock 7
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill:
I. Adds the commissioner of the department of health and human services to the interbranch criminal and juvenile justice council and authorizes the chairperson to invite any person to participate in council meetings provided there is no objection from a member of the council.
II. Adds an additional member from the New Hampshire Association of Counties, County Corrections Affiliate, to the interagency coordinating council for women offenders.
III. Reduces the quorum requirement for the oversight commission on motor vehicle fines from 5 to 3.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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09-0368
04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT relative to the interbranch criminal and juvenile justice council, appointing an additional member to the interagency coordinating council for women offenders, and reducing the quorum requirement for the oversight commission on motor vehicle fines.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Interbranch Criminal and Juvenile Justice Council; Membership and Compensation. Amend RSA 651-E:2, I to read as follows:
I. The members of the council shall be as follows:
(a) The governor, or designee.
(b) Two members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.
(c) [Two] Three members of the house of representatives, one of whom shall be from the criminal justice and public safety committee, and one of whom shall be from the children and family law committee, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
(d) The chief justice of the supreme court, or designee.
(e) The attorney general, or designee.
(f) The commissioner of the department of corrections, or designee.
(g) The commissioner of the department of safety, or designee.
(h) The commissioner of the department of health and human services, or designee.
[(h)] (i) The director of the division of juvenile justice services, department of health and human services, or designee.
[(i)] (j) The director of the division of field services, department of corrections, or designee.
[(j)] (k) The director of police standards and training, or designee.
[(k)] (l) The director of victim/witness services, department of justice, or designee.
[(l)] (m) The chief justice of the superior court, or designee.
[(m)] (n) The administrative judge of the district court, or designee.
[(n)] (o) The administrative judge of the judicial branch family division, or designee.
[(o)] (p) The executive director of the judicial council.
[(p)] (q) The president of the county attorneys affiliate of the New Hampshire Association of Counties, or designee.
[(q)] (r) The president of the county corrections superintendents affiliate of the New Hampshire Association of Counties, or designee.
[(r)] (s) The president of the New Hampshire Association of Chiefs of Police, or designee.
[(s)] (t) The executive director of the New Hampshire Public Defender, or designee.
[(t)] (u) The president of the New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, or designee.
[(u)] (v) The executive director of the New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union, or designee.
[(v)] (w) The chairperson of the governor’s commission on alcohol and drug abuse prevention, intervention, and treatment services, or designee.
2 Interbranch Criminal and Juvenile Justice Council; Chairperson and Quorum. Amend RSA 651-E:4 to read as follows:
651-E:4 Chairperson; Quorum.
I. The members of the council shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the council shall be called by the speaker of the house of representatives or the speaker’s designee. The first meeting of the council shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Twelve members of the council shall constitute a quorum.
II. The chairperson may invite any person to provide information in council meetings, provided there is no objection from the council.
3 New Subparagraph; Interagency Coordinating Council for Women Offenders. Amend RSA 21-H:14-c, II(a) by inserting after subparagraph (19) the following new subparagraph:
(20) One member from the New Hampshire Association of Counties, County Corrections Affiliate, appointed by the affiliate president.
4 Oversight Commission on Motor Vehicle Fines. Amend RSA 262:45, IV to read as follows:
IV. The first meeting of the commission established in RSA 262:45 shall be called by the first-named house member. The first meeting of the commission shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Three members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.
[IV.] V. The oversight commission shall make a report every 2 years beginning on November 1, 2009, together with its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library.
5 Repeal. 2008, 305:2, relative to meetings of the oversight commission on motor vehicle fines, is repealed.
6 Effective Date.
I. Sections 1-3 of this act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.