Revision: March 5, 2010, midnight
HB 1318 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
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2010 SESSION
04/03
HOUSE BILL 1318
AN ACT relative to victim services while the court is considering post-conviction DNA testing.
SPONSORS: Rep. Cushing, Rock 15
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill makes victim services available, upon request, to a victim of the crime being reinvestigated while the court is considering post-conviction DNA testing.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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10-2154
04/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT relative to victim services while the court is considering post-conviction DNA testing.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Victim Services. Amend RSA 651-D by inserting after section 4 the following new section:
651-D:5 Victim Services. When post-conviction DNA testing is being considered by the court, the state shall, upon request, reactivate victim services for the victim of the crime being reinvestigated during the reinvestigation of the case, during the pendency of the proceedings, and, as determined by the court after consultation with the victim and/or victim advocate, following final adjudication of the case.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.