Revision: Dec. 10, 2009, midnight
HB 1441 – AS INTRODUCED
2010 SESSION
04/01
HOUSE BILL 1441
AN ACT relative to claimant eligibility for victim’s compensation.
SPONSORS: Rep. Cushing, Rock 15
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill expands eligibility for compensation from the victim’s compensation fund.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
10-2615
04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT relative to claimant eligibility for victim’s compensation.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Claimant Eligibility; Eligibility Expanded. Amend RSA 21-M:8-h, I(a) to read as follows:
I.(a) Victims eligible for compensation are:
(1) Any person who sustains personal injury as a result of a felony or misdemeanor, regardless of whether the offender was convicted or the conviction was vacated or reversed for any reason; or
(2) Any person who sustains personal injury caused by a person driving under the influence of alcohol or controlled substances; or
(3) Any person who is a victim of sexual abuse and is under the age of 18 at the time the claim is filed[.] or
(4) Any person who was a victim of a crime under investigation by the cold case homicide unit established jointly by the attorney general and the commissioner of the department of safety, or any similar “cold case” homicide units which may be established by state or local law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved crimes.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.