Bill Text - HB1441 (2010)

Relative to claimant eligibility for victim's compensation.


Revision: Feb. 11, 2010, midnight

HB 1441 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

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2010 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 1441

AN ACT relative to claimant eligibility for victim’s compensation.

SPONSORS: Rep. Cushing, Rock 15

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill provides that a victim of a crime under investigation by the cold case homicide shall be eligible for victim’s compensation regardless of the date of the crime.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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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 New Paragraph; Claimant Eligibility and Compensation. Amend RSA 21-M:8-h by inserting after paragraph VII the following new paragraph:

VIII. Any person who was a victim of a crime under investigation by the cold case homicide unit as established in New Hampshire Laws 2009, 269:1 shall be eligible for victim’s compensation regardless of the date of the crime. Compensation under this paragraph shall be limited to counseling expenses and expenses associated with the victim’s participation in pre- and post-conviction proceedings.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.