HB 1628 – AS INTRODUCED
2010 SESSION
04/09
HOUSE BILL 1628
AN ACT establishing guidelines for neighborhood notification upon release of a sexual offender.
SPONSORS: Rep. Boutin, Merr 9; Rep. Pepino, Hills 11; Rep. P. Price, Hills 26; Rep. Walz, Merr 13; Rep. Welch, Rock 8; Sen. Letourneau, Dist 19; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Roberge, Dist 9
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill requires the commissioner of the department of safety to develop and furnish to the cities and towns of the state guidelines which may be used by local law enforcement agencies for providing neighborhood notification of the release of a sexual offender to residents living in the neighborhood in which the offender will reside.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
10-2378
04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT establishing guidelines for neighborhood notification upon release of a sexual offender.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Guidelines for Neighborhood Notification. Amend RSA 651-B:7 by inserting after paragraph VI the following new paragraph:
VII. The commissioner of the department, no later than 6 months after the effective date of this paragraph, shall develop and furnish to the cities and towns of the state guidelines which may be used by local law enforcement agencies for providing neighborhood notification of the release of an offender, to residents living in the neighborhood in which the offender will reside.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.