Revision: May 12, 2011, midnight
HB 313 – VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
2Mar2011… 0354h
2011 SESSION
09/05
HOUSE BILL 313
AN ACT requiring parental consent for court referral of a minor to a juvenile diversion program.
SPONSORS: Rep. Soltani, Merr 8
COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law
This bill requires parental consent for court referral of a minor to a juvenile diversion program.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
2Mar2011… 0354h
11-0772
09/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT requiring parental consent for court referral of a minor to a juvenile diversion program.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Delinquent Children; Juvenile Diversion Program; Parental Consent. Amend RSA 169-B:10, III(c) to read as follows:
(c) The minor and the parents, guardian, or other custodian give knowing, informed, and voluntary consent [with the knowledge that consent is not obligatory].
2 Children in Need of Services; Diversion Program; Parental Consent. Amend RSA 169-D:9, III(c) to read as follows:
(c) The child and parent, guardian or other custodian give knowing, informed, and voluntary consent [with the knowledge that consent is not obligatory].
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2012.