Bill Text - SB517 (2016)

Increasing the amount deducted from a fine for each day of a person's incarceration.


Revision: May 23, 2016, midnight

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CHAPTER 105

SB 517-FN - FINAL VERSION

 

2016 SESSION

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SENATE BILL\t517-FN

 

AN ACT\tincreasing the amount deducted from a fine for each day of a person's incarceration.

 

SPONSORS:\tSen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Sen. Woodburn, Dist 1; Sen. Stiles, Dist 24; Rep. Pantelakos, Rock. 25; Rep. Welch, Rock. 13

 

COMMITTEE:\tJudiciary

 

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ANALYSIS

 

\tThis bill increases the amount deducted from a fine for each day of a person's incarceration.  

 

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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.

\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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 Sixteen

 

AN ACT\tincreasing the amount deducted from a fine for each day of a person's incarceration.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

\t105:1  Discharge Upon Payment of Balance of Fine.  Amend RSA 618:8 and 618:9 to read as follows:

\t618:8  At End of Term, or on Payment of Balance.  Any person sentenced conditionally to pay a fine or to be imprisoned for a term shall be discharged at the expiration of the term, and may be discharged at any time on payment of the balance of the fine, after deducting [$50] $150 for each day such person has been imprisoned under the sentence.

\t618:9  Committal for Nonpayment; Term.  Whenever a person is committed to a county correctional facility in default of payment of a fine imposed by a justice of a superior court or a district court, he or she shall be discharged from custody by the superintendent thereof at the expiration of a number of days after the date of his or her commitment equal to one day for each [$50] $150 of the fine so imposed.  The superintendent shall keep a record of all discharges made under the provisions of this section.

\t105:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: May 19, 2016

Effective Date: May 19, 2016