Revision: April 5, 2017, 10:40 a.m.
SB 133-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
03/30/2017 1156s
2017 SESSION
17-0769
04/03
SENATE BILL 133-FN
AN ACT relative to security screening at state correctional facilities.
SPONSORS: Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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This bill makes changes to the security screening procedure at state correctional facilities.
This bill is a request of the department of corrections.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/30/2017 1156s 17-0769
04/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT relative to security screening at state correctional facilities.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 State Prisons; Security Screening Required. RSA 622:6-a is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
622:6-a Security Screening Required. Any individual entering the secure perimeter of a state correctional facility, including but not limited to visitors, state officials, employees, contractors, and vendors, shall be subject to one or more security screenings and inspections that will incorporate the use of electronic devices, visual searches, pat searches, or search by drug dog. All prisoners may be subject to one or more security screenings and inspections, including a full body security scanner at any time and shall be subject to one or more security screenings, including a full body scanner upon entering the secure perimeter of a state correctional facility. The full body security scanners shall be installed and operated in a manner that only enables the detection of weapons and contraband. No image created by a full body scanner shall be copied or duplicated except for images that are used for investigative purposes or that show weapons or contraband and are needed as evidence for prosecution.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
17-0769
Amended 4/4/17
SB 133-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE (AMENDMENT #2017-1156s)
AN ACT relative to security screening at state correctional facilities.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ ] None
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STATE: | FY 2018 | FY 2019 | FY 2020 | FY 2021 |
Appropriation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Expenditures | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable |
Funding Source: | [ X ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ ] Other | |||
METHODOLOGY:
This bill requires the Department of Corrections to conduct one or more security screenings, which will incorporate the use of electronic devices, visual searches, pat searches, or search by a drug dog, on all individuals entering the secure perimeter of a state correctional facility. Further, this bill provides the Department of Corrections the authority to conduct one or more security screenings and inspections of all prisoners entering the secure perimeter of a state correctional facility, which includes the use of a full body scanner. Chapter 263, Laws of 2016 amended RSA 622 by requiring the Department to scan all individuals entering a state correctional facility and appropriated $1,110,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, to the Department to purchase six body scanners estimated to cost $185,000 each; three for the state prison for men in Concord, two for the northern New Hampshire correctional facility in Berlin, and one scanner for the new state prison for women in Concord. The $1,110,000 appropriation contained in Chapter 263, Laws of 2016 to purchase the six scanners must be spent by June 30, 2017 or it will lapse back to the general fund. The Department anticipates it will need seven full body scanners to have optimal coverage at state correctional facilities.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Corrections