Bill Text - HB143 (2018)

Relative to recommittal of a prisoner by the parole board.


Revision: Jan. 30, 2017, 3:20 p.m.

HB 143 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2017 SESSION

17-0134

04/09

 

HOUSE BILL 143

 

AN ACT relative to recommittal of a prisoner by the parole board.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Sytek, Rock. 8

 

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill removes certain criteria under which the parole board may impose a term of recommittal upon a parolee.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17-0134

04/09

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

 

AN ACT relative to recommittal of a prisoner by the parole board.

 

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

 

1  Parole of Prisoners; Effect of Recommittal.  Amend RSA 651-A:19, VII to read as follows:

VII.  At the revocation hearing, the parole board may impose a term of recommittal for less than 90 days if[:

(a)  The prisoner has not been previously found true for a parole violation on his or her current sentence or another sentence for which he or she was concurrently serving a term of parole;

(b)  The prisoner was not on parole for a sexual offense as defined in RSA 651-B:1, V or an offense against a child as defined in RSA 651-B:1, VII;

(c)  The prisoner was not on parole for a violent crime as defined in RSA 651:5, XIII;

(d)  The parole violation is not substantially related to his or her offense or offending pattern; and

(e)]  The parole board determines that a lesser period of recommittal will aid in the rehabilitation of the parolee.

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