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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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