Bill Text - HB555 (2018)

Relative to the enforcement authority of the liquor investigators.


Revision: Jan. 25, 2017, 3:46 p.m.

HB 555-LOCAL - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2017 SESSION

17-0682 03/08

 

HOUSE BILL 555-LOCAL

 

AN ACT relative to the enforcement authority of the liquor investigators.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Barry, Hills. 21; Rep. Eaton, Ches. 3; Rep. Spanos, Belk. 3

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill limits the enforcement authority of the liquor investigators to premises where liquor and beverages are lawfully sold, stored, distributed, or manufactured.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17-0682

03/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

 

AN ACT relative to the enforcement authority of the liquor investigators.

 

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

 

1  Powers of Liquor Investigators.  Amend RSA 179:59 to read as follows:

179:59  Prosecutions.  The commission shall appoint liquor investigators whose primary function shall be the proper prosecution of this title.  The liquor investigators shall have all the powers of the sheriff in any county, with reference to enforcement upon premises where liquor and beverages are lawfully sold, stored, distributed, or manufactured of all laws either in cooperation with, or independently of, the officers of any county or town.  The commission shall have the primary responsibility for the enforcement of all liquor and beverage laws upon premises where liquor and beverages are lawfully sold, stored, distributed, or manufactured.  Any person violating the provisions of any law may be prosecuted by the commission or any of its investigators as provided in this section, or by county or city attorneys, or by sheriffs or their deputies, or by police officials of towns.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.