Revision: May 25, 2018, 11:30 a.m.
CHAPTER 54
SB 536-FN - FINAL VERSION
2018 SESSION
18-2882
05/06
SENATE BILL 536-FN
AN ACT relative to eligibility for death benefits for court security officers.
SPONSORS: Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 5; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Rep. Hagan, Rock. 4; Rep. Berch, Ches. 1; Rep. Keans, Straf. 23
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill includes court security officers and bailiffs in the definition of police officer for purposes of determining eligibility for death benefits for police officers killed in the line of duty.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18-2882
05/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to eligibility for death benefits for court security officers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
54:1 Death Benefit for Police Officer or Firefighter Killed in the Line of Duty; Definition of Police Officer; Court Security Officers and Bailiffs Included. Amend RSA 21-I:29-a, I(f) to read as follows:
(f) "Police officer'' means any law enforcement officer with the power of arrest, including auxiliary, intermittent, special, part-time, or reserve police officers, or sheriffs and their deputies who are employed by a city, town, village district, county, or precinct within the state of New Hampshire, police officers employed by the university system of New Hampshire, court security officers and bailiffs, and any state law enforcement officer employed by the state of New Hampshire who has power of arrest as determined by state law.
54:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 15, 2018
Effective Date: July 14, 2018