Bill Text - SB250 (2019)

Relative to forgery of a certificate of insurance.


Revision: Dec. 4, 2019, 8:28 a.m.

CHAPTER 281

SB 250-FN - FINAL VERSION

 

5Jun2019... 2349h

2019 SESSION

19-1006

04/01

 

SENATE BILL 250-FN

 

AN ACT relative to forgery of a certificate of insurance.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Morgan, Dist 23

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill establishes a class A misdemeanor for forgery involving a fake or counterfeit certificate of insurance and increases the statute of limitations for such offenses to 2 years.

 

This bill is a request of the insurance department.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

5Jun2019... 2349h 19-1006

04/01

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

 

AN ACT relative to forgery of a certificate of insurance.

 

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

 

281:1  New Paragraph; Forgery and Fraudulent Practices Generally.  Amend RSA 638:1 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:

III-a.  Forgery is a class A misdemeanor if the writing is or purports to be a fake or counterfeit certificate of insurance.

281:2  New Subparagraph; Limitations.  Amend RSA 625:8, I by inserting after subparagraph (e) the following new subparagraph:

(f)  For an offense defined in RSA 638:1, III-a, 2 years.

281:3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

Approved: July 19, 2019

Effective Date: September 17, 2019