Revision: July 6, 2022, 10:05 a.m.
CHAPTER 290
HB 1011-FN - FINAL VERSION
26May2022... 2049CofC
2022 SESSION
22-2297
04/08
HOUSE BILL 1011-FN
AN ACT relative to the penalty for criminal mischief.
SPONSORS: Rep. Welch, Rock. 13; Rep. Meuse, Rock. 29
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill amends the penalty for criminal mischief to public property.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26May2022... 2049CofC 22-2297
04/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to the penalty for criminal mischief.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
290:1 Destruction of Property; Criminal Mischief. Amend RSA 634:2, VI to read as follows:
VI. Any person who is found guilty of criminal mischief under paragraph III of this section because he or she has vandalized, defaced, destroyed, tampered with, or made any other unauthorized alteration, whether permanent or temporary, [on] to public property, shall be guilty of a [violation and shall also make restitution for any damage he or she has caused] class A misdemeanor.
290:2 New Paragraph; Destruction of Property; Criminal Mischief. Amend RSA 634:2 by inserting after paragraph VI the following new paragraph:
VI-a. Any person who is found guilty of criminal mischief under this section because he or she has vandalized, defaced, destroyed, tampered with, or made any other unauthorized alteration, whether permanent or temporary, to public property shall be ordered to pay restitution for any damage he or she has caused.
290:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: July 01, 2022
Effective Date: July 01, 2022