Bill Text - SB130 (2023)

Relative to a court security officer training program.


Revision: June 8, 2023, 12:52 p.m.

CHAPTER 71

SB 130-FN - FINAL VERSION

 

03/09/2023   0655s

2023 SESSION

23-0897

04/10

 

SENATE BILL 130-FN

 

AN ACT relative to a court security officer training program.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Abbas, Dist 22; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Rep. Rhodes, Ches. 17; Rep. Roy, Rock. 31

 

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill authorizes the police standards and training council to develop a court security officer education and training program.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/09/2023   0655s 23-0897

04/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

 

AN ACT relative to a court security officer training program.

 

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

 

71:1  New Paragraph; Police Standards and Training Council; Definitions.  Amend RSA 106-L:2 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:

II-a.  "Court security officer" means a security officer employed by the judicial branch who performs such duties as may be established under the order and direction of the chief justice of the supreme court.

71:2  New Paragraph; Police Standards and Training Council; Powers.  Amend RSA 106-L:5 by inserting after paragraph XXV the following new paragraph:

XXV-a.  Upon the request of, and with the approval of, the chief justice of the supreme court, develop a court security officer training and certification program to provide for the education, training, and certification of court security officers by the council.  The council may enter into such agreements with the judicial branch as may be necessary to implement a court security officer education, training, and certification program.

71:3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

Approved: June 07, 2023

Effective Date: August 06, 2023