HB 777 - AS INTRODUCED
2003 SESSION
09/01
HOUSE BILL 777
AN ACT allowing the commissioner of the department of corrections to enter into contracts with sheriffs' departments to hold persons charged with crimes in state correctional facilities for temporary periods.
SPONSORS: Rep. King, Coos 1; Rep. Poulin, Coos 3; Rep. Theberge, Coos 3; Rep. Woodward, Coos 3; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill allows the commissioner of the department of corrections to enter into contracts with sheriffs' departments of the state's counties to receive and hold persons charged with a crime in a state correctional facility for a period not to exceed 72 hours, provided that the state correctional facility has separate and specific facilities to separate such persons from inmates.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03-0526
09/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT allowing the commissioner of the department of corrections to enter into contracts with sheriffs' departments to hold persons charged with crimes in state correctional facilities for temporary periods.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Department of Corrections; Powers and Duties of Commissioner. Amend RSA 21-H:8 by inserting after paragraph VI the following new paragraph:
VI-a. The commissioner may enter into contracts with the sheriffs' departments of the state's counties to receive and hold persons charged with a crime in a state correctional facility under the management of the commissioner for a period not to exceed 72 hours provided that the state correctional facility has separate and specific facilities to separate such persons from inmates who are confined awaiting trial or have been sentenced to the state correctional facility.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.