HB 1536-FN - AS INTRODUCED

2000 SESSION

00-2026

04/10

HOUSE BILL 1536-FN

AN ACT requiring parental notification for certain offenses involving minors.

SPONSORS: Rep. Robertson, Ches 18

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

ANALYSIS

This bill requires local law enforcement officials to notify the parents or legal guardians of a minor charged with any violation or misdemeanor offense.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

00-2026

04/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand

AN ACT requiring parental notification for certain offenses involving minors.

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

1 New Section; Criminal Code; Preliminary; Parental Notification Provision Added. Amend  RSA 625 by inserting after section 11 the following new section:

625:12 Offenses Involving Minors; Parental Notification Required. In cases where a minor is charged with a violation or misdemeanor offense, the local law enforcement officials in the city or town in which the minor is charged shall notify the minor's parent or legal guardian, via first class mail, of the charge against the minor. Such notice may include a copy of the complaint, summons, or other information describing the offense with which the minor is charged.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

LBAO

00-2026

12/17/99

HB 1536-FN - FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT requiring parental notification for certain offenses involving minors.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to complete a fiscal note for this bill as it is awaiting information from an agency.