HB 1554-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2000 SESSION
03/09
HOUSE BILL 1554-FN
AN ACT prohibiting knowingly remaining in a place where alcoholic beverages or controlled drugs are unlawfully possessed.
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill prohibits knowingly remaining in a place where alcoholic beverages or controlled drugs are unlawfully possessed.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
00-2315
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT prohibiting knowingly remaining in a place where alcoholic beverages or controlled drugs are unlawfully possessed.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Alcoholic Beverages; Enforcement, Requirements, and Penalties; Knowingly Remaining Where Liquor or Alcoholic Beverage is Unlawfully Possessed. Amend RSA 179 by inserting after section 10-a the following new section:
179:10-b Knowingly Remaining Where Liquor or Alcoholic Beverage is Unlawfully Possessed. Any person who knowingly remains in any place where there is unlawfully possessed any liquor or alcoholic beverage shall be guilty of a violation and shall be fined a minimum of $250. Any second and subsequent offense, and any offense by a person previously convicted under RSA 179:10 or RSA 318-B:2, XI-a, shall be a misdemeanor, and the person shall be fined a minimum of $500.
2 New Paragraph; Controlled Drug Act; Acts Prohibited; Knowingly Remaining Where Controlled Drug is Unlawfully Possessed. Amend RSA 318-B:2 by inserting after paragraph XI the following new paragraph:
XI-a. It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly remain in any place where there is unlawfully possessed any controlled drug or controlled drug analog.
3 New Paragraph; Controlled Drug Act; Penalties; Knowingly Remaining Where Controlled Drug is Unlawfully Possessed. Amend RSA 318-B:26 by inserting after paragraph XII the following new paragraph:
XIII. Any person who violates RSA 318-B:2, XI-a shall be guilty of a violation and shall be fined a minimum of $250. Any second and subsequent offense, and any offense by a person previously convicted under RSA 179:10 or RSA 179:10-b, shall be a misdemeanor, and the person shall be fined a minimum of $500.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2001.
LBAO
00-2315
12/17/99
HB 1544-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT prohibiting knowingly remaining in a place where alcoholic beverages or controlled drugs are unlawfully possessed.
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.