HB 187-FN-LOCAL - AS INTRODUCED

2001 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 187-FN-LOCAL

AN ACT relative to the Manchester airport authority security force.

SPONSORS: Rep. Dodge, Rock 4

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

ANALYSIS

This bill establishes requirements for the Manchester airport authority security force.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

AN ACT relative to the Manchester airport authority security force.

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

1 New Section; Manchester Airport Authority Security Force. Amend 1989, 265 by inserting after section 8 the following new section:

265:8-a Airport Authority Security Force.

I. The airport authority shall organize an airport security force for the purpose of patrolling the buildings, roads, and grounds of the airport authority. The airport security force shall be under the immediate control of and responsible to the airport authority.

II. All security officers of the airport security force shall meet the requirements of the Federal Aviation Administration under 14 C.F.R. Section 107.17 and shall have completed a program of police training as established by the police standards and training council pursuant to RSA 188-F and as appropriate to such officers' exercise of limited police powers. Security officers shall possess general police powers including the power of arrest, but such powers shall extend only to the buildings, roads, and grounds of the airport authority and only to the period during which such members are on official active duty. The only instance where the authority of members of the airport security force shall extend beyond the buildings, roads, and grounds of the airport authority is where a member of the security force is in fresh pursuit of a person or persons who have committed a crime or violation in the buildings or while on the roads or grounds of the airport authority.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

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HB 187-FN-LOCAL - FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT relative to the Manchester airport authority security force.

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.