2001 SESSION

01-0252

04/09

HOUSE BILL 296-FN

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

ANALYSIS

This bill:

I. Provides that property which is purchased from an undercover law enforcement officer and which is represented as stolen constitutes the offense of receiving stolen property.

II. Provides that any person who steals property or services from 3 separate business establishments within a 72-hour period shall be guilty of a class B felony for receiving stolen property.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

01-0252

04/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

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

174:1 Theft; Receiving Stolen Property; Receiving Stolen Property From an Undercover Law Enforcement Officer. Amend RSA 637:7, II(c) to read as follows:

(c) Being a dealer in property of the sort received, retained or disposed, acquires it for a consideration which he knows is far below its reasonable value[.], or

(d) Purchases property from a law enforcement officer working in an undercover capacity, or an agent of such law enforcement officer, where such property has been explicitly represented as stolen.

174:2 Theft; Receiving Stolen Property; Penalties Amended. Amend RSA 637:11, II(c) to read as follows:

(c) The theft constitutes a violation of RSA 637:5, II(a) or (b)[.], or

(d) The property or services stolen are from 3 separate business establishments within a 72-hour period.

174:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2002.

(Approved: July 5, 2001)

(Effective Date: January 1, 2002)