HB 343-FN-LOCAL - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
04/09
HOUSE BILL 343-FN-LOCAL
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill requires that when a person is taken into a county correctional facility under protective custody by a peace officer, the facility will make reasonable efforts to arrange transportation for such person upon release. If no such arrangements can be made, the law enforcement agency which originally transported the individual to the facility shall transport the person back to the city or town from where such person came.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-0867
04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to certain individuals taken into protective custody.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse; Protective Custody of Certain Individuals Amended. Amend RSA 172-B:3 by inserting after paragraph VIII the following new paragraph:
IX. When a peace officer takes a person into protective custody under this section, and remands such person to the custody of a county correctional facility, the facility shall make every reasonable effort to notify another person who shall be responsible for transporting the person from the facility upon such person's release. If such transportation cannot be arranged, the law enforcement agency which originally delivered the person into protective custody shall, upon request of the facility, transport the person to the city or town from where such person came.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
01-0867
1/23/01
HB 343-FN-LOCAL - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to certain individuals taken into protective custody.
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.