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2001 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 373

AN ACT relative to surety bonds for detective agencies and security services.

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill increases the surety bond for detective agencies and security services from $10,000 to $50,000.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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08/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

AN ACT relative to surety bonds for detective agencies and security services.

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

239:1 Surety Bond. Amend RSA 106-F:9 to read as follows:

106-F:9 Surety Bond. The surety bond required by this section shall be so conditioned that the person bonded shall conduct his or her business in a lawful and honest manner without committing, compounding, aiding or abetting the commission of any criminal offense. Said bond shall be filed with and kept by the secretary of state and shall be subject to being sued upon by the attorney general of the state in the name of the state or sued upon by any person injured by a breach of any condition of such bond designed to protect such person. The principal sum of the bond shall be [$10,000] $50,000, which shall be increased by [$10,000] $50,000 for each additional type of license held by any person licensed under this chapter.

239:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

(Approved: July 13, 2001)

(Effective Date: September 11, 2001)