2001 SESSION

01-0417

09/01

SENATE BILL 144-LOCAL

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

ANALYSIS

This bill increases bail commissioners' fees.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

01-0417

09/01

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:

154:1 Bail Commissioners' Fees Increased. Amend RSA 597:20 to read as follows:

597:20 Fees. The bail commissioners in such cases shall be entitled to a fee of [$20] $30. However, clerks of court or members of their staffs who are bail commissioners shall be entitled to collect such fee only when called while not on active duty. In jurisdictions where the bail commissioner is a full-time salaried police officer, constable, sheriff, deputy sheriff, state police employee, or anyone else authorized to execute police powers, such person shall not receive the fee established in this section, but instead such amount shall be remitted to the town or city in which the municipal or district court is situated.

154:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

(Approved: June 29, 2001)

(Effective Date: August 28, 2001)