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HOUSE BILL 557-FN-A

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill removes the 25 percent cap on grants made from the victims' assistance fund. The bill also provides that money in the victims' assistance fund in excess of $900,000 shall lapse to the general fund.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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

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

176:1 Application of Receipts; Victims' Assistance Fund. Amend RSA 6:12, I (aa) to read as follows:

(aa) The assessments collected under RSA 188-F:31 and 651:63, V and the surcharges on state commissary purchases under RSA 622:7-b designated for the victims' assistance fund which shall be credited to the victims' assistance fund until that fund exceeds [$750,000] $900,000, at which time moneys in excess of [$750,000] $900,000 shall be credited to the general fund.

176:2 Department of Justice; Administration of Victims' Assistance Fund. Amend RSA 21-M:8-i, I to read as follows:

I. Subject to the availability of money in the victims' assistance fund, the attorney general shall make grants [totaling not more than 25 percent of the victims' assistance fund,] for the establishment and maintenance of victim assistance programs.

176:3 Department of Justice; Administration of Victims' Assistance Fund. Amend RSA 21-M:8-i, II to read as follows:

II. A victim assistance program is eligible to receive grants under this section if such program:

(a) Is within the office of a county attorney; or

(b) Is operated by a public agency or a private nonprofit organization or a combination of such agencies or organizations and provides services to victims of crime, and demonstrates:

(1) a record of providing effective services to victims of crime and financial support from sources other than the fund; or

(2) substantial financial support from sources other than the fund; or

(c) Is a program approved by the attorney general and provides services to victims of sexual assault.

176:4 Effective Date.

I. Section 1 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

II. The remainder of this act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

(Approved: May 15, 2002)

(Effective Date: I. Section 1 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2003.