HB 1115 - AS INTRODUCED

2001 SESSION

01-2182

05/09

HOUSE BILL 1115

AN ACT relative to the procedure for assignment of juvenile probation and parole officers.

SPONSORS: Rep. Lyman, Carr 5

COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law

ANALYSIS

This bill eliminates the requirement that the district court approve the department of health and human services' assignment of juvenile probation and parole officers.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

01-2182

05/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

AN ACT relative to the procedure for assignment of juvenile probation and parole officers.

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

1 Services for Children, Youth and Families; Juvenile Services; Assignment of Juvenile Probation and Parole Officers. Amend RSA 170-G:15 to read as follows:

170-G:15 Assignment of Juvenile Probation and Parole Officers. The commissioner shall, through rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A, assign permanent juvenile probation and parole officers to each judicial district consistent with the workload formula established by the department [in consultation with the New Hampshire Judges Association, and subject to the approval of the presiding justice].

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