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SB229: relative to restitution ordered against an inmate.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

Citation
2007 SB229
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Committee
HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Hearing
05/22/2007 at 10:00 AM
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Criminal justice and courts

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CHAPTER 239

SB 229 – FINAL VERSION

2007 SESSION

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SENATE BILL 229

AN ACT relative to restitution ordered against an inmate.

SPONSORS: Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

ANALYSIS

This bill provides that restitution ordered against an inmate shall, upon payment, be used to defray the operating expenses of the prisons.

This bill is a request of the department of corrections.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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04/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven

AN ACT relative to restitution ordered against an inmate.

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

239:1 Prison Labor and its Products; Effect of Misconduct. Amend RSA 622:32 to read as follows:

622:32 Effect of Misconduct. If any prisoner shall willfully escape from a state prison or commit a breach of discipline while confined in said prison, or when at liberty on parole shall violate any of the terms and conditions governing prisoners on parole, the commissioner of corrections may, in his or her discretion, cause the forfeiture of all earnings remaining to the prisoner’s credit, and the same shall be credited to the account from which it was taken. Any restitution ordered by a court or through the inmate disciplinary system shall, upon payment, be used to defray the operating expenses of the prisons.

239:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: June 25, 2007

Effective: June 25, 2007