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HB1132: creating an exception to the wiretapping statute for a recording device used in conjunction with a TASER or other similar electroshock device.
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Sponsors
- Tholl House · Coos 2
- William Knowles House · Straf 6
- David Welch House · Rock 8
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CHAPTER 139
HB 1132 – FINAL VERSION
06Feb2008… 0149h
04/17/08 1145s
2008 SESSION
08-2014
04/10
HOUSE BILL 1132
AN ACT creating an exception to the wiretapping statute for a recording device used in conjunction with a TASER or other similar electroshock device.
ANALYSIS
This bill creates an exception to the wiretapping and eavesdropping statute for audio and video recordings made by a device used by law enforcement personnel in conjunction with a TASER or other similar electroshock device.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
06Feb2008… 0149h
04/17/08 1145s
08-2014
04/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT creating an exception to the wiretapping statute for a recording device used in conjunction with a TASER or other similar electroshock device.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
139:1 New Subparagraph; Wiretapping and Eavesdropping; Exceptions. Amend RSA 570-A:2, II by inserting after subparagraph (k) the following new subparagraph:
(l) A law enforcement officer in the ordinary course of the officer’s duties using any device capable of making an audio or video recording, or both, and which is attached to and used in conjunction with a TASER or other similar electroshock device. Any person who is the subject of such recording shall be informed of the existence of the audio or video recording, or both, and shall be provided with a copy of such recording at his or her request.
139:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 6, 2008
Effective Date: August 5, 2008