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SB37: relative to release of a defendant pending trial.
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- Deborah Reynolds Senate · Dist 2
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CHAPTER 91
SB 37 – FINAL VERSION
04/29/09 1407eba
2009 SESSION
09-0997
04/05
SENATE BILL 37
AN ACT relative to release of a defendant pending trial.
ANALYSIS
This bill allows the court to consider whether a person who is detained as a result of his or her inability to meet the required conditions or post the required bond is the parent and sole caretaker of a child and whether such child would become the responsibility of the division of children, youth, and families.
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
04/29/09 1407eba
09-0997
04/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT relative to release of a defendant pending trial.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
91:1 Release of a Defendant Pending Trial. Amend RSA 597:2, II to read as follows:
II. The court or justice shall order the prearraignment or pretrial release of the person on his or her personal recognizance, or upon execution of an unsecured appearance bond in an amount specified by the court, subject to the condition that the person not commit a crime during the period of his or her release, and subject to such further condition or combination of conditions that the court may require, unless the court determines that such release will not reasonably assure the appearance of the person as required or will endanger the safety of the person or of any other person or the community. The court may also consider as a factor in its determination under this paragraph or paragraph III that a person who is detained as a result of his or her inability to meet the required conditions or post the required bond is the parent and sole caretaker of a child and whether, as a result, such child would become the responsibility of the division of children, youth, and families.
91:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 12, 2009
Effective Date: August 11, 2009