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HB635: requiring a non-client public protection and recovery fund to be administered by the supreme court.
Bill details
Version history, amendments, and roll-call votes were not present in the imported local bill data.
Sponsors
- Michael Brewster House ยท Merr 21
Topics
Criminal justice and courts Public finance
Official links
HB 635-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2017 SESSION
17-0750
09/01
HOUSE BILL 635-FN
AN ACT requiring a non-client public protection and recovery fund to be administered by the supreme court.
ANALYSIS
This bill requires the establishment of a non-client public protection and recovery fund to be administered by the supreme court.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
17-0750
09/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT requiring a non-client public protection and recovery fund to be administered by the supreme court.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Non-Client Public Protection and Recovery Fund. Amend RSA 311 by inserting after section 13 the following new section:
311:13-a Non-Client Public Protection and Recovery Fund. The supreme court shall establish and administer a non-client public protection and recovery fund for the purpose of paying claims of non-clients, including those who claim restitution for being imprisoned unlawfully. The supreme court shall collect a fee from attorneys, judges, and court clerks to fund the non-client public protection and recovery fund.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2018.
LBAO 17-0750
1/23/17
HB 635-FN- FISCAL NOTE
as introduced
AN ACT requiring a non-client public protection and recovery fund to be administered by the supreme court.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ ] None
Estimated Increase / (Decrease)
STATE:
FY 2018
FY 2019
FY 2020
FY 2021
Appropriation
$0
$0
$0
$0
Revenue
Indeterminable
Indeterminable
Indeterminable
Indeterminable
Expenditures
Indeterminable
Indeterminable
Indeterminable
Indeterminable
Funding Source:
[ ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ X ] Non-Client Public Protection and Recovery Fund
The Judicial Branch was originally contacted on January 6, 2017 and again on January 18, 2017 for a fiscal note worksheet, which the Branch has not provided as of Monday, January 23, 2017.
METHODOLOGY:
This bill establishes the Non-Client Public Protection and Recovery Fund for the purpose of paying claims to non-clients, including those who claim restitution for being imprisoned unlawfully. This bill requires the Supreme Court to collect a fee from attorneys, judges, and court clerks to fund the new Fund. The amount of additional revenue collected and new expenditures resulting from this bill cannot be estimated.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Judicial Branch