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SB498: (New Title) requiring an annual report detailing activity related to forfeiture of personal property.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

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Criminal justice and courts Housing and property

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CHAPTER 231

SB 498-FN - FINAL VERSION

03/08/2018 0899s

19Apr2018... 1479h

2018 SESSION

18-2901

04/06

SENATE BILL 498-FN

AN ACT requiring an annual report detailing activity related to forfeiture of personal property.


AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill requires the attorney general to post an annual report on the department's website detailing activity related to forfeiture of personal property.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/08/2018 0899s

19Apr2018... 1479h 18-2901

04/06

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

AN ACT requiring an annual report detailing activity related to forfeiture of personal property.

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

231:1 New Section; Forfeitures of Personal Property; Report. Amend RSA 617 by inserting after section 11 the following new section:

617:12 Report.

I. The attorney general, no later than 120 days after the close of the fiscal year, shall post a report on the department of justice website detailing state forfeiture activity, for the preceding fiscal year, including the type, approximate value, and disposition of the property seized, and the amount of any proceeds received or expended at the state and local levels. The report shall provide a categorized accounting of all proceeds expended. Summary data on seizures, forfeitures, and expenditures of forfeiture proceeds shall be provided by the law enforcement agency in disaggregated form to the attorney general.

II. The attorney general may include proposed legislative recommendations to improve policies to ensure that seizures and forfeitures are undertaken and reported in a manner that is fair to crime victims, innocent property owners, secured interest holders, citizens, and law enforcement officers.

231:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 08, 2018

Effective Date: August 07, 2018