Bill Text: NH SB151 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to the payment of witness fees and other fees for services in criminal cases.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2014-07-18 - Signed by the Governor on 07/11/2014; Chapter 0188; Effective 01/01/2015 [SB151 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2014-SB151-Introduced.html

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SB 151-FN – AS INTRODUCED

2013 SESSION

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SENATE BILL 151-FN

AN ACT relative to the payment of witness fees in criminal cases.

SPONSORS: Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Sen. Boutin, Dist 16; Sen. Cataldo, Dist 6; Rep. Wall, Straf 6

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

ANALYSIS

This bill declares that it is the duty of the prosecutor to maintain a register of persons who have been required to attend court for the state for the purposes of witness fees.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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01/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT relative to the payment of witness fees in criminal cases.

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

1 Payment of Witnesses in Criminal Cases. Amend RSA 592-A:12 to read as follows:

592-A:12 Payment of Witnesses in Criminal Cases. Any person who attends any court for the state in criminal cases pursuant to subpoena shall be paid the witness fees provided by RSA 516:16. It shall be the duty of the [clerk of court] prosecutor to maintain a register of all persons who have been required to attend court for the state. The prosecutor shall forward the register to the attorney general who shall pay all witness fees to all persons who are entitled to such fees. The attorney general shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the payment of witness fees under this section.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2014.

LBAO

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Revised 02/12/13

SB 151 FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT relative to the payment of witness fees in criminal cases.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation, as introduced, has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 2013 through 2017.