Bill Text: NH SB536 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to eligibility for death benefits for court security officers.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2018-05-17 - Signed by the Governor on 05/15/2018; Chapter 0054; Effective 07/14/2018 [SB536 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2018-SB536-Introduced.html
SB 536-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2018 SESSION
18-2882
05/06
SENATE BILL 536-FN
AN ACT relative to eligibility for death benefits for court security officers.
SPONSORS: Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 5; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Rep. Hagan, Rock. 4; Rep. Berch, Ches. 1; Rep. Keans, Straf. 23
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill includes court security officers and bailiffs in the definition of police officer for purposes of determining eligibility for death benefits for police officers killed in the line of duty.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18-2882
05/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to eligibility for death benefits for court security officers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Death Benefit for Police Officer or Firefighter Killed in the Line of Duty; Definition of Police Officer; Court Security Officers and Bailiffs Included. Amend RSA 21-I:29-a, I(f) to read as follows:
(f) "Police officer'' means any law enforcement officer with the power of arrest, including auxiliary, intermittent, special, part-time, or reserve police officers, or sheriffs and their deputies who are employed by a city, town, village district, county, or precinct within the state of New Hampshire, police officers employed by the university system of New Hampshire, court security officers and bailiffs, and any state law enforcement officer employed by the state of New Hampshire who has power of arrest as determined by state law.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
18-2882
12/19/17
SB 536-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to eligibility for death benefits for court security officers.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ ] None
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| Estimated Increase / (Decrease) | |||
STATE: | FY 2019 | FY 2020 | FY 2021 | FY 2022 |
Appropriation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Expenditures | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable |
Funding Source: | [ X ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ ] Other | |||
METHODOLOGY:
This bill adds court security officers and bailiffs to the definition of police officer when determining eligibility for the $100,000 death benefit paid by the state to the family of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty. The Judicial Branch and Department of Administrative Services indicate the number of possible future instances of this occurrence are unknown, but would be $100,000 for each occurrence, therefore the total fiscal impact is indeterminable. Under current law, between FY 2013 and FY 2017, three payments were made in FY 2013, and one payment each was made in FY 2014 and FY 2016.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Judicial Branch and Department of Administrative Services
