Bill Text: NH SB575 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to appeals from the victims' assistance commission.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-16 - Vacated from Committee and Laid on Table, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 06/16/2020 Senate Journal 8 [SB575 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2020-SB575-Introduced.html
SB 575 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
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SENATE BILL 575
AN ACT relative to appeals from the victims' assistance commission.
SPONSORS: Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Rep. Hatch, Coos 6; Rep. Williams, Hills. 4; Rep. P. Schmidt, Straf. 19
COMMITTEE: Judiciary
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ANALYSIS
This bill states that a claimant denied compensation by the victims' assistance commission may appeal such decision to the attorney general.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to appeals from the victims' assistance commission.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Victims' Assistance Fund; Claimant Eligibility. Amend RSA 21-M:8-h by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
IV-a. If the commission determines the claimant is ineligible for compensation, in whole or in part, the claimant may petition the attorney general for a rehearing pursuant to RSA 541:3. The attorney general, or designee, shall review the complete record before the commission and may affirm or reverse, in whole or in part, the commission's decision. An appeal of the attorney general's decision my be taken directly to the supreme court pursuant to RSA 541:6.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
