SB 575  - AS INTRODUCED

2020 SESSION

20-3079

04/01

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20-3079

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.