Bill Text: NH HB1445 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to penalties for corrupt practices.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-06 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 03/06/2018 House Journal 6 P. 74 [HB1445 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2018-HB1445-Introduced.html

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HB 1445 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2018 SESSION

18-2151

04/08

 

HOUSE BILL 1445

 

AN ACT relative to penalties for corrupt practices.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Marple, Merr. 24; Rep. Hoell, Merr. 23; Rep. Burt, Hills. 39; Rep. Comeau, Carr. 5; Rep. Spillane, Rock. 2; Rep. Renzullo, Hills. 37

 

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill provides that any public servant who fails to be accountable shall be subject to the penalty contained in RSA 92:2.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-2151

04/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT relative to penalties for corrupt practices.

 

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

 

1  New Paragraph; Bribery in Official and Political Matters.  Amend RSA 640:2 by inserting after paragraph I-a the following new paragraph:

I-a.  Any public servant who fails to be accountable as expressed in article 8 of the New Hampshire Bill of Rights, shall ipso facto be deemed guilty of violating article 84, part II, New Hampshire Bill of Rights, subjecting the violator to the penalty contained in RSA 92:2.  

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