HB 103 – AS INTRODUCED
2011 SESSION
04/09
HOUSE BILL 103
AN ACT requiring law enforcement agencies to take proper care of firearms seized pursuant to a domestic violence order for relief.
SPONSORS: Rep. Reilly, Graf 8; Rep. Simard, Graf 8
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill requires proper care and storage of deadly weapons seized from the defendant pursuant to an order for relief in a domestic violence case in order to protect the integrity and condition of the weapons.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
11-0567
04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT requiring law enforcement agencies to take proper care of firearms seized pursuant to a domestic violence order for relief.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Protection of Persons From Domestic Violence; Relief. Amend RSA 173-B:5, I(a)(6) to read as follows:
(6) Directing the defendant to relinquish to the peace officer, in addition to the relief specified in RSA 173-B:5, I, any and all deadly weapons specified in the protective order that are in the control, ownership, or possession of the defendant, or any other person on behalf of the defendant and directing the law enforcement agency or other entity in possession of the deadly weapons to exercise the proper care and storage of such weapons in order to protect the integrity and condition of the weapons.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.