SB 379 – AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
03/07/12 0730s
2012 SESSION
01/04
SENATE BILL 379
AN ACT relative to insurance fraud.
SPONSORS: Sen. White, Dist 9; Sen. Houde, Dist 5; Rep. Hunt, Ches 7; Rep. Flanders, Belk 4; Rep. Headd, Rock 3; Rep. Infantine, Hills 13
This bill establishes venue for offenses relating to insurance fraud.
This bill is a request of the insurance department.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/07/12 0730s
12-2847
01/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT relative to insurance fraud.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Insurance Fraud; Venue. Amend RSA 638 by inserting after section 20 the following new section:
638:20-a Venue.
I. In any prosecution for a violation of RSA 638:20, the offense shall be deemed to have been committed in any of the following locations:
(a) The county or judicial district in which any element of the offense was committed;
(b) The county or judicial district of the purported loss;
(c) The county or judicial district in which the insurance policy provides coverage;
(d) The county or judicial district in which the insurer or the insurer's agent received the false statement or application;
(e) The county or judicial district in which money was received for the fraudulent act; or
(f) In any county or judicial district where any act in furtherance of the criminal scheme was committed.
II. If any violation of RSA 638:20 has been deemed to have occurred in any of the locations listed in paragraph I, the prosecution for all the related violations may be brought together in any of the counties or judicial districts.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2013.