CHAPTER 234
HB 228 – FINAL VERSION
05/23/13 1573s
2013 SESSION
01/04
HOUSE BILL 228
AN ACT relative to insurance fraud.
SPONSORS: Rep. Butler, Carr 7; Rep. John Hunt, Ches 11; Rep. Flanders, Belk 3
COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs
This bill establishes venue for offenses relating to insurance fraud.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
05/23/13 1573s
13-0341
01/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen
AN ACT relative to insurance fraud.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
234:1 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; or
(e) The county or judicial district in which money was received for the fraudulent act.
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.
234:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2014.
Approved: July 15, 2013
Effective Date: January 1, 2014