Section 21-M:8 Criminal Justice Bureau. - New Hampshire Statutes

   I. There is hereby established within the division of public protection a criminal justice bureau. The bureau shall be supervised by a senior assistant attorney general who shall be appointed by the attorney general in accordance with the provisions of RSA 21-M:3 and who shall carry out the duties imposed by this section under the supervision of the attorney general and do such other work as the attorney general may assign. The attorney general shall appoint such other assistant attorneys general pursuant to the provisions of RSA 21-M:3 and such additional investigative, clerical, stenographic, and other staff as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section within the limits of the appropriations made for the bureau.
   II. The duties of the bureau shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
      (a) Investigating and prosecuting major crimes as directed by the attorney general.
      (b) Representing the state in all criminal appeals to the New Hampshire supreme court or federal courts.
      (c) Investigating and prosecuting such other criminal matters as the attorney general shall determine.
      (d) Investigating and prosecuting medicaid fraud as directed by the attorney general.
      (e) Representing the state in all post-conviction insanity proceedings.

Source. 1985, 300:1, eff. July 1, 1985.