Section 188-F:31 Penalty Assessment; Waiver of Penalty. - New Hampshire Statutes

   I. Every court shall levy a penalty assessment of $2 or 24 percent, whichever is greater, on each fine or penalty imposed by the court for a criminal offense, including any fine or penalty for a violation of RSA title XXI or any municipal ordinance, except for a violation of a municipal ordinance relating to motor vehicles unlawfully left or parked.
   II. If multiple offenses are involved, the penalty assessment shall be imposed on the total fine.
   III. If a fine is suspended in whole or in part, the penalty assessment shall be reduced in proportion to the suspension.
   IV. The clerk of each court shall collect all penalty assessments and shall transmit the amount collected under paragraphs I-III to the state treasurer for deposit in the following funds. The state treasurer shall deposit 54.17 percent of the amount collected in the police standards and training council training fund, 16.67 percent of the amount collected in the victims' assistance fund, 16.67 percent of the amount collected in the judicial branch information technology fund, and the remainder in the general fund.
   V. If it is determined by a court that the payment of all or any part of a penalty assessment would work a hardship on the person convicted or on such person's immediate family, the court may suspend the payment of all or any part of the assessment.

Source. 1985, 152:1. 1988, 196:1, 2. 1989, 408:60, 61, 83, 84. 1990, 3:69, 70. 1992, 220:1, 2, 3, 4. 1995, 133:10. 1999, 261:3. 2005, 177:156. 2006, 259:29. 2007, 263:66, eff. June 29, 2007. 2009, 144:109, 110, eff. July 1, 2009.