H173 - Omnibus Criminal Law Bill (SL 2015-247)

Overview: S.L. 2015-247 amends various criminal laws by doing the following:

• Extending the period of time to avoid the court costs for failure to pay.
• Directing the Administrative Office of the Courts to report on certain orders of remand from superior court.
• Revising the law authorizing a chief district court judge to designate certain magistrates to appoint counsel, and authorizing magistrates to perform certain functions.
• Clarifying the law pertaining to probation revocation appeals.
• Conforming State law with United States Supreme Court decisions relating to individuals with intellectual disability.
• Making a conforming change to petition for judicial review.
• Providing that expunction information may be transmitted electronically or by facsimile.
• Providing that doubling of bond is permissive rather than mandatory for certain defendants.
• Amending statutory provisions pertaining to disposition of certain physical evidence that may contain biological evidence.
• Amending the rules of evidence to allow certification by the custodian of a business record to show the authenticity of the record.
• Amending laws relating to bail bond continuing education.

This act has various effective dates; please see the full summary for more detail.