HB 1267-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2000 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 1267-FN
AN ACT requiring courts to use the English language on all forms and in all correspondence.
This bill requires the courts to use the English language on all forms and in all correspondence.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
00-2314
09/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT requiring courts to use the English language on all forms and in all correspondence.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Court Forms and Correspondence. Amend RSA 490:26-d to read as follows:
490:26-d Forms and Correspondence. The supreme court shall establish such forms for all courts as are necessary for the effective administration of justice. All forms established shall be in the English language and shall not use Latin terms. The courts shall use the English language in all correspondence.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2001.
LBAO
00-2314
12/6/99
HB 1267-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT requiring courts to use the English language on all forms and in all correspondence.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) has determined this bill may increase state expenditures by an indeterminable amount in FY 2001. There will be no fiscal impact on county and local expenditures or on state, county and local revenue.
METHODOLOGY:
The AOC stated forms are currently predominantly in English and that changing individual forms would not be labor intensive. However, if all forms must be changed immediately, there would be an indeterminable cost associated with discarding in-stock forms and having them reprinted, in that not all forms are computer generated