HB 1281 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
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2000 SESSION
03/01
HOUSE BILL 1281
COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy
This bill requires that requests for the disqualification of a public utilities commissioner be referred to a special master appointed by the supreme court.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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00-2134
03/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to disqualification of public utility commissioners.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Public Utilities Commission; Appointment, Qualification, etc.; Disqualification Request. Amend RSA 363 by inserting after section 19 the following new section:
363:19-a Disqualification Request. Any party, as defined in RSA 363:30, V, may request the disqualification of a commissioner from a specific docket or dockets. If the commissioner does not disqualify himself or herself following the request, the request shall be referred to the supreme court for the appointment of a judicial referee to conduct a hearing and make findings of fact and rulings. The hearing on the disqualification request shall be held within 60 days from the filing date of the disqualification request. Within 30 days after the hearing the judicial referee shall issue a decision on the request. The decision shall be subject to the procedure for rehearings and appeals prescribed by RSA 541.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2001.