CHAPTER 216
SB 358- FINAL VERSION
2000 SESSION
09/01
SENATE BILL 358
This bill disqualifies certain persons from providing court reporting services.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
00-2733
09/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to court reporting services.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
216:1 Court Reporting Services; Disqualifications. RSA 517:3 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
517:3 Disqualifications. No person shall write the testimony of a witness, record the testimony of a witness, or act as magistrate in taking the same, if:
I. Such person is a party to the action;
II. Such person is a relative, employee, or attorney of a party to the action;
III. Such person has a financial interest in the action or its outcome;
IV. Such person has entered into an arrangement with a person or entity which has a financial interest in the action or its outcome, where the arrangement purports to create a relationship in which the person transcribing the deposition or recording the deposition will be providing exclusive deposition transcribing or deposition recording services for the interested person or entity; or
V. Such person is employed by or is an independent contractor working for a person or entity which has entered into an arrangement with a person or entity which has a financial interest in the action or its outcome, where the arrangement purports to create a relationship in which the person's employer will be providing exclusive deposition transcribing or deposition recording services for the interested person or entity.
216:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2001.
(Approved: June 1, 2000)
(Effective Date: January 1, 2001)