HB 182-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
09/01
HOUSE BILL 182-FN
This bill increases the number of supreme court justices from 5 to 7 and changes the quorum required for supreme court sessions to 5.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-0333
09/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT increasing the number of supreme court justices.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Number of Supreme Court Justices Increased. Amend RSA 490:1 to read as follows:
490:1 Justices. The supreme court shall consist of a chief justice and [4] 6 associate justices, appointed and commissioned as prescribed by the constitution.
2 Quorum for Supreme Court Sessions. Amend RSA 490:7 to read as follows:
490:7 Quorum. Sessions of the court shall be held by at least [3] 5 supreme court justices. A lesser number, or the clerk, if no justice attends, may adjourn the sessions from day to day until [3] 5 justices attend. If one or more of the justices present is disqualified to sit in any case, one or more temporary justices may be assigned in accordance with RSA 490:3; provided that at least [3] 5 justices, either full-time or temporarily appointed, must sit, participate, and decide.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2002.
LBAO
01-0333
1/5/01
HB 182-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT increasing the number of supreme court justices.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to complete a fiscal note for this bill as it is awaiting information from an agency.