HB 467 - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
09/01
HOUSE BILL 467
This bill establishes a 5-year rotating term based on seniority for the chief justice of 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-0054
09/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to a term for the chief justice of the supreme court.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Supreme Court Justices; Chief Justice Position and Term. RSA 490:1 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
490:1 Justices. The supreme court shall consist of 5 justices appointed and commissioned as prescribed by the constitution. On the effective date of this section, the administrative position of chief justice shall be held by the justice with the most seniority on the court for a period of up to 5 years. Each succeeding chief justice shall serve for a period of up to 5 years and shall be the justice with the most seniority of service on the court who has not yet served as chief justice. In the event that all 5 justices have served a term as chief justice, succeeding chief justices shall serve rotating 5-year terms based on seniority.
2 Contingency. Section 1 of this act shall take effect upon the date of retirement of chief justice David A. Brock.
3 Effective Date.
I. Section 1 of this act shall take effect as provided in section 2 of this act.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.