HB 492 - AS INTRODUCED

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2001 SESSION

01-0558

09/01

HOUSE BILL 492

AN ACT requiring a clear statement of which justices rendered each supreme court order or opinion.

SPONSORS: Rep. P. Woods, Straf 11; Sen. Roberge, Dist 9

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

ANALYSIS

This bill requires that the supreme court have printed on or with each supreme court order or opinion a statement of which justices rendered each order or opinion.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

01-0558

09/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

AN ACT requiring a clear statement of which justices rendered each supreme court order or opinion.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Section; Supreme Court Orders and Opinions; Clear Statement of Rendering Justices. Amend RSA 490 by inserting after section 8 the following new section:

490:8-a Court Orders and Opinions. The supreme court shall have printed, on or with each order or opinion issued, a clear statement of which justices rendered such order or opinion.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.