CHAPTER 227
HB 616 - FINAL VERSION
18apr01...0238h
2001 SESSION
09/01
HOUSE BILL 616
AN ACT clarifying sessions to be held at the satellite district court in Durham.
SPONSORS: Rep. Wall, Straf 9; Rep. K. Gilbert, Rock 19; Rep. N. Kaen, Straf 7; Rep. Lent, Straf 8; Rep. Estabrook, Straf 8; Sen. Wheeler, Dist 21
This bill clarifies that cases arising from the towns of Durham, Lee, and Madbury are to be heard at the satellite district court in Durham.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18apr01...0238h
01-0651
09/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT clarifying sessions to be held at the satellite district court in Durham.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
227:1 Clarification of Sessions to be Held at Satellite District Court in Durham. Amend RSA 502-A:1, VII to read as follows:
VII. DOVER-SOMERSWORTH-DURHAM DISTRICT. The Dover-Somersworth-Durham district shall consist of the cities of Dover and Somersworth and the towns of Rollinsford, Durham, Lee, and Madbury. The court shall be located in a city or town within the judicial district in a location and facility designated pursuant to RSA 490-B:3, having regard for the convenience of the communities within the district, provided, however, that the court shall not be located in any building which does not meet the minimum standard prescribed by the New Hampshire court accreditation commission pursuant to RSA 490:5-c. The court shall hold sessions regularly at the principal court location and elsewhere in the district as justice may require. [Special sessions of said court for cases arising from the town towns of Durham shall be held at the principal a court location in the town of Durham as the caseload and justice requires. The court shall bear the name of the city or town in which it is located.] Cases arising from the towns of Durham, Lee, and Madbury shall be held regularly at a court facility in the town of Durham.
227:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: July 11, 2001)
(Effective Date: September 9, 2001)