CHAPTER 33

SB 306 - FINAL VERSION

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2002 SESSION

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SENATE BILL 306

AN ACT extending the reporting date of the commission to study the state's increasing appellate caseload and solutions to the increasing appellate caseload.

SPONSORS: Sen. Pignatelli, Dist 13

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill extends the reporting date of the commission to study the state's increasing appellate caseload and solutions to the increasing appellate caseload (HB 135) to November 1, 2002.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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08/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Two

AN ACT extending the reporting date of the commission to study the state's increasing appellate caseload and solutions to the increasing appellate caseload.

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

33:1 Report Date Extended. Amend 2001, 159:5, I-II to read as follows:

I. The commission shall report its findings and any proposed recommendations for legislation or rule enactment or modification which may alleviate or eliminate the delays in the appeals process and increase the number of appeals accepted and written decisions on a short-term or immediate basis no later than November 1, [2001] 2002.

II. The commission shall report its findings and any proposed recommendations for legislation or rule enactment for long-term permanent remedies to the problems described in section 1 no later than November 1, [2001] 2002.

33:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

(Approved: April 8, 2002)

(Effective Date: April 8, 2002)