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2003 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 195

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits all part-time district court judges and district court clerks from practicing law in the district courts. Currently, special justices can represent clients in civil cases.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

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

251:1 Disqualification of Justices; Special Justices; Clerks. Amend RSA 502-A:21 to read as follows:

502-A:21 Disqualifications of Justices[, etc]. No justice, associate justice, special justice or clerk of any district [or municipal] court shall be retained or employed as attorney in any action, complaint, or proceeding pending in his court or which has been examined or tried therein. No such justice [or], associate justice, special justice, or clerk shall be retained or employed as an attorney in any matter pending before any other district [or municipal] court justice. [No special justice of any municipal or district court shall appear in any municipal or district court representing a client in a criminal case.] No attorney shall be permitted to practice before any district [or municipal] court where any justice, associate justice, or special justice thereof is associated with said attorney in the practice of law.

251:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2004.

(Approved: July 14, 2003)

(Effective Date: January 1, 2004)