HB 1384 - AS INTRODUCED

2003 SESSION

03-2287

05/10

HOUSE BILL 1384

AN ACT relative to challenges to statutes.

SPONSORS: Rep. Marple, Merr 37; Rep. Itse, Rock 80; Rep. Ingbretson, Graf 13; Rep. Gibson, Hills 58; Rep. L. Christiansen, Hills 66

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

ANALYSIS

This bill provides for the circumstances under which a statute may be challenged by an affidavit or bill of particulars.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03-2287

05/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

AN ACT relative to challenges to statutes.

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

1 New Section; Statutory Construction; Challenges to Statutes. Amend RSA 21 by inserting after section 49 the following new section:

21:50 Challenges to Statutes. No statute shall be enforceable if challenged by lawful affidavit or bill of particulars, and the affidavit or bill of particulars is not countered in law, point for point, with citations supporting each point.

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