HB 541 – AS INTRODUCED
2005 SESSION
10/09
HOUSE BILL 541
AN ACT relative to repealing the incorporation of the New Hampshire Bar Association.
SPONSORS: Rep. Marple, Merr 9; Rep. L. Christiansen, Hills 27
This bill repeals the corporate status of the New Hampshire Bar Association pursuant to language in the original incorporation act adopted in 1873.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
05-0349
10/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five
AN ACT relative to repealing the incorporation of the New Hampshire Bar Association.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Hampshire Bar Association; Repeal of Incorporation. Pursuant to the power reserved by the general court in the laws of 1873, chapter CXV, section 6, “An act to incorporate the Bar Association of the state of New Hampshire,” that the legislature may at any time alter, amend, or repeal the act incorporating the bar association, the general court hereby repeals the corporate status of the bar association of the state of New Hampshire. Upon dissolution, all remaining assets of the New Hampshire Bar Association shall escheat to the state.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.