CHAPTER 189
SB 107 – FINAL VERSION
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2007 SESSION
09/04
SENATE BILL 107
AN ACT authorizing the judicial branch family division and the superior court to use bail commissioners in civil cases.
This bill authorizes the judicial branch family division and the superior court to use bail commissioners in civil cases.
This bill was requested by the supreme court.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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09/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT authorizing the judicial branch family division and the superior court to use bail commissioners in civil cases.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
189:1 Bail and Recognizances; Appointment. Amend RSA 597:15 to read as follows:
597:15 Appointment. The superior court may appoint justices of the peace and quorum as commissioners authorized to fix and receive bail in criminal or civil cases as hereinafter provided.
189:2 New Section; Bail and Recognizances; Judicial Branch Family Division. Amend RSA 597 by inserting after section 15-a the following new section:
597:15-b Judicial Branch Family Division. The judicial branch family division may appoint 3 or more justices of the peace and quorum as commissioners authorized to fix and receive bail and other fines and fees as authorized by law in criminal or civil cases to be brought before said courts as hereafter provided.
189:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: June 18, 2007
Effective: June 18, 2007