SB132 (2007) Detail

Allowing marital masters to be reimbursed for certain expenses and repealing a provision permitting court stenographers to be reimbursed for expenses.


CHAPTER 119

SB 132-FN – FINAL VERSION

2007 SESSION

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SENATE BILL 132-FN

AN ACT allowing marital masters to be reimbursed for certain expenses and repealing a provision permitting court stenographers to be reimbursed for expenses.

SPONSORS: Sen. Foster, Dist 13

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

ANALYSIS

This bill allows marital masters to be reimbursed for expenses in the same manner as superior court justices when serving on a court which is not their assigned court.

The bill repeals a provision permitting court stenographers to be reimbursed for expenses.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven

AN ACT allowing marital masters to be reimbursed for certain expenses and repealing a provision permitting court stenographers to be reimbursed for expenses.

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

119:1 New Section; Marital Masters’ Expenses. Amend RSA 490-D by inserting after section 14 the following new section:

490-D:15 Marital Masters’ Expenses. The marital masters shall be entitled to receive their actual personal expenses when absent from their assigned court in the performance of their official duties. The marital masters shall not be reimbursed for mileage to commute from the marital master’s residence to their assigned court except for any mileage in excess of 25 miles each way.

119:2 Superior Court; Marital Masters’ Expenses. Amend RSA 491:6-a to read as follows:

491:6-a Superior Court Justices and Marital Masters; Expenses. The justices and marital masters shall be entitled to receive their actual personal expenses when absent from their assigned court in the performance of their official duties. The justices and marital masters shall not be reimbursed for mileage to commute from the justice’s or marital master’s residence to their assigned court except for any mileage in excess of 25 miles each way.

119:3 Repeal. RSA 519:29, relative to reimbursement of stenographers’ expenses, is repealed.

119:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: June 11, 2007

Effective: June 11, 2007