CHAPTER 128
SB 445 – FINAL VERSION
03/13/08 0966s
2008 SESSION
09/03
SENATE BILL 445
AN ACT changing the procedure for recommending persons for initial appointment as marital masters.
This bill changes the procedure for recommending persons for initial appointment as marital masters by replacing a reference to superior court rules with judicial branch family division rules and requiring the concurrence of the supreme court.
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/13/08 0966s
08-2833
09/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT changing the procedure for recommending persons for initial appointment as marital masters.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
128:1 Nominations and Appointments of Marital Masters. Amend RSA 490-D:7, I and II to read as follows:
I. The administrative judge of the judicial branch family division, with the concurrence of the supreme court, shall recommend persons to the governor and council for initial appointment as marital masters. In recommending candidates for initial appointment as marital masters under this chapter, the division shall utilize the procedures and standards described in [superior court rules in effect as of July 1, 2004] the rules of the judicial branch family division, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
II. For appointments of new marital masters, the administrative judge of the judicial branch family division, with the concurrence of the supreme court, shall submit to the governor the name of a nominee. The governor may accept the candidate nominated by the administrative judge and submit the candidate to the council for confirmation or may reject the candidate submitted by the administrative judge, and request a new nominee. If the council rejects a candidate for confirmation, the governor shall request a new nominee.
128:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: June 3, 2008
Effective Date: June 3, 2008