CHAPTER 136
SB 70-FN – FINAL VERSION
2009 SESSION
05/03
SENATE BILL 70-FN
AN ACT authorizing the office of mediation and arbitration within the judicial branch to provide pre-suit alternative dispute resolution services.
This bill authorizes the office of mediation and arbitration within the judicial branch to provide pre-suit alternative dispute resolution services.
This bill is a request of the supreme court.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
09-0937
05/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT authorizing the office of mediation and arbitration within the judicial branch to provide pre-suit alternative dispute resolution services.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
136:1 Office of Mediation and Arbitration; Duties. Amend RSA 490-E:2, III and IV to read as follows:
III. Serve as an alternative dispute resolution resource to courts; [and]
IV. Support the administration of alternative dispute resolution programs in all courts[.]; and
136:2 New Paragraph; Office of Mediation and Arbitration; Duties. Amend RSA 490-E:2 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
V. Facilitate voluntary pre-suit mediation or arbitration services, in accordance with rules adopted by the supreme court, as an option in cases which would otherwise be filed in the trial courts.
136:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: June 29, 2009
Effective Date: June 29, 2009