SB439 (2010) Detail

Making technical corrections and changes to court sites and names.


CHAPTER 193

SB 439 – FINAL VERSION

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2010 SESSION

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SENATE BILL 439

AN ACT making technical corrections and changes to court sites and names.

SPONSORS: Sen. Reynolds, Dist 2; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Sen. Letourneau, Dist 19; Sen. Roberge, Dist 9; Rep. Cote, Hills 23

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

ANALYSIS

This bill makes technical corrections and changes to court sites and names.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/10/10 0880s

28Apr2010… 1396h

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09/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten

AN ACT making technical corrections and changes to court sites and names.

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

193:1 Reference Changed; Supreme Court Revolving Funds. Amend RSA 490:18-a to read as follows:

490:18-a Revolving Funds Authorized. The [office of administrative services of the supreme court] administrative office of the courts is authorized to establish revolving funds for the purposes of the printing and sale of forms, publications and educational materials; and such funds shall not lapse.

193:2 Reference Changed. Amend RSA 490-D:4, XVIII(d) to read as follows:

(d) Matters arising in [municipalities located within the New London district] the towns of New London, Newbury, and Wilmot shall be heard in the Newport District Court in Sullivan county.

193:3 Superior Court Site; Rockingham County. Amend RSA 496:1, I(h) to read as follows:

(h) For the county of Rockingham: At [Exeter] Brentwood.

193:4 District Court Names Changed. Amend RSA 502-A:1, X and XI to read as follows:

X. CONWAY DISTRICT [COURT FOR NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY]. The district for northern Carroll county shall consist of the towns of Conway, Bartlett, Jackson, Eaton, Chatham, Hart’s Location, Albany, Madison and the unincorporated places of Hale’s Location, Cutt’s Grant, Hadley’s Purchase, and those portions of the towns of Waterville and Livermore within the watershed of the Saco River and its tributaries. The district court for the district shall be located in Conway, holding sessions regularly therein and elsewhere in the district as justice may require. The name of the court shall be the [District Court for Northern Carroll County] Conway District Court.

XI. OSSIPEE DISTRICT [COURT FOR SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY]. The district for southern Carroll county shall consist of the towns of Ossipee, Tamworth, Freedom, Effingham, Wakefield, Wolfeboro, Brookfield, Tuftonboro, Moultonborough, and Sandwich. The court shall be located [either] in Ossipee [or in Wolfeboro in a location and facility designated pursuant to RSA 490-B:3, having regard for the convenience of the communities within the district, provided, however, that the court shall not be located in any building which does not meet the minimum standard prescribed by the New Hampshire court accreditation commission pursuant to RSA 490:5-c], holding sessions regularly therein and elsewhere in the district as justice may require. The name of the court shall be the [District Court for Southern Carroll County] Ossipee District Court.

193:5 Superior Court Site; Rockingham County. Amend RSA 510:1 to read as follows:

510:1 Time; Where Returnable. All original writs and writs of mesne process shall be served 14 days before the return day to which they are returnable, and shall be returnable to the superior court for Rockingham County at [Exeter] Brentwood; Strafford County at Dover; Belknap County at Laconia; Carroll County at Ossipee; Merrimack County at Concord; Hillsborough County at either Manchester or Nashua, as is appropriate; Cheshire County at Keene; Sullivan County at Newport; Grafton County at [Woodsville] North Haverhill in the town of Haverhill; and Coos County at Lancaster.

193:6 Superior Court; Locations. Amend RSA 496:1, I(d) - (e) to read as follows:

(d) For the county of Coos: At Lancaster [and Berlin].

(e) For the county of Grafton: At [Woodsville] North Haverhill in the Town of Haverhill [and at Lebanon until such time as a new court house is constructed in Haverhill].

193:7 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: June 21, 2010

Effective Date: June 21, 2010