CHAPTER 102
SB 90 – FINAL VERSION
2015 SESSION
09/04
SENATE BILL 90
AN ACT relative to the judicial branch budget.
SPONSORS: Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Cataldo, Dist 6; Rep. Hagan, Rock?4; Rep. Wall, Straf 6; Rep. Wheeler, Merr 3
This bill makes changes to the preparation process for the judicial branch budget.
This bill was requested by the judicial branch.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15-0921
09/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT relative to the judicial branch budget.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
102:1 Judicial Branch Budget. Amend RSA 9:4-a to read as follows:
9:4-a Judicial Branch Budget. The supreme court, [the superior court, and the probate judges] in consultation with the judicial branch administrative council appointed pursuant to supreme court rule 54, shall prepare [their own budgets and the budgets of their respective components, which they shall deliver to the chief justice of the supreme court for transmittal to the speaker of the house, the president of the senate, the house finance committee, and the senate finance committee,] the judicial branch budget for review and processing by the legislature according to the same time schedule for budgetary review and analysis required of executive agencies. [A copy of said transmittal shall be forwarded to the superior court and probate judges.] The judicial branch [budgets] budget shall be prepared upon forms and according to procedures prescribed by the commissioner of administrative services. The budget request documents and such additional information as may be requested shall be submitted to the commissioner of administrative services to be included in the governor’s budget in the amounts requested, and with such comments as the governor deems appropriate.
102:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2016.
Approved: June 5, 2015
Effective Date: January 1, 2016