SB 606 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2992
04/01
SENATE BILL 606
AN ACT permitting a supreme court justice to sit as a circuit court judge.
SPONSORS: Sen. Levesque, Dist 12
COMMITTEE: Judiciary
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ANALYSIS
This bill authorizes a supreme court justice to sit as a circuit court judge when necessary.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2992
04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT permitting a supreme court justice to sit as a circuit court judge.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Superior Court; Assignment From Supreme Court. Amend RSA 491:3 and 3-a to read as follows:
491:3 Assignment From Supreme Court. When the business of the superior court or circuit court requires it, and upon request of the [chief or senior associate justice] administrative judge of that court, the chief or senior associate justice of the supreme court may, if not inconsistent with the proper advancement of the business of the supreme court, assign himself or herself or some other justice of the supreme court to preside and serve in the superior court or circuit court. While thus presiding and serving, such supreme court justice shall have all the authority of a superior court justice or circuit court judge.
491:3-a Assignment of Judges. After assessing caseload needs and requirements and consulting with the administrative judges, the chief justice of the supreme court may assign any superior court judge to hear cases in the [district] circuit court.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Date | Body | Type |
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Feb. 11, 2020 | Senate | Hearing |
June 16, 2020: No Pending Motion; 06/16/2020 SJ 8
June 16, 2020: Vacated from Committee and Laid on Table, MA, VV; 06/16/2020 SJ 8
Feb. 11, 2020: Hearing: 02/11/2020, Room 100, SH, 09:10 am; SC 6
Jan. 8, 2020: To Be Introduced 01/08/2020 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 1