Bill Text: NH HB247 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibiting the assignment and acceptance of recommendations of unauthorized judicial referees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 12-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-11 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote; House Journal 16, PG. 303 [HB247 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2015-HB247-Introduced.html

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HB 247 – AS INTRODUCED

2015 SESSION

15-0219

09/10

HOUSE BILL 247

AN ACT prohibiting the assignment and acceptance of recommendations of unauthorized judicial referees.

SPONSORS: Rep. Itse, Rock 10; Rep. Hoell, Merr 23; Rep. Ingbretson, Graf 15; Rep. Tucker, Rock 23; Rep. Oligny, Rock 34; Rep. W. O'Brien, Hills 5; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock 5; Rep. C. McGuire, Merr 29; Rep. Ulery, Hills 37; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Cataldo, Dist 6

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits the assignment and acceptance of recommendations of unauthorized judicial referees.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

15-0219

09/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen

AN ACT prohibiting the assignment and acceptance of recommendations of unauthorized judicial referees.

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

1 New Paragraph; Judicial Referees. Amend RSA 493-A:1-a by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:

IV. The following constitute acts of maladministration:

(a) Assigning a person who does not meet the qualifications of paragraph I as a judicial referee or unauthorized referee.

(b) Accepting recommendations from a judicial referee or unauthorized referee who does not meet the qualifications of paragraph I.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2016.