Bill Text: NH SB128 | 2019 | Regular Session | Amended

New Hampshire Senate Bill 128 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relative to the court accreditation commission.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2019-07-16 - Signed by the Governor on 07/12/2019; Chapter 236; Effective 09/10/2019 [SB128 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2019-SB128-Amended.html

SB 128 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

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2019 SESSION

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04/10

SENATE BILL 128

AN ACT relative to the court accreditation commission.

SPONSORS: Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 5; Sen. Chandley, Dist 11; Rep. Wall, Straf. 6; Rep. M. Smith, Straf. 6; Rep. Janvrin, Rock. 37; Rep. Gordon, Graf. 9

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

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ANALYSIS

This bill reduces the membership of the New Hampshire court accreditation commission and provides that one member shall be a circuit court justice.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

AN ACT relative to the court accreditation commission.

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

1 New Hampshire Court Accreditation Commission. Amend RSA 490:5-a to read as follows:

490:5-a New Hampshire Court Accreditation Commission. There is hereby established the New Hampshire court accreditation commission consisting of [13] 12 members as follows: one shall be appointed by the governor, one shall be a member of the house appointed by the speaker, one shall be a member of the senate appointed by the senate president, one shall be the commissioner of administrative services or designee, one shall be the commissioner of safety or designee, one shall be the director of security for the administrative office of the courts, one shall be a county sheriff appointed by the president of the New Hampshire Sheriffs' Association, and [6] 5 shall be appointed by the supreme court. Of the [6] 5 members appointed by the supreme court, one shall be a justice of the supreme court or a designee of the supreme court, one shall be a justice of the superior court, one shall be a justice of [a probate court, one shall be a justice of a district court] the circuit court, one shall be a lawyer of experience in the trial of cases at all court levels, and one shall be a layman. The supreme court shall designate one of the members as chairman.