Bill Text: NH HB1203 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to reports issued by the judicial council.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-22 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 02/22/2018 House Journal 5 P. 14 [HB1203 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2018-HB1203-Introduced.html

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HB 1203 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2018 SESSION

18-2014

04/05

 

HOUSE BILL HB 1203

 

AN ACT relative to reports issued by the judicial council.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Brewster, Merr. 21

 

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires the judicial council to file an annual report and amends the content of such report.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-2014

04/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT relative to reports issued by the judicial council.

 

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

 

1  Judicial Council; Biennial Reports.  Amend RSA 494:4 to read as follows:

494:4  [Biennial Reports] Annual Report.  The council shall report to the governor and council [biennially] annually on its activities and shall submit with the report its recommendations, if any, for improving the administration of justice.  The [biennial] report, and any and all other reports, studies and recommendations may be printed, based upon available funding, and made available to members of the general court, the supreme, superior, probate, and district [and municipal] courts and to the public.  The report shall collect, compile, and analyze data on the number of civil actions and criminal actions filed and disposed of in the supreme, superior, district, probate, and family courts in the state, divided by county, the number of days each court was in session for the year, the number of days spent on civil jury cases, and the number of days spent on criminal jury cases.  

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.