Bill Text: NH HB445 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Relative to notice of oral arguments in courts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-09 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 02/09/2017 House Journal 6 P. 3 [HB445 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2017-HB445-Introduced.html

HB 445 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2017 SESSION

17-0393

09/10

 

HOUSE BILL 445

 

AN ACT relative to notice of oral arguments in courts.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Souza, Hills. 43

 

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires the supreme court to adopt rules allowing any party to a case in any court in New Hampshire to request notice by certified mail of the date of oral arguments in such case.  The requesting party shall pay the costs of such notification.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17-0393

09/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

 

AN ACT relative to notice of oral arguments in courts.

 

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

 

1  New Section; Notice of Oral Arguments.  Amend RSA 490 by inserting after section 8-a the following new section:

490:8-b  Notice of Oral Arguments.  The supreme court shall adopt rules allowing any party to a case in any court in New Hampshire to request notice by certified mail of the date of oral arguments in such case.  The requesting parties shall pay the cost of such notice.

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

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