Bill Text: NH HB511 | 2011 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Relative to retired judges over 70 years of age.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-28 - House Signed By Governor 06/28/2011; Effective 08/27/2011; Chapter 0221 [HB511 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2011-HB511-Chaptered.html

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CHAPTER 221

HB 511 – FINAL VERSION

06/01/11 2217s

2011 SESSION

11-0127

09/05

HOUSE BILL 511

AN ACT relative to retired judges over 70 years of age.

SPONSORS: Rep. Rowe, Hills 6; Rep. Kappler, Rock 2; Rep. Itse, Rock 9

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

ANALYSIS

This bill clarifies that retired judges over 70 years of age shall not serve as judges in any judicial capacity except as 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

06/01/11 2217s

11-0127

09/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT relative to retired judges over 70 years of age.

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

221:1 New Section; Retired Justices Over 70 Years of Age. Amend RSA 493-A by inserting after section 1-b the following new section:

493-A:1-c Retired Justices Over 70 Years of Age. No justice who has reached the mandatory retirement age of 70 years shall serve as a judge in any judicial capacity, except as a judicial referee pursuant to this chapter.

221:2 Applicability. Section 1 of this act shall apply only to cases filed on or after the effective date of this act.

221:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 28, 2011

Effective Date: August 27, 2011