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2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title LI - Courts
Title 494 - The Judicial Council
Section 494:1 - Judicial Council.
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NH Rev Stat § 494:1 (2021)
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494:1 Judicial Council.
There is hereby established a judicial council which shall consist of the following:
I. The 4 members of the judicial branch administrative council, appointed pursuant to supreme court rules.
II. The attorney general or designee.
III. A clerk of the superior court, selected by the chief justice of the superior court.
IV. A clerk of the circuit court, selected by the administrative judge of the circuit court.
V. The president-elect of the New Hampshire Bar Association.
VI. The chairperson of the senate judiciary committee or a designee from such committee appointed by the chairperson.
VII. The chairperson of the house judiciary committee or a designee from such committee appointed by the chairperson.
VIII. Eight other members appointed by the governor and council, 3 of whom shall be members of the New Hampshire Bar Association of wide experience who have been admitted to practice in the state for more than 5 years, and 5 of whom shall be members of the public who are not lawyers.
IX. Five other members appointed by the chief justice of the supreme court, 3 of whom shall be members of the New Hampshire Bar Association of wide experience who have been admitted to practice in the state for more than 5 years, and 2 of whom shall be members of the public who are not lawyers.
There is hereby established a judicial council which shall consist of the following:
I. The 4 members of the judicial branch administrative council, appointed pursuant to supreme court rules.
II. The attorney general or designee.
III. A clerk of the superior court, selected by the chief justice of the superior court.
IV. A clerk of the circuit court, selected by the administrative judge of the circuit court.
V. The president-elect of the New Hampshire Bar Association.
VI. The chairperson of the senate judiciary committee or a designee from such committee appointed by the chairperson.
VII. The chairperson of the house judiciary committee or a designee from such committee appointed by the chairperson.
VIII. Eight other members appointed by the governor and council, 3 of whom shall be members of the New Hampshire Bar Association of wide experience who have been admitted to practice in the state for more than 5 years, and 5 of whom shall be members of the public who are not lawyers.
IX. Five other members appointed by the chief justice of the supreme court, 3 of whom shall be members of the New Hampshire Bar Association of wide experience who have been admitted to practice in the state for more than 5 years, and 2 of whom shall be members of the public who are not lawyers.
Source. 1945, 169:1, par. 1. 1951, 245:1. RSA 494:1. 1969, 395:1. 1971, 14:1. 1975, 330:1. 1981, 552:1. 1992, 284:16. 1995, 9:43, eff. June 11, 1995. 2015, 114:1, eff. Aug. 7, 2015.
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