HB 1718 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
7Mar2012… 0617h
2012 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 1718
AN ACT relative to judicial review of electoral districts.
COMMITTEE: Special Committee on Redistricting
This bill establishes expedited judicial review of challenges to electoral districts.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
7Mar2012… 0617h
12-3039
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT relative to judicial review of electoral districts.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Elective Districts; Judicial Review. Amend RSA 662 by inserting after section 6 the following new section:
662:7 Judicial Review.
I. Any court deciding the merits of a challenge to the validity of electoral districts shall give precedence to the challenge over all other matters before it and shall hear and rule on the challenge as expeditiously as possible. No decision of the superior court on the validity of electoral districts shall be subject to appeal unless filed with the supreme court within 5 days after the date of the decision. The supreme court shall give the appeal precedence over all other matters before it.
II. The house of representatives and the senate shall be necessary parties to any case involving a challenge to the validity of their electoral districts and may be represented by counsel chosen by the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate respectively. The provisions of this paragraph shall not relieve the attorney general of any duty to represent the state in such case.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.