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HB379: (New Title) requiring notice be provided to tenants during residential eviction proceedings regarding legal counsel.
Bill details
Version history, amendments, and roll-call votes were not present in the imported local bill data.
Sponsors
- Ellen D Read House · Rock 10
- Christine Seibert House · Hills 21
- Jodi K Newell House · Ches 4
- Kathy Staub House · Hills 25
- Eric B Gallager House · Merr 20
- Daniel T. Veilleux House · Hills 34
Topics
Criminal justice and courts Housing and property
Official links
HB 379-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
14Feb2023... 0347h
2023 SESSION
23-0290
04/10
HOUSE BILL 379-FN
AN ACT requiring notice be provided to tenants during residential eviction proceedings regarding legal counsel.
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill provides that tenants subject to eviction shall be provided with instructions on the process for contacting and obtaining assistance from New Hampshire Legal Assistance
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
14Feb2023... 0347h 23-0290
04/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT requiring notice be provided to tenants during residential eviction proceedings regarding legal counsel.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Actions Against Tenants; Notice to Tenants. Amend RSA 540:3 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:
III-a. The eviction notice shall clearly state that an indigent tenant may be eligible for assistance from New Hampshire Legal Assistance for legal counsel in the eviction proceeding and shall include instructions on the process for contacting and obtaining such assistance. This paragraph does not guarantee a right to legal assistance.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBA
23-0290
Amended 2/16/23
HB 379-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2023-0347h)
AN ACT requiring notice be provided to tenants during residential eviction proceedings regarding legal counsel.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ X ] None
METHODOLOGY:
The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant states this bill, as amended, has no fiscal impact on state, county, and local expenditures or revenue.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
None