Section 502-A:3-b District Court; Justices, Tenure Following Consolidation of Districts.
In those instances in which judicial districts are combined, the justices and special justices of the respective courts shall continue to serve as justices or special justices of the newly created district, and the senior justice of the court shall be designated the presiding justice of the district, except where one of the justices is a full-time justice, in which case that justice shall be designated the presiding justice. Upon the retirement, resignation, disability, or removal of a justice or special justice, the position shall be eliminated until one justice and one special justice position remain for the district.
Source. 1987, 244:3. 1992, 253:2.