In re Mone

JOHNSON, j.

The petitioners, fifty-one court security officers, filed a petition for a writ of prohibition, see RSA 490:4 (1997), requesting that we prevent the respondent, the administrative office *130of the courts, from enforcing the provisions of Laws 1998, chapter 297, mandating, inter alia, effective January 1, 1999, see Laws 1998, 297:12: (1) that county sheriff departments will be responsible for providing security in all State courts except the supreme court, see Laws 1998, 297:l-:7; and (2) that all judicial branch employee positions associated with the security function in those courts…