HB 135 – AS INTRODUCED

2009 SESSION

09-0458

01/04

HOUSE BILL 135

AN ACT relative to remedies for violation of the state right-to-know law.

SPONSORS: Rep. W. O'Brien, Hills 4; Rep. Rowe, Hills 6; Rep. Splaine, Rock 16; Rep. L. Ober, Hills 27; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock 3

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

ANALYSIS

This bill requires a court to invalidate an action of a public body or agency taken at a meeting held in violation of the provisions of RSA 91-A. Current law does not mandate a court to invalidate such action.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

09-0458

01/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine

AN ACT relative to remedies for violation of the state right-to-know law.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Right-to-Know Law; Remedies. Amend RSA 91-A:8, II to read as follows:

II. The court [may] shall invalidate an action of a public body or agency taken at a meeting held in violation of the provisions of this chapter[, if the circumstances justify such invalidation].

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2010.