HB 135 – AS INTRODUCED
2009 SESSION
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
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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.