HB 379 – FINAL VERSION

13Jan2010… 2009-2390h

19May2010… 2102eba

2010 SESSION

09-0699

01/03

HOUSE BILL 379

AN ACT exempting certain meetings concerning collective bargaining from the right-to-know law.

SPONSORS: Rep. Cote, Hills 23; Rep. P. Price, Hills 26; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

ANALYSIS

This bill allows a public body to go into nonpublic session regarding certain matters relating to collective bargaining by elected officials of a legislative body.

This bill is a request of the city of Nashua.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

13Jan2010… 2009-2390h

19May2010… 2102eba

09-0699

01/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten

AN ACT exempting certain meetings concerning collective bargaining from the right-to-know law.

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

1 New Subparagraph; Right-to-Know Law; Nonpublic Sessions. Amend RSA 91-A:3, II by inserting after subparagraph (i) the following new subparagraph:

(j) Consideration of strategy or negotiations with respect to collective bargaining by elected officials of a legislative body at any time prior to submission of the cost items of a collective bargaining agreement.

2 Contingency. If SB 425-FN of the 2010 legislative session becomes law, RSA 91-A:3, II(j) as inserted by section 1 of this act shall be renumbered as RSA 91-A:3, II(k).

3 Effective Date.

I. Section 1 of this act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.

Vetoed: July 26, 2010

Veto Sustained October 13, 2010