CHAPTER 206
SB 425-FN – FINAL VERSION
03/03/10 0793s
2010 SESSION
06/01
SENATE BILL 425-FN
AN ACT relative to exemptions to the right-to-know law.
SPONSORS: Sen. Cilley, Dist 6; Sen. Letourneau, Dist 19; Sen. DeVries, Dist 18; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 24; Rep. Cali-Pitts, Rock 16; Rep. Remick, Coos 2; Rep. P. Preston, Graf 8; Rep. Keans, Straf 1
This bill repeals a provision exempting certain information provided by a telephone utility to the public utilities commission from the right-to-know law and permits information that is exempt from public disclosure in an adjudicative proceeding to be considered in a nonpublic session.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/03/10 0793s
10-2813
06/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT relative to exemptions to the right-to-know law.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
206:1 New Subparagraph; Nonpublic Session. Amend RSA 91-A:3, II by inserting after subparagraph (i) the following new subparagraph:
(j) Consideration of confidential, commercial, or financial information that is exempt from public disclosure under RSA 91-A:5, IV in an adjudicative proceeding pursuant to RSA 541 or RSA 541-A.
206:2 New Paragraph; Public Utilities; Proceedings Before the Commission; Rulemaking. Amend RSA 365:8 by inserting after paragraph XIII the following new paragraph:
XIV. Standards and procedures for public utilities to request protection of routine filings that contain confidential commercial or financial information.
206:3 Repeal. RSA 378:43, relative to information not subject to the right-to-know law, is repealed.
206:4 Effective Date.
I. Section 3 of this act shall take effect 180 days after its passage.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: June 22, 2010
Effective Date: I. Section 3 shall take effect December 19, 2010.
II. Remainder shall take effect June 22, 2010.