HB 613 - AS INTRODUCED

2015 SESSION

15-0986

01/09

HOUSE BILL 613

AN ACT relative to governmental records exempted under the right-to-know law.

SPONSORS: Rep. Sad, Ches 1; Rep. C. McGuire, Merr 29; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

ANALYSIS

This bill adds certain records to the exemption for governmental records under the right-to-know law.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

15-0986

01/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen

AN ACT relative to governmental records exempted under the right-to-know law.

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

1 Right-to-Know; Exemptions. Amend RSA 91-A:5, IV to read as follows:

IV. Records pertaining to internal personnel practices; confidential, commercial, or financial information; names and addresses contained in license applications, other than professional license applications; test questions, scoring keys, and other examination data used to administer a licensing examination, examination for employment, or academic examinations; and personnel, medical, welfare, library user, videotape sale or rental, and other files whose disclosure would constitute invasion of privacy. Without otherwise compromising the confidentiality of the files, nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit a public body or agency from releasing information relative to health or safety from investigative files on a limited basis to persons whose health or safety may be affected.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2016.