2000 SESSION

00-2487

05/09

HOUSE BILL 1501

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

ANALYSIS

This bill requires administrative rulemaking public hearing notices to include the agenda of items to be addressed, and provides for public notice of all other meetings of the joint legislative committee on administrative rules.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

00-2487

05/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand

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

1 Inclusion of Agenda in Public Hearing Notices. Amend RSA 541-A:2, III to read as follows:

III. The committee [may] shall hold public hearings on a proposed or previously adopted rule [on its own initiative]. The committee shall give public notice of any hearing at least 7 days in advance in the rulemaking register including the agenda of any items to be addressed. Any public hearing shall be scheduled at a time and place chosen to afford opportunity for affected persons to present their views. As appropriate, the committee may consult with the standing legislative committee having jurisdiction in the area of the rule under review.

2 New Paragraph; Public Notice and Agenda for All Joint Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules Meetings. Amend RSA 541-A:2 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:

III-a. Notice of all official meetings of the committee and the agenda of items to be addressed shall be publicly posted in the manner prescribed by paragraph III where the conduct of such meeting requires a quorum.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.