HB 704 - AS INTRODUCED

2001 SESSION

01-0890

04/01

HOUSE BILL 704

AN ACT relative to the applicability of the right-to-know law to certain governmental committees.

SPONSORS: Rep. Splaine, Rock 34; Rep. A. Pelletier, Straf 12

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

ANALYSIS

This bill provides that a public proceeding under the right-to-know law shall include the proceedings of any board, commission, agency, authority, or other group appointed by or responsible to the governor or the executive council, and members of the general court acting collectively.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

01-0890

04/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

AN ACT relative to the applicability of the right-to-know law to certain governmental committees.

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

1 New Paragraph; Access to Public Records and Meetings; Definition of Public Proceeding. Amend RSA 91-A:1-a by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:

V. Any board, commission, agency, authority, or other group appointed by, or responsible to the governor, and any board, commission, agency, authority, or other group appointed by, or responsible to the executive council, and members of the general court acting collectively as elected officials.

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