HB 705 - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
05/09
HOUSE BILL 705
AN ACT exempting certain disclosures by town officers from confidentiality requirements.
SPONSORS: Rep. Splaine, Rock 34; Rep. A. Pelletier, Straf 12
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
This bill allows town officers to communicate instances of wrongdoing learned in the course of performing their official duties without being dismissed for breach of confidentiality.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-0893
05/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT exempting certain disclosures by town officers from confidentiality requirements.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Oaths of Town Officers; Manner of Dismissal; Breach of Confidentiality; Exemption for Communication of Wrongdoing. Amend RSA 42:1-a by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:
IV. Notwithstanding paragraph II, no town officer may be dismissed for communicating in good faith to the chair of the governing body, an attorney, or a law enforcement officer information relative to wrongdoing that the town officer acquired in the course of his or her official duties.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.