SB 302 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

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2002 SESSION

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06/10

SENATE BILL 302

AN ACT relative to privacy in the relationship between financial institutions and customers.

SPONSORS: Sen. Eaton, Dist 10

COMMITTEE: Banks

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill adds non-customers to the statute relating to disclosure of financial records involving defrauding financial institutions.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

2/20/02 2725s

02-3003

06/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Two

AN ACT relative to privacy in the relationship between financial institutions and customers.

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

1 Disclosure of Records. Amend RSA 359-C:5, II-a to read as follows:

II-a. This section is not intended to prevent a financial institution from disclosing to the county attorney or designee or the attorney general the financial or credit records of a customer or any other person or the information contained therein when the director, officer, employee, or agent of the financial institution has reasonable cause to believe the customer or other person is utilizing the services of the institution to defraud the institution or any other person.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.