CHAPTER 7

HB 91 - FINAL VERSION

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2003 SESSION

03-0392

05/09

HOUSE BILL HB 91

AN ACT relative to the telecommunications planning and development initiative and advisory committee.

SPONSORS: Rep. Thomas, Belk 31

COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill extends the telecommunications planning and development initiative and advisory committee to July 1, 2008. The bill also requires the director of economic development to file periodic reports on the telecommunications planning and development initiative.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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03-0392

05/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

AN ACT relative to the telecommunications planning and development initiative and advisory committee.

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

7:1 New Section; Telecommunications Planning and Development Initiative; Reporting Requirement. Amend RSA 12-A by inserting after section 49 the following new section:

12-A:50 Reporting Requirement. The director of economic development shall report on the accomplishments, efforts, and costs of the telecommunications planning and development initiative, including the work of the advisory committee. The reports shall be made available to the public and shall be submitted to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, and the state library, on or before September 1 in the years 2004, 2006, and 2008.

7:2 Telecommunications Planning and Development Initiative and Advisory Committee; Prospective Repeal Date Amended. Amend 2000, 298:7, I to read as follows:

I. Section 6 of this act shall take effect [July 1, 2004] July 1, 2008.

7:3 Repeal. RSA 12-A:50, relative to the reporting requirement for the telecommunications planning development initiative, is repealed.

7:4 Effective Date.

I. Section 3 of this act shall take effect September 1, 2008.

II. The remainder of this act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

(Approved: April 22, 2003)

(Effective Date: I. Section 3 effective September 1, 2008

II. Remainder of act effective June 21, 2003)