HB 239 - AS INTRODUCED
2003 SESSION
03/09
HOUSE BILL 239
COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy
This bill prohibits a public utility from releasing confidential customer information without written authorization from the customer, unless otherwise required by law.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03-0237
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT prohibiting the disclosure of certain information by a public utility.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Subdivision; Customer Privacy. Amend RSA 374 by inserting after section 60 the following new subdivision:
374:61 Customer Privacy.
I. No public utility shall release confidential customer information without written authorization from the customer, unless otherwise required by law.
II. Confidential customer information shall include but not be limited to:
(a) Customer name, address, and telephone number.
(b) Customer usage data.
(c) Customer payment information.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2004.