CHAPTER 91

HB 515 - FINAL VERSION

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2003 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 515

AN ACT excluding certain agreements between fish and game licensees and landowners from the right-to-know law.

SPONSORS: Rep. Fraser, Merr 37

COMMITTEE: Fish and Game

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill requires that an agreement or record between a private landowner and a fish and game license holder, which is provided to, or held by, the fish and game department, shall be maintained confidentially and shall not be considered a public record under the right-to-know 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

AN ACT excluding certain agreements between fish and game licensees and landowners from the right-to-know law.

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

91:1 New Section; Fish and Game Licenses; Licensee Agreements with Private Landowners; Exclusion from Right-to Know. Amend RSA 214 by inserting after section 12 the following new section:

214:12-a Licensee Agreements with Private Landowners; Exclusion from Right-to Know. Any agreement or record between a private landowner and a person issued a fish and game license under this title, which is provided to, or held by, the department or its staff, shall be maintained confidentially and shall not be considered a public record for purposes of RSA 91-A.

91:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

(Approved: June 2,2003)

(Effective Date: August 1,2003)