Bill Text: NH HB1395 | 2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Relative to municipal electronic records.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-06-13 - Signed by Governor Hassan 06/09/2016; Chapter 226; Eff. 8/8/2016 [HB1395 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-HB1395-Chaptered.html
CHAPTER 226
HB 1395 - FINAL VERSION
9Mar2016... 0577h
05/12/2016 1846s
2016 SESSION
16-2165
06/09
HOUSE BILL 1395
AN ACT relative to municipal electronic records.
SPONSORS: Rep. C. McGuire, Merr. 29; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
This bill permits certain municipal electronic records to be transferred to portable document files.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
9Mar2016... 0577h 16-2165
05/12/2016 1846s 06/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT relative to municipal electronic records.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
226:1 Disposition of Municipal Records; Electronic Records Amend RSA 33-A:5-a to read as follows:
33-A:5-a Electronic Records. Electronic records as defined in RSA 5:29, VI and designated on the disposition schedule under RSA 33-A:3-a to be retained for more than 10 years shall be transferred to paper[,] or microfilm, or [both] stored in portable document format/archival (PDF/A) on a medium from which it is readily retrievable. Electronic records designated on the disposition schedule to be retained for less than 10 years may be retained solely electronically if so approved by the record committee of the municipality responsible for the records. The municipality is responsible for assuring the accessibility of the records for the mandated period.
226:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 9, 2016
Effective Date: August 8, 2016