Bill Text: NH HB285 | 2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered


Bill Title: Relative to discussion with legal counsel under the right-to-know law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-06-22 - Signed by Governor Hassan 06/21/2016; Chapter 280; Eff. 6/21/2016 [HB285 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2016-HB285-Chaptered.html

CHAPTER 280

HB 285 - FINAL VERSION

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HOUSE BILL 285

 

AN ACT relative to discussion with legal counsel under the right-to-know law.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Bickford, Straf 3

 

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill adds correspondence with legal counsel to the law governing nonpublic sessions 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 

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15-0571

01/09

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

 

AN ACT relative to discussion with legal counsel under the right-to-know law.

 

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

 

280:1  New Subparagraph; Right-to-Know Law; Nonpublic Sessions.  Amend RSA 91-A:3, II by inserting after subparagraph (k) the following new subparagraph:

(l)  Consideration of legal advice provided by legal counsel, either in writing or orally, to one or more members of the public body, even where legal counsel is not present.

280:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: June 21, 2016

Effective Date: June 21, 2016

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