Bill Text: NH SB426 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Relative to the right-to-know law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-16 - Vacated from Committee and Laid on Table, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 06/16/2020 Senate Journal 8 [SB426 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2020-SB426-Introduced.html

SB 426  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2020 SESSION

20-3056

01/04

 

SENATE BILL 426

 

AN ACT relative to the right-to-know law.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Chandley, Dist 11; Rep. Pantelakos, Rock. 25

 

COMMITTEE: Election Law and Municipal Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill clarifies inspection of public documents by incarcerated individuals.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20-3056

01/04

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

 

AN ACT relative to the right-to-know law.

 

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

 

1  Right-to-Know Law; Minutes and Records Available for Public Inspection.  Amend RSA 91-A:4, VII to read as follows:

VII.  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require a public body or agency to compile, cross-reference, or assemble information into a form in which it is not already kept or reported by that body or agency.  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to allow an incarcerated individual the right to in-person inspection of any governmental document stored outside the correctional facility.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2021.

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