HB206: relative to retention of governmental records under the right-to-know law.

CHAPTER 299

HB 206 – FINAL VERSION

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2009 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 206

AN ACT relative to retention of governmental records under the right-to-know law.

SPONSORS: Rep. J. Garrity, Rock 6; Rep. Casey, Rock 11; Rep. Watrous, Merr 12

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

ANALYSIS

This bill clarifies the retention period required for governmental records in electronic form.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

04Mar2009… 0327h

09-0091

01/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine

AN ACT relative to retention of governmental records under the right-to-know law.

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

299:1 Right-to-Know Law; Governmental Records in Electronic Form. Amend RSA 91-A:4, III-a to read as follows:

III-a. Governmental records created or maintained in electronic form shall [remain accessible] be kept and maintained for the same retention or archival periods as their paper counterparts. Governmental records in electronic form kept and maintained beyond the applicable retention or archival period shall remain accessible and available in accordance with RSA 91-A:4, III. Methods that may be used to [accomplish this requirement] keep and maintain governmental records in electronic form may include, but are not limited to, copying to microfilm or paper or to durable electronic media using standard or common file formats.

299:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: July 31, 2009

Effective Date: September 29, 2009