SB243: relative to nonpublic sessions under the right-to-know law.

CHAPTER 105

SB 243 – FINAL VERSION

2015 SESSION

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01/03

SENATE BILL 243

AN ACT relative to nonpublic sessions under the right-to-know law.

SPONSORS: Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Rep. S. Schmidt, Carr 6

COMMITTEE: Public and Municipal Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill clarifies the exception allowing a municipal body to go into nonpublic session when discussing litigation in which the municipality is involved.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

15-1001

01/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen

AN ACT relative to nonpublic sessions under the right-to-know law.

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

105:1 Right-to-Know Law; Nonpublic Sessions. Amend RSA 91-A:3, II(e) to read as follows:

(e) Consideration or negotiation of pending claims or litigation which has been threatened in writing or filed by or against the public body or any subdivision thereof, or by or against any member thereof because of his or her membership in such public body, until the claim or litigation has been fully adjudicated or otherwise settled. Any application filed for tax abatement, pursuant to law, with any body or board shall not constitute a threatened or filed litigation against any public body for the purposes of this subparagraph.

105:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2016.

Approved: June 5, 2015

Effective Date: January 1, 2016