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HB1395: relative to municipal electronic records.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

Citation
2016 HB1395
Official source

Bill details

Version history, amendments, and roll-call votes were not present in the imported local bill data.

House status
Concurred
Senate status
Passed/Adopted with Amendment
Committee
SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
Hearing
04/20/2016 at 09:15 AM
Selected version
Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

Public and Municipal Affairs Local government

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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

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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