HB1417: relative to records of convenings of public bodies.

HB 1417 - AS INTRODUCED

2016 SESSION

16-2580

01/03

HOUSE BILL 1417

AN ACT relative to records of convenings of public bodies.

SPONSORS: Rep. Sylvia, Belk. 6; Rep. True, Rock. 4; Rep. D. Brown, Graf. 16

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

ANALYSIS

This bill requires certain information be recorded in the minutes of convenings of a public body for the purposes of discussing strategy or negotiations with respect to collective bargaining or consultation with legal counsel.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16-2580

01/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

AN ACT relative to records of convenings of public bodies.

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

1 New Paragraph; Right-to-Know; Meetings Open to the Public. Amend RSA 91-A:2 by inserting after paragraph I the following new paragraph:

I-a. Records of all convenings of a quorum or majority of the members of a public body for the purposes of subparagraphs I(a) or (b) shall be kept and publicly disclosed within 72 hours of the convenings, and shall be treated as permanent public records. Such records shall include the specific exemption which is relied upon as the foundation for the convenings, names of members, persons appearing before the public body, meetings places, and beginning and ending times.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2017.