HB 1264 – AS INTRODUCED
2006 SESSION
05/01
HOUSE BILL 1264
AN ACT establishing an advisory committee to study the information practices act and establishing a temporary moratorium on reports filed under the information practices act.
SPONSORS: Rep. Dokmo, Hills 6; Rep. Bergin, Hills 6
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill establishes an advisory committee to study the information practices act and establishes a temporary moratorium on reports filed under the information practices act.
This bill was requested by the secretary of state.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
06-2097
05/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT establishing an advisory committee to study the information practices act and establishing a temporary moratorium on reports filed under the information practices act.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Information Practices Act; Advisory Committee Established. Amend RSA 7-A by inserting after section 5 the following new section:
7-A:6 Information Practices Act Advisory Committee.
I. There is established an information practices act advisory committee. The members of the advisory committee shall be as follows:
(a) Three department heads, or their designees, appointed by the governor.
(b) The chief information officer of the office of information technology, or designee.
(c) The secretary of state, or designee.
(d) The attorney general, or designee.
(e) Three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
(f) Three members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.
II. Legislative members of the advisory committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the advisory committee.
III. The goal of the advisory committee shall be to ensure that the reporting requirements under this chapter relative to the collection of personal information by state agencies are achievable, enforceable, and provide accurate data regarding such practices. The advisory committee shall review this chapter and propose such statutory revisions as may be appropriate on or before November 1, 2006. Thereafter, the advisory committee shall monitor implementation of the chapter and recommend such changes as may be necessary to accommodate rapidly changing technologies.
IV. The members of the advisory committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the advisory committee shall be called by the first-named house member. The first meeting of the advisory committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Six members of the advisory committee shall constitute a quorum. Members of the advisory committee shall serve a term coterminous with their term in office, and any vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the initial appointment.
V. The advisory committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1 of each year.
2 Reporting Requirement Suspended. Notwithstanding RSA 7-A:2, 7-A:3, and 7-A:5, no state agency, including the secretary of state and the state treasurer, shall be required to report pursuant to RSA 7-A until any revisions to the chapter proposed by the advisory committee in its November 1, 2006 report, have become law.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.