CHAPTER 154
HB 866 – FINAL VERSION
04Apr2007… 0847h
2007 SESSION
01/03
HOUSE BILL 866
AN ACT relative to the right-to-know law application to public utilities commission matters.
SPONSORS: Rep. Wall, Straf 7; Rep. Dokmo, Hills 6; Rep. Espiefs, Ches 3; Rep. Stohl, Coos 1; Rep. Kaen, Straf 7; Sen. Burling, Dist 5
This bill clarifies certain administrative procedures of the public utilities commission with respect to RSA 91-A.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
04Apr2007… 0847h
07-1094
01/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT relative to the right-to-know law application to public utilities commission matters.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
154:1 New Section; Public Utilities Commission. Amend RSA 363 by inserting after section 17-b the following new section:
363:17-c Meetings of the Commission. The commission’s deliberative processes in adjudicatory proceedings held pursuant to RSA 541-A and investigations held pursuant to its authority under Title 33 shall be privileged and exempt from the public meeting, notice, and disclosure provisions of RSA 91-A. Decisions and orders in adjudicatory proceedings and investigations shall be publicly available but only after they have been announced at a public meeting or hearing of the commission or reduced to writing, signed by a majority of the commission and served upon the parties. Discussions and actions by the commission concerning procedural, administrative, legal, and internal matters shall be exempt from the meeting and notice provisions of RSA 91-A:2.
154:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: June 18, 2007
Effective: June 18, 2007