CHAPTER 273
HB 157 – FINAL VERSION
04Mar2009… 0280h
06/03/09 2054s
2009 SESSION
06/10
HOUSE BILL 157
AN ACT relative to library patron records and making a technical correction relative to the law library revolving fund.
SPONSORS: Rep. Winters, Hills 17
This bill extends the confidentiality of library records to materials that have been viewed or stored electronically.
The bill also makes a technical correction adding references to sources of funding for the law library revolving fund, if SB 52 of the 2009 legislative session becomes law.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
04Mar2009… 0280h
06/03/09 2054s
09-0276
06/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT relative to library patron records and making a technical correction relative to the law library revolving fund.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
273:1 Library User Records; Confidentiality. Amend RSA 201-D:11, I to read as follows:
I. Library records which contain the names or other personal identifying information regarding the users of public or other than public libraries shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed except as provided in paragraph II. Such records include, but are not limited to, library, information system, and archival records related to the circulation and use of library materials or services, including records of materials that have been viewed or stored in electronic form.
273:2 Powers and Duties Relative to the Law Library. Amend RSA 490:25, III to read as follows:
III. Receive and accept at any time funds from the sale or exchange of books, pamphlets, maps, manuscripts, and other related material, or from the sale of data base services, barcodes, cataloging records, magnetic tapes, laser discs, video tapes, or related or similar material, or from fees and fines as established by the law library and approved by the supreme court. Any funds accruing to the law library from such sources and as provided under RSA 490:24, I; RSA 490-D:12, II; RSA 499:18, II; RSA 502-A:28, II; and RSA 548:23-a, II shall be paid into the state treasury and held in a continually appropriated fund which shall not lapse for the use of the law library upon approval by the supreme court;
273:3 Contingency. If SB 52 of the 2009 legislative session becomes law, section 2 of this act shall take effect at 12:01 a.m. on the effective date of SB 52. If SB 52 of the 2009 legislative session does not become law, section 2 of this act shall not take effect.
273:4 Effective Date.
I. Section 2 of this act shall take effect as provided in section 3 of this act.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: July 29, 2009
Effective Date: I. Section 2 shall take effect as provided in section 3.
II. Remainder shall take effect July 29, 2009.