Revision: Dec. 10, 2009, midnight
HB 1149 – AS INTRODUCED
2010 SESSION
10/03
HOUSE BILL 1149
AN ACT relative to incorporation by reference in state agency rulemaking.
SPONSORS: Rep. Patten, Carr 4; Rep. Pilotte, Hills 16
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill allows state agencies to incorporate by reference in its final rulemaking proposal a manual of best management practices.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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10/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT relative to incorporation by reference in state agency rulemaking.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Administrative Procedures Act; Agency Proposal; Incorporation by Reference. Amend RSA 541-A:12, III to read as follows:
III. With the final proposal, the agency shall also file the incorporation by reference statement described by paragraph IV of this section, if the agency incorporates into its rules any document prepared by any entity outside the agency. However, the agency shall not incorporate by reference any document prepared by or on behalf of the agency, unless it is a manual of best management practices prepared by the agency or in conjunction with another state agency or private entity.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.