Bill Text - SB424 (2010)

Relative to the consumer advocate's access to confidential information provided to the public utilities commission.


Revision: July 8, 2010, midnight

CHAPTER 267

SB 424 – FINAL VERSION

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2010 SESSION

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SENATE BILL 424

AN ACT relative to the consumer advocate’s access to confidential information provided to the public utilities commission.

SPONSORS: Sen. Cilley, Dist 6; Sen. Reynolds, Dist 2; Rep. Cali-Pitts, Rock 16; Rep. Keans, Straf 1

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill requires a filing party to provide the consumer advocate with copies of all confidential information provided to the public utilities commission in adjudicative proceedings in which the consumer advocate is a party.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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06/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten

AN ACT relative to the consumer advocate’s access to confidential information provided to the public utilities commission.

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

267:1 New Paragraph; Office of the Consumer Advocate. Amend RSA 363:28 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:

VI. The filing party shall provide the consumer advocate with copies of all confidential information filed with the public utilities commission in adjudicative proceedings in which the consumer advocate is a participating party and the consumer advocate shall maintain the confidentiality of such information.

267:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: July 6, 2010

Effective Date: September 4, 2010