CHAPTER 167
HB 347 – FINAL VERSION
15Mar2011… 0547h
05/04/11 1650s
2011 SESSION
03/09
HOUSE BILL 347
AN ACT exempting from nondisclosure the records of accidents involving and violations by county, city, and town employees and officials.
This bill exempts from nondisclosure the records of accidents involving and violations by county, city, and town employees and officials.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15Mar2011… 0547h
05/04/11 1650s
11-0139
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT exempting from nondisclosure the records of accidents involving and violations by county, city, and town employees and officials.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
167:1 Motor Vehicle Records; Disclosure Required. Amend RSA 260:14, II-a to read as follows:
II-a. The accident report, the technical accident reconstruction report, any repair estimate, or any similar document that constitutes a motor vehicle record that is created or received as a result of any accident or collision involving a [state-owned or state-leased] vehicle owned or leased by the state, a county, a city, a town, or a local public entity shall be a governmental record subject to inspection and disclosure in accordance with RSA 91-A except when inspection or disclosure would risk exposure of undercover law enforcement activity. Any report of a violation of this title by an employee or official of a county, a city, a town, or a local public entity while engaged in official business in a vehicle owned or leased by the state, a county, a city, a town, or a local public entity shall be a governmental record subject to inspection and disclosure in accordance with RSA 91-A.
167:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 14, 2011
Effective Date: August 13, 2011