Revision: Dec. 14, 2011, midnight
HB 1448 – AS INTRODUCED
2012 SESSION
09/10
HOUSE BILL 1448
AN ACT requiring public access to any document and Internet content which is incorporated by reference in administrative rules.
SPONSORS: Rep. Manuse, Rock 5; Rep. S. Tremblay, Rock 3; Rep. B. Patten, Carr 4; Rep. P. Schmidt, Straf 4; Rep. Pilotte, Hills 16; Rep. C. McGuire, Merr 8; Rep. Bowers, Sull 3; Rep. L. Jones, Straf 1; Rep. Winter, Merr 3; Sen. Groen, Dist 6; Sen. White, Dist 9; Sen. Carson, Dist 14
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill requires agencies to provide public access to any document and Internet content which is incorporated by reference in administrative rules.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
12-2270
09/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT requiring public access to any document and Internet content which is incorporated by reference in administrative rules.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Administrative Rules; Public Access to Documents and Internet Contents Incorporated by Reference. Amend RSA 541-A:12 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
IV-a. Each agency shall, upon request for a copy of any document or Internet content incorporated by reference in the agency’s rules, make available for inspection and copying any such document or downloaded Internet content. If a computer, photocopying machine, or other device maintained for use by the agency is used by the agency to copy the document or downloaded Internet content requested, the person requesting the copy may be charged the actual cost of providing the copy, which cost may be collected by the agency. Nothing in this section shall exempt any person from paying fees otherwise established by law for obtaining copies of documents, but if such fee is established for the copy, no additional costs or fees shall be charged.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.