Bill Text - HB1379 (2014)

Excluding firearms records from public records subject to disclosure under the right-to-know law.


Revision: June 15, 2014, midnight

HB 1379 – AS INTRODUCED

2014 SESSION

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01/06

HOUSE BILL 1379

AN ACT excluding firearms records from public records subject to disclosure under the right-to-know law.

SPONSORS: Rep. Goley, Hills 8; Rep. G. Chandler, Carr 1; Rep. A. White, Graf 13; Rep.?Renzullo, Hills 37; Rep. Copeland, Rock 19; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen.?Carson, Dist 14

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

ANALYSIS

This bill exempts firearms records from public records subject to disclosure under the right-to-know 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

14-2090

01/06

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT excluding firearms records from public records subject to disclosure under the right-to-know law.

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

1 New Paragraph; Right-to-Know; Firearms Records Exempted. Amend RSA 91-A:5 by inserting after paragraph IX the following new paragraph:

X. Records relating to firearms licenses, permits, applications, or other documents reflecting the issuance or denial of a license or permit, except by the person holding the license, permit, application, or other document or upon the request of persons acting in their governmental capacity for purposes of the administration of justice.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2015.