HB1450 (2014) Detail

Extending the right-to-know law to certain corporations entering into contracts with municipalities for the purpose of operating a business improvement district.


HB 1450 – AS INTRODUCED

2014 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 1450

AN ACT extending the right-to-know law to certain corporations entering into contracts with municipalities for the purpose of operating a business improvement district.

SPONSORS: Rep. P. Sullivan, Hills 10; Rep. Vaillancourt, Hills 15

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

ANALYSIS

This bill extends the right-to-know law to nonprofit corporations entering into contracts with municipalities for the purpose of managing or operating a business improvement district.

This bill also requires such nonprofit corporations to file a statement with the attorney general’s office acknowledging that they are subject to 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

14-2149

01/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT extending the right-to-know law to certain corporations entering into contracts with municipalities for the purpose of operating a business improvement district.

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

1 New Subparagraph; Right-to-Know Law; Definition of “Public Body.” Amend RSA 91-A:1-a, VI by inserting after subparagraph (g) the following new subparagraph:

(f) Any nonprofit corporation determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be a tax exempt organization pursuant to section 501(c)(3) which enters into a contract with a municipality to manage or operate a business improvement district.

2 New Section; Statement Required. Amend RSA 91-A by inserting after section 4 the following new section:

91-A:4-a Statement From Certain Nonprofit Corporations Required. Any nonprofit corporation meeting the definition of public body under RSA 91-A:1-a, VI(f) shall file an annual statement with the attorney general, director of charitable trusts commencing the year following the effective date of this section acknowledging that such corporation is subject to the provisions of this chapter.

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