Revision: Jan. 27, 2017, 12:12 p.m.
HB 417-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2017 SESSION
17-0352
01/03
HOUSE BILL 417-FN
AN ACT expanding the right-to-know law to certain motor vehicle records.
SPONSORS: Rep. Hynes, Hills. 21; Rep. J. Edwards, Rock. 4; Rep. Fisher, Belk. 9; Rep. Guthrie, Rock. 13
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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This bill requires sworn reports regarding motor vehicle license suspensions to be available for public inspection under RSA 91-A.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
17-0352
01/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT expanding the right-to-know law to certain motor vehicle records.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Subparagraph; Motor Vehicles; Records and Certification. Amend RSA 260:14, II by inserting after subparagraph (b) the following new subparagraph:
(c) All sworn reports under RSA 265-A:30 shall be made available in accordance with RSA 91-A:4 in an unredacted manner.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
17-0352
1/6/17
HB 417-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT expanding the right-to-know law to certain motor vehicle records.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ ] None
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| Estimated Increase / (Decrease) | |||
STATE: | FY 2018 | FY 2019 | FY 2020 | FY 2021 |
Appropriation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Revenue | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable |
Expenditures | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase |
Funding Source: | [ ] General [ ] Education [ X ] Highway [ X ] Cost of Collections* and Fire and EMS Fund | |||
*Pursuant to Part II, article 6-a of the New Hampshire constitution, any costs associated with the collection and administration of Highway Funds by the Department of Safety shall be deducted by the Department before such funds are credited to the Highway Fund as unrestricted revenue.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Safety assumes reports would be made available at a cost of $1 per page as is the case with other requests made under RSA 91-A. The resulting revenue would be treated in a "cost of collections" manner; with the revenue supporting associated costs with any remaining revenue credited to the Highway Fund as unrestricted revenue. Currently, records under RSA 260:14 are made available with consent or appropriate permission and the Department is authorized to charge reasonable fees which are deposited in the Fire Standards and Training and Emergency Medical Service Fund (Fire and EMS Fund). The Department assumes if this information is made available via a right to know request, it will not be requested as a release of motor vehicle records and the associated Fire and EMS Fund revenue would decline. Lastly, the Department expects there would be costs associated with of the requested information. The Department cannot determine these costs since the number of possible requests is not known.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Safety