Revision: Nov. 7, 2017, 9:26 a.m.
HB 1323 - AS INTRODUCED
2018 SESSION
18-2568
01/04
HOUSE BILL 1323
AN ACT relative to employment of chief executive officers under the right-to-know law.
SPONSORS: Rep. Sylvia, Belk. 6
COMMITTEE: Judiciary
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ANALYSIS
This bill exempts certain discussions relating to chief executive officers who are supervised by a public body from public sessions 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18-2568
01/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to employment of chief executive officers 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; Definitions. Amend RSA 91-A:1-a by inserting after paragraph I the following new paragraph:
I-a. "Chief executive officer" means any public employee who is directly supervised by a public body including a police chief or fire chief.
2 Right-to-Know; Nonpublic Sessions. Amend RSA 91-A:3, II(a) and (b) to read as follows:
(a) The dismissal, promotion, or compensation of any public employee, except for a chief executive officer, or the disciplining of such employee, or the investigation of any charges against him or her, unless the employee affected (1) has a right to a meeting and (2) requests that the meeting be open, in which case the request shall be granted.
(b) The hiring of any person as a public employee, except for a chief executive officer.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.