Bill Text - HB410 (2019)

(Second New Title) allowing all state agencies and political subdivisions to have access to enhanced 911 information.


Revision: May 30, 2019, 4:13 p.m.

HB 410 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

 

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2019 SESSION

19-0514

08/04

 

HOUSE BILL 410

 

AN ACT allowing all state agencies and political subdivisions to have access to enhanced 911 information.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. M. Pearson, Rock. 34; Rep. Guthrie, Rock. 13; Rep. S. Pearson, Rock. 6; Rep. Pratt, Rock. 3; Rep. Welch, Rock. 13; Rep. Salloway, Straf. 5; Rep. D. Thomas, Rock. 5; Rep. Kotowski, Merr. 24; Rep. Gagne, Hills. 13; Rep. Knirk, Carr. 3; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15

 

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill allows all state agencies and political subdivisions to have access to certain enhanced 911 information.

 

This bill is a request of the department of environmental services.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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08/04

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

 

AN ACT allowing all state agencies and political subdivisions to have access to enhanced 911 information.

 

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

 

1  New Paragraph; Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers; Enhanced 911 System; Definitions.  Amend RSA 106-H:2 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:

V-a.  "Division" means the division of emergency services and communications of the department of safety.

2  Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers; Enhanced 911 System; Information Not Subject to Right-to-Know Law.  Amend RSA 106-H:14 to read as follows:

106-H:14  Information Not Subject to Right-to-Know Law.

I.  Any information or records compiled under this chapter shall not be considered a public record for the purposes of RSA 91-A regardless of the use of such information under paragraph [I or] II or III.

II.  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the [bureau] division shall [only] make information or records compiled under this chapter available [as follows] only as follows:

[I.] (a)  On a case-by-case basis to a law enforcement agency that requires the information or records for investigative purposes; and

[II.] (b)  To the department of environmental services solely for the purpose of estimating the location of wells subject to RSA 482-B.  Information shared with the department of environmental services under this provision shall be limited to geographic information systems data that will aid in locating such wells.  The department of environmental services shall not release such shared data under RSA 91-A.

III.  Address information may be made available to any state agency or political subdivision upon request for the purpose of using one set of street names and numbers within and across New Hampshire.  Address information shall be limited to geospatial data that is sufficient to place an address on a map, consistent with the methodology used by the division to spatially locate any address.  Address information shall not consist of any other information or data, including, but not limited to, any information about the property to which an address pertains, any information about the structures thereon, and the name or other identifying information of the property owner or any individual or individuals who occupy any specific address.  The timing and method of delivery of address information, as well as the format of the address information, shall be solely determined by the division, in light of the demand or such information and the division's technical capabilities and available resources.  Address information shall only be used for the official purposes of the requesting state agency or political subdivision, and recipient state agencies and political subdivision shall not make such address information available under RSA 91-A.  The division shall not be liable for any inaccuracies in the information provided under this paragraph.  

3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.