Bill Text - SB220 (2019)

Relative to department of transportation access to crash data.


Revision: Jan. 22, 2019, 10:19 a.m.

SB 220  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2019 SESSION

19-1018

05/10

 

SENATE BILL 220

 

AN ACT relative to department of transportation access to crash data.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19

 

COMMITTEE: Transportation

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill enables the department of transportation to access crash data maintained by the department of safety, local law enforcement, and other government agencies.  

 

The bill is a request of the department of transportation.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

19-1018

05/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

 

AN ACT relative to department of transportation access to crash data.

 

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

 

1  New Section; Department of Transportation; Access to Crash Data.  Amend RSA 21-L by inserting after section 12-b the following new section:

21-L:12-c  Access to Crash Data. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the commissioner of the department of transportation and designated department of transportation safety representatives are authorized to access or be provided with crash data held by the department of safety, local law enforcement, or other government agencies or entities.  The purpose of this authorization is to enable the department of transportation and its agents to access information for the sole purpose of immediate and timely crash analysis for improved safety and to advance safety related initiatives.  In the event that the department obtains personally identifiable information, the department shall not include such information in its analysis nor disclose the personally identifiable information.  

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