Bill Text - HB1170 (2020)

Adding a definition of "reasonably described" to the right-to-know law.


Revision: Dec. 2, 2019, 11:03 a.m.

HB 1170 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2020 SESSION

20-2217

01/10

 

HOUSE BILL 1170

 

AN ACT adding a definition of "reasonably described" to the right-to-know law.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. J. Schmidt, Hills. 28

 

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill inserts a definition of "reasonably described" for purposes of retrieval of public records 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20-2217

01/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

 

AN ACT adding a definition of "reasonably described" to 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 Law; Definition Added.  Amend RSA 91-A:1-a by inserting after paragraph VI  the following new paragraph:

VII.  "Reasonably described" means a document is identified with necessary specificity to allow a public employee to retrieve it without making an extensive search and, at a minimum, by date or a range of dates not exceeding 30 days, by type, which means by letter, minutes, or a report, and by title or subject matter.  

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2021.