HB71 (2007)
(New Title) prohibiting the sale, rent, lease, transfer, or distribution of records, information, or lists of licensed dog owners in New Hampshire to another person by the town clerk’s office.
Status: SIGNED BY GOVERNOR (Details)
Length: 242 words.
Revisions of this bill in our system:
| House | Senate | |
|---|---|---|
| Public hearing: | 2007-01-16 10:30:00 LOB 208 | 2007-04-24 00:00:00 |
| Executive session: | 2007-03-12 15:00:00 | (unscheduled) |
| Floor vote: | (unscheduled) | 2007-05-03 00:00:00 |
CHAPTER 67
HB 71 – FINAL VERSION
28Mar2007… 0573h
05/10/07 1449s
2007 SESSION
01/04
HOUSE BILL 71
AN ACT prohibiting the sale, rent, lease, transfer, or distribution of records, information, or lists of licensed dog owners in New Hampshire to another person by the town clerk’s office.
This bill prohibits the sale, rent, lease, transfer, or distribution in any manner of any records, information, or lists of licensed dog owners in New Hampshire to another person by the town clerk’s office.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
28Mar2007… 0573h
05/10/07 1449s
07-0213
01/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT prohibiting the sale, rent, lease, transfer, or distribution of records, information, or lists of licensed dog owners in New Hampshire to another person by the town clerk’s office.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
67:1 New Section; Lists of Licensed Dog Owners. Amend RSA 466 by inserting after section 1-c the following new section:
466:1-d Lists of Licensed Dog Owners.
I. Except as provided in paragraphs II and III and RSA 466:11 and RSA 466:14, no dog registration records, information, or lists shall be sold, rented, transferred, or otherwise made available in whole or in part, in any form or format, directly or indirectly, to another person.
II. Dog registration records, information, or lists may be made available pursuant to a court order or in response to a request from the state, a political subdivision of the state, the federal government, or a law enforcement agency solely for use in official business. The request shall be on a case-by-case basis. Any information, record, or list received pursuant to this paragraph shall not be further transferred or otherwise made available to any other person or listed entity not authorized under this paragraph, except as provided in RSA 466:13.
III. Without otherwise compromising the confidentiality of the files, nothing in this section shall prohibit a body or agency from releasing information relative to health or safety from investigative files on a limited basis to persons whose health or safety may be affected, or to a person or agency attempting to provide for the welfare of an animal.
67:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 11, 2007
Effective: August 10, 2007