Amendment
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT
establishing a study committee relative to
computer-based public records.
Amend the bill by replacing all after the enacting clause with the following:
1 Purpose. The general court recognizes that citizen access to public information is essential if government is to be responsive to the citizenry.
2 Committee Established.
I. There is hereby established a committee to develop a standard data dictionary to make it possible to allow the public greater access to computer-based public records. The members of the committee shall be:
(a) Three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house.
(b) Three members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.
(c) The commissioner of the department of safety or his designee.
(d) The commissioner of health and human services or her designee.
(e) The commissioner of the department of employment security or his designee.
(f) The commissioner of the department of transportation or his designee.
(g) The commissioner of the department of education or his designee.
(h) The commissioner of the department of revenue administration or his designee.
(i) The commissioner of the department of postsecondary vocational-technical education or her designee.
(j) A representative of the liquor commission.
(k) A representative from the New Hampshire supreme court.
(l) The state treasurer or her designee.
(m) The director of information services, department of administrative services, or his designee.
(n) The commissioner of administrative services.
(o) A representative of Honeywell Bull.
(p) A representative of Digital Equipment Corporation.
(q) A representative of International Business Machines.
(r) A representative from Wang Corporation.
(s) A representative from Unisys Corporation.
(t) A representative from Nixdorf Corporation.
II. The members in subparagraph (o) through (t) shall be appointed by the respective corporations.
III. The commissioner of administrative services shall serve as chairman of the committee.
3 Duties. The primary duty of the committee shall be to develop a standard data dictionary to make it possible to allow the public greater access to computer-based public records. The standard data dictionary shall make it possible to transfer data between and among the several types of computer configurations, including, but not limited to, personals, stand alone, and main frames.
4 Report. The committee shall submit its findings and recommendations to the speaker of the house, the president of the senate, and the governor no later than December 1, 1988, with proposed legislation for the 1989 legislative session.
5 Compensation. The members of the committee shall serve without compensation, except that the legislative members shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.
6 Tenure. The committee shall cease to exist on December 31, 1988.
7 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill, as amended, establishes a study committee for the purpose of developing a standard data dictionary to be used to give the public greater access to computer based public records.
The bill requires the committee to submit its report no later than December 1, 1988, to the general court and the governor.