New Hampshire Revised Statutes 91-C:2 – Exemptions
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This section shall not preclude:
I. Any report or disclosure required by the following laws or successor provisions thereto:
(a) N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 14-C relative to gifts for legislators and legislative employees;
(b) N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 15 relative to lobbyists;
(c) N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 15-A relative to financial disclosures; and
(d) N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 664 relative to political expenditures and contributions.
II. A public body or agency from releasing a person‘s status as a member, volunteer, or donor of any entity exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code that was voluntarily released by the person or voluntarily released by the entity to the attorney general or to the public.
III. Any lawful warrant for any list, record, register, registry, roll, roster, or other compilation of data of any kind that directly or indirectly identifies a person as a member, supporter, volunteer, or donor of financial or nonfinancial support, to any entity exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.
IV. A lawful request for discovery of any list, record, register, registry, roll, roster, or other compilation of data of any kind that directly or indirectly identifies a person as a member, supporter, volunteer, or donor of financial or nonfinancial support, to any entity exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code in litigation if both of the following conditions are met:
(a) The requestor demonstrates a compelling need for any list, record, register, registry, roll, roster, or other compilation of data of any kind that directly or indirectly identifies a person as a member, supporter, volunteer, or donor of financial or nonfinancial support, to any entity exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code by clear and convincing evidence; and
(b) The requestor obtains a protective order barring disclosure of any list, record, register, registry, roll, roster, or other compilation of data of any kind that directly or indirectly identifies a person as a member, supporter, volunteer, or donor of financial or nonfinancial support, to any entity exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code to any person not named in the litigation.
V. Admission of any list, record, register, registry, roll, roster, or other compilation of data of any kind that directly or indirectly identifies a person as a member, supporter, volunteer, or donor of any entity exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code as relevant evidence before a court of competent jurisdiction. Any filing in court that is subject to this section shall be filed under seal by the offering party. Any party who intends to display or produce any record that is subject to this section in a courtroom during a hearing or trial shall notify the court to allow for the courtroom to be cleared prior to discussion or display of the record. No court shall publicly reveal such information that has been filed in accordance with this paragraph absent a specific finding of good cause.
VI. A public body or state agency with oversight function over public funds or a government grant program from requesting documentation sufficient to ensure public funds are expended in accordance with state or federal contract monitoring and audit requirements, given that the information accessed is limited to information related to public funds or government grant program funds.
I. Any report or disclosure required by the following laws or successor provisions thereto:
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 91-C:2
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- Donor: The person who makes a gift.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
- seal: shall include an impression of the official seal made upon the paper alone, as well as an impression thereof made by means of wax, or a wafer, affixed thereto. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:11
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(a) N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 14-C relative to gifts for legislators and legislative employees;
(b) N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 15 relative to lobbyists;
(c) N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 15-A relative to financial disclosures; and
(d) N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 664 relative to political expenditures and contributions.
II. A public body or agency from releasing a person‘s status as a member, volunteer, or donor of any entity exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code that was voluntarily released by the person or voluntarily released by the entity to the attorney general or to the public.
III. Any lawful warrant for any list, record, register, registry, roll, roster, or other compilation of data of any kind that directly or indirectly identifies a person as a member, supporter, volunteer, or donor of financial or nonfinancial support, to any entity exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.
IV. A lawful request for discovery of any list, record, register, registry, roll, roster, or other compilation of data of any kind that directly or indirectly identifies a person as a member, supporter, volunteer, or donor of financial or nonfinancial support, to any entity exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code in litigation if both of the following conditions are met:
(a) The requestor demonstrates a compelling need for any list, record, register, registry, roll, roster, or other compilation of data of any kind that directly or indirectly identifies a person as a member, supporter, volunteer, or donor of financial or nonfinancial support, to any entity exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code by clear and convincing evidence; and
(b) The requestor obtains a protective order barring disclosure of any list, record, register, registry, roll, roster, or other compilation of data of any kind that directly or indirectly identifies a person as a member, supporter, volunteer, or donor of financial or nonfinancial support, to any entity exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code to any person not named in the litigation.
V. Admission of any list, record, register, registry, roll, roster, or other compilation of data of any kind that directly or indirectly identifies a person as a member, supporter, volunteer, or donor of any entity exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code as relevant evidence before a court of competent jurisdiction. Any filing in court that is subject to this section shall be filed under seal by the offering party. Any party who intends to display or produce any record that is subject to this section in a courtroom during a hearing or trial shall notify the court to allow for the courtroom to be cleared prior to discussion or display of the record. No court shall publicly reveal such information that has been filed in accordance with this paragraph absent a specific finding of good cause.
VI. A public body or state agency with oversight function over public funds or a government grant program from requesting documentation sufficient to ensure public funds are expended in accordance with state or federal contract monitoring and audit requirements, given that the information accessed is limited to information related to public funds or government grant program funds.