Section 202-B:2 Definitions.
In this chapter:
I. ""Component of state government'' means any state government department, independent regulatory agency, state government corporation, state controlled corporation, or other establishment in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch.
II. ""Dissemination'' means the act of distributing tangible state government information products to program libraries, or the act of making state government information products accessible to program libraries and the general public via a state government electronic information service.
III. ""Program library'' means a library designated under the provisions of this chapter which maintains tangible state government information products for use by the general public, offers professional assistance in locating and using state government information, and provides local capability for the general public to access state government electronic information services. These libraries shall be known as ""New Hampshire state government information access libraries.''
IV. ""State government electronic information service'' means the system or method by which a component of state government or its authorized agent disseminates state government information products to the public via a telecommunications network or successor technology.
V. ""State government information'' means that information, regardless of form or format, which is created or compiled by employees of the judicial, legislative, and executive branches of government, or at state expense, or as required by law; except that information which is required for official use only, is for strictly administrative or operational purposes having no public interest or educational value or otherwise excluded by state law.
VI. ""State government information product'' means a state publication or other discrete compilation of state government information of general public interest, either conveyed in a tangible physical format including electronic media, or disseminated via a state government electronic information service.
VII. ""Tangible state government information product'' means any state information product that can be distributed to program libraries in a physical format.
Source. 2001, 281:4, eff. Sept. 14, 2001.