This bill enacts the Uniform Antitrust Pre-Merger Notification Act.
This bill:
- defines terms;
- provides that a pre-merger notification is a notification filed with the Federal Trade Commission accompanied by a Hart-Scott-Rodino form;
- requires that a person filing a pre-merger notification file an electronic copy of a Hart-Scott-Rodino form and additional documentary material with the attorney general;
- prohibits the attorney general from charging a fee connected with filing a Hart-Scott-Rodino form;
- prohibits the attorney general from disclosing a Hart-Scott-Rodino form and other relevant information;
- classifies a Hart-Scott-Rodino form and other relevant information as a private record under the Government Records Access and Management Act;
- authorizes the attorney general to disclose a Hart-Scott-Rodino form and other relevant information if relevant to an administrative proceeding or a judicial action;
- provides that the provisions enacted by this bill do not impact preexisting obligations of the attorney general;
- authorizes the attorney general to disclose a Hart-Scott-Rodino form with the attorney general of another state under certain circumstances;
- authorizes the attorney general to seek the imposition of a civil penalty for noncompliance with the provisions of this bill;
- requires a court to promote uniformity among jurisdictions that enact the provisions of this bill;
- limits the provisions of this bill to a pre-merger notification filed after the effective date of the bill; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 63G-2-302
Substitute #1: 63G-2-302