HB 417 - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
03/10
HOUSE BILL 417
AN ACT requiring bidders for state contracts to have completed a training program of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
SPONSORS: Rep. Baroody, Hills 42; Rep. Duval, Hills 42; Rep. Pepino, Hills 40; Rep. M. Fuller Clark, Rock 36
COMMITTEE: Public Works and Highways
This bill requires bidders for certain capital projects contracts to have completed a training program of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-0806
03/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT requiring bidders for state contracts to have completed a training program of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Safety Training for Capital Project Contractors. Amend RSA 277 by inserting after section 5 the following new section:
277:5-a Safety Training for Capital Project Contractors.
I. Any contractor who bids on a state capital budget project whose estimated cost is more than $50,000 shall have an Occupational Safety and Health Administration "Ten Hour Construction Safety Program" for their onsite employees. The training program shall utilize instructors trained by and curriculum approved by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The commissioner of labor may require proof of successful completion of the program by employees.
II. The commissioner of labor shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, necessary to enforce the provisions of this section.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2002.