2001 SESSION

01-2230

06/09

HOUSE BILL 1325

COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits payroll deductions by public employers for political activities and prohibits certain coercive actions against public employees to obtain political contributions.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

01-2230

06/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Subparagraph; Payroll Deductions for Political Activity Prohibited. Amend RSA 273-A:5, I by inserting after subparagraph (i) the following new subparagraph:

(j) To deduct from the wages, earnings, or other compensation of its employees any amounts for the support of any candidate, separate segregated political fund, political action committee, legislative or other political campaign fund, or a political party.

2 New Subparagraph; Discrimination Prohibited. Amend RSA 273-A:5, II by inserting after subparagraph (g) the following new subparagraph:

(h) To threaten to use job discrimination or financial reprisals to obtain a contribution for the support of any candidate, separate segregated political fund, political action committee, legislative or other political campaign fund, or a political party, or to make such contribution a condition of employment or membership in the bargaining unit.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.