19Feb2004... 0181h

2003 SESSION

03-2172

06/10

HOUSE BILL 1376

COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill defines "agency fee" for purposes of public employer collective bargaining and requires the exclusive representative of the bargaining unit to provide certain information to non-member, agency fee paying employees.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

19Feb2004... 0181h

03-2172

06/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

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

1 New Paragraph; Definitions; Agency Fee. Amend RSA 273-A:1 by inserting after paragraph XI the following new paragraph:

XII. "Agency Fee" means the financial payment assessed upon non-members of an employee organization, certified by the board as the exclusive representative of a bargaining unit, to defray the cost of representation of the unit.

2 New Paragraph; Obligation to Bargain; Agency Fee; Notice of Rights. Amend RSA 273-A:3 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:

V. In the event that an agreement negotiated under this section contains an agency fee provision, the exclusive representative shall inform non-member, agency fee payers that they have a right to an explanation of the basis of the agency fee and the opportunity to challenge the amount of the fee before an impartial decision maker.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.