CHAPTER 137
HB 1422 – FINAL VERSION
11Mar2004… 0530h
04/29/04 1212s
2004 SESSION
05/09
HOUSE BILL 1422
AN ACT relative to qualifications for persons who negotiate on behalf of the state.
SPONSORS: Rep. Burling, Sull 19; Rep. Norelli, Rock 86; Rep. Nordgren, Graf 17; Rep. Keans, Straf 67; Rep. D. Eaton, Ches 24
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments & Administration
This bill prohibits the official state negotiator and members of the state negotiating committee from having a direct personal and pecuniary interest in the negotiation.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
11Mar2004… 0530h
04/29/04 1212s
04-2351
05/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Four
AN ACT relative to qualifications for persons who negotiate on behalf of the state.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
137:1 New Paragraph; Public Employee Labor Relations; Bargaining by State Employees; Conflict of Interest. Amend RSA 273-A:9 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:
III-a. No person who is appointed to serve as a state negotiator or as a member of the state negotiating team or any person who serves as a member of the employee bargaining committee shall use his or her position to obtain anything of value for the private benefit of such person or the person’s immediate family. Nothing in this section shall prevent an employee or taxpayer from serving on a negotiating team or bargaining committee.
137:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: May 19, 2004)
(Effective Date: July 18, 2004)