SB 438 - FINAL VERSION
3/19/98 0997s
1998 SESSION
98-2804
08/01
SENATE BILL 438
AN ACT exercising the authority of the state of New Hampshire to elect out of the federal Volunteer Protection Act of 1997.
SPONSORS: Sen. K. Wheeler, Dist 21; Sen. J. King, Dist 18; Sen. Roberge, Dist 9; Rep. Alger, Graf 9; Rep. Allen, Hills 1
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill exercises the authority of the state of New Hampshire to limit the application of the federal Volunteer Protection Act in civil actions in state courts against a volunteer in which all parties are citizens of the state.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
3/19/98 0997s
98-2804
08/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-Eight
AN ACT exercising the authority of the state of New Hampshire to elect out of the federal Volunteer Protection Act of 1997.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Electing Not to Have the Federal Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 Apply in the State of New Hampshire. Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. sections 14501-14505, the Volunteer Protection Act of 1997, the state of New Hampshire hereby exercises its right under such statue to elect not to have the Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 apply to any civil action against a volunteer, in a New Hampshire court, in which all parties are citizens of the state of New Hampshire.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.