CHAPTER 239
HB 519 – FINAL VERSION
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2009 SESSION
06/01
HOUSE BILL 519
AN ACT relative to supervision of state employees who are related by birth or marriage.
SPONSORS: Rep. Rosenwald, Hills 22; Rep. Irwin, Hills 3; Rep. McEachern, Rock 16; Rep. Bergin, Hills 6; Rep. Batula, Hills 19; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill prohibits executive branch officers from making state employment decisions concerning certain relatives.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
06/03/09 1886s
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09-0006
06/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT relative to supervision of state employees who are related by birth or marriage.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
239:1 New Section; Nepotism. Amend RSA 21-G by inserting after section 26 the following new section:
21-G:26-a Nepotism. No executive branch official shall directly hire, evaluate, set the compensation or salary for, supervise, or terminate the employment of any full-time or part-time employee, temporary employee, or member of a state board or commission if such employee or member is related to such official in one of the following ways:
I. Spouse;
II. Parent by birth or adoption;
III. Son or daughter by birth or adoption;
IV. Stepson or stepdaughter;
V. Brother or sister by whole or half blood or by adoption; or
VI. Mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, daughter-in-law, or son-in-law.
239:2 Misuse of Position. Amend RSA 21-G:23, II to read as follows:
II. Use his or her position with the state to secure privileges or advantages for himself or herself, which are not generally available to governmental employees, or to secure governmental privileges or advantages for others to which they are not otherwise entitled.
239:3 Applicability. Section 1 of this act shall not apply to an employment relationship or contract entered into on or before the effective date of this act.
239:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: July 16, 2009
Effective Date: July 16, 2009