HB 383 – AS INTRODUCED

2011 SESSION

11-0468

01/09

HOUSE BILL 383

AN ACT prohibiting the collection of certain agency fees from state employees who are not members of the state employees’ association.

SPONSORS: Rep. Kurk, Hills 7

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits full-time employees who are not members of the state employee’s association from being required to pay a fee when the association demonstrates that the sum of its membership in all bargaining units is equal to 60 percent of the eligible full-time permanent employees in all bargaining units.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

11-0468

01/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT prohibiting the collection of certain agency fees from state employees who are not members of the state employees’ association.

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

1 New Section; Bargaining by State Employees. Amend RSA 273-A by inserting after section 9-a the following new section:

273-A:9-b Certain Fees Prohibited. An employee bargaining organization shall not require full-time employees who are not members of the organization to pay a fee to the organization as a condition of employment when the organization can demonstrate that the sum of its membership in all bargaining units is equal to 60 percent of the eligible full-time permanent employees in all bargaining units.

2 Applicability. Section 1 of this act shall apply to the next contract approved by the employee bargaining organization and the state.

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