HB 1237 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

7Mar2012… 0910h

2012 SESSION

12-2515

06/10

HOUSE BILL 1237

AN ACT establishing the joint committee on employee relations.

SPONSORS: Rep. Gimas, Hills 12; Rep. Bates, Rock 4

COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill establishes the joint committee on employee relations.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

7Mar2012… 0910h

12-2515

06/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve

AN ACT establishing the joint committee on employee relations.

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

1 New Paragraph; Joint Legislative Committee. Amend RSA 273-A:9 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:

VI. There shall be a joint legislative committee known as the joint committee on employee relations.

(a) The joint committee on employee relations shall include the following members:

(1) Two members, one appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, and one appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives.

(2) Two members, one appointed by the president of the senate, and one appointed by the minority leader of the senate.

(b) The chair of the committee shall rotate biennially between the president of the senate or designee and the speaker of the house or designee, provided that the president of the senate shall serve as the first chairperson under the provisions of this subparagraph. In the event that the presiding officer or designee serving as chairperson resigns or for any reason is unable to serve, the other presiding officer or designee shall become chairperson, provided that such substitution shall not change the rotation provided for in this subparagraph.

(c) The joint committee on employee relations shall meet with the state negotiating committee after the first Wednesday in December in the even-numbered years as necessary, to discuss the state’s objectives in the bargaining process. Meeting shall be at the call of the chairperson of the joint committee on employee relations.

(d) The joint committee on employee relations shall hold hearings on all collective bargaining agreements with state employees and on all fact-finders’ reports relative to the collective bargaining process with state employees and shall submit any recommendation on such agreements or reports to the members of the senate and the house of representatives.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.