CHAPTER 15

HB 1349-LOCAL – FINAL VERSION

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2012 SESSION

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08/09

HOUSE BILL 1349-LOCAL

AN ACT relative to the service of town health officers.

SPONSORS: Rep. Cunningham, Sull 2; Rep. Rodeschin, Sull 2; Rep. A. Schmidt, Sull 1; Rep. Emerson, Ches 7

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

ANALYSIS

This bill allows town health officers to voluntarily assist other municipalities.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve

AN ACT relative to the service of town health officers.

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

15:1 New Paragraph; Town Health Officers; Duties; Compensation. Amend RSA 128:5 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:

V. May, if duly appointed to serve any New Hampshire town, serve temporarily at the request of the governing body of any other New Hampshire town and may perform any lawful duties within that other town. For those duties performed at the request of such town, all compensation, expenses and liability coverage shall be incumbent upon the requesting town. For the purposes of this paragraph, “temporarily” means 30 calendar days or fewer.

15:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: April 23, 2012

Effective Date: June 22, 2012