HB 1427 – AS INTRODUCED

2012 SESSION

12-2167

10/03

HOUSE BILL 1427

AN ACT relative to declaring that private contracting of governmental operations shall not be deemed an unfair labor practice.

SPONSORS: Rep. Kurk, Hills 7

COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

ANALYSIS

This bill provides that contracting or transferring governmental operations to a private entity shall not be deemed an unfair labor practice under the public employee labor relations act, RSA 273-A.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

12-2167

10/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve

AN ACT relative to declaring that private contracting of governmental operations shall not be deemed an unfair labor practice.

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

1 New Paragraph; Public Employee Labor Relations; Exception Added; Unfair Labor Practice. Amend RSA 273-A:5 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:

III. The exercise of the public employer’s lawful authority to contract out, subcontract, transfer, or lease operations or provisions of services to a private entity shall not be deemed an unfair labor practice prohibited by this section.

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