HB 1561-FN-LOCAL – AS INTRODUCED

2014 SESSION

14-2041

08/03

HOUSE BILL 1561-FN-LOCAL

AN ACT relative to the classification of temporary emergency workers under unemployment compensation laws.

SPONSORS: Rep. G. Chandler, Carr 1; Rep. Butler, Carr 7; Rep. Umberger, Carr 2; Rep. J. Belanger, Hills 27; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Rausch, Dist 19

COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

ANALYSIS

This bill clarifies that the service of volunteer firefighters responding to general fire calls does not constitute employment for the purposes of calculating unemployment compensation.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

14-2041

08/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT relative to the classification of temporary emergency workers under unemployment compensation laws.

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

1 Classification of Temporary Workers; Volunteer Fire Fighters. Amend RSA 282-A:9, IV(o)(4) to read as follows:

(4) As an employee serving on a temporary basis in case of fire, storm, snow, earthquake, flood, or similar emergency including volunteer firefighters responding to the general fire call;

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

LBAO

14-2041

12/10/13

HB 1561-FN-LOCAL - FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT relative to the classification of temporary emergency workers under unemployment compensation laws.

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