CHAPTER 128
HB 1278 – FINAL VERSION
2006 SESSION
06/10
HOUSE BILL 1278
COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
This bill increases the fine for violating certain labor laws that protect the jobs of citizens from $1,000 to $2,500 per day.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
06-2143
06/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT increasing the fine for violating certain laws relative to labor.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
128:1 Penalties; Fine Increased. Amend RSA 275-A:5 to read as follows:
275-A:5 Penalties. Any person, partnership, agency, firm, or corporation violating any provision of RSA 275-A shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to [$1,000] $2,500 for each day of noncompliance, to be imposed by the labor commissioner in accordance with the procedures established in RSA 273:11-a. Any person aggrieved by the commissioner’s assessment of such penalty may appeal in accordance with RSA 273:11-b.
128:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2007.
Approved: May 19, 2006
Effective: January 1, 2007