HB 1310 – AS INTRODUCED
2006 SESSION
06/03
HOUSE BILL 1310
AN ACT relative to strikes by public employees.
COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
This bill limits the prohibition on strikes by public employees and adds a definition of “essential public employees” to the chapter on public employee labor 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
06-2225
06/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT relative to strikes by public employees.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Essential Public Employees. Amend RSA 273-A:1 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
IV-a. “Essential public employees” means employees engaged in work as nurses, doctors, firefighters, emergency medical technicians, police officers, and corrections officers.
2 Strikes Prohibited; Essential Public Employees Only. Amend RSA 273-A:13 to read as follows:
273-A:13 Strikes Prohibited. Strikes and other forms of job action by essential public employees are hereby declared to be unlawful. A public employer shall be entitled to petition the superior court for a temporary restraining order, pending a final order of the board under RSA 273-A:6 for a strike or other form of job action in violation of the provisions of this chapter, and may be awarded costs and reasonable legal fees at the discretion of the court.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.