HB1751 (2006) Detail

Relative to penalties for failure to have workers' compensation coverage.


HB 1751 – AS INTRODUCED

2006 SESSION

06-3042

06/04

HOUSE BILL 1751

AN ACT relative to penalties for failure to have workers’ compensation coverage.

SPONSORS: Rep. Infantine, Hills 13; Rep. Mooney, Hills 19; Rep. Holden, Hills 7; Sen. Hassan, Dist 23; Sen. Bragdon, Dist 11

COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

ANALYSIS

This bill allows the commissioner of labor to assess a civil penalty for each day an employer does not have workers’ compensation coverage.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

06-3042

06/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six

AN ACT relative to penalties for failure to have workers’ compensation coverage.

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

1 Liability of Employer Failing to Comply; Penalty Assessment Period Changed. Amend RSA 281-A:7, I to read as follows:

I. An employer subject to this chapter who fails without sufficient cause as determined by the commissioner to comply with the provisions of RSA 281-A:5 by not securing payment of compensation shall be assessed a civil penalty of up to $2,500; in addition, such an employer shall be assessed a civil penalty of $100 per employee for each day of noncompliance [beginning on the date of written notification by the commissioner]. An insurance carrier which insures an employer and fails to file with the commissioner a notice of coverage within a reasonable period of time as prescribed by rule shall be assessed a civil penalty of $10 for each day of noncompliance beginning on the date of the commissioner's written notification to the carrier. The commissioner shall deposit all moneys collected under this section with the state treasurer.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2007.