CHAPTER 388
HB 1436 – FINAL VERSION
18Mar2008… 0682h
05/08/08 1780s
2008 SESSION
08/10
HOUSE BILL 1436
AN ACT relative to requiring inclusion of an automatic continuation clause in collectively bargained agreements with public employees.
SPONSORS: Rep. DiFruscia, Rock 4; Rep. Bishop, Rock 2
COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
This bill requires the continuation of the terms of a collective bargaining agreement if an impasse between public employers and employees is not resolved.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18Mar2008… 0682h
05/08/08 1780s
08-2169
08/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT relative to requiring inclusion of an automatic continuation clause in collectively bargained agreements with public employees.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
388:1 New Paragraph; Resolution of Disputes. Amend RSA 273-A:12 by inserting after paragraph VI the following new paragraph:
VII. For collective bargaining agreements entered into after the effective date of this section, if the impasse is not resolved at the time of the expiration of the parties' agreement, the terms of the collective bargaining agreement shall continue in force and effect, including but not limited to the continuation of any pay plan included in the agreement, until a new agreement shall be executed. Provided, however, that for the purposes of this paragraph, the terms shall not include cost of living increases and nothing in this paragraph shall require payments of cost of living increases during the time period between contracts.
388:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: July 15, 2008
Effective Date: July 15, 2008