CHAPTER 95
SB 449 – FINAL VERSION
03/20/08 1006s
2008 SESSION
06/09
SENATE BILL 449
AN ACT relative to the status of emergency services volunteers.
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill adds certain emergency services volunteers to the definition of “employee” with respect to public employment.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/20/08 1006s
08-2844
06/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT relative to the status of emergency services volunteers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
95:1 New Subparagraph; Definition of Employee. Amend RSA 281-A:2, VII(a) by inserting after subparagraph (7) the following new subparagraph:
(8) Any person who is officially designated by the governing body of a political subdivision as a volunteer in a New Hampshire citizen corps local council program that is organized, recruited, trained, supervised, and has been activated by an authorized political subdivision employee or official acting in his or her capacity as the emergency management director of the political subdivision.
95:2 Definition of Employee. Amend RSA 281-A:2, VII(b) to read as follows:
(b) “Employee,” with respect to public employment shall not include any inmate of a county or state correctional facility who is, under RSA 651, required or allowed to work or perform services for which no significant remuneration is provided, any volunteer not covered under RSA 281-A:2, VII(a)(2) through [(5)] 8, who performs services for which no significant remuneration is provided, or any participant performing community service work under a court order or the provisions of a court diversion program, or any person providing services as part of a residential placement for individuals with developmental, acquired, or emotional disabilities. “Employee,” with respect to public employment, shall include any person participating in a local welfare work program established under RSA 165:31; however, the local governing body may vote to make the provisions of this chapter not applicable to local welfare work program participants through guidelines adopted under RSA 165:1, II.
95:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2009.
Approved: May 21, 2008
Effective Date: January 1, 2009