CHAPTER 78
HB 240-FN – FINAL VERSION
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2009 SESSION
01/10
HOUSE BILL 240-FN
AN ACT relative to workers’ compensation for death.
SPONSORS: Rep. McEachern, Rock 16; Rep. Nixon, Hills 17
COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
This bill increases the amount an employer pays for burial expenses under workers’ compensation.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
11Mar2009… 0427h
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT relative to workers’ compensation for death.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
78:1 Workers' Compensation; Compensation for Death. Amend RSA 281-A:26, IV to read as follows:
IV. The employer shall pay burial expenses not to exceed [$5,000] $10,000.
78:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2010.
Approved: June 9, 2009
Effective Date: January 1, 2010