Revision: Feb. 18, 2010, midnight
HB 1163 – AS INTRODUCED
2010 SESSION
01/10
HOUSE BILL 1163
AN ACT relative to the definition of employee with respect to private employment under the workers’ compensation law.
COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
This bill includes railroad employees engaged in interstate commerce in the definition of “employee” with respect to private employment under the workers’ compensation law.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
10-2331
01/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT relative to the definition of employee with respect to private employment under the workers’ compensation law.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Workers’ Compensation. Amend RSA 281-A:2, VI(a) to read as follows:
(a) “Employee,” with respect to private employment, means any person in the service of an employer subject to the provisions of this chapter under any express or implied, oral or written contract of hire [except a] including all railroad [employee] employees engaged in interstate commerce [whose rights are governed by the Federal Employers’ Liability Act]. If they elect to be personally covered by this chapter, “employee” includes persons who regularly operate businesses or practice their trades, professions, or occupations, whether individually, or in partnership, or association with other persons, whether or not they hire others as employees.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 30 days after its passage.