Bill Text - SB485 (2010)

(New Title) relative to ratification of cost items contained in a collective bargaining agreement for court security officers of the judicial branch.


Revision: March 27, 2010, midnight

SB 485-FN-A – AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

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2010 SESSION

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SENATE BILL 485-FN-A

AN ACT relative to ratification of cost items contained in a collective bargaining agreement for court security officers of the judicial branch.

SPONSORS: Sen. Reynolds, Dist 2

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill ratifies the cost items and terms and conditions of employment contained in a collective bargaining agreement affecting court security officers of the judicial branch. The bill also authorizes funding.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/24/10 1129s

10-2860

10/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten

AN ACT relative to ratification of cost items contained in a collective bargaining agreement for court security officers of the judicial branch.

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

1 Ratification of Cost Items; Collective Bargaining Agreement; Court Security Officers. Pursuant to requirements of RSA 273-A, the legislature hereby ratifies the cost items and terms and conditions of employment contained in a collective bargaining agreement regarding court security officers of the judicial branch.

2 Funding. The supreme court shall fund the collective bargaining agreement cost items ratified in section 1, and may use funds from the following sources:

I. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 490:26-c, I and II, sums held in the escrow fund for court facility improvements.

II. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 490-E:4, II, sums held in the mediation and arbitration fund established in RSA 490-E:4, I.

III. Sums retained by the court as administrative processing fees for forfeiture of recognizances under RSA 597:38-a.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

LBAO

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12/28/09

SB 485-FN-A - FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT relative to ratification of cost items contained in a collective bargaining agreement for court security officers of the judicial branch, and making an appropriation therefor.

FISCAL IMPACT:

      The Judicial Branch states this bill will increase state general fund expenditures by $400,872 in FY 2010 and $454,568 in FY 2011. There is no fiscal impact on state, county and local revenue or county and local expenditures.

      This bill appropriates $400,872 in FY 2010 and $454,568 in FY 2011 from the state general fund to the Judicial Branch for purposes of this bill.

METHODOLOGY:

    The Judicial Branch states this bill ratifies the cost items and terms and conditions of employment contained in the collective bargaining agreement affecting court security officers of the Branch. The bargaining agreement covers court security officers who provide court security in most district court and family division sites. The agreement was ratified on October 4, 2009 and expires on June 30, 2011. The per diem rate for court security officers shall be $80 for a full day ($85 beginning January 1, 2011) and $45 for a half day, retroactive to July 3, 2009. The fiscal impact of the cost items in the agreement are $400,872 in FY 2010 and $454,568 in FY 2011.