HB 383 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
5Jan2012… 0339h
2011 SESSION
01/09
HOUSE BILL 383
AN ACT prohibiting the collection of certain agency fees from state employees who are not members of the state employees’ association.
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill prohibits full-time employees who are not members of the state employee’s association from being required to pay a fee when the association demonstrates that the sum of its membership in all bargaining units is equal to 60 percent of the eligible full-time permanent employees in all bargaining units.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
5Jan2012… 0339h
11-0468
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT prohibiting the collection of certain agency fees from state employees who are not members of the state employees’ association.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Bargaining by State Employees. Amend RSA 273-A by inserting after section 9-a the following new section:
273-A:9-b Certain Fees Prohibited. An employee bargaining organization shall not require full-time employees who are not members of the organization to pay a fee to the organization as a condition of employment. An employee who elects not to pay a fee to the employee bargaining organization shall submit a notarized statement that the employee relinquishes all rights and benefits included in being a member of the organization and all benefits bargained for by the organization.
2 Applicability. Section 1 of this act shall apply to the next contract approved by the employee bargaining organization and the state.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.