Bill Text - HB187 (2013)

(New Title) relative to cost items in negotiated agreements.


Revision: Dec. 31, 2013, midnight

CHAPTER 244

HB 187 – FINAL VERSION

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HOUSE BILL 187

AN ACT relative to cost items in negotiated agreements.

SPONSORS: Rep. Porter, Hills 1

COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

ANALYSIS

This bill provides that the dollar amount agreed to in a collective bargaining agreement between a public employer and an employee organization shall not be modified by the legislative body of the public employer.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT relative to cost items in negotiated agreements.

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

244:1 Obligation to Bargain; Modification of Cost Items in Negotiated Aggreements. Amend RSA 273-A:3, II(b) to read as follows:

(b) Only cost items shall be submitted to the legislative body of the public employer for approval at the next annual meeting of the legislative body, unless there is an emergency as defined in RSA 31:5 or RSA 197:3. If the legislative body rejects [any part of] the submission, or while accepting the submission takes any action which would result in a modification of the terms of the cost item submitted to it, either party may reopen negotiations on [all or part of] the entire agreement. No cost item agreed to by the public employer and the employee organization shall be modified by the legislative body of such public employer.

244:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: July 24, 2013

Effective Date: September 22, 2013