Bill Text - SB216 (2017)

Relative to differential pay for state troopers and relative to crowd control by marine patrol officers.


Revision: July 6, 2017, 1:19 p.m.

CHAPTER 204

SB 216-FN - FINAL VERSION

 

1Jun2017... 1997h

2017 SESSION

17-0772

08/05

 

SENATE BILL 216-FN

 

AN ACT relative to differential pay for state troopers and relative to crowd control by marine patrol officers.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20

 

COMMITTEE: Finance

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill sets a rate for differential pay for state troopers.

 

This bill also allows the director of state police to use bureau of marine patrol officers for crowd control services.

 

This bill is a request of the department of safety.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

1Jun2017... 1997h 17-0772

08/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

 

AN ACT relative to differential pay for state troopers and relative to crowd control by marine patrol officers.

 

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

 

204:1  New Section; New Hampshire State Troopers.  Amend RSA 99 by inserting after section 10 the following new section:

99:10-a  New Hampshire State Troopers.  Classified New Hampshire state troopers of the division of state police shall be paid in addition to their regular salary, a differential pay in the amount of $25 per week unless otherwise collectively bargained.  

204:2  New Paragraph; State Police; Detail.  Amend RSA 270:12-a by inserting after paragraph I-a the following new paragraph:

I-b.  The director of state police is authorized to detail full-time or part time bureau of marine patrol officers for law enforcement and crowd control services for public and private events and for extra duty functions to be performed outside regular business hours and for which an outside entity will be reimbursing the department for the services.  While performing such services, the officers may enforce all criminal and motor vehicle laws of the state on property adjacent to the body of water where the services or details are being performed.  The commissioner of safety shall establish a detail rate for such assignments.  The rate shall include compensation for the assigned officers plus reimbursement for the use of any boats or vehicles, employee benefits, and related overhead expenses.

204:3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.

 

Approved: July 05, 2017

Effective Date: July 05, 2017