Bill Text - SB37 (2017)

(New Title) relative to tip pooling.


Revision: March 30, 2017, 3 p.m.

SB 37 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

 

02/23/2017   0487s

2017 SESSION

17-0954

06/05

 

SENATE BILL 37

 

AN ACT relative to game operators and tip pooling.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Daniels, Dist 11; Sen. French, Dist 7; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Rep. D. Sullivan, Hills. 8; Rep. O'Brien, Hills. 36; Rep. Sylvia, Belk. 6

 

COMMITTEE: Ways and Means

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill prohibits employers who are game operators from receiving any distribution from any employee tip pool.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

02/23/2017   0487s 17-0954

06/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

 

AN ACT relative to game operators and tip pooling.

 

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

 

1  New Paragraph; Tip Pooling and Sharing; Game Operators.  Amend RSA 279:26-b by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:

III.  No game operator employer may receive any distribution from any employee tip pool.  Employees licensed under RSA 287-D as primary game operators and secondary game operators shall be considered to be in the same job category whether or not the employee is tipped directly.

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