Bill Text - HB1623 (2018)

Relative to criteria for debarment of vendors.


Revision: April 19, 2018, 2:45 p.m.

HB 1623 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

 

6Mar2018... 0812h

2018 SESSION

18-2545

05/06

 

HOUSE BILL 1623

 

AN ACT relative to criteria for debarment of vendors.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Cilley, Straf. 4; Rep. Murray, Rock. 24; Rep. D. Ley, Ches. 9; Rep. Lisle, Hills. 35; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Sen. Kahn, Dist 10

 

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill adds wage theft, violations of worker safety practices, and misclassification of employees as grounds for debarment of a vendor on a state contract.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

6Mar2018... 0812h 18-2545

05/06

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT relative to criteria for debarment of vendors.

 

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

 

1  Criteria for Debarment of Vendors.  Amend RSA 21-I:11-c, I(a)(10) to read as follows:

(10)  Has been placed on the debarred parties list specified in paragraph II within the past year[.];

(11)  Has been convicted of wage theft of its employees within the past 2 years;

(12)  Has been convicted of a felony level offense involving worker safety practices within the past 2 years; or

(13)  Has been found guilty, within the last 2 years, of misclassification of workers as independent contractors, in violation of department of labor standards and the definition of employee in RSA 281-A:2.

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