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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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