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1 Legislative Facilities Committee. Amend RSA 17-E:5 to read as follows:
17-E:5 House and Senate Subcommittees. The house members, with the speaker as chairperson, shall be a subcommittee for legislative management for the house; and the senate members, with the president as chairperson, shall be a subcommittee for legislative management of the senate. All individual transfers within the house or senate appropriations in excess of $75,000 and all salaries of legislative attaches and other employees, covered by a collective bargaining agreement under RSA 273-A, or otherwise specifically provided by statute shall require the approval of the respective subcommittee. The salaries as determined hereunder shall be a charge upon the appropriation made for the legislature.
2 New Subparagraph; Public Employee Labor Relations Board; Board of the Public Employer. Amend RSA 273-A:1, II(a) by inserting after subparagraph (2) the following new subparagraph:
(3) The board of the public employer for the legislature means the joint committee on legislative facilities established in RSA 17-E. Joint employees of the house of representatives and senate shall negotiate with the joint committee on legislative facilities. Employees of the house of representatives or the senate shall negotiate with their respective committees or subcommittees.
3 Public Employees Labor Relations Board; Definitions. Amend RSA 273-A:1, X to read as follows:
X. "Public employer'' means the state and any political subdivision thereof, the legislative and judicial branch branches of the state, any quasi-public corporation, council, commission, agency or authority, the state community college system, and the state university system.
4 New Section; Public Employee Labor Relations Board; Bargaining by Legislative Employees. Amend RSA 273-A by inserting after section 9-b the following new section:
273-A:9-c Bargaining by Legislative Employees.
I. In this section, "nonpartisan employee" means an employee whose purpose is to serve the institution of the general court rather than to shape and implement policies that reflect the positions of elected officials. Nonpartisan employees shall include employees in the following offices: legislative accounting, legislative budget assistant, legislative services, legislative operations and maintenance, nurse, general court information systems, visitors center, security, house and senate research and secretarial staff, clerks, and the house and senate sergeant-at-arms and staff.
II. All cost items and terms and conditions of employment affecting legislative employees generally shall be negotiated by the legislature, represented by the joint committee on legislative facilities, with a single employee bargaining committee comprised of exclusive representatives of all interested bargaining units. Negotiations regarding terms and conditions of employment unique to individual bargaining units shall be negotiated individually with the representatives of those units by the committee.
III. The joint committee on legislative facilities may designate an official legislative negotiator who shall serve at the pleasure of the committee.
5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2020.
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1 Legislative Facilities Committee. Amend RSA 17-E:5 to read as follows:
17-E:5 House and Senate Subcommittees. The house members, with the speaker as chairperson, shall be a subcommittee for legislative management for the house; and the senate members, with the president as chairperson, shall be a subcommittee for legislative management of the senate. All individual transfers within the house or senate appropriations in excess of $75,000 and all salaries of legislative attaches and other employees, covered by a collective bargaining agreement under RSA 273-A, or otherwise specifically provided by statute shall require the approval of the respective subcommittee. The salaries as determined hereunder shall be a charge upon the appropriation made for the legislature.
2 New Subparagraph; Public Employee Labor Relations Board; Board of the Public Employer. Amend RSA 273-A:1, II(a) by inserting after subparagraph (2) the following new subparagraph:
(3) The board of the public employer for the legislature means the joint committee on legislative facilities established in RSA 17-E. Joint employees of the house of representatives and senate shall negotiate with the joint committee on legislative facilities. Employees of the house of representatives or the senate shall negotiate with their respective committees or subcommittees.
3 Public Employees Labor Relations Board; Definitions. Amend RSA 273-A:1, X to read as follows:
X. "Public employer'' means the state and any political subdivision thereof, the legislative and judicial branches of the state, any quasi-public corporation, council, commission, agency or authority, the state community college system, and the state university system.
4 New Section; Public Employee Labor Relations Board; Bargaining by Legislative Employees. Amend RSA 273-A by inserting after section 9-b the following new section:
273-A:9-c Bargaining by Legislative Employees.
I. In this section, "nonpartisan employee" means an employee whose purpose is to serve the institution of the general court rather than to shape and implement policies that reflect the positions of elected officials. Nonpartisan employees shall include employees in the following offices: legislative accounting, legislative budget assistant, legislative services, legislative operations and maintenance, nurse, general court information systems, visitors center, security, house and senate research and secretarial staff, clerks, and the house and senate sergeant-at-arms and staff.
II. All cost items and terms and conditions of employment affecting legislative employees generally shall be negotiated by the legislature, represented by the joint committee on legislative facilities, with a single employee bargaining committee comprised of exclusive representatives of all interested bargaining units. Negotiations regarding terms and conditions of employment unique to individual bargaining units shall be negotiated individually with the representatives of those units by the committee.
III. The joint committee on legislative facilities may designate an official legislative negotiator who shall serve at the pleasure of the committee.
5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2020.