Bill Text - SB752 (2020)

Relative to the authority of the department of administrative services, division of personnel.


Revision: March 11, 2020, 3:32 p.m.

SB 752 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

 

03/11/2020   1076s

2020 SESSION

20-3117

05/11

 

SENATE BILL 752

 

AN ACT relative to the authority of the department of administrative services, division of personnel.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3

 

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill clarifies the authority of the department of administrative services, division of personnel to administer positions within the executive branch and issue personnel standards, practices and procedures, including technical assistance manuals for state agencies.

 

The bill is a request of the department of administrative services.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/11/2020   1076s 20-3117

05/11

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

 

AN ACT relative to the authority of the department of administrative services, division of personnel.

 

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

 

1  Department of Administrative Services; General Functions; Personnel Administration.  Amend RSA 21-I:1, II(l) to read as follows:

(l)  Personnel administration, including but not limited to administration of any positions within the executive branch.

2  Department of Administrative Services; Division of Personnel; Issuance of Executive Branch Personnel Standards.  RSA 21-I:42, XV is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

XV.  After consultation with the commissioner, issuing standards, practices, procedures, policies, protocols, guidelines, specifications, instructions, directives, requirements, or descriptions of requirements to executive branch departments, agencies, or subdivisions thereof regarding personnel matters within the executive branch, and publishing and distributing to state agencies one or more technical assistance manuals containing information describing the responsibilities of the division of personnel and state agencies in matters relating to personnel administration.  These items shall not be considered rules subject to the provisions of RSA 541-A and shall be binding upon the state agencies or subdivisions to whom they are directed.

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