CHAPTER 3

SB 1-FN-LOCAL – FINAL VERSION

2011 SESSION

11-0515

06/01

SENATE BILL 1-FN-LOCAL

AN ACT eliminating the automatic continuation requirement for public employee collective bargaining agreements.

SPONSORS: Sen. Odell, Dist 8; Sen. Barnes, Jr., Dist 17; Sen. Boutin, Dist 16; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Bragdon, Dist 11; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. De Blois, Dist 18; Sen. Forrester, Dist 2; Sen. Forsythe, Dist 4; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1; Sen. Groen, Dist 6; Sen. Lambert, Dist 13; Sen. Luther, Dist 12; Sen. Morse, Dist 22; Sen. Rausch, Dist 19; Sen. Sanborn, Dist 7; Sen. Stiles, Dist 24; Sen. White, Dist 9

COMMITTEE: Public and Municipal Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill eliminates the requirement that the terms of a collective bargaining agreement automatically continue if an impasse is not resolved at the time of the expiration of such agreement.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

11-0515

06/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT eliminating the automatic continuation requirement for public employee collective bargaining agreements.

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

3:1 Repeal. RSA 273-A:12, VII, relative to collective bargaining agreements, is repealed.

3:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: Enacted in accordance with Article 44, Part II, of N.H. Constitution, without signature of the Governor, March 1, 2011.

Effective Date: March 1, 2011