Bill Text: NH SB89 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to the relationship between a franchisor and a franchisee.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-07-20 - Signed by the Governor on 07/18/2017; Chapter 0255; Effective 07/18/2017 [SB89 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2017-SB89-Introduced.html

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SB 89  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2017 SESSION

17-0947

06/05

 

SENATE BILL 89

 

AN ACT relative to the relationship between a franchisor and a franchisee.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Innis, Dist 24; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. French, Dist 7; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Rep. Chandler, Carr. 1; Rep. Hinch, Hills. 21; Rep. Packard, Rock. 5

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill clarifies when a franchisor is an employer of a franchisee.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17-0947

06/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

 

AN ACT relative to the relationship between a franchisor and a franchisee.

 

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

 

1  Procuring Employment; Imposition of Conditions; Definition of Terms; Employer.  Amend RSA 275:4, I to read as follows:

I.  The term "employer'' as used in the preceding section shall mean and include an individual, a partnership, an association, a corporation, a legal representative, trustee, receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, and any common carrier by rail, motor, water, air or express company doing business in or operating within the state.  A franchisor is only an employer if the franchisor agrees in writing to assume the role of employer or co-employer of the franchisee or the employee of the franchisee.

I-a.  For the purposes of this section, "franchisee" and "franchisor" have the same meanings as in Part 436.1 of Title 16 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

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