Bill Text: NH SB90 | 2013 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Establishing a committee to study developing a policy for veteran preference for government hiring and extending the commission on the effects of service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-07-16 - Signed by the Governor on 07/15/2013; Chapter 0229; Effective 07/15/2013 [SB90 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2013-SB90-Chaptered.html
CHAPTER 229
SB 90 – FINAL VERSION
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2013 SESSION
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SENATE BILL 90
AN ACT establishing a committee to study developing a policy for veteran preference for government hiring and extending the commission on the effects of service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury.
SPONSORS: Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Cataldo, Dist 6; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock 5; Rep. Lundgren, Rock 5; Rep. McCarthy, Hills 29; Rep. Theberge, Coos 3
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill establishes a committee to study developing a policy for giving preference to veterans in government hiring.
This bill also extends the commission on the effects of service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
5June2013… 1307h
06/12/13 2133EBA
13-0876
06/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen
AN ACT establishing a committee to study developing a policy for veteran preference for government hiring and extending the commission on the effects of service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
229:1 Committee Established. There is established a committee to study developing a policy for veteran preference in government hiring.
229:2 Membership and Compensation.
I. The members of the committee shall be as follows:
(a) Three members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.
(b) Three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
II. Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.
229:3 Duties. The committee shall study issues involved in developing a policy that gives preference to veterans in government hiring.
229:4 Chairperson; Quorum. The members of the study committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the first-named senate member. The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Four members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.
229:5 Report. The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate clerk, the house clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2013.
229:6 Commission on the Effects of Service-Connected Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury; Report. Amend RSA 115-D:5 to read as follows:
115-D:5 Report. The commission shall make [an interim report on or before May 1, 2012 and] a final report on or before November 1, [2013] 2014 of its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairman of the house health, human services and elderly affairs committee, the chairman of the senate health, education and human services committee, the chairman of the house state-federal relations and veterans affairs committee, the senate clerk, the house clerk, the governor, the members of the New Hampshire congressional delegation, and the state library.
229:7 Effective Date of Repeal of Commission. Amend 2011, 84:3, I, as amended by 2012, 81:4 to read as follows:
I. Section 2 of this act shall take effect November 1, [2013] 2014.
229:8 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: July 15, 2013
Effective Date: July 15, 2013
