SB494: relative to compulsory coverage requirements under workers' compensation.

SB 494-FN – AS INTRODUCED

2008 SESSION

08-2135

01/09

SENATE BILL 494-FN

AN ACT relative to compulsory coverage requirements under workers’ compensation.

SPONSORS: Sen. Gallus, Dist 1; Sen. Gatsas, Dist 16; Sen. Kenney, Dist 3; Sen. Odell, Dist 8; Sen. Roberge, Dist 9; Sen. Bragdon, Dist 11; Sen. Clegg, Dist 14; Sen. Barnes, Dist 17; Sen. Letourneau, Dist 19; Sen. Downing, Dist 22; Rep. Bulis, Graf 1; Rep. Remick, Coos 2

COMMITTEE: Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection

ANALYSIS

This bill clarifies an exclusion from workers’ compensation for certain persons when working on state construction projects.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

08-2135

01/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight

AN ACT relative to compulsory coverage requirements under workers’ compensation.

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

1 Workers’ Compensation; Exclusion. Amend RSA 281-A:18-a, I to read as follows:

I. Any corporation or limited liability company may elect to exclude up to 3 executive officers or members from the [compulsive] compulsory coverage requirements under this chapter[; provided, that such exclusion shall not apply to any individual, regardless of status or title within a corporation or limited liability company, who is actively engaged in on-site work on any construction site within the state of New Hampshire].

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2009.

LBAO

08-2135

12/27/07

SB 494-FN - FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT relative to compulsory coverage requirements under workers’ compensation.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Department of Labor and the New Hampshire Association of Counties state this bill may decrease state, county, and local expenditures in FY 2009 and each year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on state, county, and local revenue.

METHODOLOGY:

The Department of Labor states this bill clarifies an exclusion from workers’ compensation for certain persons working on state construction projects. The Department of Labor states this bill may result in a decrease in state, county, and local expenditures to the extent that workers’ compensation compulsory coverage requirement is reduced.

The New Hampshire Association of Counties states to the extent this bill decreases the expense of workers’ compensation coverage, county expenditures may decrease.

The Department of Administrative Services and the New Hampshire Municipal Association state this bill will not have a fiscal impact.