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SB202: relative to employee candidate background checks by municipalities.
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Sponsors
- Peter Bragdon Senate · Dist 11
Topics
Local government Business and labor
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CHAPTER 99
SB 202-FN-LOCAL – FINAL VERSION
04/08/09 1190s
2009 SESSION
09-1043
06/01
SENATE BILL 202-FN-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to employee candidate background checks by municipalities.
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill permits a criminal history records check by a municipality to be only a state records check or both a federal and state records check.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
04/08/09 1190s
09-1043
06/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT relative to employee candidate background checks by municipalities.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
99:1 Employee Candidate Background Checks. Amend RSA 41:9-b, I to read as follows:
I. The governing body of a town, or a town manager in a town which has adopted the provisions of RSA 37, may require a background investigation and a criminal history records check on any candidate for employment in a position in the town that requires the employee to work with or around children or elderly persons, enter the homes of citizens, or collect or manage money, prior to a final offer of employment. A town may request only a state records check or both a federal and state records check, to be conducted through the division of state police. The town may extend a conditional offer of employment to a candidate, with a final offer of employment subject to a successfully completed criminal history records check.
99:2 Employee Candidate Background Checks. Amend RSA 41:9-b, III to read as follows:
III. To obtain a state records check only, the town shall submit a state criminal history records release form to the division of state police. To obtain both the federal and the state records check, the town shall submit the criminal history records release form and applicant finger print card to the division of state police, which shall conduct a criminal history records check through its records and through the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Upon completion of the background investigation, the division of state police shall report any criminal conviction information to the town governing body or town manager. The town may submit fingerprint information electronically, in accordance with procedures established by the division of state police. The town shall maintain the confidentiality and security of all criminal history records information received pursuant to this paragraph.
99:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: June 12, 2009
Effective Date: June 12, 2009