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SB194: relative to the negotiation of payroll checks.

Citation
2010 SB194
Official source

Bill details

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Senate status
Inexpedient to Legislate
Committee
SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
Hearing
03/17/2009 at 09:45 AM
Selected version
Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

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SB 194 – AS INTRODUCED

2009 SESSION

09-1025

05/03

SENATE BILL 194

AN ACT relative to the negotiation of payroll checks.

SPONSORS: Sen. Gatsas, Dist 16; Sen. Barnes, Jr., Dist 17; Sen. Bragdon, Dist 11; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Denley, Dist 3; Sen. Downing, Dist 22; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1; Sen. Gilmour, Dist 12; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Sen. Letourneau, Dist 19; Sen. Roberge, Dist 9; Sen. Sgambati, Dist 4; Rep. Goley, Hills 8; Rep. Infantine, Hills 13

COMMITTEE: Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection

ANALYSIS

This bill requires a bank to cash payroll checks upon presentation of sufficient identification without requiring the payee to maintain an account at that institution.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

09-1025

05/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine

AN ACT relative to the negotiation of payroll checks.

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

1 New Subdivision; Payroll Checks. Amend RSA 384 by inserting after section 69 the following new subdivision:

Negotiation of Payroll Checks

384:70 Negotiation of Payroll Checks. Each bank, as defined in RSA 384:57, II, doing business in the state shall cash, without a fee and for its face value, properly endorsed payroll checks drawn on that bank and presented by the payee, upon sufficient identification, notwithstanding the fact that the payee does not maintain an account with the institution. For purposes of this section, “sufficient identification” shall mean a photo identification card issued to the payee by the department of safety or the bank where the check is presented for payment.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2010.