HB589: repealing written majority authorization for an employee organization to be certified as the exclusive representative of public employees in a bargaining unit.

CHAPTER 159

HB 589 – FINAL VERSION

2011 SESSION

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06/01

HOUSE BILL 589

AN ACT repealing written majority authorization for an employee organization to be certified as the exclusive representative of public employees in a bargaining unit.

SPONSORS: Rep. W. Smith, Rock 18; Rep. C. McGuire, Merr 8; Rep. Pellegrino, Hills 19; Rep. Brosseau, Graf 6; Rep. Summers, Hills 26

COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

ANALYSIS

This bill repeals written majority authorization for an employee organization to be certified as the exclusive representative of public employees in a bargaining unit.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

11-0610

06/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT repealing written majority authorization for an employee organization to be certified as the exclusive representative of public employees in a bargaining unit.

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

159:1 Repeal. The following are repealed:

I. RSA 273-A:1, XII, relative to the definition of written majority authorization.

II. RSA 273-A:10, IX, relative to election of an exclusive representative of an employee organization.

159:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: Enacted in accordance with Article 44, Part II, of N.H. Constitution, without signature of the Governor, June 9, 2011.

Effective Date: August 8, 2011