HB187: repealing exceptions to claims against the state.

HB 187 - AS INTRODUCED

2017 SESSION

17-0451

09/05

HOUSE BILL 187

AN ACT repealing exceptions to claims against the state.

SPONSORS: Rep. Brewster, Merr. 21

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

ANALYSIS

This bill repeals exceptions to the types of claims which may be brought against the state.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17-0451

09/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

AN ACT repealing exceptions to claims against the state.

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

1 Defense and Indemnification of State Officers and Employees; Official Duty Defined. Amend RSA 99-D:2-a to read as follows:

99-D:2-a Official Duty Defined. For the purposes of RSA 99-D:2, the term "official duty'' shall, in the case of a legislator, mean any duty or action taken in committee or in sessions of the general court or in such other forum where the legislator appears at the request of the house, senate or presiding officer of either body. [It shall also include any other act for which immunity is granted under the provisions of RSA 541-B:19.] Nothing in this section shall be construed to waive any immunity applicable to the legislator or the actions complained of[, including those set forth in RSA 541-B:19,] and all other provisions of RSA 99-D:2 shall apply.

2 Repeal. RSA 541-B:19, relative to exceptions, is repealed.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2018.