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SB89: relative to the relationship between a franchisor and a franchisee.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

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Version history, amendments, and roll-call votes were not present in the imported local bill data.

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CHAPTER 255

SB 89 - FINAL VERSION

06/22/2017 2295CofC

06/22/2017 2387EBA

2017 SESSION

17-0947

06/05

SENATE BILL 89

AN ACT relative to the relationship between a franchisor and a franchisee.


ANALYSIS

This bill clarifies when a franchisor is an employer of a franchisee.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

06/22/2017 2295CofC

06/22/2017 2387EBA 17-0947

06/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

AN ACT relative to the relationship between a franchisor and a franchisee.

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

255:1 Procuring Employment; Imposition of Conditions; Definition of Terms; Employer. Amend RSA 275:4, I to read as follows:

I. The term "employer'' as used in the preceding section shall mean and include an individual, a partnership, an association, a corporation, a legal representative, trustee, receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, and any common carrier by rail, motor, water, air or express company doing business in or operating within the state. A franchisor is only an employer if the franchisor agrees in writing to assume the role of employer or co-employer of the franchisee or the employee of the franchisee.

I-a. For the purposes of this section, "franchisee" and "franchisor" have the same meanings as in section 436.1 of title 16 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

255:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: July 18, 2017

Effective Date: July 18, 2017