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HB426: relative to hazardous duty pay for certain department of transportation employees.

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HB 426-FN - AS INTRODUCED

2017 SESSION

17-0698

06/05

HOUSE BILL 426-FN

AN ACT relative to hazardous duty pay for certain department of transportation employees.


ANALYSIS

This bill requires hazardous duty pay for certain department of transportation construction workers.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17-0698

06/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

AN ACT relative to hazardous duty pay for certain department of transportation employees.

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

1 New Section; Hazardous Duty; State Highway Construction Workers. Amend RSA 99 by inserting after section 10 the following new section:

99:10-a State Highway Construction Workers. Classified employees in the department of transportation whose primary job responsibilities involve maintenance or construction on state highways, roads, and bridges in the normal course of their duties shall be paid, in addition to their regular salary, hazardous duty pay in the amount of $20 per week unless otherwise collectively bargained.

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

LBAO 17-0698

1/6/17

HB 426-FN- FISCAL NOTE

as introduced

AN ACT relative to hazardous duty pay for certain department of transportation employees.

FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ ] None

Estimated Increase / (Decrease)

STATE:

FY 2018

FY 2019

FY 2020

FY 2021

Appropriation

$0

$0

$0

$0

Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

Expenditures

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Funding Source:

[ ] General [ ] Education [ X ] Highway [ X ] Turnpike

METHODOLOGY:

This bill establishes RSA 99:10-a that sets hazardous duty pay at $20 per week, unless otherwise collectively bargained, in addition to regular salary, for classified employees in the Department of Transportation, whose primary job and regular responsibilities involve maintenance or construction on state highways, roads, and bridges. The table below details the Department of Transportation's costs estimates which assume employment levels will remain static during the next four fiscal years. These estimates also assume all full-time employees working 52 weeks and part-time employees working 26 weeks annually, who spend 50% of their time on maintenance or construction on state highways, roads, and bridges, will be paid $20 per week.

Department of Transportation Estimates of Hazard Duty Payments

FY 2018

FY 2019

FY 2020

FY 2021

Highway Fund

$ 1,193,625

$ 1,193,625

$ 1,193,625

$ 1,193,625

Turnpike Fund

$ 106,858

$ 106,858

$ 106,858

$ 106,858

Total

$ 1,300,483

$ 1,300,483

$ 1,300,483

$ 1,300,483

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Transportation