HB 419 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

2019 SESSION

19-0592

10/08

HOUSE BILL 419

AN ACT relative to the position of house clerk.

SPONSORS: Rep. Cushing, Rock. 21; Rep. Janvrin, Rock. 37; Rep. Frost, Straf. 16; Rep. Steven Smith, Sull. 11

COMMITTEE: Legislative Administration

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ANALYSIS

This bill clarifies the employment status of the clerk of the house of representatives.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

19-0592

10/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

AN ACT relative to the position of house clerk.

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

1  House Clerk; Employee Status Clarified.  Amend RSA 14:20 to read as follows:

14:20  House Clerk.  The compensation of the clerk of the house shall be set at a rate to be determined by the house subcommittee of the legislative facilities committee as established by RSA 17-E:5.  [He] The clerk of the house shall be [a] deemed to be a full-time legislative employee under the direction of the speaker of the house who shall determine what days the clerk shall be in attendance, and as such eligible for fringe benefits as provided for full-time legislative employees.

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