II. To assist in the conduct of such
negotiations the governor may designate an official state
negotiator who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.
III. The governor shall also appoint an advisory
committee to assist in the negotiating process. The manager of
employee relations appointed under RSA 21-I:44, II shall be a
member of this committee.
IV. The division of personnel, through the
manager of employee relations and the manager's staff, shall
provide administrative and professional support to the governor in
the conduct of negotiations.
V. There shall be a permanent joint legislative
committee known as the joint committee on employee relations.
(a) The joint committee on employee relations
shall include the following members:
(1) Speaker of the house of representatives.
(2) President of the senate.
(3) Majority leader of the senate.
(4) Majority leader of the house of
representatives.
(5) Minority leader of the senate.
(6) Minority leader of the house of
representatives.
(7) Senate finance committee chairperson.
(8) House of representatives finance committee
chairperson.
(9) Senate capital budget committee chairperson.
(10) House of representatives public works and
highways committee chairperson.
(11) Senate ways and means committee
chairperson.
(12) House of representatives finance committee
vice chairperson.
(13) House of representatives labor, industrial,
and rehabilitative services committee chairperson.
(14) House of representatives labor, industrial,
and rehabilitative services committee ranking minority member.
(15) Senate insurance committee chairperson.
(16) Senate insurance committee vice
chairperson.
(b) The chair of the committee shall rotate
biennially between the president of the senate or designee and the
speaker of the house or designee, provided that the president of
the senate shall serve as the first chairperson under the
provisions of this subparagraph, beginning with the 1995-96
biennium. In the event that the presiding officer or designee
serving as chairperson resigns or for any reason is unable to
serve, the other presiding officer or designee shall become
chairperson, provided that such substitution shall not change the
rotation provided for in this subparagraph.
(c) The joint committee on employee relations
shall meet with the state negotiating committee after the first
Wednesday in December in the even-numbered years as necessary, to
discuss the state's objectives in the bargaining process. Meeting
shall be at the call of the chairperson of the joint committee on
employee relations.
(d) The joint committee on employee relations
shall hold hearings on all collective bargaining agreements with
state employees and on all fact-finders' reports relative to the
collective bargaining process with state employees and shall
submit any recommendation on such agreements or reports to the
members of the senate and the house of representatives.
(e) The president of the senate may appoint one
or more alternates to serve on the joint committee on employee
relations in the event that a senate member is unable to attend.
(f) The speaker of the house of representatives
may appoint one or more alternates to serve on the joint committee
on employee relations in the event that a house member is unable
to attend.
