TITLE XXIII
LABOR

CHAPTER 282-A
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION

Collection of Contributions

Section 282-A:147

    282-A:147 Priorities Under Legal Dissolution or Distributions. – In the event of any distribution of an employer's assets pursuant to an order of any court under the laws of this state, or any receivership, assignment for benefit of creditors, adjudicated insolvency, composition, or similar proceeding, contributions then or thereafter due shall be paid in full prior to all other claims except taxes and claims for wages of not more than $250 to each claimant, earned within 6 months of the commencement of the proceeding. In the event of any employer's adjudication in bankruptcy, judicially confirmed extension proposal, or composition, under the Federal Bankruptcy Act of 1898, as amended, contributions then or hereafter due shall be entitled to such priority as is provided in section 64(b) of that act, U.S.C., Title 11, section 104(b), as amended.

Source. 1937, 178:1. 1941, 103:35-43. RL 218:11. 1945, 138:21, 22. 1947, 59:23. 1949, 185:16, 17; 201:1. 1951, 140:9. 1953, 209:9-12. RSA 282:12(F). 1955, 141:17-19. 1957, 118:14. 1969, 460:21. 1973, 589:9, 10. 1975, 393:4. 1981, 408:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981.