HB 1448-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2002 SESSION
10/01
HOUSE BILL 1448-FN
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill provides that the salaries of unclassified state officers in the 2001 reorganization of the unclassified salary structure shall begin at least at the minimum of the new salary range or at the next highest step in the range. The bill also provides that no unclassified state officer shall have a reduction in salary from the date before the reorganization.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02-2450
10/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Two
AN ACT relative to the salaries of unclassified state officers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Unclassified State Officers. Salary Reorganization; Placement in Salary Range. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 94:1-a, III, any unclassified position for which a salary was included in the 2001 reorganization of the unclassified salary structure provided in RSA 94:1-a, I as amended by 2001, 158:101-107 shall be paid at least at the minimum step in the salary range for the position as provided in RSA 94:1-a, I. Any person whose salary prior to December 28, 2001 was within the new salary range for his or her position in RSA 94:1-a, I shall be placed at the salary of the next highest step for the position provided in RSA 94:1-a, I as amended by 2001, 158:101-107. The provisions of RSA 94:3 shall apply to future yearly increases for the person holding such unclassified position. Any sums paid to such unclassified officers of the state in excess of the salary amount authorized in this act, except where otherwise authorized, may be retained as earnings but shall not entitle such unclassified officer to receive compensation in excess of the salary authorized in this act.
2 Unclassified State Officers; Salary Reorganization. An unclassified state employee appointed to an unclassified position whose salary after December 28, 2001 is at a lower level as a result of the 2001 reorganization of the unclassified salary structure provided in RSA 94:1-a, I as amended by 2001, 158:101-107 and section 1 of this act shall be paid at the same level as such employee was paid prior to the effective date of the salary change in RSA 94:1-a, I as amended by 2001, 158:101-107 until the pay for the appointed position, through increases, COLAs, or other pay raises, exceeds the pay the employee was receiving prior to December 28, 2001.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect December 28, 2001.
LBAO
02-2450
1/31/02
HB 1448-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to the salaries of unclassified state officers.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to complete a fiscal note for this bill as it is awaiting information from an agency.