CHAPTER 105
HB 123-FN - FINAL VERSION
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2001 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 123-FN
AN ACT relative to the retirement system classification for the director of the division of safety services, department of safety and relative to retirement allowances for certain state employees.
SPONSORS: Rep. Dyer, Hills 8; Rep. Welch, Rock. 18; Rep. Royce, Ches 9; Sen. Johnson, Dist 3
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill allows the director of safety services, if certified as a police officer, to maintain group II membership in the New Hampshire retirement system.
This bill allows an unclassified or non-classified employee, who retires and subsequently returns to service, to elect to receive a retirement allowance, rather than become a member of the retirement system.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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01-0341
10/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to the retirement system classification for the director of the division of safety services, department of safety and relative to retirement allowances for certain state employees.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
105:1 New Section; Director of Safety Services; Retirement System. Amend RSA 21-P by inserting after section 10 the following new section:
21-P:10-a Director of Safety Services; Retirement System. For purposes of classification under the provisions of RSA 100-A, the director of safety services shall be considered a permanent policeman if the director was a permanent police member of group II for at least 10 years prior to appointment as director of safety services and continues to be certified as a police officer.
105:2 New Subparagraph; Unclassified and Non-classified State Employees Restored to Service. Amend RSA 100-A:3, I by inserting after subparagraph (b) the following new subparagraph:
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 100-A:7, any member who is an unclassified or non-classified state employee eligible for retirement, may elect to withdraw from membership and apply to receive an allowance under RSA 100-A:5. Upon such election, the member shall be deemed to have terminated employment and withdrawn from membership with a retirement allowance and shall not be subject to service provisions of RSA 100-A:7.
105:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
(Approved: June 26, 2001)
(Effective Date: June 26, 2001)