CHAPTER 171

HB 591-FN - FINAL VERSION

2003 SESSION

03-0247

10/09

HOUSE BILL 591-FN

AN ACT allowing a certain former state employee to apply for accidental disability benefits.

SPONSORS: Rep. Fraser, Merr 37

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

ANALYSIS

This bill allows Carol Cushing, a former state employee, to apply for an accidental disability retirement allowance with the retirement system board of trustees.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03-0247

10/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

AN ACT allowing a certain former state employee to apply for accidental disability benefits.

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

171:1 Retirement System; Authorization for Application for Disability Benefits; Carol Cushing.

I. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, Carol Cushing, a former employee of the state of New Hampshire, is authorized to file an application for accidental disability retirement with the New Hampshire retirement system. The application made pursuant to this act shall be made within 30 days of the effective date of this act.

II. Within 120 days of the date of filing an application for accidental disability retirement, Carol Cushing shall be required to file all documentation necessary to process her application for accidental disability as required by the retirement system.

III. Upon meeting the conditions of paragraph I and II of this act, the application shall be considered on its merits by the New Hampshire retirement system board of trustees pursuant to RSA 100-A:6, for the purpose of determining entitlement to an accidental disability retirement allowance.

171:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

(Approved: Enacted in accordance with Article 44, Part II, N.H. Constitution, without signature of Governor, June 18, 2003)

(Effective Date: August 17, 2003)