Title VI, Public Officers and Employees

Notwithstanding the vesting requirements of RSA 100-A:10, any member who has creditable service in both group I and group II with at least 10 years combined creditable service and who, for reasons other than retirement or death, ceases to be a member of the retirement system may …

Notwithstanding the creditable service requirements set forth in RSA 100-A:6, any member in service who has creditable service in both group I and group II with at least 10 years combined creditable service may be retired on an ordinary disability retirement allowance as provided…

Upon accidental disability retirement as provided in RSA 100-A:6, I(c) or II(c) of any member in service who has creditable service in both group I and group II, if the member is a group I member at the time of retirement and has attained age 60, the accidental disability retirem…

Any member of the retirement system who has creditable service in both the New Hampshire retirement system and a predecessor system, by reason of having ceased to be eligible for membership in such predecessor system because of change of job classification or transfer to a differ…

I. The judicial retirement plan is hereby established. It shall be known as the New Hampshire judicial retirement plan, and by such name all of its business shall be transacted, all of its funds invested, and all of its cash, securities and other property held in trust for the pu…

In this chapter: I. "Break in service" means the period in time that is not credited to a member's volunteer service with the department. II. "Committee" means the length of service awards program committee established in RSA 100-B:9 to administer the program. III. "Contribution"…

The retirement system hereby created shall be established as of July 1, 1967. It shall be known as the New Hampshire retirement system, and by such name all of its business shall be transacted, all of its funds invested, and all of its cash, securities and other property held in …

Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 100-A:2, the board of trustees may cause any stock or other securities to be registered and held in the name of a nominee without mention of the retirement system's ownership, provided that no nominee shall have possession of or access to the…

RSA 457 shall not apply to this chapter to the extent that such application will violate the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or other federal law.

I. The governing board of any county, city, town, school district, school administrative unit or other political subdivision of the state may, by resolution legally adopted, in form approved by the board of trustees, elect to have its officers and employees become eligible to par…

I. Should a majority of the members of any local retirement system elect to become members of the retirement system, by a petition duly signed by such members, and should their employer elect to have them participate by resolution legally adopted in form approved by the board of …

Membership in the retirement system shall be optional for officers and employees of the employer who are in the service of the employer on the date when participation becomes effective, and any such officer or employee who elects to join the retirement system within one year ther…

Any officer or employee for whom membership in the retirement system first becomes optional under RSA 100-A:22 on or after July 1, 1989, shall be given by his employer within a reasonable time after the date upon which membership becomes optional written notice of his option to j…

I. Employees who become members of the retirement system under the provisions of RSA 100-A:20 through 100-A:22 and on behalf of whom contributions are paid as provided herein shall be entitled to benefits under the retirement system as though they were state employees. II. [Repea…

I. Employees who have become members of the retirement system under the provisions of this subdivision shall contribute at the same rates of contribution and on the same basis as state employees. II. Employers whose employees become members of the retirement system under the prov…

I. A member participating under a retirement arrangement federally tax-qualified under Sections 403(b) or 457 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, may authorize a direct trustee-to-trustee transfer of funds credited to the member's account held under su…

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this subdivision, the retirement system shall not be liable for the payment of any retirement allowance or other benefits on account of the employees or beneficiaries of any employer for which reserves have not been previously created f…

The right of a person to any benefit or to any other right accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of this chapter, and the monies in the funds created hereby, shall be exempted from any state, county or municipal tax in the state, and shall not be subject to execu…

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the right of a person to any benefit or to any other right accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of this chapter, and the monies in the funds created hereby shall be subject to assignment, attachment and execu…

Any person who shall knowingly make any false statement or shall falsify or permit to be falsified any record or records of this retirement system in any attempt to defraud the system as a result of such act, shall be guilty of a class B felony if a natural person, or guilty of a…

This retirement system and the provisions hereof shall not apply to any person benefited by or entitled to participate under any other provisions of law which provides wholly or in part at the expense of the state or any other employer, for retirement benefits for employees, teac…

If the board of trustees finds that any disability beneficiary, receiving benefits under the provisions of RSA 100 or RSA 192, is engaged in or is able to engage in a gainful occupation paying more than the difference between his retirement allowance and the annual amount of comp…

I. In order to be eligible for participation in the retirement system, an employee as defined in RSA 100-A:1, V who is a classified employee of the state or of any department, commission, institution, or agency of the state government, must be employed in a full-time position wit…

Authorization for a sponsor to join and participate in the state length of service awards program, and to establish service awards programs for volunteer or call firefighters, and emergency medical personnel of a municipality shall result from the affirmative vote of 2/3 of the l…

Membership in the judicial retirement plan shall be mandatory for any full-time supreme court, superior court, district court, or probate court judge.

I. (a) Any person who becomes an employee, teacher, permanent policeman, or permanent fireman after the date of establishment, working in a position for an employer under this chapter as determined by common law standards, shall become a member of the retirement system as a condi…

Any person who, as of May 31, 1989, is actively employed and is earning benefits and making contributions in accordance with the provisions of any predecessor system of the New Hampshire retirement system shall, effective August 1, 1989, earn benefits and make contributions under…

Notwithstanding RSA 100-A:33 or any other provisions of law, any person who is a member of any predecessor system of the New Hampshire retirement system and is currently receiving benefits, or upon that person's retirement, death, disability, or termination, shall, upon the payme…

All retired employee and teacher members of predecessor systems of the New Hampshire retirement system except teachers retired prior to July 1, 1957, irrespective of date of retirement, shall receive benefits according to the provisions of this chapter for group I members of the …

Effective July 1, 1973, the New Hampshire teachers' retirement system, as provided by RSA 192, shall be merged into and become a part of the New Hampshire retirement system. All retired members and beneficiaries who are receiving or are eligible to receive benefits under RSA 192 …

Effective July 1, 1973, the New Hampshire teachers' retirement system as provided under RSA 192:1-29 shall cease to exist as an operating retirement system. All assets and liabilities of the New Hampshire teachers' retirement system are hereby transferred to the New Hampshire ret…

Effective January 1, 1976, the employees' retirement system of the state of New Hampshire, as provided by RSA 100, shall be merged into and become a part of the New Hampshire retirement system. All retired members and beneficiaries who are receiving or are eligible to receive ben…

Effective January 1, 1976, the employees' retirement system of the state of New Hampshire shall cease to exist as an operating retirement system. All assets and liabilities of the employees' retirement system of the state of New Hampshire are hereby transferred to the New Hampshi…

Effective January 1, 1982, the New Hampshire permanent firemen's retirement system, as provided by RSA 102, shall be merged into and become a part of the New Hampshire retirement system. All retired members and beneficiaries who are receiving or are eligible to receive benefits u…

Effective January 1, 1982, the New Hampshire permanent firemen's retirement system shall cease to exist as an operating retirement system. All assets and liabilities of the New Hampshire permanent firemen's retirement system are hereby transferred to the New Hampshire retirement …

Effective July 1, 1989, the New Hampshire policemen's retirement system, as provided by RSA 103, shall be merged into and become a part of the New Hampshire retirement system. All retired members and beneficiaries who are receiving or are eligible to receive benefits under RSA 10…

Effective July 1, 1989, the New Hampshire policemen's retirement system shall cease to exist as an operating retirement system. All assets and liabilities of the New Hampshire policemen's retirement system are hereby transferred to the New Hampshire retirement system to be admini…

I. No fire department, fire district, or municipality shall be required to establish an awards program. II. An active volunteer or call firefighter, or emergency medical technician shall be eligible to participate in any service awards program provided under this chapter if the a…

I. With respect to service rendered prior to the date of membership, each employee, teacher, permanent policeman or permanent fireman who has become a member of the New Hampshire retirement system following prior service in any predecessor system, shall have included as creditabl…

I. Creditable service at retirement on which the retirement allowance of a member shall be based shall consist only of that membership service since such judge became a member of the judicial retirement plan plus that service credited a member for retirement allowance, if any, un…

I. A sponsor may establish a hazardous duty group as an addition to the service awards program in this chapter according to the procedure for adoption provided in RSA 100-B:3. Upon adoption of a hazardous duty group by a sponsor, the sponsor shall allocate 7.5 percent of base pay…

I. Notwithstanding any provisions of RSA 100, RSA 100-A, or RSA 192 to the contrary, every currently active teacher teaching during the 1984-85 school year who was in service prior to July 1, 1950, but who was not in service on July 1, 1950, and who subsequently reentered service…

I. Any retired member of the New Hampshire retirement system or any of its predecessor systems, who has been retired for at least 60 months prior to or on July 1, 2019, or any beneficiary of such member who is receiving an allowance, shall be entitled to receive a cost of living …

Notwithstanding any governing board, or authority which, pursuant to RSA 100:29 or 30, RSA 100:49 or 50 or any governing board or authority which, pursuant to RSA 100-A:20 or RSA 100-A:29 or 30, elected to have its officers and employees become eligible to participate under the r…

The withdrawal authorized by RSA 100-A:43 may occur upon the following conditions: I. That 3/4 of the officers and employees of said employer who are members of the retirement system and who are eligible under the provisions of RSA 100-A:10 for a vested deferred retirement allowa…

Any officer or employee withdrawing from the retirement system pursuant to RSA 100-A:43 and 100-A:43-a shall be entitled to withdraw his accumulated member contributions which shall be credited with accumulated interest to the date of withdrawal. After withdrawal, the employer wi…