Title VI, Public Officers and Employees

I. The benefit date of members in the plan shall be the later of: (a) Attainment of age 60. (b) Completion of at least 20 years of credited service. II. A member who is satisfactorily able to perform the member's duties may remain in active volunteer service after the member's be…

I. Any member who has at least 15 years of creditable service and is at least 60 years of age, or who has at least 10 years of creditable service and is at least 65 years of age, or who has at least 7 years of service and is 70 years of age may retire on a service retirement allo…

I. Every political subdivision of the state that provides for its active employees any group medical insurance or group health care plan, including but not limited to hospitalization, hospital medical care, surgical care, dental care, or other group medical or health care plan, s…

Upon request in writing of any retired former policeman, fireman, teacher, or employee member or beneficiary of the New Hampshire retirement system who participates in a group medical insurance or health care plan under the sponsorship of a political subdivision of the state as t…

I. The New Hampshire retirement system shall pay the cost for permanent group hospitalization, hospital medical care, surgical care and other medical and surgical benefits, in the employer-sponsored plan provided for active employees of a retiree's former employer, subject to the…

I. The New Hampshire retirement system shall pay the cost for permanent group hospitalization, hospital medical care, surgical care, and other medical and surgical benefits, in the employer-sponsored plan provided for active employees of a retiree's former employer, subject to th…

I. The New Hampshire retirement system shall pay the cost for permanent group hospitalization, hospital medical care, surgical care, and other medical and surgical benefits, in the employer-sponsored plan provided for active employees of a retiree's former employer, subject to th…

I. The benefits provided under RSA 100-A:52 shall be provided by a 401(h) subtrust of the New Hampshire retirement system. Beginning July 1, 2009, the 401(h) subtrust shall be funded by allocating to the subtrust the lesser of: (a) 25 percent of group II employer contributions ma…

I. The benefits provided under RSA 100-A:52-a shall be provided by a 401(h) subtrust of the New Hampshire retirement system. Beginning July 1, 2009, the 401(h) subtrust shall be funded by allocating to the subtrust the lesser of: (a) 25 percent of group I teacher employer contrib…

I. The benefits provided under RSA 100-A:52-a shall be provided by a 401(h) subtrust of the New Hampshire retirement system. Beginning July 1, 2009, the 401(h) subtrust shall be funded by allocating to the subtrust the lesser of: (a) 25 percent of group I employer contributions m…

I. The benefits provided under RSA 100-A:52-b shall be provided by a 401(h) subtrust of the New Hampshire retirement system. Beginning July 1, 2009, the 401(h) subtrust shall be funded by allocating to the subtrust the lesser of: (a) 25 percent of group I employer contributions m…

I. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 100-A:53, 100-A:53-b, 100-A:53-c, and 100-A:53-d, for the period beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2007, 331/3 percent of group II employer contributions, group I teacher contributions, group I employer contributions, and group I…

I. It is the intention of the state of New Hampshire that the New Hampshire retirement system continue to provide medical benefits under RSA 100-A:52 subject to RSA 100-A:55, and that the employer make contributions in such amounts as the board of trustees shall deem necessary an…

I. The additional benefits provided under RSA 100-A:52 shall apply to persons who are active or retired members of group II as of June 30, 2000; to persons who prior to July 1, 1988, had completed no less than 20 years of group II creditable service, but who for reasons other tha…

I. There is hereby established a state retiree health plan commission consisting of the following members: (a) One member of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. (b) One member of the senate, appointed by the president of the sen…

I. There shall be established decennially on or about July 1, beginning in 2017, a commission to make recommendations to ensure the long-term viability of the New Hampshire retirement system. II. The members of the commission shall be as follows: (a) Three members of the house of…

I. There shall be a distribution of the accumulated contributions of the member or sponsor upon the first to occur of the following: (a) Termination of volunteer service; (b) Attainment of age 60 by the member; or (c) Death of the member. II. The distribution shall occur as a lum…

Regardless of a member's length of service, any member who becomes permanently and totally disabled may apply to the board of trustees to retire on a disability retirement allowance not less than 30 nor more than 90 days subsequent to the filing of such application. Such applicat…

I. Group I Members. (a) Upon the application of a group I member in service or of his employer, any such member who has 10 or more years of creditable service may be retired by the board of trustees on an ordinary disability retirement allowance, not less than 30 nor more than 90…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, for members who commenced service before July 1, 2009, or have attained vested status prior to January 1, 2012, a member's initial calculation of the retirement benefit granted under the provisions of RSA 10…

I. A member shall have a nonforfeitable right to a percentage of a service award that is not less than the percentage determined under the following table: Years of Service Nonforfeitable Percentage 6 years 20 7 years 40 8 years 60 9 years 80 10 years or More 100 II. Notwithstand…

I. If a member dies in office, his or her surviving spouse, as long as he or she remains unmarried, or, if the member leaves no spouse, or at the surviving spouse's death or remarriage, then the member's child or children under the age of 18 years and until they respectively reac…

I. Any retired member returning to work for a participating employer in a position requiring mandatory membership pursuant to RSA 100-A:3 shall be restored to service and the retiree's retirement allowance shall cease, the retiree shall again become a member of the retirement sys…

The retirement system shall annually provide written notice to all retired members of the retirement system of the limitations on part-time employment as defined in RSA 100-A:1, XXXIV and the potential effect that exceeding such limitations could have on the retired member's reti…

The annual limitations on part-time employment as defined in RSA 100-A:1, XXXIV shall be modified for retired members to exclude any hours worked during an emergency under this section. For purposes of this section, an emergency includes any event declared by the governor or whil…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of RSA 100-A to the contrary, any retiree who returns to active service shall only retain eligibility for the benefits applicable to their initial retirement and the calculation of average final compensation. The calculation of other benefits …

I. If a member ceases to be a judge for reasons other than retirement or death, the amount of such member's accumulated contributions shall be paid to such member within 3 months after such member's written request therefor, provided that the member may not file a written request…

I. Group I Members. (a) If, upon the receipt by the board of trustees of proper proof of the death of a group I member in service indicating that such death was the natural and proximate result of an accident occurring while in the performance of duty at some definite time and pl…

I. All contributions under this chapter made by the sponsor and the members shall be held and administered by the trustee in trust for use in accordance with the plan. The responsibility for the holding and investment of the fund shall lie with the trustee. The committee shall se…

When more than one person is designated by the member as beneficiary under this chapter, the member may provide the portion of the whole sum which each designee shall receive and may also provide that on the death of one of multiple designees the share of that designee shall auto…

I. A length of service awards program committee is established to administer this program. The committee shall consist of 7 members as follows: (a) Two public members, one of whom shall be appointed by the president of the senate and one of whom shall be appointed by the speaker …

I. Upon receipt by the board of trustees of proper proof of the death of a group I or group II member in service indicating that such death was not the result of an accident occurring while in the performance of duty, there shall be a death benefit payable to the member's survivi…

For purposes of RSA 100-A:6, 8, and 9, any member who is on leave under the provisions of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, as amended, shall be considered in service for purposes of eligibility for death or disability benefits.

In order to extend to employees of the state and its political subdivisions and to the dependents and survivors of such employees, the basic protection accorded to others by the old-age and survivors insurance system embodied in the Social Security Act, it is hereby declared to b…

In this chapter, "employee" means any person whether appointed, elected or under contract, providing services for the state, county, city, town or other political subdivision, for which compensation is paid.

I. Referendum. With respect to employees of the state the governor is empowered to authorize a referendum, and with respect to the employees of any political subdivision. The governor shall authorize a referendum upon request of the governing body of such subdivision except as ot…

Whenever following the referendum with respect to the employees of the state authorized in RSA 101:10 it shall appear that said employees have voted in favor of including service in positions covered by the New Hampshire retirement system under an agreement under RSA 101, and it …

For the purposes of this chapter: I. The term "wages" means all remuneration for employment as defined herein, including the cash value of all remuneration paid in any medium other than cash, except that such term shall not include that part of such remuneration which, even if it…

I. A deferred compensation commission is hereby established consisting of the following members: (a) The state treasurer or designee; (b) The commissioner of administrative services or designee; (c) The insurance commissioner or designee; (d) The attorney general or designee; (e)…

The commission may contract with an administrator or custodian of deferred compensation plans for the administration of assets accumulated under each employee participant's account. The commission may also appoint a trustee for the plan. The commission shall appoint the administr…

I. Federal-State Agreement. The state agency, with the approval of the governor and council, is hereby authorized to enter on behalf of the state into an agreement with the Commissioner of Social Security, consistent with the terms and provisions of this chapter, for the purpose …

I. Every employee of the state whose services are covered by an agreement entered into under RSA 101:3 shall be required to pay for the period of such coverage, to the Internal Revenue Service, contributions, with respect to wages, equal to the amount of the employee tax which wo…

The administrator or custodian appointed pursuant to RSA 101-B:3, shall assist the commission as directed by the commission. He shall maintain a separate account for each employee participant and provide periodic reports of the status of each account to the commission. The admini…

I. Each political subdivision of the state is hereby authorized to submit for approval by the state agency a plan for extending the benefits of title II of the Social Security Act, in conformity with applicable provisions of such act, to employees of such political subdivision. E…

Investment permitted under this plan may include fixed annuities, variable annuities, life insurance, mutual funds, bank accounts, and such other investments as the commission may approve. Such investments shall be underwritten and offered in compliance with applicable federal an…