Title VI, Public Officers and Employees

The commissioner of health and human services shall make and publish such rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A, not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, as are necessary or appropriate to the efficient administration of the functions under this chapter.

The commissioner of health and human services shall make studies concerning the problem of old-age and survivors' insurance protection for employees of the state and local governments and their instrumentalities and concerning the operation of agreements made and plans approved u…

The public welfare requires that a system of retirement benefits shall be established to compensate the firemen of this state for their future public services rendered in the performance of their duties of saving life and property within this state; and that suitable compensation…

I. At the beginning of each year commencing on the first day of July the board of trustees shall certify to each employer other than the state the percentage rates of contribution due the system from each such employer, and shall assess upon each such employer such percentages of…

The normal contribution rate shall be determined as the uniform and constant percentage of the annual salary of the average new permanent fireman entering the system which, if contributed on the basis of his salary throughout his entire period of active service would be sufficien…

I. The fiscal year shall begin on July 1. All moneys collected by the board hereunder shall be forthwith remitted to the state treasurer, who shall act as custodian of the retirement fund. With the exception of such moneys as may be required for current disbursement, the state tr…

Any permanent fireman who accepts the provisions hereof may retire from active service at the age of 55 provided he has served as a permanent fireman for a period of 20 years. Any permanent fireman accepting the provisions hereof and having served for 20 years, who shall be dismi…

The provisions of RSA 102:13 relative to credits for call firemen service shall be effective only in case of firemen who applied for benefits hereunder prior to August 1, 1939, and shall not apply to firemen who became entitled to such benefits after that date.

Any permanent fireman who retires or is dismissed from active service as provided in RSA 102:13, and who shall have complied with all provisions of this chapter and with the rules and regulations of the board, shall be entitled to receive from said board for each year during the …

Until the first payment on account of a retirement allowance becomes normally due, any member may elect to convert the retirement allowance otherwise payable on his account under RSA 102:15, 17 and 18 into a retirement allowance of equivalent actuarial value under one of the opti…

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in RSA 102:16 or elsewhere in this chapter, if a member dies in service while eligible for service retirement under the provisions of RSA 102:13, in lieu of the return of his accumulated contributions there shall be payable to his designat…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any member retired under RSA 102:17 or 18 and who upon retirement elected an option under RSA 102:16, or whose designated representative is receiving an allowance under RSA 102:16 shall continue to receive benefits under…

I. A permanent fireman accepting the provisions of this chapter, who shall have become permanently disabled from fire duty, because of injury received in line of duty, shall receive an annual sum equal to 2/3 his annual salary as defined in RSA 102:15, and in case of call, volunt…

I. Upon the application to the retirement board of a member in active service, any member who has 15 or more years of creditable service may be retired on an ordinary disability retirement allowance consisting of an annual sum equal to 2/3 his average final salary as defined in R…

Call, volunteer, or substitute firemen to be eligible for the benefits hereof must be accepted by their respective city, town, precinct or organized volunteer company. All call, volunteer or substitute firemen who desire the benefits of this chapter shall make application to the …

The following words and phrases used in this chapter shall have the following meanings: I. "Permanent fireman" shall mean a private fireman or officer regularly employed on full time duty by any fire department of any city, town or precinct in the state. II. "Association" shall m…

Any permanent fireman who was or is a member of this retirement system and who has terminated or terminates his employment in order to enter directly into the armed forces of the United States or other emergency wartime service of the United States shall be entitled to continuous…

Any permanent fireman accepting the provisions hereof, who shall retire, withdraw or be dismissed from service, and the named beneficiary of any such permanent fireman who may die while in active service from causes not due to fire duty as described in RSA 102:17 and provided no …

Any member (active or retired) may from time to time designate a new beneficiary or beneficiaries to receive payments due under RSA 102:21. Every such designation of a new beneficiary must be made in writing to the secretary of the retirement board, and such change shall not take…

The payments made by permanent firemen to the retirement board and the benefits or compensation received hereunder shall be exempt from taxation, attachment, and the operation of laws relating to insolvency or bankruptcy. No assignment of compensation due under this chapter shall…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter any member of the firemen's retirement system who makes application for benefits under this chapter and who was at the time a member of an insurance or hospitalization group plan for which payroll deductions are authorized, may…

On and after April 1, 1947, any permanent fireman who has withdrawn his accumulated contributions from the retirement fund while remaining in the status of a permanent fireman and not on account of retirement, withdrawal or dismissal from service as provided in RSA 102:21, shall …

Any permanent fireman who is a member of the state employees' retirement system on July 1, 1957, and who is eligible for membership in the firemen's retirement system, hereinbefore set forth, may elect within 3 months after said date to transfer his membership from the state empl…

Upon transfer of membership of a permanent fireman from the state employees' retirement system to the firemen's retirement system under the provisions of this subdivision, in addition to the transfer of his accumulated contributions under the provisions of RSA 100:23, the reserve…

Any provision of RSA 100:24 notwithstanding any permanent fireman whose membership has been transferred from the state employees' retirement system to the firemen's retirement system in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision shall thereafter be eligible for such benef…

The administration of the retirement system established by this chapter is hereby vested in the board of trustees established by RSA 100-A:14 and it shall have with respect to this system all the rights, powers, duties, restrictions, and immunities it has with respect to the reti…

Any permanent fireman in this state who prior to July 1, 1967 accepted the provisions of this chapter shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of this system thereafter, unless on or before November 30, 1967 or May 1, 1968 he files with the board of trustees, on a form presc…

Permanent firemen as of March 27, 1947, the date of the passage of this section, who were heretofore unable to accept the provisions of this chapter at the time of becoming permanent firemen, because they were then over 35 years of age, which limitation was in effect prior to Mar…

The retirement board shall supervise the collection of assessments on all permanent firemen accepting the provisions hereof and the payment of retirement benefits and other compensation hereunder. To carry out the purposes hereof the board may make all manner of reasonable rules …

The retirement board shall establish and keep a record of the individual account of each fireman accepting the provisions of this chapter. Each individual account shall state the fireman's age, annual salary, length of service, date of retirement, total payments to the retirement…

The retirement benefits and other compensation provided for by this chapter shall be paid out of a retirement fund which shall be made up from the funds available from the following sources: I. The moneys heretofore or hereafter appropriated by the legislature to carry out the pr…

At the beginning of each fiscal year the retirement board shall fix the assessment upon the annual salaries of all permanent firemen who accept the provisions of this chapter. The rate of assessment shall be 5-1/2 percent of each permanent fireman's annual salary who was appointe…

The public welfare requires that a system of retirement benefits shall be established to compensate the permanent policemen of this state for their future public services rendered in the performance of their duties of protecting life and property within this state; and that suita…

The normal contribution rate shall be determined as the uniform and constant percentage of the annual salary of the average new permanent policeman entering the system which, if contributed on the basis of his salary throughout his entire period of active service would be suffici…

I. All moneys collected by the board hereunder shall be forthwith remitted to the state treasurer who shall act as custodian of the retirement fund. Donations to the retirement fund may be accepted by the state treasurer. With the exception of such moneys as may be required for c…

Any permanent policeman who accepts the provisions of this chapter may retire from active service after serving as a permanent policeman for a period of 25 continuous years or after reaching the age of 65 regardless of his period of service as a permanent policeman. Any permanent…

In case of a break in a policeman's continuous service by reason of military or federal law enforcement service directly attributable to war, the board shall construe as a period of continuous service the total service of such policeman before the break, his military or federal l…

Any permanent policeman who retires or is dismissed from service as provided in RSA 103:12 and who shall have complied with all the provisions hereof and with the rules and regulations of the board shall be entitled to receive from the retirement fund, for each year during the re…

Any municipal police beneficiary who retired prior to July 1, 1961 and who is in receipt of a retirement allowance on January 1, 1974 shall, beginning with the month of January, 1974 and monthly thereafter, but not beyond the month of December, 1974, have his allowance increased …

Any municipal police beneficiary who retired between July 1, 1961 and January 1, 1968 and who is in receipt of a retirement allowance on January 1, 1974 shall, beginning with the month of January, 1974 and monthly thereafter, but not beyond the month of December, 1974, have his a…

Any state police beneficiary who retired prior to September 1, 1973, and who is in receipt of a retirement allowance on January 1, 1974 shall, beginning with the month of January, 1974 and monthly thereafter, but not beyond the month of December, 1974, have his allowance increase…

Any permanent policeman accepting the provisions hereof who shall have become permanently and totally disabled to perform useful service, because of injury received in the actual performance of his duty, may be retired by the board, and shall be entitled to the benefits hereunder…

Any permanent policeman accepting the provisions of this chapter who is, at the time of his death or disability, working for some other than his own police department or a component of the state or federal government on a temporary assignment shall be compensated as though he was…

Any permanent policeman accepting the provisions hereof who shall resign or be dismissed from service before becoming eligible for retirement and the estate or designated beneficiary of any such permanent policeman who may die before becoming eligible for retirement, not as the r…

The estate or designated beneficiary of any permanent policeman who shall die after having retired under the provisions of RSA 103:14 or 15 shall be entitled to receive from the retirement fund any excess of the total payments made thereto by him, without interest, over the aggre…

The payments made by permanent policemen to the board and the benefits or compensation received hereunder shall be exempt from taxation, attachment, and the operation of laws relating to insolvency or bankruptcy. No assignment of benefits or compensation due hereunder shall be va…