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NH Rev Stat § 100-A:12-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 100-A - New Hampshire Retirement System|Section 100-A:12-a - Payments in Lieu of Payments to Estates.

    100-A:12-a Payments in Lieu of Payments to Estates. –||I. Notwithstanding any other provision under this chapter to the contrary, in the event that any payment in the amount of $15,000 or less is to be made by the New Hampshire retirement system to the estate of a deceased member or beneficiary, the retirement system may, but is not required to, make payment to the next of kin of such deceased member or beneficiary provided that all of the following conditions are met:||(a) At least 6 months have passed since the death of such member or beneficiary.||(b) There has been no demand for payment from a duly appointed executor or administrator.||(c) No probate proceedings have been instituted with respect to such deceased member or beneficiary, or all such probate proceedings have been closed.||(d) The next of kin has provided a written request for such payment and an affidavit in a form approved by the board of trustees stating that no such probate proceedings have been instituted or that proceedings have been closed, as applicable, and swearing to sufficient additional facts to enable the retirement system to determine that the person making such request is the next of kin of such member or beneficiary.||II. Payments made under authority of this section shall discharge the liability of the retirement system to all persons to the extent of such payments and the retirement system shall be immune from civil liability in any action brought on the basis of any act or omission under this section.|||Source. 2014, 26:1, eff. July 22, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 100-A:13-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 100-A - New Hampshire Retirement System|Section 100-A:13-a - Designation of Beneficiaries; Effect.

    100-A:13-a Designation of Beneficiaries;  Effect. –||When more than one person is designated by the member as beneficiary under this title, 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 automatically be added to the share of another or other designees or be payable to the estate of the member.|||Source. 1977, 546:7, eff. July 15, 1977.|
NH Rev Stat § 100-A:13-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 100-A - New Hampshire Retirement System|Section 100-A:13-b - Maximum Benefit Limitations.

    100-A:13-b Maximum Benefit Limitations. –||Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the maximum benefit payable to any retired member or beneficiary of the New Hampshire retirement system shall be limited to such extent as may be necessary to conform to the requirements of sections 401(a)(9) and 415 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for a qualified retirement plan.|||Source. 1988, 54:1. 1994, 207:1, eff. May 24, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 100-A:14-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 100-A - New Hampshire Retirement System|Section 100-A:14-a - Subcommittees of the Board of Trustees.

    100-A:14-a Subcommittees of the Board of Trustees. –||I. The board of trustees shall establish subcommittees, to include but not be limited to, an audit committee.||II. Each subcommittee shall consist of members of the board of trustees. At least one member of the audit committee shall be experienced in the field of public accounting.||III. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the audit committee and each subcommittee established by the board shall make its recommendations to the full board for final approval.||IV. The audit committee shall assist the board to undertake the audit and reporting requirements required by RSA 100-A:15, VI. The audit committee may establish an advisory committee to assist it in its auditing functions. The advisory committee shall consist of non-board members who are certified public accountants and others working in public accounting.||V. Subcommittee members shall be appointed by chairperson of the board of trustees.||VI. Notwithstanding RSA 91-A or any other law to the contrary, subcommittee members shall be permitted to participate in subcommittee meetings by telephone, provided that any subcommittee member so participating shall be able to be heard by and to hear every other member of the subcommittee participating in the meeting and, unless the subcommittee is meeting in a nonpublic session as permitted by RSA 91-A:3, shall be able to be heard by all members of the public attending the meeting. Voting members of any subcommittee participating by telephone shall be treated as present at the meeting for all purposes, including the establishment of a quorum. Any meeting at which one or more subcommittee members are participating by telephone shall be recorded verbatim by magnetic tape or otherwise, and such recording shall be made available for public inspection to the same extent as minutes of the meeting, provided that the accidental destruction of a recording or the accidental failure to record any meeting shall not invalidate any action taken at that meeting.|||Source. 2008, 300:17. 2011, 224:190, eff. July 1, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 100-A:14-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 100-A - New Hampshire Retirement System|Section 100-A:14-b - Independent Investment Committee.

    100-A:14-b Independent Investment Committee. –||There is hereby established the independent investment committee.||I. The independent investment committee shall consist of not more than 5 voting members, 3 of whom shall be persons who are not members of the board of trustees appointed by the governor with the consent of the council, and up to 2 of whom shall be members of the board of trustees appointed by the chairperson of the board of trustees. There shall also be one nonvoting member appointed by the governor with the consent of the council who shall be an active member in the retirement system chosen from a list submitted upon a vacancy of up to 3 persons nominated by each of the following organizations: the New Hampshire State Employees' Association, the New Hampshire Education Association, the New Hampshire AFL-CIO, the New Hampshire Police Association, and the Professional Fire Fighters of New Hampshire. Each independent investment committee member shall serve for a term of 3 years.||II. Each member of the independent investment committee shall have substantial experience in the field of institutional investment or finance, other than their experience as trustees of the New Hampshire retirement system, taking into account factors such as educational background, business experience, and professional licensure and designations.||III. As provided in RSA 100-A:15, the independent investment committee shall recommend an investment policy and investment consultants to the full board for approval. The independent investment committee shall review investment performance, choose fund managers, and make investments and deposits on behalf of the board.|||Source. 2008, 300:17, eff. Jan. 1, 2009. 2017, 151:1, eff. Aug. 15, 2017. 2019, 61:1, eff. Aug. 4, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 100-A:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 100-A - New Hampshire Retirement System|Section 100-A:17 - Repealed by 2014, 183:9, I, eff. July 1, 2014.

    100-A:17 Repealed by 2014, 183:9, I, eff. July 1, 2014. –|
NH Rev Stat § 100-A:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 100-A - New Hampshire Retirement System|Section 100-A:18 - Repealed by 1988, 161:11, IV, eff. July 1, 1988.

    100-A:18 Repealed by 1988, 161:11, IV, eff. July 1, 1988. –|
NH Rev Stat § 100-A:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 100-A - New Hampshire Retirement System|Section 100-A:19 - Repealed by 2014, 48:1, eff. July 1, 2014.

    100-A:19 Repealed by 2014, 48:1, eff. July 1, 2014. –|
NH Rev Stat § 100-A:19-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 100-A - New Hampshire Retirement System|Section 100-A:19-a - Applicability.

    100-A:19-a Applicability. –||This subdivision applies to any member of the New Hampshire retirement system who has creditable service in both group I and group II, whether by reason of job re-classification, transfer from one job to another, or termination of employment in one job and re-employment in another. The provisions of this subdivision shall also apply as closely as they may reasonably be applied, as determined by the board of trustees, to persons who have creditable service in both the New Hampshire retirement system and a predecessor system.|||Source. 1988, 161:6, eff. July 1, 1988.|
NH Rev Stat § 100-A:19-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 100-A - New Hampshire Retirement System|Section 100-A:19-b - Minimum Age.

    100-A:19-b Minimum Age. –||For the purposes of this subdivision only, minimum age shall mean:||I. For a member who has completed less than 20 years combined creditable service in both group I and group II, 60 years.||II. (a) For a member who is in vested status before January 1, 2012 and, who has completed 20 or more years of combined creditable service, one year shall be deducted from age 60 for each year of creditable group II service, provided that the age shall not be less than 45 years.||(b) For a member who commenced service on or after July 1, 2011 and who has completed 25 or more years of combined creditable service, one year shall be deducted from age 60 for each year of creditable group II service, provided that the age shall not be less than 50 years, and provided that a the member shall not be eligible to receive a retirement allowance until attaining the age of 52.5.||(c) For members who have not attained vested status prior to January 1, 2012, minimum age shall be as provided in the transition provisions in RSA 100-A:5, II(d) with one year deducted from age 60 to not less than the adjusted minimum age.|||Source. 1988, 161:6. 2011, 224:170, eff. July 1, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 100-A:19-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 100-A - New Hampshire Retirement System|Section 100-A:19-c - Service Retirement.

    100-A:19-c Service Retirement. –||Notwithstanding the retirement age requirements set forth in RSA 100-A:5, any member of the retirement system who has creditable service in both group I and group II, and who has attained the minimum age set forth in RSA 100-A:19-b, may retire on a service retirement allowance upon application as provided in RSA 100-A:5, I(a) or II(a). The split-benefit retirement allowance shall be determined as the sum of the retirement allowances with respect to service in each group classification computed as follows:||I. The average final compensation shall be as defined in RSA 100-A:1, XVIII, computed on the basis of the entire period of service in both classifications.||II. The group I portion of the retirement allowance shall be as provided in RSA 100-A:5, I(b), based on the number of years of creditable service in group I.||III. The group II portion of the retirement allowance shall be as provided in RSA 100-A:5, II(b), based on the number of years of creditable service in group II.|||Source. 1988, 161:6, eff. July 1, 1988.|
NH Rev Stat § 100-A:19-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 100-A - New Hampshire Retirement System|Section 100-A:19-d - Reduced Early Retirement.

    100-A:19-d Reduced Early Retirement. –||Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any retirement system member who has creditable service in both group I and group II with at least 10 years combined creditable service, and who has attained an age which is at least 45 for members who are in vested status with group II service before January 1, 2012 or at least 50 for members who commenced group II service on or after July 1, 2011, and group II members who have not attained vested status prior to January 1, 2012 shall be as provided in the transition provisions in RSA 100-A:5, II(d), and is within 10 years of the minimum age set forth in RSA 100-A:19-b, may elect to retire and have benefits commence immediately as a reduced split-benefit service retirement allowance. Application shall be as provided in RSA 100-A:5, I(c). The allowance shall be determined as a split-benefit service retirement allowance in accordance with RSA 100-A:19-c, and the total combined split-benefit service allowance shall be reduced by the percentages shown in RSA 100-A:5, I(c), based on the total combined length of creditable service, for each month by which the date on which benefits commence precedes the month after which the member attains the minimum age set forth in RSA 100-A:19-b.|||Source. 1988, 161:6. 2011, 224:171, eff. July 1, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 100-A:19-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 100-A - New Hampshire Retirement System|Section 100-A:19-e - Vested Deferred Retirement.

    100-A:19-e Vested Deferred Retirement. –||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 elect, as provided in RSA 100-A:10, to receive a vested deferred retirement allowance. A member who has made such election shall receive a split-benefit vested deferred retirement allowance commencing upon attainment of the minimum age as set forth in RSA 100-A:19-b in an amount equal to the service retirement allowance as provided in RSA 100-A:19-c based on average final compensation and creditable service at the time service is terminated, or at an earlier age in a reduced amount as provided in RSA 100-A:19-d.|||Source. 1988, 161:6, eff. July 1, 1988.|
NH Rev Stat § 100-A:19-f (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 100-A - New Hampshire Retirement System|Section 100-A:19-f - Ordinary Disability Retirement.

    100-A:19-f Ordinary Disability Retirement. –||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 in RSA 100-A:6, I(a) or II(a), subject to all applicable provisions of RSA 100-A:6. If the member has attained the minimum age as set forth in RSA 100-A:19-b, the split-benefit ordinary disability retirement allowance shall be equivalent to a split-benefit service retirement allowance as provided in RSA 100-A:19-c; otherwise, the allowance shall be determined as the sum of the ordinary disability retirement allowance with respect to service in each group classification computed as follows; provided, however, that the total combined ordinary disability retirement allowance payable before the reduction provided in RSA 100-A:5, I(b) for the group I portion shall not be less than the minimum provided in RSA 100-A:6, I(b) or II(b) depending on the member's group classification at the time of retirement:||I. The average final compensation shall be as defined in RSA 100-A:1, XVIII, computed on the basis of the entire period of service in both classifications.||II. The group I portion of the ordinary disability retirement allowance shall be equal to 90 percent of the service retirement allowance as provided in RSA 100-A:5, I(b), based on the number of years of creditable service in group I.||III. The group II portion of the ordinary disability retirement allowance shall be equal to the service retirement allowance as provided in RSA 100-A:5, II(b), based on the number of years of creditable service in group II.|||Source. 1988, 161:6, eff. July 1, 1988.|
NH Rev Stat § 100-A:19-g (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 100-A - New Hampshire Retirement System|Section 100-A:19-g - Accidental Disability Retirement.

    100-A:19-g Accidental Disability Retirement. –||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 retirement allowance shall be equivalent to a split-benefit service retirement allowance as provided in RSA 100-A:19-c; otherwise, the accidental disability allowance shall be as provided in RSA 100-A:6, I(d) or II(d) depending on the member's group classification at the time of retirement.|||Source. 1988, 161:6, eff. July 1, 1988.|
NH Rev Stat § 100-A:19-h (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 100-A - New Hampshire Retirement System|Section 100-A:19-h - Predecessor Systems.

    100-A:19-h Predecessor Systems. –||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 different job, may retire under the provisions of this subdivision. The allowance with respect to service in the predecessor system shall be computed on the basis of the provisions of the predecessor system. The minimum age shall be computed as provided in RSA 100-A:19-b, with service in the New Hampshire policemen's retirement system or the New Hampshire permanent firemen's retirement system being counted as group II service and service in any other predecessor system being counted as group I service.|||Source. 1988, 161:6, eff. July 1, 1988.|
NH Rev Stat § 100-A:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 100-A - New Hampshire Retirement System|Section 100-A:21 - Participation of Members of Local Retirement Systems.

    100-A:21 Participation of Members of Local Retirement Systems. –||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 trustees of the retirement system, such employees shall participate in the retirement system as though such local retirement system were not in operation. The retirement allowances being paid by the local retirement system on the date such participation in the retirement system becomes effective shall be continued and paid at their existing rates by the retirement system and the liability on this account shall be included in the computation of the accrued liability contribution payable by the employer as provided by RSA 100-A:24. Any cash and securities to the credit of the local retirement system shall be transferred to the retirement system as of the date participation begins. The trustees or other administrative head of the local retirement system as of the date of participation shall certify the proportion of any of the funds of the local retirement system that represents the accumulated contributions of the members and the relative shares of the members as of that date. Such shares shall be credited to the respective annuity savings account of such members in the retirement system as additional contributions. The balance of the funds transferred to the retirement system shall be offset against the accrued liability before determining the special accrued liability contribution to be paid by the employer as provided by RSA 100-A:24. The operation of the local retirement system shall be discontinued as of the date participation becomes effective in the retirement system.||II. Any members of any local retirement system who, pursuant to the provisions of RSA 100:33 of the employees' retirement system of the state of New Hampshire, elected to become members of said system and who, pursuant to the terms of RSA 100-A:3, elect to become members of the retirement system as of January 1, 1968 or July 1, 1968, shall have the shares credited to their account in the employee annuity savings fund and the state annuity accumulation fund of said employees' retirement system transferred to the member annuity savings fund and the state annuity accumulation fund of the retirement system respectively in accordance with the provisions of RSA 100-A:16. The employer of those members who so elect shall become an employer for purposes of the retirement system and thereafter all contributions on behalf of such members shall be made by such employer and member to the retirement system.|||Source. 1967, 134:1, eff. July 1, 1967.|
NH Rev Stat § 100-A:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 100-A - New Hampshire Retirement System|Section 100-A:22 - Modifications.

    100-A:22 Modifications. –||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 thereafter shall be credited with prior service covering such periods of prior service rendered to such employer for which the employer is willing to make accrued liability contributions. If the employer is unable or unwilling to make such contributions, a member in service may petition the board of trustees for periods of prior service rendered to such employer. Upon payment by the member of the amount determined in accordance with RSA 100-A:3, VI(b) and with the approval of the board, the member shall receive credit for such prior service. Thereafter, service for such employer on account of which contributions are made by the employer and member shall also be considered as creditable service. However, in no event shall prior service purchased as creditable service under this section be used as creditable service for the purpose of eligibility for medical benefits under RSA 100-A:52, RSA 100-A:52-a, or RSA 100-A:52-b. Membership shall be compulsory for all employees entering the service of such employer after the date participation becomes effective. Municipalities may, by action of their city council or board of selectmen, exempt their chief administrative officer, at the time of initial hiring or appointment, from compulsory membership provided herein. The chief fiscal officer of the employer, and the heads of its departments, shall submit to the board of trustees such information and shall cause to be performed with respect to the employees of such employer, who are members of the retirement system, such duties as shall be prescribed by the trustees in order to carry out the provisions of this chapter.|||Source. 1967, 134:1. 1973, 343:1. 1986, 104:1. 1989, 226:1. 1995, 269:4. 1999, 165:1. 2002, 146:1. 2004, 216:5. 2006, 178:6, eff. July 24, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 100-A:22-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 100-A - New Hampshire Retirement System|Section 100-A:22-a - Notice.

    100-A:22-a Notice. –||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 join the retirement system.|||Source. 1989, 323:5, eff. July 1, 1989.|