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NH Rev Stat § 100-C:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 100-C - Judicial Retirement Plan|Section 100-C:18 - Notice of Election.

    100-C:18 Notice of Election. –||Each full-time judge who was appointed prior to January 1, 2005, or an eligible beneficiary of such judge who retired after attaining age 65, shall notify the plan in writing no later than 90 days after the plan mails to each affected person a statement of the method by which retirement benefits are calculated under RSA 100-C as well as under the provisions of the former judicial retirement statutes, RSA 490:2, RSA 491:2, RSA 502-A:6-a, or RSA 547:2-a, as to whether the member or beneficiary intends to claim retirement benefits pursuant to one of the former judicial retirement statutes instead of the retirement benefits paid pursuant to RSA 100-C. Such election, once made, shall be irrevocable. If an election is not made within 90 days after the plan mails such statement, the member or beneficiary shall only receive benefits under the provisions of RSA 100-C. In the event that a member or beneficiary elects to claim retirement benefits pursuant to one of the former judicial retirement statutes, he or she shall not be entitled to reimbursement for any contributions made pursuant to RSA 100-C:13 or RSA 100-C:14.|||Source. 2014, 162:2, eff. July 11, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 101:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 101 - Old Age and Survivors' Insurance|Section 101:1 - Declaration of Policy.

    101:1 Declaration of Policy. –||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 be the policy of the general court, subject to the limitations of this chapter, that such steps be taken as to provide such protection to employees and officials of the state and its political subdivisions on as broad a basis as is permitted under the Social Security Act, except as may be otherwise specifically limited herein. It is also the policy of the legislature that the protection afforded employees in positions covered by a retirement system on the date an agreement under this chapter is made applicable to service performed in such positions, or receiving periodic benefits under such retirement system at such time, will not be impaired as a result of making the agreement so applicable or as a result of legislative enactment in anticipation thereof.|||Source. 1951, 234:1. RSA 101:1. 1955, 301, part II:1, eff. Aug. 5, 1955.|
NH Rev Stat § 101:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 101 - Old Age and Survivors' Insurance|Section 101:4 - Contributions by State Employees.

    101:4 Contributions by State Employees. –||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 would be imposed by the Federal Insurance Contributions Act if such service constituted employment within the meaning of that act. Such liability shall arise in consideration of such person's retention in such service, or entry upon such service, after the enactment of this chapter.||II. The contribution imposed by this section shall be collected by deducting the amount of the contribution from wages as and when paid, but failure to make such deduction shall not relieve the employee from liability for such contribution.||III. If more or less than the correct amount of the contribution imposed by this section is paid or deducted with respect to any remuneration, proper adjustments, or refund if adjustment is impracticable, shall be made, in such manner and at such times as the Internal Revenue Service shall prescribe.|||Source. 1951, 234:4. RSA 101:4. 1955, 332:4. 1957, 48:5. 1998, 220:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 101:6, 101:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 101 - Old Age and Survivors' Insurance|Section 101:6, 101:7 - Repealed by 1998, 220:4, II, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.

    101:6, 101:7 Repealed by 1998, 220:4, II, eff. Jan. 1, 1999. –|
NH Rev Stat § 101:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 101 - Old Age and Survivors' Insurance|Section 101:8 - Rules.

    101:8 Rules. –||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.|||Source. 1951, 234:8. 1998, 220:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 101:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 101 - Old Age and Survivors' Insurance|Section 101:9 - Studies and Reports.

    101:9 Studies and Reports. –||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 under this chapter and shall submit a report to the legislature at the beginning of each biennium, covering the administration and operation of this chapter during the preceding 2 calendar years, including such recommendations for amendments to this chapter as are proper.|||Source. 1951, 234:9. 1998, 220:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 101:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 101 - Old Age and Survivors' Insurance|Section 101:10 - Procedure.

    101:10 Procedure. –||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 otherwise provided herein. in such case the referendum shall be conducted, and the governor shall designate an agency or individual to supervise its conduct, in accordance with the requirements of section 218(d)(3) of the Social Security Act, on the question of whether service in positions covered by a retirement system established by the state or by a political subdivision thereof should be excluded from or included under an agreement under this chapter. In the case of the referendum with respect to the employees of the state, the conduct thereof shall be governed by such rules as the governor, after consultation with the respective representatives of employee organizations, shall approve. The notice of referendum required by section 218(d)(3)(C) of the Social Security Act to be given to employees shall contain or shall be accompanied by a statement, in such form and such detail as the governor shall deem necessary and sufficient, to inform the employees of the rights which will accrue to them and their dependents and survivors, and the liabilities to which they will be subject, if their services are included under an agreement under this chapter.||II. Certification. Upon receiving satisfactory evidence that with respect to any such referendum the conditions specified in section 218(d)(3) of the Social Security Act have been met, the governor shall so certify to the Commissioner of Social Security.||III. Order of Referenda. No referendum shall be held hereunder with respect to the employees of any political subdivision until the referendum authorized herein with respect to the employees of the state shall have been conducted and the result thereof determined. In the event that the employees of the state in said referendum shall vote in favor of including service in positions covered by the New Hampshire retirement system with respect to the state under an agreement under this act, the governor, upon the determination of such vote and without further directive or request, shall forthwith authorize a referendum with respect to each of the political subdivisions having positions covered by the New Hampshire retirement system.|||Source. 1955, 301, part II:6. 1957, 48:4. 1998, 220:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 101:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 101 - Old Age and Survivors' Insurance|Section 101:11 - Modification Authorized.

    101:11 Modification Authorized. –||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 shall further appear that the governor has filed with the Commissioner of Social Security with respect to said referendum the certificate required by RSA 101:10, II, the state agency shall forthwith request the Commissioner of Social Security to effect a modification of the agreement between the state and the Commissioner of Social Security made under the provisions of said chapter so as to include under said agreement service which under said chapter constitutes employment performed in the employ of the state.|||Source. 1955, 301, part III:2. 1998, 220:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 101:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 101 - Old Age and Survivors' Insurance|Section 101:12 - to 101:19 Repealed by 1998, 220:4, III, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.

    101:12 to 101:19 Repealed by 1998, 220:4, III, eff. Jan. 1, 1999. –|
NH Rev Stat § 101-B:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 101-B - Public Employees Deferred Compensation Plan|Section 101-B:1 - Definition.

    101-B:1 Definition. –||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.|||Source. 1977, 264:20, eff. Aug. 21, 1977.|
NH Rev Stat § 101-B:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 101-B - Public Employees Deferred Compensation Plan|Section 101-B:2 - Commission Established.

    101-B:2 Commission Established. –||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 secretary of state, or designee;||(f) One member who shall be an unclassified state employee and a member of the deferred compensation plan, and who shall have knowledge of defined contribution plans, appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the council, for a term of 3 years;||(g) One member who shall be a public employee at-large, and who shall have knowledge of defined contribution plans, appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the council, for a term of 3 years;||(h) One member who shall be a nonclassified legislative employee and a member of the deferred compensation plan, and who shall have knowledge of defined contribution plans, appointed by the speaker of the house and the president of the senate, for a term of 3 years; and||(i) One member who shall be a nonclassified judicial employee and a member of the deferred compensation plan, and who shall have knowledge of defined contribution plans, appointed by the chief justice of the supreme court, for a term of 3 years.||II. Five members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and may act on behalf of the commission.|||Source. 1977, 264:20. 1979, 360:13. 1985, 399:3, I. 1998, 371:8. 2006, 245:25, eff. July 1, 2006. 2015, 30:1, eff. July 6, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 101-B:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 101-B - Public Employees Deferred Compensation Plan|Section 101-B:3 - Administrator of Program.

    101-B:3 Administrator of Program. –||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 administrator, custodian, or trustee through competitive bidding. The commission shall issue requests for proposals at such times as it deems appropriate but in no case shall any contract with an administrator, custodian, or trustee exceed 10 years without approval of the governor and council.|||Source. 1977, 264:20. 1979, 360:14. 1998, 371:9, eff. June 26, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 101-B:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 101-B - Public Employees Deferred Compensation Plan|Section 101-B:4 - Duties and Powers of Administrator.

    101-B:4 Duties and Powers of Administrator. –||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 administrator or custodian is authorized to impose a reasonable fee to cover recordkeeping and other administrative costs associated with his duties as administrator or custodian. The amount of such fee shall be subject to the approval of the commission.|||Source. 1977, 264:20. 1979, 360:15, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 101-B:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 101-B - Public Employees Deferred Compensation Plan|Section 101-B:5 - Investments.

    101-B:5 Investments. –||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 and state laws and regulations by persons who are duly authorized by the commission in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.|||Source. 1977, 264:20. 1979, 360:16. 1998, 371:10, eff. June 26, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 101-B:5-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 101-B - Public Employees Deferred Compensation Plan|Section 101-B:5-a - Contract to Enroll in Program.

    101-B:5-a Contract to Enroll in Program. –||The state or any political subdivision may, by contract, agree with any employee or independent contractor thereto, to defer compensation, in whole or in part.|||Source. 1979, 360:17, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 101-B:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 101-B - Public Employees Deferred Compensation Plan|Section 101-B:6 - Addition to Other Retirement Benefits.

    101-B:6 Addition to Other Retirement Benefits. –||The deferred compensation program established by this chapter shall exist and serve in addition to retirement, pension or benefit systems established by the state, county, city, town or other political subdivision, and no deferral of income under the deferred compensation program shall affect a reduction of any retirement, pension or other benefit provided by law. Any sum deferred under the deferred compensation program shall not be subject to state taxation until distribution is actually made to the employee.|||Source. 1977, 264:20, eff. Aug. 21, 1977.|
NH Rev Stat § 101-B:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 101-B - Public Employees Deferred Compensation Plan|Section 101-B:7 - Financial Liability of State, Etc.

    101-B:7 Financial Liability of State, Etc. –||The financial liability of the state, county, city, town or other political subdivision under a deferred compensation program shall be limited to the value of the particular fixed or variable life insurance or annuity contract or contracts purchased on behalf of any employee.|||Source. 1977, 264:20, eff. Aug. 21, 1977.|
NH Rev Stat § 101-B:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 101-B - Public Employees Deferred Compensation Plan|Section 101-B:8 - Cost to the State.

    101-B:8 Cost to the State. –||The deferred compensation plan shall operate without cost to any political subdivision, any of their departments or agencies, or any of their wholly owned institutions and instrumentalities, except for the incidental expense of administering the deduction of the deferred funds from the employee's compensation and the remittance thereof to the program as established by this chapter. The deferred compensation commission may expend funds of the state not otherwise appropriated, with the approval of governor and council, for consulting or auditing services, which shall not exceed $10,000 per year. The governor shall draw a warrant for such funds out of any sums in the general fund not otherwise appropriated.|||Source. 1979, 360:18. 1998, 371:11, eff. June 26, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 102:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 102 - Firemen's Retirement System|Section 102:1 - Declaration of Policy.

    102:1 Declaration of Policy. –||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 shall be provided for the firemen of this state or their dependents whenever such firemen shall be permanently disabled or killed in line of duty, as defined in RSA 102:17.|||Source. 1939, 154:1. 1941, 192:1. RL 220:1. 1945, 202:1, eff. May 18, 1945.|
NH Rev Stat § 102:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 102 - Firemen's Retirement System|Section 102:2 - Definitions.

    102:2 Definitions. –||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 mean the New Hampshire State Permanent Firemen's Association.||III. "Officer" shall mean any chief, deputy chief, captain, lieutenant or foreman regularly employed by a fire department of any city, town or precinct in the state.||IV. "Call fireman" shall mean a fireman not regularly employed by a fire department, but answering for duty only to alarms of fire.|||Source. 1939, 154:2. 1941, 192:2. RL 220:2.|
NH Rev Stat § 102:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 102 - Firemen's Retirement System|Section 102:3 - Board of Trustees.

    102:3 Board of Trustees. –||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 retirement system established by RSA 100-A and the word "board" or phrase "retirement board" when used in this chapter, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall mean said board of trustees.|||Source. 1939, 154:3. 1941, 192:3. RL 220:3. RSA 102:3. 1967, 134:11, eff. July 1, 1967.|
NH Rev Stat § 102:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 102 - Firemen's Retirement System|Section 102:4 - Membership.

    102:4 Membership. –||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 prescribed by the board, a notice of his election to become a member as of January 1, 1968 or July 1, 1968 of the New Hampshire Retirement system as provided by RSA 100-A:3, II, in which event his entitlement to the benefits provided under this system shall cease as of December 31, 1967 or June 30, 1968. Any permanent fireman who prior to July 1, 1967 did not accept the provisions of this chapter or any person who becomes a permanent fireman on or after that date shall be ineligible to make application to accept the provisions of this chapter and shall not be entitled to the benefits hereof.|||Source. 1939, 154:4. 1941, 192:4. RL 220:4. RSA 102:4. 1967, 134:12, eff. July 1, 1967.|
NH Rev Stat § 102:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 102 - Firemen's Retirement System|Section 102:5 - Extended Coverage.

    102:5 Extended Coverage. –||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 March 27, 1947, may accept this chapter and make application to the retirement board as provided in RSA 102:4, within 30 days after March 27, 1947 and not thereafter. The assessments upon the salaries of such over-age permanent firemen shall be fixed by the retirement board as provided in RSA 102:9. Any person under 45 years of age who becomes a permanent fireman after July 1, 1965 shall be deemed to have accepted the provisions of this chapter and to have consented to assessments upon his annual salary as determined by the retirement board, as a condition of employment.|||Source. 1941, 192:5. RL 220:5. 1945, 202:2. 1947, 54:1. RSA 102:5. 1965, 211:1, eff. July 1, 1965.|
NH Rev Stat § 102:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 102 - Firemen's Retirement System|Section 102:6 - Duties of Retirement Board.

    102:6 Duties of Retirement Board. –||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 and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter. The board shall employ a secretary at a salary to be approved by it, whose duty it shall be to keep a record of all its proceedings and to perform such administrative duties as it may direct. The expenses of administration of this chapter shall be paid out of the retirement fund hereinafter provided for.|||Source. 1939, 154:5. 1941, 192:6. RL 220:6.|
NH Rev Stat § 102:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 102 - Firemen's Retirement System|Section 102:7 - Individual Accounts.

    102:7 Individual Accounts. –||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 fund, and total benefits or compensation received.|||Source. 1939, 154:6. 1941, 192:7. RL 220:7.|