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NH Rev Stat § 99-E:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 99-E - Suggestion and Extraordinary Service Award Program|Section 99-E:9 - No Entitlement to Award.

    99-E:9 No Entitlement to Award. –||I. This chapter shall not be construed to confer any procedural or substantive rights upon persons submitting nominations or submissions, or persons making suggestions or rendering services, and no person shall have any right or vested right whatsoever to any award or recognition under this chapter. Whether or not to recommend any award or to recommend or issue any recognition shall be solely within the discretion of the award evaluation committee or other entity charged under this chapter with the making of award or recognition determinations, or charged with issuing the same.||II. Assessments of submissions and nominations by award evaluation committees shall not be subject to the provisions of RSA 541-A:29 and determinations of award evaluation committees shall not be subject to the institution of adjudicative proceedings under RSA 541-A:31.|||Source. 2005, 258:1, eff. Sept. 14, 2005.|
NH Rev Stat § 99-E:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 99-E - Suggestion and Extraordinary Service Award Program|Section 99-E:10 - Filings Not Required.

    99-E:10 Filings Not Required. –||Members of the state suggestion and extraordinary service award evaluation committee, and members of any departmental award evaluation committee, shall not, unless otherwise required by virtue of another position held by the member, be subject to the financial reporting requirements of RSA 15-A.|||Source. 2005, 258:1. 2008, 89:4, eff. July 20, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 99-F:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 99-F - Veterans' and Disabled Veterans' Preference in Public Employment|Section 99-F:1 - Veterans' Preference in Public Employment.

    99-F:1 Veterans' Preference in Public Employment. –||The state of New Hampshire shall grant a preference in hiring to veterans and disabled veterans.|||Source. 2014, 264:2, eff. July 28, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 99-F:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 99-F - Veterans' and Disabled Veterans' Preference in Public Employment|Section 99-F:2 - Definitions.

    99-F:2 Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Active duty" means full-time duty under Title 10 of the United States Code as an enlisted member, or as a commissioned or warrant officer, in any branch of the armed forces of the United States. Active duty shall not include attendance at a school under military orders, except schooling incident to an active enlistment or a regular tour of duty, or normal military training as a reserve officer or member of an organized reserve or a national guard unit.||II. "Armed forces" means the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard, including:||(a) The Army Reserve.||(b) The Navy Reserve.||(c) The Marine Corps Reserve.||(d) The Air Force Reserve.||(e) The Coast Guard Reserve.||(f) The Army National Guard of the United States.||(g) The Air National Guard of the United States.||III. "Combat zone" means an area designated by the President of the United States by executive order in which, on the dates designated by executive order, the armed forces of the United States are or have engaged in combat.||IV. "Disabled veteran" means:||(a) A person entitled to disability compensation under the laws administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs;||(b) A person whose discharge or release from active duty was for a disability incurred or aggravated in the line of duty; or||(c) A person who was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in combat.||V. "Public employer" means the state or any department of the state and any person authorized to act on behalf of the state or any department of the state with respect to control, management, or supervision of any employee.||VI. "Veteran" means a person who:||(a) Served on active duty with the armed forces of the United States:||(1) For more than 178 consecutive days and was honorably discharged or released from active duty;||(2) For 178 days or less and was honorably discharged or released from active duty; or||(3) For at least one day in a combat zone and was honorably discharged or released from active duty; or||(b) Received a combat or campaign ribbon for service in the armed forces of the United States.|||Source. 2014, 264:2, eff. July 28, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 99-F:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 99-F - Veterans' and Disabled Veterans' Preference in Public Employment|Section 99-F:3 - Eligibility for Employment Preference.

    99-F:3 Eligibility for Employment Preference. –||I. A veteran or disabled veteran may use the preference for a position for state employment at any time after discharge or release from service in the armed forces of the United States.||II. A veteran or disabled veteran may claim the preference an unlimited number of times.|||Source. 2014, 264:2, eff. July 28, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 99-F:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 99-F - Veterans' and Disabled Veterans' Preference in Public Employment|Section 99-F:4 - Application Process.

    99-F:4 Application Process. –||I. At each stage of the application process, a public employer shall grant a preference to an otherwise qualified veteran or disabled veteran who successfully completes an initial application screening and an application examination, or a state employment test administered by the public employer to establish eligibility for a vacant position for state employment.||II. For an initial application screening used to develop a list of persons for interviews, the public employer shall add 5 preference points to a veteran's score and 10 preference points to a disabled veteran's score.||III. For an application examination, administered after the initial application screening that results in a score, the public employer shall add 5 preference points to a veteran's and 10 preference points to a disabled veteran's total combined examination score without allocating the points to any single feature or part of the examination. The veteran or disabled veteran shall pass the examination with a qualifying score to be eligible to receive the veterans' preference.||IV. If a public employer uses an application examination that does not result in a score, the public employer shall devise and apply methods by which it gives special consideration in the hiring decision to veterans and disabled veterans.|||Source. 2014, 264:2, eff. July 28, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 99-F:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 99-F - Veterans' and Disabled Veterans' Preference in Public Employment|Section 99-F:5 - Appointment to a Position.

    99-F:5 Appointment to a Position. –||I. A public employer shall appoint an otherwise qualified veteran or disabled veteran to a vacant position for state employment if the results of a veteran's or disabled veteran's application examination, when combined with the veteran's or disabled veteran's preference, are equal to or higher than the results of an application examination for an applicant who is not a veteran or disabled veteran.||II. A public employer may base a decision not to appoint the veteran or disabled veteran solely on the veteran's or disabled veteran's merits or qualifications with respect to the vacant position for state employment.||III. A public employer that does not appoint a veteran or disabled veteran to a vacant position for state employment, shall upon written request of the veteran or disabled veteran, provide an explanation of its decision.|||Source. 2014, 264:2, eff. July 28, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 99-F:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 99-F - Veterans' and Disabled Veterans' Preference in Public Employment|Section 99-F:6 - Proof of Eligibility.

    99-F:6 Proof of Eligibility. –||I. A public employer shall require an applicant, at the time of application, to provide proof that the applicant is an eligible veteran or disabled veteran in order to be eligible for the veterans' or disabled veterans' preference.||II. An applicant for a position with a public employer who claims a veteran's or disabled veteran's preference shall submit as proof of eligibility:||(a) A copy of a qualifying document as outlined in RSA 21:50, I(b) with the application for employment; and||(b) Disabled veterans shall submit a copy of their veteran's summary of benefits letter from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, unless the information is included in the appropriate federal discharge documents.||III. If an applicant's record appears to show service qualifying for the preference, the public employer may provisionally designate an applicant as an eligible veteran or disabled veteran. However, before the applicant can be appointed, he or she shall submit proof of entitlement to the preference.|||Source. 2014, 264:2, eff. July 28, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 99-F:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 99-F - Veterans' and Disabled Veterans' Preference in Public Employment|Section 99-F:7 - Rulemaking.

    99-F:7 Rulemaking. –||The department of administrative services shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A to implement the provisions of this chapter.|||Source. 2014, 264:2, eff. July 28, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 100-A:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 100-A - New Hampshire Retirement System|Section 100-A:2 - Name and Date of Establishment.

    100-A:2 Name and Date of Establishment. –||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 trust for the purpose for which received, and is intended for all time to meet the requirements of a qualified pension trust within the meaning of section 401(a), and to qualify as a governmental plan within the meaning of section 414(d) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.|||Source. 1967, 134:1. 1991, 358:3, eff. June 30, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 100-A:2-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 100-A - New Hampshire Retirement System|Section 100-A:2-a - Registration of Securities.

    100-A:2-a Registration of Securities. –||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 stock or other securities unless the nominee shall be an officer of a corporate custodian of such stock or other securities, in which case the custodian shall maintain on its books accurate and current records of the New Hampshire retirement system's interest in such stock or other securities and the custodian shall be strictly liable for all acts or omissions of the nominee in connection with such stock or other securities and the nominee shall be bonded by the custodian.|||Source. 1969, 353:2. 1975, 379:1, eff. June 7, 1975.|
NH Rev Stat § 100-A:2-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 100-A - New Hampshire Retirement System|Section 100-A:2-b - Marriage.

    100-A:2-b Marriage. –||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.|||Source. 2008, 347:1. 2009, 59:7, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 100-A:4-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 100-A - New Hampshire Retirement System|Section 100-A:4-a - Creditable Service for Active Teachers Employed on June 30, 1985.

    100-A:4-a Creditable Service for Active Teachers Employed on June 30, 1985. –||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 as a teacher after that date, shall be permitted to acquire full credit for all service rendered prior to July 1, 1950, as provided in paragraphs II and III. Such teachers shall be eligible for such benefits as are provided for group I members under this chapter including credit for such prior service as is allowable under paragraphs II and III, as if they had become members of the New Hampshire teachers' retirement system at its inception, and prior to its merger with the retirement system.||II. Every currently active teacher teaching during the 1984-85 school year as set forth in paragraph I whose prior service does not include credit for service as a teacher which he performed between July 1, 1945, and June 30, 1950, shall be permitted to acquire full credit for all service rendered between those dates by filing written notice with the board of trustees between July 1, 1985, and June 30, 1986, and paying the amount, not to exceed $100 per year, which he would have paid to the former New Hampshire teachers' retirement system, RSA 192, to acquire such credit had he been a member of that predecessor system on July 1, 1950.||III. Every currently active teacher teaching during the 1984-85 school year as set forth in paragraph I whose prior service does not include credit for service as a teacher which he performed before July 1, 1945, shall receive credit for all service rendered before July 1, 1945, without any payment by the teacher.|||Source. 1985, 273:1, eff. June 30, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 100-A:4-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 100-A - New Hampshire Retirement System|Section 100-A:4-b - Repealed by 2011, 224:186, II, eff. June 29, 2011.

    100-A:4-b Repealed by 2011, 224:186, II, eff. June 29, 2011. –|
NH Rev Stat § 100-A:4-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 100-A - New Hampshire Retirement System|Section 100-A:4-c - Repealed by 2011, 224:186, III, eff. June 29, 2011.

    100-A:4-c Repealed by 2011, 224:186, III, eff. June 29, 2011. –|
NH Rev Stat § 100-A:6-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 100-A - New Hampshire Retirement System|Section 100-A:6-a - Maximum Retirement Benefit.

    100-A:6-a Maximum Retirement Benefit. –||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 100-A:5 or RSA 100-A:6 shall not exceed 100 percent of the member's highest year of earnable compensation. For members who commenced service on or after July 1, 2009 and have not attained vested status prior to January 1, 2012, a member's maximum retirement benefit granted under the provisions of RSA 100-A:5 or RSA 100-A:6 shall not exceed the lesser of 85 percent of the member's average final compensation or $120,000. Nothing in this section shall affect the ability of a member to receive disability benefits pursuant to RSA 100-A:6, II(b) and (c). This provision shall not limit the application of supplemental allowances.|||Source. 2007, 268:2. 2008, 300:14. 2011, 224:164. 2012, 194:6, eff. June 11, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 100-A:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 100-A - New Hampshire Retirement System|Section 100-A:7 - Working After Retirement; Exceeding Part-Time Hourly Limit.

    100-A:7 Working After Retirement;  Exceeding Part-Time Hourly Limit. –||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 system, and the retiree shall contribute at the percentage payable pursuant to RSA 100-A:16, I(a). Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any credit for membership service and for any prior service on the basis of which the retired member's creditable service was computed at the time of his or her former retirement shall be restored to full force and effect; upon subsequent retirement, the retiree shall receive a retirement allowance based on his or her combined creditable service and average final compensation.||II. Any retired member who, in any calendar year, works part-time for one or more participating employers and exceeds the maximum permitted hours as provided in RSA 100-A:1, XXXIV, shall forfeit the state annuity portion of his or her retirement allowance, and any allocable cost of living adjustments, with such forfeiture commencing as soon as administratively feasible in the next calendar year and continuing for a period of 12 months.||III. The board of trustees of the retirement system shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A as necessary to administer and enforce the provisions of this section.|||Source. 1967, 134:1. 1981, 536:9. 1995, 269:3. 2006, 178:2, eff. July 24, 2006. 2018, 293:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 100-A:7-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 100-A - New Hampshire Retirement System|Section 100-A:7-a - Certain Part-Time Employment; Notice Required.

    100-A:7-a Certain Part-Time Employment;  Notice Required. –||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 retirement benefits, including restoration to service as required in RSA 100-A:7, I and the forfeiture of the state annuity portion of his or her retirement allowance under RSA 100-A:7, II.|||Source. 2013, 251:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2014. 2018, 293:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 100-A:7-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 100-A - New Hampshire Retirement System|Section 100-A:7-b - Certain Part-Time Employment; Emergency Exception.

    100-A:7-b Certain Part-Time Employment;  Emergency Exception. –||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 while working under the direction of the director of the division of forests and lands during woodland fire control. Employers shall include hours worked during an emergency as a separate entry in the report required in RSA 100-A:16, VII(a).|||Source. 2014, 45:3, eff. July 26, 2014. 2018, 293:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 100-A:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 100-A - New Hampshire Retirement System|Section 100-A:9 - Ordinary Death Benefit; Group I and II Members.

    100-A:9 Ordinary Death Benefit;  Group I and II Members. –||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 surviving spouse or designated beneficiary or beneficiaries, if living, otherwise to the member's estate. For purposes of this section only, any group I or group II member who dies on or after January 1, 2007 while performing qualified military service shall be considered a member in service at the time of death whose death was not the result of an accident occurring while in the performance of duty as a member.||II. If the member has at least 10 years combined creditable service or was eligible for service retirement at the time of the member's death, there shall be payable to the member's surviving spouse an allowance, continuing until the spouse's death, equal to 50 percent of the service retirement allowance that would have been payable to the member had the member retired immediately prior to death, based on average final compensation and creditable service at the time of death. In lieu of an allowance, the surviving spouse may elect a lump sum benefit equal to the deceased member's annual earnable compensation, in addition to the amount payable under RSA 100-A:11.||III. If the member did not have at least 10 years combined creditable service and was not eligible for service retirement at the time of death, there shall be payable to the member's spouse or the member's designated beneficiary or beneficiaries, if other than the member's spouse, if living, otherwise to the member's estate, a lump sum equal to the greater of either:||(a) $3,600 or||(b) An amount which is equal to the deceased member's annual earnable compensation at the time of death in addition to the amount payable under RSA 100-A:11.||IV. However, if the member had at least 10 years combined creditable service or was eligible for service retirement, but is not survived by a spouse, or has designated a beneficiary or beneficiaries other than the member's spouse, there shall be payable to the person or persons nominated by the member, if living, otherwise to the member's estate, a lump sum equal to the greater of either:||(a) $3,600 or||(b) An amount which is equal to the deceased member's annual earnable compensation at the time of death, in addition to the amount payable under RSA 100-A:11.|||Source. 1967, 134:1. 1973, 495:3. 1975, 461:6. 1977, 546:4. 1981, 536:10. 1999, 273:1. 2009, 324:2, 3, eff. Aug. 7, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 100-A:9-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 100-A - New Hampshire Retirement System|Section 100-A:9-a - Members on Leave Under the Family and Medical Leave Act; Eligibility for Death or Disability Benefits.

    100-A:9-a Members on Leave Under the Family and Medical Leave Act;  Eligibility for Death or Disability Benefits. –||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.|||Source. 1997, 171:1, eff. Aug. 8, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 100-A:10-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 100-A - New Hampshire Retirement System|Section 100-A:10-a - Repealed by 1988, 191:6, eff. July 1, 1988.

    100-A:10-a Repealed by 1988, 191:6, eff. July 1, 1988. –|
NH Rev Stat § 100-A:11-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VI - Public Officers and Employees|Title 100-A - New Hampshire Retirement System|Section 100-A:11-a - Eligible Rollover Distributions; Direct Transfer.

    100-A:11-a Eligible Rollover Distributions;  Direct Transfer. –||The distribution of benefits and return of accumulated contributions under this chapter shall be in conformance with the requirements of Internal Revenue Code section 401(a)(31) to the extent that the Code section applies to a qualified governmental plan within the meaning of Internal Revenue Code sections 401(a) and 414(d).|||Source. 2006, 178:3, eff. July 24, 2006.|