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2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 94 - Compensation of Certain State Officers › Section 94:4-b - Death of Legislative Officers, Officials, Employees and Attaches.

94:4-b Death of Legislative Officers, Officials, Employees and Attaches. –
I. A death benefit of an additional 20 days salary beyond the date of death shall be paid to the estate of the following legislative personnel:
(a) Legislative officers, who are not members of the general court, who die while in office.
(b) Nonelective full-time legislative officials or employees or attaches who die while employed.
(c) Nonelective temporary employees or attaches who die while the general court by which they are employed is in regular or special session.
II. Any payment made pursuant to this section shall be a charge against the salary adjustment fund.
Source.
1975, 191:1, eff. June 2, 1975.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 94 - Compensation of Certain State Officers › Section 94:4-c - Unclassified to Classified State Service.

94:4-c Unclassified to Classified State Service. –
Any unclassified state official or employee who transfers from the unclassified service, without a break in service, to the classified service, shall immediately begin to accumulate and utilize, as earned, annual and sick leave in accordance with the state collective bargaining agreement. The rate of accrual shall be according to continuous years worked.
Source.
1989, 396:3, eff. June 5, 1989.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 94 - Compensation of Certain State Officers › Section 94:4-d - Classified State Service to Court System.

94:4-d Classified State Service to Court System. –
Any full-time classified employee who transfers from classified service to the court system, without a break in service, may transfer all annual leave, sick leave, longevity pay, and bonus time already accumulated in the classified service to the court system.
Source.
1993, 358:92, eff. July 8, 1993.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 94 - Compensation of Certain State Officers › Section 94:5 - Maintenance.

94:5 Maintenance. –
I. The following positions shall carry with them maintenance:
(a), (b) [Repealed.]
(c) at the Glencliff home;
(1) administrator;
(d) [Repealed.]
II. Maintenance for the above positions shall consist only of the use of a furnished house or apartment located on the institution grounds and the following utilities; heat, gas, electricity, water and one institution extension phone to be used only for official state purposes.
III. No other unclassified state employee, except those specified in this section, shall receive any maintenance or payment in lieu thereof, provided however, that if quarters are available at any state institution or any state property, the department head thereof may assign to an unclassified employee such quarters, furnished or unfurnished, including any or all of the following utilities; heat, fuel, gas, electricity, and water, and provided further that a department head of a state agency which serves meals may permit any unclassified employee to purchase such meals. Any employee to whom such quarters have been assigned or who has been authorized to purchase such meals shall reimburse the state for such quarters or meals at a rate to be determined by the governor and council.
Source.
1953, 265:6. RSA 94:5. 1955, 153:3. 1957, 223:3. 1965, 365:2. 1973, 6:6; 10:5; 400:1; 594:2. 1975, 239:3. 1977, 568:2; 600:47. 1983, 416:37, I. 2007, 263:12. 2008, 61:6, eff. May 21, 2008.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 94 - Compensation of Certain State Officers › Section 94:6 - New Appointments.

94:6 New Appointments. –
In case of a new appointment to fill any vacancy the entrance salary shall be at the minimum of the established range unless, upon recommendation of the appointing authority, the governor and council shall establish, after due and proper investigation as to qualifications, a different entrance salary within the established range.
Source.
1953, 265:7. RSA 94:6. 1965, 301:1, eff. Feb. 26, 1965; 365:3, eff. July 2, 1965.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 94 - Compensation of Certain State Officers › Section 94:7 - Increases for Certification or Eligibility for Certification.

94:7 Increases for Certification or Eligibility for Certification. –
Upon the request of the appointing authority, the governor and council upon a finding that it is in the best interest of the state may increase the annual salary of any classified or unclassified employee by $1,000 if said employee is eligible for certification by the American board of any medical, dental, or surgical specialty and by $3,000 if said employee is certified by said board.
Source.
1965, 365:4. 1973, 470:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 94 - Compensation of Certain State Officers › Section 94:8 - Administrators of State Institutions; Held Harmless for Certain Acts.

94:8 Administrators of State Institutions;  Held Harmless for Certain Acts. –
If any administrator at Laconia developmental services, New Hampshire hospital, New Hampshire Veterans' home or the Glencliff home is sued by a resident or his legal representative on the grounds that he has not been compensated for services rendered in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, Public Law 93-259 , as now in effect or as hereafter amended, the attorney general shall defend the action and if a judgment is rendered against the administrator it shall be paid by the state.
Source.
1975, 240:1. 1977, 568:2. 1988, 107:5. 2007, 263:12, eff. July 1, 2007.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 94 - Compensation of Certain State Officers › Section 94:9 - Terminal Pay.

94:9 Terminal Pay. –
I. Any full-time state official or employee other than those in the state classified system who retires, resigns, dies in office, or is terminated as a result of not being reappointed, shall receive upon such cessation of employment 3 days' salary for each year of employment in nonclassified or unclassified service.
II. Terminal Pay; Leave Time and Longevity Pay. Any full-time state official or employee other than those in the state classified system who retires, resigns, dies in service, or is terminated shall receive termination pay that includes any unused annual leave, bonus leave, or longevity pay accumulated from their service as member of the classified system.
III. Terminal Pay; Sick Time. Any full-time state official or employee other than those in the state classified system who retires shall receive termination pay that includes unused sick leave accumulated while a member of the classified system. The calculation of such unclassified sick leave payout shall be according to the calculations of sick leave upon termination of service of a confidential classified employee as specified in the rules of the division of personnel.
IV. The governor is authorized to draw warrants for the sums necessary to make the payments under this section, which shall be a charge against the general fund or such special fund as may be appropriate.
Source.
1981, 568:133. 2001, 109:1, eff. June 26, 2001. 2021, 91:357, eff. July 1, 2021.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 95 - Personal Interest in Business Transactions With Public › Section 95:1 - Public Officials Barred From Certain Private Dealings.

95:1 Public Officials Barred From Certain Private Dealings. –
No person holding a public office, as such, in state or any political subdivision governmental service shall, by contract or otherwise, except by open competitive bidding, buy real estate, sell or buy goods, commodities, or other personal property of a value in excess of $200 at any one sale to or from the state or political subdivision under which he holds his public office.
Source.
1941, 85:1. RL 43:1. RSA 95:1. 1969, 310:1. 1975, 71:1, eff. June 6, 1975.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 95 - Personal Interest in Business Transactions With Public › Section 95:1-a - Public Officials Barred From Insurance Dealings.

95:1-a Public Officials Barred From Insurance Dealings. –
With respect to any public works or construction contracts of any type that are paid for by public funds of the state or by any of its political subdivisions, or of any public authority, it is unlawful for any officer or employee of the state, or of any of its political subdivisions, or of any public authority, either directly or indirectly to require the builder or the bidder to make application to or to get any surety bond or contract of insurance specified in the building or construction contract from a particular surety or insurance company, agent, or broker. It is unlawful for any officer or employee of the state, of any of its political subdivisions, or of any public authority, or for any person who purports to act for such an officer or employee to negotiate, make application for, or to get any such a surety bond or contract of insurance which can be obtained by the builder, bidder, contractor, or subcontractor on the building or construction contract. This section does not prevent any such an officer or employee of the state from exercising the state's right to approve the form, sufficiency, or manner of execution of the surety bonds or contracts of insurance furnished by the surety or insurance company selected by the bidder to underwrite surety bonds or insurance contracts.
Source.
1967, 297:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1967.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 95 - Personal Interest in Business Transactions With Public › Section 95:2 - Penalty.

95:2 Penalty. –
Anyone violating the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction there shall automatically be a vacancy in the office held by the person convicted which shall be filled as otherwise provided by law.
Source.
1941, 85:2. RL 43:2. RSA 95:2. 1967, 297:2. 1973, 529:15, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 96 - False Statements Relative to Public Works or Contracts › Section 96:1 - False Certification; Penalty.

96:1 False Certification;  Penalty. –
If any officer or employee of the state who is responsible for certification of any work progress report, invoice, manifest or other document used as a basis for payment of any money appropriated under any capital or other budget act shall knowingly or wilfully make or certify any false statement in connection therewith, he shall be guilty of a class B felony.
Source.
1950, 5, part 25:4, par. 33-a. RSA 96:1. 1973, 528:31, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 96 - False Statements Relative to Public Works or Contracts › Section 96:2 - False Statement; Penalty.

96:2 False Statement;  Penalty. –
If any officer or employee of the state in performing the duty of awarding any contract as a result of competitive bid, required under any capital budget act, shall knowingly or wilfully make or certify any false statement in connection therewith or shall recommend to the governor and council the approval of any such award to other than the lowest responsible bidder, except as provided by law, he shall be guilty of a class B felony.
Source.
1950, 5, part 25:4, par. 33-b. RSA 96:2. 1973, 528:32, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 97 - Reemployment of Veterans › Section 97:1 - Veterans Guaranteed Reemployment.

97:1 Veterans Guaranteed Reemployment. –
Each county, town, city, precinct, school board or other political subdivision of the state shall reemploy a veteran of any branch of the military service of the United States who has been placed on inactive status or been given a discharge other than dishonorable and who, within 90 days after being so made inactive or discharged, in writing, notifies the treasurer or other fiscal agent of such political subdivision that he desires to be reinstated in the position he held with such political subdivision at the time he entered said military service.
Source.
1945, 20:1, eff. Feb. 20, 1945.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 97 - Reemployment of Veterans › Section 97:2 - Compensation; Term of Employment.

97:2 Compensation;  Term of Employment. –
Such political subdivision shall, upon receiving the foregoing notification and being satisfied that the applicant has been placed on inactive status or holds a discharge other than dishonorable, reinstate such veteran in the position he held at the time of entering the military service as of the date when said notification is received and shall pay said veteran not less than and as frequently as he was paid when he entered the service. Such employment shall be for a period of not less than one year, provided such veteran shall be of good behavior and wishes to remain so long employed. A veteran giving the notice required by RSA 97:1, upon being notified in writing by such political subdivision that it is satisfied he has been placed on inactive status or holds said discharge, shall present himself forthwith for said reemployment and failing so to do he may be considered as not of good behavior.
Source.
1945, 20:2, eff. Feb. 20, 1945.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 97 - Reemployment of Veterans › Section 97:3 - Equitable Treatment of Civilians.

97:3 Equitable Treatment of Civilians. –
In the event that the position held by said veteran at the time he entered the service is held by another when the notification required under RSA 97:1 is received, the political subdivision may continue to pay the person whom the veteran replaces for such time as is reasonable under the circumstances.
Source.
1945, 20:3, eff. Feb. 20, 1945.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 97 - Reemployment of Veterans › Section 97:4 - Discontinued Offices.

97:4 Discontinued Offices. –
In the event the position held by said veteran at the time he entered the service has been abolished or discontinued the political subdivision shall reemploy such veteran as provided hereunder and assign to him duties as nearly comparable as circumstances permit.
Source.
1945, 20:4, eff. Feb. 20, 1945.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 97 - Reemployment of Veterans › Section 97:5 - Optional Provisions.

97:5 Optional Provisions. –
Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent a political subdivision from paying a veteran more than he was receiving upon entering the service nor employing him, if he wishes, in a different capacity provided he is paid at least as much and as often.
Source.
1945, 20:5, eff. Feb. 20, 1945.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 97 - Reemployment of Veterans › Section 97:6 - Subdivision Borrowings.

97:6 Subdivision Borrowings. –
Any political subdivision lacking an appropriation providing funds from which to carry out the terms of this chapter, may borrow the amount necessary from the state paying, therefor, interest at the rate of one percent per annum. The state treasurer shall advance the sums necessary from time to time to enable a political subdivision to carry out the provisions hereof upon receiving from its treasurer or other fiscal agent his certificate and the note of the political subdivision signed by him. All such notes shall be binding obligations of the political subdivision payable at its pleasure but in any event within 5 years from the date thereof.
Source.
1945, 20:6, eff. Feb. 20, 1945.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 97 - Reemployment of Veterans › Section 97:7 - Jurisdiction of Superior Court.

97:7 Jurisdiction of Superior Court. –
This chapter shall be liberally construed in favor of a veteran and the superior court shall have original jurisdiction on any question arising hereunder.
Source.
1945, 20:7, eff. Feb. 20, 1945.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 98-A - Temporary, Seasonal and Part-Time State Employees › Section 98-A:1 - Terms Defined.

98-A:1 Terms Defined. –
The following terms shall be construed as follows:
I. "Temporary employee" shall mean any person who is appointed to fill a position on a full-time or part-time basis for a limited duration.
II. "Seasonal employee" shall mean any person who is appointed to fill a seasonal position on a full-time or part-time basis for a limited duration that is anticipated as likely to recur each year for a varying number of months.
III. "Permanent employee" shall mean any person in a full-time position, including full-time temporary and seasonal positions, who completes a 12-month initial probationary period.
IV. "Full-time basis" shall refer to employment calling for not less than 37 1/2 hours work in a normal calendar week or calling for not less than 40 hours work in a normal calendar week with respect to positions for which 40 hours are customarily required unless otherwise collectively bargained.
V. "Part-time basis" shall refer to employment calling for less than 37 1/2 hours work in a normal calendar week or calling for less than 40 hours work in a normal calendar week with respect to positions for which 40 hours are customarily required unless otherwise collectively bargained.
VI. "Temporary position" shall mean a position approved by the director of personnel that is either a full-time or part-time position expected to last for a limited duration.
VII. "Permanent position" shall mean a full-time position lasting more than 12 months that is authorized by the legislature and whose classification title is approved by the director of personnel.
VIII. "Seasonal position" shall mean a full-time or part-time position, the need for which may reasonably be anticipated as likely to recur each year for a varying period of months.
Source.
1963, 309:1. 1965, 164:1. 1973, 271:2, eff. Aug. 21, 1973. 2015, 276:119, eff. July 1, 2015. 2023, 207:8, 9, eff. Oct. 3, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 98-A - Temporary, Seasonal and Part-Time State Employees › Section 98-A:2 - Requirements.

98-A:2 Requirements. –
All appointments to temporary positions in state service shall be filled in the first instance from appropriate state layoff lists. If applicants from such lists are not available any individual meeting the minimum qualifications of the position may be certified by the director of personnel. Appointments to seasonal positions shall be filled from the appropriate state layoff lists. If after the director of personnel has made a reasonable effort to certify eligible individuals for seasonal positions from an existing eligible layoff list, and they find it impracticable to make a certification, they may authorize the seasonal position to be filled by an individual designated by the appointing authority.
Source.
1963, 309:1, eff. July 1, 1963. 2023, 207:10, eff. Oct. 3, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 98-A - Temporary, Seasonal and Part-Time State Employees › Section 98-A:3 - Position Made Permanent.

98-A:3 Position Made Permanent. –
Any person serving in a temporary position or any person serving in a seasonal position who works the equivalent of 6 months or more, not necessarily consecutively, in any 12-month period shall be deemed to be respectively a permanent temporary employee or a permanent seasonal employee and entitled to all the rights and benefits of a permanent employee in the classified service of the state.
Source.
1963, 309:1, eff. July 1, 1963. 2023, 207:11, eff. Oct. 3, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 98-A - Temporary, Seasonal and Part-Time State Employees › Section 98-A:4 - Repealed by 2023, 207:23, II, eff. Oct. 3, 2023.

98-A:4 Repealed by 2023, 207:23, II, eff. Oct. 3, 2023. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 98-A - Temporary, Seasonal and Part-Time State Employees › Section 98-A:5 - Seniority.

98-A:5 Seniority. –
A permanent temporary or permanent seasonal employee shall accumulate seniority from year to year.
Source.
1963, 309:1, eff. July 1, 1963.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 98-A - Temporary, Seasonal and Part-Time State Employees › Section 98-A:6 - Working on a Part-Time Basis.

98-A:6 Working on a Part-Time Basis. –
An individual working on a part-time basis shall not be eligible to utilize either sick or annual leave but at each anniversary of employment should the total working time during the preceding year amount to the equivalent of an amount of time specified in the applicable collective bargaining agreement and the personnel rules, they shall be paid all accumulated annual leave not in excess of that which may be allowed in rules adopted by the division of personnel.
Source.
1963, 309:1. 1973, 271:3, eff. Aug. 21, 1973. 2017, 193:16, eff. Aug. 29, 2017. 2023, 207:12, eff. Oct. 3, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 98-A - Temporary, Seasonal and Part-Time State Employees › Section 98-A:6-a - Health and Dental Benefits.

98-A:6-a Health and Dental Benefits. –
Any individual employed in state service on a part-time basis whose employment calls for 30 hours or more work in a normal calendar week, and whose position is anticipated to have a duration of 6 months or more, shall be entitled to elect to receive such health and dental benefits as are afforded full-time state employees, except that the state's share of the cost of such benefits shall be decreased by a factor equal to the difference between 37.5 hours and the number of hours such individual works in a normal calendar week, divided by 37.5 hours. The remaining costs of health and dental benefits which any such individual elects to receive pursuant to this section shall be withheld from such individual's salary as a payroll deduction.
Source.
1987, 213:1, eff. July 17, 1987.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 98-A - Temporary, Seasonal and Part-Time State Employees › Section 98-A:6-b - Holiday Pay.

98-A:6-b Holiday Pay. –
Notwithstanding any agreement, law, or rule to the contrary, state employees involved in the care of persons in the state mental health system, the department of health and human services, the department of youth development services, the state prison, the secure psychiatric unit or the veterans' home on a part-time basis who work on New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Day, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Washington's Birthday, Thanksgiving Day, the day after Thanksgiving, or Christmas Day, shall be entitled to holiday pay for the hours worked, provided that such employees shall be required to work the scheduled day before and the scheduled day after such holidays.
Source.
1989, 370:1. 1994, 212:2. 1995, 310:181. 1999, 182:1. 2001, 156:1, eff. Aug. 28, 2001.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 98-A - Temporary, Seasonal and Part-Time State Employees › Section 98-A:6-c - Death Benefits.

98-A:6-c Death Benefits. –
Full-time seasonal employees shall be considered permanent employees only for the purposes of the death benefit under RSA 21-I:29.
Source.
2007, 94:1, eff. Aug. 10, 2007.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 98-A - Temporary, Seasonal and Part-Time State Employees › Section 98-A:6-d - Health and Dental Benefits.

98-A:6-d Health and Dental Benefits. –
Any individual employed in state service in a temporary or seasonal position, as defined in this chapter, who has not been deemed permanent and whose employment calls for 30 hours or more work in a normal calendar week, but whose position is not anticipated to have a duration of 6 months or more, shall be entitled to elect to participate at their own expense in the group health and dental insurance plans afforded full-time state employees. The costs of health and dental benefits which any such individual elects to receive pursuant to this section shall be withheld from such individual's salary as a payroll deduction. The department of administrative services shall be authorized to invoice the individual for any amounts not paid through a payroll deduction.
Source.
2016, 320:2, eff. June 24, 2016. 2023, 207:13, eff. Oct. 3, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 98-A - Temporary, Seasonal and Part-Time State Employees › Section 98-A:7 - Repealed by 2023, 207:23, III, eff. Oct. 3, 2023.

98-A:7 Repealed by 2023, 207:23, III, eff. Oct. 3, 2023. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 98-B - Interchange of State Employees › Section 98-B:1 - Declaration of Policy.

98-B:1 Declaration of Policy. –
The State of New Hampshire recognizes that intergovernmental cooperation is an essential factor in resolving problems affecting this state and that the interchange of personnel between and among governmental agencies at the same or different levels of government is a significant factor in achieving such cooperation.
Source.
1965, 231:1, eff. Aug. 30, 1965.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 98-B - Interchange of State Employees › Section 98-B:2 - Definitions.

98-B:2 Definitions. –
For the purposes of this chapter:
I. "Sending agency" means any department or agency of the federal government or a state or local government which sends any employee thereof to another government agency under this chapter.
II. "Receiving agency" means any department or agency of the federal government or a state or local government which receives an employee of another government under this chapter.
Source.
1965, 231:1, eff. Aug. 30, 1965.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 98-B - Interchange of State Employees › Section 98-B:3 - Authority to Interchange Employees.

98-B:3 Authority to Interchange Employees. –
Any department, agency, or instrumentality of the state is authorized to participate in a program of interchange of employees with departments, agencies, or instrumentalities of the federal government or another state, as a sending or receiving agency. Except as to employees assigned under title IV of the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970, 5 U.S.C. sections 3371-3376 as may be from time to time amended, the period of individual assignment or detail under an exchange program shall not exceed 12 months, nor shall any person be assigned or detailed for more than 12 months during any 36 month period. Details relating to any matter covered in this chapter may be the subject of an agreement between the sending and receiving agencies. Elected officials shall not be assigned from a sending agency nor detailed to a receiving agency.
Source.
1965, 231:1. 1971, 116:1, eff. May 12, 1971.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 98-B - Interchange of State Employees › Section 98-B:3-a - Authority to Compensate Employees Received Under Intergovernmental Personnel Act.

98-B:3-a Authority to Compensate Employees Received Under Intergovernmental Personnel Act. –
Funds appropriated for compensation of a position which is unfilled in any department, agency or instrumentality of the state may be used as full or partial compensation of any employee assigned to it as a receiving agency under title IV of the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970, 5 U.S.C. sections 3371-3376 as may be from time to time amended. However, no such funds may be used to compensate such an employee in a position other than the unfilled position without the consent of the fiscal committee of the general court and, in the case of a receiving agency of the executive branch, without the consent of the governor and council.
Source.
1972, 60:78, eff. Mar. 27, 1972.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 98-B - Interchange of State Employees › Section 98-B:4 - Status of Employees of This State.

98-B:4 Status of Employees of This State. –
I. Employees of a sending agency participating in an exchange of personnel as authorized in RSA 98-B:3 may be considered during such participation to be on detail to regular work assignments of the sending agency.
II. Employees who are on detail shall be entitled to the same salary and benefits to which they would otherwise be entitled and shall remain employees of the sending agency for all other purposes except that the supervision of their duties during the period of detail may be governed by agreement between the sending agency and the receiving agency.
III. Any employee who participates in an exchange under the terms of this section who suffers disability or death as a result of personal injury arising out of and in the course of an exchange, or sustained in performance of duties in connection therewith, shall be treated, for the purposes of the sending agency's employee compensation program, as an employee, as defined in such act, who has sustained such injury in the performance of such duty, but shall not receive benefits under that act for any period for which he is entitled to and elects to receive similar benefits under the receiving agency's employee compensation program.
Source.
1965, 231:1, eff. Aug. 30, 1965.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 98-B - Interchange of State Employees › Section 98-B:5 - Travel Expenses of Employees of This State.

98-B:5 Travel Expenses of Employees of This State. –
A sending agency in this state may, in accordance with the travel regulations of such agency, pay the travel expenses of employees assigned to a receiving agency on either a detail or leave basis, but shall not pay the travel expenses of such employees incurred in connection with their work assignments at the receiving agency. If the assignment or detail will be for a period of time exceeding 8 months, travel expenses may include expenses of transportation of immediate family, household goods, and personal effects to and from the location of the receiving agency. If the period of assignment is less than 8 months, the sending agency may pay a per diem allowance to the employee on assignment or detail.
Source.
1965, 231:1, eff. Aug. 30, 1965.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 98-B - Interchange of State Employees › Section 98-B:6 - Status of Employees of Other Governments.

98-B:6 Status of Employees of Other Governments. –
I. When any unit of government of this state acts as a receiving agency, employees of the sending agency who are assigned under authority of this act may be considered to be on detail to the receiving agency.
II. Appointments of persons so assigned may be made without regard to the laws or regulations governing the selection of employees of the receiving agency. Such person shall not be in the classified service of the state.
III. Employees who are detailed to the receiving agency shall not by virtue of such detail be considered to be employees thereof, except as provided in paragraph IV of this section, nor shall they be paid a salary or wage by the receiving agency during the period of their detail. The supervision of the duties of such employees during the period of detail may be governed by agreement between the sending agency and the receiving agency.
IV. Any employee of a sending agency assigned in this state who suffers disability or death as a result of personal injury arising out of and in the course of such assignment, or sustained in the performance of duties in connection therewith, shall be treated for the purpose of the receiving agency's employee compensation program, as an employee, as defined in such act, who has sustained such injury in the performance of such duty, but shall not receive benefits under that act for any period for which he elects to receive similar benefits as an employee under the sending agency's employee compensation program.
V. The provisions of paragraphs I through IV of this section shall not apply to any employee assigned to or from the federal government under the terms of title IV of the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970, 5 U.S.C. sections 3371-3376 as may be from time to time amended. The assignment of such an employee shall be governed by the terms of the intergovernmental personnel assignment agreement under which the employee is assigned.
Source.
1965, 231:1. 1971, 116:2, eff. May 2, 1971.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 98-B - Interchange of State Employees › Section 98-B:7 - Travel Expenses of Employees of Other Governments.

98-B:7 Travel Expenses of Employees of Other Governments. –
A receiving agency in this state, may, in accordance with the travel regulations of such agency, pay travel expenses of persons assigned thereto under this chapter during the period of such assignments on the same basis as if they were regular employees of the receiving agency.
Source.
1965, 231:1, eff. Aug. 30, 1965.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 98-B - Interchange of State Employees › Section 98-B:8 - Administration.

98-B:8 Administration. –
The director of personnel is hereby directed to explore means of implementing this chapter and to assist departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the state and its political subdivisions in participating in employee interchange programs.
Source.
1965, 231:1, eff. Aug. 30, 1965.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 98-D - Interchange of Employees Between Branches of State Government › Section 98-D:1 - Definitions.

98-D:1 Definitions. –
For the purposes of this chapter:
I. "Employee" shall mean any person employed on a permanent basis in any branch of state government, and any person who has been or will be employed on a temporary basis for a period of not less than 6 months in any branch of state government.
II. "Official" shall mean, in the case of the executive branch, the chief administrative officer of an office, department, commission, board, or institution; in the case of the legislative branch, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house, the legislative budget assistant, or the director of legislative services; in the case of the judicial branch, the chief justice of the supreme or superior court.
III. "Transferee office" shall mean the administrative unit to which an employee is temporarily transferred pursuant to this chapter.
IV. "Transferor office" shall mean the administrative unit from which an employee is temporarily transferred pursuant to this chapter.
Source.
1969, 500:18, eff. July 3, 1969.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 98-D - Interchange of Employees Between Branches of State Government › Section 98-D:2 - Agreements.

98-D:2 Agreements. –
Officials of the state government may enter into agreements with officials in other branches for the temporary transfer of employees from one branch to another. Said agreements shall be in writing and shall specify the names of employees to be temporarily transferred, the compensation and benefits which the employee will receive from the transferee office, and the duration of the transfer period, which shall in no case exceed 18 months. No agreement between officials shall be valid as to an employee unless he shall have read and signed the agreement. A copy of each agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall be retained by each signatory thereto, and a copy shall also be sent to the office of the commissioner of administrative services at least 14 days before the beginning of the transfer period.
Source.
1969, 500:18, eff. July 3, 1969.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 98-D - Interchange of Employees Between Branches of State Government › Section 98-D:3 - Cancellation of Agreements.

98-D:3 Cancellation of Agreements. –
Any agreement entered into pursuant to RSA 98-D:2 may be cancelled by mutual consent of the signatory officials. The office of the commissioner of administrative services shall be notified in writing by the transferor official of any cancellation.
Source.
1969, 500:18, eff. July 3, 1969.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 98-D - Interchange of Employees Between Branches of State Government › Section 98-D:4 - Compensation of Transferred Employees.

98-D:4 Compensation of Transferred Employees. –
During the period of a temporary transfer to another branch, the transferred employee: (1) if an employee of the executive or judicial branch, shall be compensated at no lower rate than that which he is receiving as an employee of the transferor office; (2) if an employee of the legislative branch, shall be compensated in the same manner as other employees of the transferee office who do similar work or who are charged with similar responsibilities. Provided, that if the transferred employee is a member of any state retirement system, the transferee office shall pay the state's portion or retirement contributions for that employee at a rate set pursuant to the provisions of said system. In no case shall a transfer period be considered an interruption of state service.
Source.
1969, 500:18, eff. July 3, 1969.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 98-D - Interchange of Employees Between Branches of State Government › Section 98-D:5 - Supervision.

98-D:5 Supervision. –
During the transfer period, the transferred employee shall be under the supervision of the official who signed the agreement in behalf of the transferee office or his subordinates. Said official and his subordinates shall have the same rights and responsibilities toward a temporarily transferred employee as they have toward other employees under their supervision.
Source.
1969, 500:18, eff. July 3, 1969.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 98-D - Interchange of Employees Between Branches of State Government › Section 98-D:6 - Status of Transferred Employees.

98-D:6 Status of Transferred Employees. –
A transferred employee shall for all purposes except compensation and supervision remain an employee of the transferor office.
Source.
1969, 500:18, eff. July 3, 1969.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 98-D - Interchange of Employees Between Branches of State Government › Section 98-D:7 - Transfer of Intergovernmental Personnel Act Employees.

98-D:7 Transfer of Intergovernmental Personnel Act Employees. –
Any employee assigned from the federal government under the terms of title IV of the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970, 5 U.S.C. sections 3371-3376 as may be from time to time amended, may be transferred between any office, department, commission, board or institution of the executive branch, or between branches, in accordance with the provisions of this section. Officials may enter agreements for such transfers, with the consent of the fiscal committee of the general court and, in cases where an official in the executive branch is a party to such agreement, with the consent of the governor and council. Such transferred employee shall for all purposes except supervision remain an employee of the transferor office.
Source.
1972, 60:79, eff. Mar. 27, 1972.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 98-E - Public Employee Freedom of Expression › Section 98-E:1 - Freedom of Expression.

98-E:1 Freedom of Expression. –
Notwithstanding any other rule or order to the contrary, a person employed as a public employee in any capacity shall have a full right to publicly discuss and give opinions as an individual on all matters concerning any government entity and its policies. It is the intention of this chapter to balance the rights of expression of the employee with the need of the employer to protect legitimate confidential records, communications, and proceedings.
Source.
1979, 433:1. 2008, 202:2, eff. June 16, 2008.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 98-E - Public Employee Freedom of Expression › Section 98-E:1-a - Definition.

98-E:1-a Definition. –
In this chapter, "public employee" includes any person employed by the state or any subdivision thereof, including, but not limited to counties, cities, towns, precincts, water districts, school districts, and school administrative units.
Source.
2008, 202:3, eff. June 16, 2008.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 98-E - Public Employee Freedom of Expression › Section 98-E:2 - Interference Prohibited.

98-E:2 Interference Prohibited. –
No person shall interfere in any way with the right of freedom of speech, full criticism, or disclosure by any public employee.
Source.
1979, 433:1. 2008, 202:4, eff. June 16, 2008.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 98-E - Public Employee Freedom of Expression › Section 98-E:3 - Confidential Records.

98-E:3 Confidential Records. –
Nothing in this chapter shall suspend or affect any law relating to confidential and privileged records or communications. For the purposes of this chapter, confidential records and communications shall include communication or records relating to investigations for law enforcement purposes and collective bargaining proceedings.
Source.
1979, 433:1, eff. Aug. 23, 1979.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 98-E - Public Employee Freedom of Expression › Section 98-E:4 - Employees' Remedies.

98-E:4 Employees' Remedies. –
I. A public employee may seek injunctive relief or maintain a civil action, or both, to recover damages for violation of this chapter in any court of competent jurisdiction by bench or jury trial.
II. If the public employee prevails, in addition to damages the court may allow the costs of the action and such attorney's fees as it finds to be reasonable to be paid by the defendant employer.
III. This chapter shall not alter or impair the rights of any person under a collective bargaining agreement or affect any other right or remedy provided in law.
Source.
1979, 433:1. 2008, 202:5, eff. June 16, 2008.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 98-F - State Employee Appearances Before the Legislature › Section 98-F:1 - State Employee Appearances Before the Legislature.

98-F:1 State Employee Appearances Before the Legislature. –
State employees appearing in their official capacity before any legislative meeting or hearing for the purpose of promoting or opposing, directly or indirectly, any legislation pending or proposed before the general court shall wear their employee identification badges.
Source.
2005, 199:1, eff. Aug. 30, 2005.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99 - Adjustment of Salaries of State Employees › Section 99:1-a - Pay Schedules.

99:1-a Pay Schedules. –
The department of administrative services shall develop and implement a compensation structure for the executive branch. It shall implement pay schedules within such structure as authorized by collective bargaining agreements between the state and an employee organization and subject to appropriation. The department shall apply the appropriate pay schedules to all unrepresented employees. The department shall post base pay schedules on its public Internet website. The department shall also apply the appropriate pay and benefits authorized by collective bargaining agreements between the state and an employee organization to all unrepresented employees aligned with such employee organization.
Source.
1953, 211:1. RSA 99:1. 1957, 274:1. 1961, 221:1. 1965, 73:1. 1967, 353:1. 1969, 500:1, 2. 1970, 44:1, 5. 1972, 60:51. 1973, 377:1, 2. 1974, 47:1. 1975, 505:32. 1977, 600:51. 1978, 56:3. 1979, 434:35, I, II, 42, I, II. 1981, 568:163, I. 1983, 469:119, II. 1985, 405:1-3. 1986, 231:1, 2. 1987, 401:1-3. 1989, 419:1, 2. 1993, 358:30, 31. 1997, 351:23. 1999, 225:25, 26. 2001, 158:87, 88. 2005, 177:143-145. 2006, 290:8. 2007, 263:128, eff. July 6, 2007; 263:129, eff. Jan. 4, 2008; 263:130, eff. Jan. 2, 2009. 2013, 144:147, eff. July 12, 2013; 144:148, eff. July 11, 2014; 144:149, eff. Jan. 9, 2015. 2015, 274:1, eff. Jan. 8, 2016; 274:2, eff. Jan. 6, 2017. 2018, 162:5, eff. June 8, 2018; 162:6, eff. Jan. 4, 2019. 2021, 91:333, eff. July 1, 2021. 2023, 207:14, eff. Oct. 3, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99 - Adjustment of Salaries of State Employees › Section 99:1-b - Repealed by 2021, 91:353, I, eff. July 1, 2021.

99:1-b Repealed by 2021, 91:353, I, eff. July 1, 2021. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99 - Adjustment of Salaries of State Employees › Section 99:2 - Additional Increase.

99:2 Additional Increase. –
In addition to the increase provided in RSA 99:1, further increase shall be made to the following classified employees:
a.-d. [Repealed.]
e.Other provisions of law notwithstanding, classified state employees who are totally disabled as a result of work-connected accidental injury shall be entitled to all workers' compensation benefits under RSA 281-A, and by election of said employees, to sick or annual leave benefits except that the combination of workers' compensation and sick or annual leave benefits shall not exceed such employee's full pay, subject to payroll deductions with respect to sick or annual leave benefits; provided, however, that any employee on workers' compensation shall not be entitled to have each holiday added to annual leave accumulation; nor shall he be entitled to have any time added to sick or annual leave accumulation while on workers' compensation. The commissioner of administrative services is hereby directed to maintain separate accounts for the payment of wage benefits and medical costs pursuant to workers' compensation benefits for state employees.
f.-i[Repealed.]
Source.
1950, 9:1, par. 7. 1953, 266:12. RSA 99:2. 1965, 164:2. 1969, 275:1. 1971, 460:1, 2; 505:2. 1972, 60:73. 1973, 344:1; 421:1. 1974, 29:1. 1977, 388:1; 600:76. 1979, 434:48, 55, 58, 82. 1982, 42:46. 1985, 399:3, I. 1986, 135:1, I-VI, 2. 1994, 158:16, eff. May 23, 1994.