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2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99 - Adjustment of Salaries of State Employees › Section 99:2-a - Maintenance for Classified Employees.

99:2-a Maintenance for Classified Employees. –
No classified employee shall receive any maintenance or payment in lieu thereof from the state, provided however that if quarters are available at any state institution or on any state property the department head thereof may assign to a classified employee such quarters, furnished or unfurnished, including only 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 prepared meals may permit any classified employee to purchase such meals. Such employee shall reimburse the state for such quarters or meals at a rate to be determined by the personnel commission. Provided further that all employees of New Hampshire hospital, Laconia developmental services, and Glencliff home, who are required by the administration of their respective institution to wear uniforms or other required attire, shall be allowed to have said uniforms or required attire laundered at no cost to them by their respective institution and all employees of said institutions shall receive from regularly employed institutional physicians outpatient diagnostic screening and limited ambulatory treatment at no cost to them except for the filling of prescription drugs that might be indicated.
Source.
1965, 239:10. 1967, 52:1. 1988, 107:5. 2007, 263:12, eff. July 1, 2007.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99 - Adjustment of Salaries of State Employees › Section 99:2-b - Repealed by 1994, 248:11, II, eff. June 2, 1994.

99:2-b Repealed by 1994, 248:11, II, eff. June 2, 1994. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99 - Adjustment of Salaries of State Employees › Section 99:3 - Repealed by 2021, 91:353, II, eff. July 1, 2021.

99:3 Repealed by 2021, 91:353, II, eff. July 1, 2021. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99 - Adjustment of Salaries of State Employees › Section 99:3-a - Attendants.

99:3-a Attendants. –
Employees in the several attendant classifications within state institutions who have successfully completed an in-service training program approved by the personnel commission shall receive a one-step grade increase to a new classification of psychiatric aide.
Source.
1965, 73:4, eff. July 2, 1965. 2023, 207:15, eff. Oct. 3, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99 - Adjustment of Salaries of State Employees › Section 99:3-b - Licensed Practical Nurses.

99:3-b Licensed Practical Nurses. –
Employees working in the care and treatment programs at state institutions who are recognized as licensed practical nurses by the state of New Hampshire shall have their positions classified to that of licensed practical nurse.
Source.
1965, 73:5, eff. July 2, 1965.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99 - Adjustment of Salaries of State Employees › Section 99:4 - Pay Adjustment Fund.

99:4 Pay Adjustment Fund. –
Whereas the appropriations for personal services in state departments and institutions include an annual increment for each position, and whereas upon occasion due to vacancies and personnel turnover, pay, increment increases and longevity as provided by the appropriations are not needed for said positions, each quarter the department of administrative services shall review accounts and transfer said amount, if needed, from the departmental or institutional appropriation to a special account to be known as the pay adjustment fund. This fund shall lapse at the end of each fiscal year and revert to the appropriate fund. Under no circumstances will this fund be used for temporary positions or new positions. Upon the certification of the commissioner of the department of administrative services, subject to the approval of governor and council, the pay adjustment fund shall be available for transfer to departments and institutions in amounts that are necessary to pay any legally authorized salaries for employees in the classified system, followed by an annual informational report to the governor and council after fiscal year end.
Source.
1953, 211:5. RSA 99:4. 1961, 221:15. 1975, 505:17. 1985, 399:3, II, eff. July 1, 1985. 2023, 79:163, eff. July 1, 2023; 207:16, eff. Oct. 3, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99 - Adjustment of Salaries of State Employees › Section 99:4-a - Pay Adjustment.

99:4-a Pay Adjustment. –
In the event the director of personnel has approved beginning compensation at a step higher than the minimum step for original appointments of employees at an agency, the appointing authority for that agency may file a written request to the director of personnel that the pay of all classified personnel in the same classification be increased to the same amount if the director of personnel determines that such approvals for new hires will result in difficulties with retention of similarly situated current employees. Any such retention step increase shall be subject to collective bargaining requirements pursuant to RSA 273-A. A request for any such retention-based step increases shall specify the group of employees to which the proposed increase shall apply, and shall include all similarly situated current employees within an agency, division, or bureau, taking into consideration job title, scope of duties, and physical work location. Any increase so made shall be a charge against the pay adjustment fund or if the department in which the position occurs is financed by a special fund, such increase shall be a charge against such special fund. Any step increase granted under this section shall not change the anniversary date of employees receiving the increase.
Source.
1967, 253:5, eff. July 1, 1967. 2023, 207:17, eff. Oct. 3, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99 - Adjustment of Salaries of State Employees › Section 99:4-b - Certain Legislative Pay Increases.

99:4-b Certain Legislative Pay Increases. –
The amount of all pay increases granted to the legislative budget assistant, the director of legislative services, or to any employee of either or both offices shall be a charge against the pay adjustment fund.
Source.
1972, 60:63, eff. Mar. 27, 1972. 2023, 207:18, eff. Oct. 3, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99 - Adjustment of Salaries of State Employees › Section 99:5 - Longevity Payment for Regular Classified Employees.

99:5 Longevity Payment for Regular Classified Employees. –
Any regular classified employee of the state who has completed 10 years of continuous service for the state other than a law enforcement employee, shall be paid, in addition to the salary to which he or she is entitled by the classification plan, the sum of $350 annually and an additional $350 for each additional 5 years of continuous state service. The additional compensation provided by the provisions of this section shall not affect the maximums set by the classification plan and the receipt of said long service payments shall not prohibit the recipient from receiving the yearly increments to which he or she may be otherwise entitled within his or her classification ranges. Any regular classified employee who transfers, without a break in service, to a position in the unclassified system may transfer all time served for purposes of longevity pay.
Source.
1947, 243:3. RSA 99:5. 1979, 434:53. 1989, 396:4. 2005, 177:149, eff. July 8, 2005. 2021, 91:351, eff. July 1, 2021.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99 - Adjustment of Salaries of State Employees › Section 99:5-a - Longevity Payments for New Hampshire State Troopers and State Trooper Command Staff.

99:5-a Longevity Payments for New Hampshire State Troopers and State Trooper Command Staff. –
Any state trooper or eligible state trooper command staff member who has completed 10 years of continuous service for the state shall be paid, in addition to the salary to which he or she is entitled by the classification plan, the sum of $350 annually and an additional $350 for each additional 5 years of continuous law enforcement service. The additional compensation provided by the provisions of this section shall not affect the maximums set by the classification plan and the receipt of said long service payments shall not prohibit the recipient from receiving the yearly increments to which he or she may be otherwise entitled within his or her classification ranges. Any state trooper or eligible state trooper command staff member who transfers, without a break in service, to a position in the unclassified system may transfer all time served for purposes of longevity pay.
Source.
2005, 177:68, eff. July 1, 2005. 2021, 91:352, eff. July 1, 2021.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99 - Adjustment of Salaries of State Employees › Section 99:6 - Military Service.

99:6 Military Service. –
Any person who has left state service to enter the armed forces of the United States in accordance with USERRA, and who, upon termination of such honorable military service, returned to state service without employment elsewhere may count that time spent in such military service as continuous state service to obtain benefits provided under RSA 94:4 and 99:5.
Source.
1947, 243:5, eff. July 1, 1947. 2023, 207:19, eff. Oct. 3, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99 - Adjustment of Salaries of State Employees › Section 99:6-a - Limited Prior Service.

99:6-a Limited Prior Service. –
Any person who has been or is caused to leave state service involuntarily by reason of reduction in force and who returned or shall return to state service may for purposes of future compensation only, count the time of said prior state service as continuous with his present service without inclusion of the intervening period of non-state employment, to obtain benefits provided under RSA 94:4 and 99:5. This section shall not authorize retroactive payment to persons now or hereafter in state service affected hereby but shall provide credit of such past service for compensation subsequent to the effective date of this act. This section shall not apply to persons who shall have separated or separate from state service under other circumstances.
Source.
1955, 202:1, eff. July 1, 1955.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99 - Adjustment of Salaries of State Employees › Section 99:6-b - Prior Service as Employee of Political Subdivision.

99:6-b Prior Service as Employee of Political Subdivision. –
Any person who is employed by a town, a village district, a school district, a city, or a county, and who subsequently becomes a state employee because the functions of his employment and his job with that political subdivision are taken over by the state, may count the time spent as an employee of a political subdivision as continuous with his present service as a state employee in order to obtain all benefits as a state employee. This section shall provide credit for past service as an employee of a political subdivision for compensation and benefit purposes for persons who enter state service on or after the effective date of this act.
Source.
1991, 236:3, eff. Aug. 9, 1991.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99 - Adjustment of Salaries of State Employees › Section 99:7 - Payment.

99:7 Payment. –
All persons performing work in the service of the state of New Hampshire shall be paid their compensation at such intervals, not more often than biweekly, as the commissioner of administrative services with the approval of the governor and council shall determine.
Source.
1913, 38:1; 195:1. 1923, 99:1. PL 15:44. 1937, 201:1. RL 22:39. RSA 99:7. 1985, 399:3, I. 1995, 308:45, eff. July 1, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99 - Adjustment of Salaries of State Employees › Section 99:8 - Increases for Recruitment Purposes.

99:8 Increases for Recruitment Purposes. –
Upon request of the appointing authority, the governor and council are hereby authorized and empowered, notwithstanding any other provisions of the law to the contrary, upon a finding by them and a recommendation from the director of personnel that a an increase in pay is needed for successful recruitment of qualified personnel in any job title therefor, to increase pay of such classified positions, any such increases to be a charge against the pay adjustment fund.
Source.
1967, 353:6. 1974, 52:6. 1986, 12:4, 1, eff. Mar. 27, 1986. 2023, 207:20, eff. Oct. 3, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99 - Adjustment of Salaries of State Employees › Section 99:9 - Classified Employees.

99:9 Classified Employees. –
I. [Repealed.]
II. [Repealed.]
III. An employee whose position is reclassified or reallocated to a lower level as a result of the 1995 department of health and human services reorganization act shall be paid at the same level as such employee was paid prior to the reallocation or reclassification until the pay in the lower level exceeds the pay the employee was receiving at the time of the reallocation or reclassification.
IV. No employee whose employment is terminated as a result of the 1995 Department of Health and Human Services Reorganization Act or as a result of budget reductions within the department may exercise the privilege of bumping any other employee notwithstanding any law or administrative rule. This provision shall terminate on December 31, 1998.
V. Any full-time state employee who was laid off pursuant to the 1995 department of health and human services reorganization act or as a result of budget reductions within the department of health and human services who before the layoff was receiving state-paid medical benefits under the provisions of RSA 21-I:26-36, who is not eligible to retire and receive post-retirement medical benefits under the provisions of RSA 21-I:26-36 or RSA 100-A:52-55, and who is not eligible for employer paid medical or health care coverage under the plan of any other employer, or as the spouse of a person covered under the plan of any other employer, or under the state plan as the spouse of a state employee, shall continue to receive state-paid medical and dental benefits, as if continuing in active employment, for a period not to exceed 3 months after the date of termination of state employment. This 3-month period shall be included in the calculation of the entitlements required under the consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1986 and any amendments thereto. This provision shall expire on December 31, 1998.
Source.
1967, 353:6. 1995, 310:60, eff. Nov. 1, 1995. 2023, 207:23, IV, eff. Oct. 3, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99 - Adjustment of Salaries of State Employees › Section 99:10 - N.H. State Prison and N.H. Hospital.

99:10 N.H. State Prison and N.H. Hospital. –
Classified employees at the state prison and the New Hampshire hospital who are continuously exposed to inmates or forensic patients daily in the normal course of their duties shall be paid, in addition to their regular salary, hazardous duty pay in the amount of $25 per week unless otherwise collectively bargained. The appointing authorities at the department of corrections may recommend that an employee receive hazardous duty pay, subject to final approval by the director of personnel.
Source.
1974, 47:9, eff. June 21, 1974. 2013, 199:1, eff. Sept. 7, 2013. 2023, 207:21, eff. Oct. 3, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99 - Adjustment of Salaries of State Employees › Section 99:10-a - New Hampshire State Troopers.

99:10-a New Hampshire State Troopers. –
Classified New Hampshire state troopers of the division of state police shall be paid in addition to their regular salary, a differential pay in the amount collectively bargained. Unrepresented state troopers shall receive differential pay authorized by the most closely aligned bargaining unit.
Source.
2017, 204:1, eff. July 5, 2017. 2023, 79:481, eff. July 1, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99 - Adjustment of Salaries of State Employees › Section 99:11 - Differentials; Direct Care Employees.

99:11 Differentials;  Direct Care Employees. –
I. The annual salaries of classified employees who are actively engaged in the care and treatment of patients or inmates at the New Hampshire hospital, Laconia developmental services, Glencliff home, New Hampshire veterans' home, and the youth development center, and the security employees, pharmacists, and dieticians employed at the New Hampshire hospital, shall be increased by a $5 per week differential unless otherwise collectively bargained. This paragraph shall not apply to those employees who receive hazardous duty pay under RSA 99:10.
II. Any direct care employee of the Laconia developmental services, certified capable of administering medication under RSA 326-B:17, VII, shall receive a salary increase while authorized by the superintendent to administer medication.
III. The appointing authority at the department of health and human services and the New Hampshire Veterans Home may recommend that an employee receive a direct care pay differential, subject to final approval by the director of personnel.
Source.
1974, 47:11. 1977, 164:1. 1981, 397:1; 544:1, 4. 1988, 107:5. 1998, 107:1. 2007, 263:12, eff. July 1, 2007. 2013, 199:2, eff. Sept. 7, 2013. 2023, 207:22, eff. Oct. 3, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99 - Adjustment of Salaries of State Employees › Section 99:12 - Repealed by 2023, 235:28, V, eff. Oct. 3, 2023.

99:12 Repealed by 2023, 235:28, V, eff. Oct. 3, 2023. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99 - Adjustment of Salaries of State Employees › Section 99:13 - Repealed by 2023, 207:23, VI, eff. Oct. 3, 2023.

99:13 Repealed by 2023, 207:23, VI, eff. Oct. 3, 2023. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99 - Adjustment of Salaries of State Employees › Section 99:14 - Wage Assignments.

99:14 Wage Assignments. –
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the wages of any state employee or official may be assigned, attached, or executed upon to satisfy an order of the superior court to the same extent as private employers. The clerk of the court entering such order or the department of health and human services shall forward a copy of such order to the person responsible for preparing the wage manifest for the employee, who shall comply with such order within 15 days of the receipt thereof.
Source.
1977, 465:3. 1983, 291:1. 1995, 310:181, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99 - Adjustment of Salaries of State Employees › Section 99:15 - Repealed by 1986, 135:1, VII, eff. May 27, 1986.

99:15 Repealed by 1986, 135:1, VII, eff. May 27, 1986. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99 - Adjustment of Salaries of State Employees › Section 99:16 - Repealed by 1986, 135:3, I, eff. May 27, 1986.

99:16 Repealed by 1986, 135:3, I, eff. May 27, 1986. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99 - Adjustment of Salaries of State Employees › Section 99:17 - Repealed by 1986, 135:3, II, eff. May 27, 1986.

99:17 Repealed by 1986, 135:3, II, eff. May 27, 1986. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99 - Adjustment of Salaries of State Employees › Section 99:18 - Repealed by 1986, 135:3, III, eff. May 27, 1986.

99:18 Repealed by 1986, 135:3, III, eff. May 27, 1986. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99 - Adjustment of Salaries of State Employees › Section 99:19 - to 99:25 Repealed by 1981, 246:2, eff. July 1, 1985.

99:19 to 99:25 Repealed by 1981, 246:2, eff. July 1, 1985. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99 - Adjustment of Salaries of State Employees › Section 99:26 - Laid Off State Employees.

99:26 Laid Off State Employees. –
Whenever the legislature enacts provisions regarding benefits for laid off state employees, the term "state employee" shall be construed to include state employees whose positions are partially or fully federally funded.
Source.
1994, 241:1, eff. July 26, 1994.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99-B - Employees of the Department of Transportation › Section 99-B:1 - Declaration of Purpose.

99-B:1 Declaration of Purpose. –
It is hereby declared to be the purpose of this chapter to grant to employees assigned to the various highway patrol crews in the department of transportation certain privileges similar to those accorded their fellow workers in private industry.
Source.
1959, 233:1, eff. Oct. 19, 1959.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99-B - Employees of the Department of Transportation › Section 99-B:2 - Overtime Work.

99-B:2 Overtime Work. –
Employees assigned to the various highway patrol crews in the department of transportation shall, during the period from November 1 through March 31 each year, in addition to their regular compensation, be paid at the rate of time and one-half on a minute basis for all time worked in excess of 8 hours during any one day. Such a day shall be defined as beginning at the time a man is required to report for duty and shall end at the time of final release.
Source.
1959, 233:1, eff. Oct. 19, 1959.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99-B - Employees of the Department of Transportation › Section 99-B:3 - Exceptions.

99-B:3 Exceptions. –
Overtime rates shall not be applicable to employees assigned to highway patrol crews in the department of transportation during any state of emergency declared by the governor and council.
Source.
1959, 233:1, eff. Oct. 19, 1959.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99-C - Employees Engaged in Snow Removal › Section 99-C:1 - Declaration of Purpose.

99-C:1 Declaration of Purpose. –
It is hereby declared to be the purpose of this chapter to grant equal treatment to all employees assigned to snow removal, snow grooming or snow farming duties at state installations and institutions.
Source.
1963, 227:1. 1973, 297:1, eff. Aug. 24, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99-C - Employees Engaged in Snow Removal › Section 99-C:2 - Overtime Work.

99-C:2 Overtime Work. –
Employees whose job assignments include snow removal, snow grooming or snow farming at any state installation or institution shall, during the period from November 1 through March 31 each year, in addition to their regular compensation, be paid at the rate of time and one-half on a minute basis for all time worked over 40 hours per week, and for all time worked in excess of 8 hours on any one day. Such a day shall be defined as beginning at the time an employee is required to report for duty and shall end at the time of final release.
Source.
1963, 227:1. 1973, 297:2, eff. Aug. 24, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99-C - Employees Engaged in Snow Removal › Section 99-C:3 - Exceptions.

99-C:3 Exceptions. –
Overtime rates shall not be applicable to such employees during any state of emergency declared by the governor and council.
Source.
1963, 227:1, eff. July 1, 1963.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99-D - Defense and Indemnification of State Officers and Employees › Section 99-D:1 - Statement of Policy.

99-D:1 Statement of Policy. –
It is the intent of this chapter to protect state officers, trustees, officials, employees, and members of the general court who are subject to claims and civil actions arising from acts committed within the scope of their official duty while in the course of their employment for the state and not in a wanton or reckless manner. It is not intended to create a new remedy for injured persons or to waive the state's sovereign immunity which is extended by law to state officers, trustees, officials, and employees. The doctrine of sovereign immunity of the state, and by the extension of that doctrine, the official immunity of officers, trustees, officials, or employees of the state or any agency thereof acting within the scope of official duty and not in a wanton or reckless manner, except as otherwise expressly provided by statute, is hereby adopted as the law of the state. The immunity of the state's officers, trustees, officials, and employees as set forth herein shall be applicable to all claims and civil actions, which claims or actions arise against such officers, trustees, officials, and employees in their personal capacity or official capacity, or both such capacities, from acts or omissions within the scope of their official duty while in the course of their employment for the state and not in a wanton or reckless manner.
Source.
1978, 43:1. 1985, 412:1, eff. July 3, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99-D - Defense and Indemnification of State Officers and Employees › Section 99-D:2-a - Official Duty Defined.

99-D:2-a Official Duty Defined. –
For the purposes of RSA 99-D:2, the term "official duty" shall, in the case of a legislator, mean any duty or action taken in committee or in sessions of the general court or in such other forum where the legislator appears at the request of the house, senate or presiding officer of either body. It shall also include any other act for which immunity is granted under the provisions of RSA 541-B:19. Nothing in this section shall be construed to waive any immunity applicable to the legislator or the actions complained of, including those set forth in RSA 541-B:19, and all other provisions of RSA 99-D:2 shall apply.
Source.
1991, 199:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99-D - Defense and Indemnification of State Officers and Employees › Section 99-D:2-b - Repealed by 2007, 361:35, I, eff. July 1, 2011.

99-D:2-b Repealed by 2007, 361:35, I, eff. July 1, 2011. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99-D - Defense and Indemnification of State Officers and Employees › Section 99-D:3 - Insurance.

99-D:3 Insurance. –
The state, or any department or agency thereof, shall self-insure against all such damages, losses, and expenses except to the extent that insurance coverage is obtained under the authority of RSA 9:27.
Source.
1978, 43:1. 2003, 150:7, eff. Jan. 1, 2004. 2018, 125:5, eff. May 30, 2018.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99-D - Defense and Indemnification of State Officers and Employees › Section 99-D:4 - Evidence.

99-D:4 Evidence. –
Any determination by the attorney general or governor and council pursuant to RSA 99-D:2 shall not be admissible as evidence in the trial of any such action or claim.
Source.
1978, 43:1, eff. June 27, 1978.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99-D - Defense and Indemnification of State Officers and Employees › Section 99-D:5 - Counsel.

99-D:5 Counsel. –
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to deprive any such person of his right to select and be represented by private counsel of his own choice at his own expense.
Source.
1978, 43:1, eff. June 27, 1978.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99-D - Defense and Indemnification of State Officers and Employees › Section 99-D:6 - Defenses not Waived.

99-D:6 Defenses not Waived. –
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed or held to constitute a waiver of any defense otherwise available against the claim.
Source.
1978, 43:1. 1985, 412:2, eff. July 3, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99-D - Defense and Indemnification of State Officers and Employees › Section 99-D:7 - Appeal.

99-D:7 Appeal. –
Appeal from denial of representation by the attorney general as provided in RSA 99-D:2 shall be available to any officer, trustee, official or employee who is so denied. Such appeal shall be by petition to the governor and council.
Source.
1978, 43:1, eff. June 27, 1978.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99-D - Defense and Indemnification of State Officers and Employees › Section 99-D:8 - Claims Arising From the Clinical Services Provided to the Department of Health and Human Services.

99-D:8 Claims Arising From the Clinical Services Provided to the Department of Health and Human Services. –
I. Without otherwise limiting or defining the sovereign immunity of the state and its agencies, this chapter shall apply to all claims against any nonprofit entity, or any employee, trustee, or director of such nonprofit entity when acting in the scope of such person's elected or appointed capacity and not in a wanton or reckless manner, arising out of clinical services provided in accordance with any contract entered into by the department of health and human services for the clinical operation and administration of the New Hampshire hospital pursuant to RSA 135-C:3 and RSA 135-C:4 or, at the discretion of the commissioner of the department of health and human services, any other public health or clinical service provided to the department.
II. This section shall apply only to claims or civil actions arising out of incidents occurring on or after July 1, 1988.
III. [Repealed.]
IV. [Repealed.]
Source.
1988, 217:4. 1993, 358:19. 1995, 10:16, III; 310:21. 1997, 166:3. 1999, 50:1. 2003, 83:1. 2010, 368:28, XI, eff. Dec. 31, 2010.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99-D - Defense and Indemnification of State Officers and Employees › Section 99-D:9 - Claims Arising From the Clinical Services Provided to the Department of Corrections.

99-D:9 Claims Arising From the Clinical Services Provided to the Department of Corrections. –
I. Without otherwise limiting or defining the sovereign immunity of the state and its agencies, this chapter shall apply to all claims against any nonprofit entity, or any employee, trustee, or director of such nonprofit entity when acting in the scope of such person's elected or appointed capacity and not in a wanton or reckless manner, arising out of clinical services of psychiatrists, other medical doctors, or psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioners provided in accordance with any contract limited to such services entered into by the department of corrections.
II. This section shall apply only to claims or civil actions arising out of incidents occurring after the effective date of this section.
III. [Repealed.]
Source.
2000, 301:1. 2001, 72:1. 2010, 368:28, XII, eff. Dec. 31, 2010.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99-D - Defense and Indemnification of State Officers and Employees › Section 99-D:10 - Repealed by 2016, 296:2, eff. June 21, 2016.

99-D:10 Repealed by 2016, 296:2, eff. June 21, 2016. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99-D - Defense and Indemnification of State Officers and Employees › Section 99-D:11 - Complaints or Investigations Arising From Licensing Board, Committee, or Regulatory Agency Matters.

99-D:11 Complaints or Investigations Arising From Licensing Board, Committee, or Regulatory Agency Matters. –
I. Without otherwise limiting or defining the sovereign immunity of the state and its agencies, this chapter shall apply to all complaints filed with or investigations by a professional licensing board, committee, or regulatory agency against any state officer, trustee, official, employee, member of the general court, or other person identified in RSA 99-D:2 when acting in the scope of such person's official elected, appointed, or state employment duty and not in a wanton or reckless manner.
II. This section shall apply only to complaints or investigations arising out of incidents occurring on or after July 1, 2013.
Source.
2016, 296:1, eff. June 21, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99-E - Suggestion and Extraordinary Service Award Program › Section 99-E:1 - State Suggestion and Extraordinary Service Award Evaluation Committee.

99-E:1 State Suggestion and Extraordinary Service Award Evaluation Committee. –
I. There is hereby established a state suggestion and extraordinary service award evaluation committee, the duties of which shall be to:
(a) Review suggestions made by state employees under this chapter for possible reward or recognition.
(b) Review extraordinary service by state employees for possible award or recognition.
(c) Recommend to the governor and executive council the making of monetary awards in accordance with this chapter.
(d) Recommend to the governor and executive council the provision of, or itself provide for, non-monetary recognition of state employees in accordance with this chapter.
II. The state suggestion and extraordinary service award evaluation committee shall consist of:
(a) The director of personnel, who shall serve as chairperson.
(b) The commissioner of administrative services, or designee.
(c) Three state employee members, appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be selected from a list provided by a certified public employee bargaining unit, who shall serve 2-year terms, unless the member ceases to be an employee of the state, in which case his or her term shall automatically expire and a successor shall be appointed for a 2-year term.
(d) One member of the senate, appointed by the senate president, who shall serve a term coterminous with the member's legislative term.
(e) One member of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, who shall serve a term coterminous with the member's legislative term.
III. In addition to such other communications to governor and council as are provided in this chapter, the state suggestion and extraordinary service award evaluation committee shall submit to the governor and council, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the president of the senate an annual report of its activities, including employees recognized and rewarded and the reasons for recognition or recommended award, together with a list or copy of all proposals submitted to it, whether or not implemented or recommended. The report shall be submitted by October 1 of each year.
IV. State suggestion and extraordinary service award evaluation committee members shall serve without compensation and no member shall participate in making any recommendation that may result in an award or recognition to himself or herself.
Source.
2005, 258:1. 2008, 89:2, eff. July 20, 2008.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99-E - Suggestion and Extraordinary Service Award Program › Section 99-E:2 - Departmental Award Evaluation Committees.

99-E:2 Departmental Award Evaluation Committees. –
I. Each department, as defined in RSA 21-G:5, VI, shall establish a departmental award evaluation committee, the duty of which shall be to make recommendations for awards and recognition to the state suggestion and extraordinary service award evaluation committee in accordance with this chapter.
II. Each departmental award evaluation committee shall consist of 3 employees of the department, appointed by the commissioner of the department.
III. The term of departmental award evaluation committee members shall be 2 years, unless the member ceases to be an employee of the department or is replaced by the appointing commissioner, in which case his or her term shall automatically expire and a successor shall be appointed for a 2-year term. Departmental award evaluation committee members shall serve without compensation and no member shall participate in making any recommendation that may result in an award or recognition to himself or herself.
IV. In addition to such other communications to the state suggestion and extraordinary service award evaluation committee as are provided in this chapter, departmental award evaluation committees shall, by August 1 of each year, submit to the state suggestion and extraordinary service award evaluation committee a list of all award submissions or nominations received within the department in the preceding calendar year, whether or not still pending, with the date of receipt, the name of the person making the submission, the name of the person making the suggestion or performing the service, and a description of the submission or nomination and its status.
Source.
2005, 258:1, eff. Sept. 14, 2005.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99-E - Suggestion and Extraordinary Service Award Program › Section 99-E:3 - Eligible Employees.

99-E:3 Eligible Employees. –
State employees eligible for awards or recognition under this chapter shall be classified executive branch employees.
Source.
2005, 258:1, eff. Sept. 14, 2005.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99-E - Suggestion and Extraordinary Service Award Program › Section 99-E:6 - Extraordinary Service Award Standard.

99-E:6 Extraordinary Service Award Standard. –
I. A departmental award evaluation committee shall recommend such monetary or non-monetary recognition as it, within its discretion, concludes is appropriate for extraordinary service in the interest of the state that is either:
(a) Outside of or beyond the scope of an employee's regular job responsibilities or functions and involves circumstances where only immediate action by the employee could avoid or avert probable harm to an individual, to property, or to the financial interests of the state; or
(b) Within the scope of an employee's regular job responsibilities or functions and involved the demonstration of abilities or efforts greatly above and beyond any standard of performance expected of the employee.
II. The state suggestion and extraordinary service award evaluation committee shall recommend to the governor and council such monetary awards as it, within its discretion, concludes are appropriate for extraordinary service that meets the criteria of paragraph I. The state suggestion and extraordinary service award evaluation committee shall either recommend to the governor and council such non-monetary recognition as the committee, within its discretion, concludes is appropriate for service that meets the criteria of paragraph I, or itself issue appropriate non-monetary recognition for such service.
Source.
2005, 258:1, eff. Sept. 14, 2005.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 99-E - Suggestion and Extraordinary Service Award Program › Section 99-E:8 - Non-monetary Recognition.

99-E:8 Non-monetary Recognition. –
A departmental award evaluation committee may, in its discretion, recommend, and the state suggestion and extraordinary service award evaluation committee may, in its discretion, issue or recommend, non-monetary recognition in lieu of, or in addition to, recommending a monetary award under this chapter. Non-monetary recognition shall be in such form as the committee, in its discretion, believes is appropriate for the service rendered or suggestion made.
Source.
2005, 258:1, eff. Sept. 14, 2005.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 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, Space 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. 2023, 21:3, eff. July 3, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VI - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 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.