Bill Text: NH HB141 | 2021 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Allowing a county to exempt its chief administrative officer from compulsory participation in the retirement system.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-06 - No Pending Motion; 05/06/2021 Senate Journal 14 [HB141 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2021-HB141-Amended.html
HB 141-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
7Apr2021... 0877h
2021 SESSION
21-0086
08/06
HOUSE BILL 141-FN
SPONSORS: Rep. Rung, Hills. 21; Rep. Edgar, Rock. 21; Rep. Petrigno, Hills. 23; Rep. Meuse, Rock. 29; Rep. Cushing, Rock. 21; Rep. Levesque, Straf. 4; Rep. Weston, Graf. 8; Sen. Sherman, Dist 24
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill allows the county commissioners to exempt the county chief administrative officer from compulsory membership in the state retirement system.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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08/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Retirement System; Modifications; Counties. Amend RSA 100-A:22 to read as follows:
100-A:22 Modifications.
I. Membership in the retirement system shall be optional for officers and employees of the employer who are in the service of the employer on the date when participation becomes effective, and any such officer or employee who elects to join the retirement system within one year thereafter shall be credited with prior service covering such periods of prior service rendered to such employer for which the employer is willing to make accrued liability contributions. If the employer is unable or unwilling to make such contributions, a member in service may petition the board of trustees for periods of prior service rendered to such employer. Upon payment by the member of the amount determined in accordance with RSA 100-A:3, VI(b) and with the approval of the board, the member shall receive credit for such prior service. Thereafter, service for such employer on account of which contributions are made by the employer and member shall also be considered as creditable service. However, in no event shall prior service purchased as creditable service under this section be used as creditable service for the purpose of eligibility for medical benefits under RSA 100-A:52, RSA 100-A:52-a, or RSA 100-A:52-b.
II. Membership shall be compulsory for all employees entering the service of such employer after the date participation becomes effective. Municipalities and counties may, by action of their city council [or], board of selectmen, or board of commissioners, exempt their chief administrative officer, at the time of initial hiring or appointment, from compulsory membership provided herein. The chief fiscal officer of the employer, and the heads of its departments, shall submit to the board of trustees such information and shall cause to be performed with respect to the employees of such employer, who are members of the retirement system, such duties as shall be prescribed by the trustees in order to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
2 New Paragraph; Retirement System; Employer Contributions; Certain Municipal and County Employees Exempt. Amend RSA 100-A:16 by inserting after paragraph II-a the following new paragraph:
II-b. In addition to employer contributions required under paragraph II, municipalities and counties that exempt their chief administrative officers from participation in the retirement system under RSA 100-A:22 shall make contributions at the percentage rates certified by the board of trustees for the compensation paid to such employees; provided that the percentage rates applied shall only be for the employers’ share of the unfunded accrued liability determined under subparagraph II(e).
3 Applicability. This act shall apply to chief administrative officers exempted from participation in the New Hampshire retirement system under RSA 100-A:22 who commence employment on or after the effective date of this act.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
21-0086
10/13/20
HB 141-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT requiring the department of environmental services to maintain a public registry of where certain fire suppressants have been used.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ ] None
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STATE: | FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 |
Appropriation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Expenditures | $0 | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase |
Funding Source: | [ X ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ ] Other | |||
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METHODOLOGY:
This bill requires the Department of Environmental Services to maintain a public registry of where certain fire suppressants have been used. The Department of Environmental Services indicates this bill would require it to establish a publicly available registry for compilation and analysis of information related to the sites where Class B firefighting foam has been discharged, stored, captured, collected, managed or disposed. The Department would be required to adopt rules relative to the content and design of forms for reporting use of the firefighting foam. The Department states an additional 1/2 FTE position of Environmentalist IV will be necessary to create and maintain reporting forms and develop and maintain the electronic registry. As no funding is provided for staff time, it is assumed all costs would come from the State General Fund. The Department estimates the cost of the position will be $51,000 in FY 2022, $52,000 in FY 2023 and $54,000 in FY 2024. Aside from the necessary position, the State fiscal impact is indeterminable. There would be no fiscal impact to county and local government. The Department assumes existing fire department staff in each town would assume responsibility for reporting Class B foam use to the Department.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Environmental Services
