CHAPTER 272
HB 1724-FN – FINAL VERSION
15Feb2006… 0378h
04/06/06 1585s
24May2006… 2283cofc
2006 SESSION
09/10
HOUSE BILL 1724-FN
AN ACT relative to compensation and benefits for reserve and national guard members who are state employees and amending certain capital appropriations to the adjutant general.
SPONSORS: Rep. Weyler, Rock 8; Rep. Stone, Rock 1; Rep. R. Wheeler, Hills 7; Rep. Graham, Hills 18; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1; Sen. Odell, Dist 8
This bill requires the state to pay the difference between the military pay and state salary for a New Hampshire state employee who is a member of a reserve or the national guard and is called to active duty. The bill also continues the state benefit package and retirement system contributions for such state employees during the period of their military leave.
The bill also changes certain capital appropriations to the adjutant general.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15Feb2006… 0378h
04/06/06 1585s
24May2006… 2283cofc
06-2761
09/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT relative to compensation and benefits for reserve and national guard members who are state employees and amending certain capital appropriations to the adjutant general.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
272:1 New Paragraph; State Employee Called to Active Duty; Pay and Benefits. Amend RSA 110-B:37 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:
IV.(a) In addition to the pay authorized under paragraphs I and III of this section, any state employee who is a member of a reserve or the national guard and who is called to full-time active duty by the President of the United States, under the authority of the governor, or under the authority of another governor who participates in the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, shall, for the duration of such full-time active duty, be entitled to special leave with partial pay and continuation of benefits as follows:
(1) Partial pay shall be the difference between the employee’s regular state compensation and the employee’s full-time military basic pay, if the full-time military basic pay is less than the regular state pay.
(2) Continuation of health and dental insurance benefits for which the employee and/or the employee’s legal dependents are otherwise eligible but for the employee’s special leave; provided, however, that in the event of a deployment for which federal health and dental benefits are provided, the federal health and dental benefits shall be primary for the employee.
(3) Retirement benefits shall continue to be provided in accordance with RSA 100-A.
(b) The adjutant general shall, on a monthly basis, provide the department of administrative services with a list of all members of the national guard affected under subparagraph (a) and their respective military salaries, and other reserve units are encouraged voluntarily to provide the same information.
272:2 Capital Appropriations; Adjutant General. Amend 2003, 240:1, I, A and B, as extended by 2005, 259:25 to read as follows:
A. Armory Renovations, Disposals, or Land Acquisition $ [300,000] 1,800,000
B. STARC Armory - Concord 9,033,100
Less Federal -[6,774,825] 8,274,825
Net state appropriation subparagraph B [2,258,275] 758,275
272:3 Capital Appropriations; Land Acquisition. Amend 2003, 240:5 to read as follows:
240:5 Land Acquisition. Any land acquired under the appropriations made in sections 1, 2 and 3 of this act, if any, as may be acquired under the appropriation except such land if any as may be acquired for the water resources board or the adjutant general, shall be purchased by the commissioner of the department of transportation with the approval of governor and council.
272:4 Effective Date.
I. Sections 2-3 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2006.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: June 13, 2006
Effective: I. Sections 2-3 shall take effect July 1, 2006
II. Remainder shall take effect June 13, 2006