SB145 (2009) Detail

Relative to service on the retirement system board of trustees for certain board members.


SB 145-FN – AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

03/11/09 0616s

2009 SESSION

09-0973

10/09

SENATE BILL 145-FN

AN ACT relative to service on the retirement system board of trustees for certain board members.

SPONSORS: Sen. DeVries, Dist 18; Rep. Goley, Hills 8; Rep. R. Holden, Hills 7; Rep. DeJoie, Merr 11; Rep. P. McMahon, Merr 3

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill provides that members of the retirement system board of trustees who are nominated from employee member organizations shall not be denied leave to attend meetings of the board provided notice is given to the employer.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/11/09 0616s

09-0973

10/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine

AN ACT relative to service on the retirement system board of trustees for certain board members.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Paragraph; Retirement System; Administration of the Board; Expenses. Amend RSA 100-A:14 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:

III-a. No board of trustee member nominated by the New Hampshire state employees’ association, the New Hampshire education association, the New Hampshire police association, or the New Hampshire state permanent firemen’s association, shall be denied leave or time from his or her employer in order to attend the official meetings and official training meetings of the board of trustees provided that at least 2 weeks notice of such meetings has been given to the employer.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

LBAO

09-0973

Amended 04/01/09

SB 145 FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT relative to service on the retirement system board of trustees for certain board members.

FISCAL IMPACT:

      The New Hampshire Retirement System states this bill, as amended by the Senate (Amendment #2009-0616s), will have no fiscal impact on state, county, and local revenues or expenditures.

METHODOLOGY:

    The New Hampshire Retirement System states, under this bill, various members of the board of trustees cannot be denied leave time by their employers to attend board meetings, if the board members have provided to the employers at least 2 weeks notice of the meeting. The System states this provision has no fiscal impact.