HB1625 (2010) Detail

(New Title) relative to eligibility for the New Hampshire veterans’ home and relative to the calculation of partial pay for state employees who are members of a reserve unit or the national guard and are called to full-time active duty


CHAPTER 176

HB 1625 – FINAL VERSION

03Mar2010… 0799h

04/21/10 1334s

2010 SESSION

10-2207

09/05

HOUSE BILL 1625

AN ACT relative to eligibility for the New Hampshire veterans’ home and relative to the calculation of partial pay for state employees who are members of a reserve unit or the national guard and are called to full-time active duty.

SPONSORS: Rep. P. Garrity, Hills 14; Rep. D. Sullivan, Hills 8; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock 3; Rep. Emiro, Rock 3; Rep. Goley, Hills 8; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1

COMMITTEE: State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill changes the eligibility requirements for admission to the New Hampshire veterans’ home. The bill also changes the calculation of partial pay for state employees who are members of a reserve unit or the national guard and are called to full-time active duty.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03Mar2010… 0799h

04/21/10 1334s

10-2207

09/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten

AN ACT relative to eligibility for the New Hampshire veterans’ home and relative to the calculation of partial pay for state employees who are members of a reserve unit or the national guard and are called to full-time active duty.

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

176:1 New Hampshire Veterans’ Home. Amend RSA 119:1, I to read as follows:

I. There is established in this state a home known as the New Hampshire veterans’ home for the support, care, and treatment of veterans who have served on active duty [in time of war for a period of at least 90 days] in the armed forces of the United States as defined by 38 U.S.C. section 101, or in reserve units or in the New Hampshire army or air national guard, and have been honorably discharged therefrom. Except as provided in paragraph II, the veteran shall have been a resident of the state of New Hampshire for at least one year next preceding the veteran’s application.

176:2 Pay and Allowances. Amend RSA 110-B:37, IV(a)(1) to read 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 and allowances, if the full-time military basic pay [is] and allowances total less than the regular state pay.

176:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 18, 2010

Effective Date: August 17, 2010