Bill Text - HB299 (2011)

Relative to the method of financing for the judicial retirement plan.


Revision: Jan. 25, 2011, midnight

HB 299-FN – AS INTRODUCED

2011 SESSION

11-0919

10/05

HOUSE BILL 299-FN

AN ACT relative to the method of financing for the judicial retirement plan.

SPONSORS: Rep. G. Richardson, Merr 4; Sen. Houde, Dist 5

COMMITTEE: Special Committee on Public Employee Pensions Reform

ANALYSIS

This bill allows the annual contribution for unfunded accrued liability of the judicial retirement plan to be calculated over a 30-year period or the maximum period allowed, whichever is less.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

11-0919

10/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT relative to the method of financing for the judicial retirement plan.

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

1 Method of Financing; Unfunded Accrued Liability. Amend RSA 100-C:16, III(d) to read as follows:

(d) Immediately following the actuarial valuation prepared under paragraph I, the board shall have an actuary determine the amount of the unfunded accrued liability as the amount of the total liabilities of the state annuity accumulation fund which is not dischargeable by the total of the funds in hand to the credit of the state annuity accumulation fund, and the normal contributions to be made on account of the members during the remainder of their active service. The amount so determined shall be known as the “unfunded accrued liability”. On the basis of the unfunded accrued liability, the board shall have an actuary determine the level annual contribution required to discharge such amount over a period of [20 years from the date of implementation of this chapter] 30 years or the maximum period allowed by standards adopted by the Government Accounting Standards Board, whichever is less.

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

LBAO

11-0919

01/19/11

HB 299-FN - FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT relative to the method of financing for the judicial retirement plan.

FISCAL IMPACT:

    Due to time constraints, the Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to provide a fiscal note for this bill at this time. When completed, the fiscal note will be forwarded to the House Clerk's Office.