Revision: Feb. 16, 2012, midnight
SB 234-FN – AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
02/15/12 0702s
2012 SESSION
05/10
SENATE BILL 234-FN
AN ACT relative to salary grades for certain executive branch positions and relative to the retirement classification of the director of the division of forests and lands.
SPONSORS: Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Lambert, Dist 13
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill:
I. Establishes the salary grades for the positions of director of marketing, merchandising and warehousing, the director of enforcement and licensing, and the chief operating officer in the liquor commission.
II. Establishes the salary grade for the position of director of safety and security in the public utilities commission.
III. Establishes the salary grade for the chief information security officer in the department of information technology.
IV. Provides for continued group II membership of the director of the division of forests and lands if he or she was a member of group II for at least 10 years prior to appointment and continues to meet the applicable qualifications of a permanent fireman under the 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02/15/12 0702s
12-2885
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT relative to salary grades for certain executive branch positions and relative to the retirement classification of the director of the division of forests and lands.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Salaries for Positions in the Liquor Commission. Amend RSA 94:1-a by inserting in group GG the following:
I. Liquor commission, director of marketing, merchandising, and warehousing
II. Liquor commission, director of enforcement and licensing
III. Liquor commission, chief operating officer
IV. Department of information technology, chief information security officer
2 Salary for Position in the Public Utilities Commission. Amend RSA 94:1-a, I by inserting in group HH the following:
I. Public utilities commission, director of safety and security
3 State Forester; Initial Appointment, Tenure, and Retirement. Amend RSA 12-A:9-a to read as follows:
12-A:9-a Director of the Division of Forests and Lands, State Forester; Initial Appointment and Tenure; Retirement.
I. The director of the division of resources development in office on the effective date of this section shall continue in office as director of the division of forests and lands subject to the provisions of this chapter. His or her tenure and salary shall be as has been established for the director of the division of resources development. All of the powers, duties and functions heretofore performed by the director of the division of resources development pursuant to any provisions of the statutes shall henceforth be performed by the director of the division of forests and lands subject to the provisions of this chapter. Wherever reference is made to the director of the division of resources development, it shall henceforth be construed to mean the director, division of forests and lands, department of resources and economic development.
II. In addition to the title of director, division of forests and lands, said director shall also be entitled the state forester.
III. For purposes of classification under the provisions of RSA 100-A, the director shall be considered a permanent fireman if the director was a permanent fireman of group II for at least 10 years prior to appointment as director and continues to meet the physical, mental, educational, and other qualifications to fight forest fires pursuant to RSA 100-A:1, VIII(b).
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
12-2885
12/02/11
SB 234-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to salary grades for certain executive branch positions and relative to the retirement classification of the director of the division of forests and lands.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Liquor Commission states this bill will increase state expenditures by $5,668 in FY 2013, $11,967 in FY 2014, $6,442 in FY 2015 and each year thereafter. The Public Utilities Commission states this bill will increase state, county and local expenditures by an indeterminable amount in FY 2013 and each year thereafter. There is no fiscal impact on state, county, and local revenue.
METHODOLOGY:
The Liquor Commission states this bill establishes unclassified salary grades for the Commission’s director of marketing, merchandising and warehousing, and director of enforcement and licensing. The Commission assumes salary changes to be effective July 1, 2012. The Commission states the director of marketing, merchandising and warehousing position will move from a classified labor grade of 33 to an unclassified salary grade of GG. The budgeted salary for the position is labor grade 33, step 8 (maximum). The Commission assumes the classified position will start at salary grade GG, step 4 and increase a single step each year thereafter.
FY 2013 |
FY 2014 |
FY 2015 |
FY 2016 | |
Classified position (LG 33, step 8) |
$86,990 |
$86,990 |
$86,990 |
$86,990 |
Unclassified position (LG GG, starting at step 4) |
$86,131 |
$90,606 |
$90,606 |
$90,606 |
Increase/(Decrease) |
($859) |
$3,616 |
$3,616 |
$3,616 |
Increase in Medicare, social security and retirement costs |
($152) |
$641 |
$641 |
$641 |
Total |
($1,011) |
$4,257 |
$4,257 |
$4,257 |
The Commission states the director of enforcement and licensing position will move from a classified labor grade of 28 to an unclassified salary grade of GG. The budgeted salary for the position is labor grade 28, step 6. The Commission assumes the classified position will start at salary grade GG, step 4 and increase a single step each year thereafter.
FY 2013 |
FY 2014 |
FY 2015 |
FY 2016 | |
Classified position (LG 28, starting at step 6) |
$80,629 |
$84,255 |
$88,806 |
$88,806 |
Unclassified position (LG GG, starting at step 4) |
$86,131 |
$90,606 |
$90,606 |
$90,606 |
Increase/(Decrease) |
$5,502 |
$6,351 |
$1,800 |
$1,800 |
Increase in Medicare and retirement costs |
$1,177 |
$1,359 |
$385 |
$385 |
Total |
$6,679 |
$7,710 |
$2,185 |
$2,185 |
The Commission states the total increase to liquor commission funds expenditures to be $5,668 in FY 2013, $11,967 in FY 2014, $6,442 in FY 2015, and $6,442 in FY 2016.
The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) states this bill establishes the unclassified salary grade for the PUC’s director of safety and security. The PUC assumes the salary change to be effective July 1, 2012. The PUC states the director of safety and security position will move from a classified labor grade of 31 to an unclassified salary grade of HH. The budgeted salary for the position is labor grade 31, step 7. The PUC assumes the classified position will start at salary grade HH, step 1 and increase a single step each year thereafter.
FY 2013 |
FY 2014 |
FY 2015 |
FY 2016 | |
Classified position (LG 31, starting at step 7) |
$76,187 |
$79,775 |
$79,775 |
$79,775 |
Unclassified position (LG HH, starting at step 1) |
$79,175 |
$84,054 |
$88,933 |
$93,812 |
Increase/(Decrease) |
$2,988 |
$4,279 |
$9,158 |
$14,037 |
Increase in Medicare, social security and retirement costs |
$530 |
$759 |
$1,624 |
$2,489 |
Total |
$3,518 |
$5,038 |
$10,782 |
$16,526 |
The PUC states that 50 percent of the cost will be paid for through utilities’ assessments and 50 percent of the cost will be paid using federal grant funds. To generate approximately $290,950 annually, the PUC applies an assessment rate of 0.0014567989 against annual utility revenues of approximately $199,718,708. The PUC states the impact on customer rates to cover the 50 percent of the additional assessment costs each year as it relates to this position is de minimis. To the extent the state, county or locals are utility customers they may have increased costs associated with the assessment for the additional costs.