SB33 (2013) Detail

Making technical changes to the judicial retirement plan.


CHAPTER 177

SB 33 – FINAL VERSION

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2013 SESSION

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SENATE BILL 33

AN ACT making technical changes to the judicial retirement plan.

SPONSORS: Sen. Cataldo, Dist 6

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

ANALYSIS

This bill makes technical changes to the judicial retirement plan due to the establishment of the circuit courts.

This bill was requested by the supreme court.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

02/14/13 0115s

24Apr2013… 1255h

13-0945

10/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT making technical changes to the judicial retirement plan.

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

177:1 Judicial Retirement Plan; Definition of Member; Circuit Court. Amend RSA 100-C:1, IX to read as follows:

IX. “Member” means any full-time supreme court, superior court, [district court, or probate] or circuit court judge.

177:2 Administration; Appointment. Amend RSA 100-C:11, II to read as follows:

II. The board of trustees of the judicial retirement plan shall consist of 7 members. The governor and council shall appoint 2 trustees, one of whom the governor shall designate to serve as chairman of the board of trustees, and who shall be qualified persons with business experience and not members of the judicial retirement plan, and who shall serve for a term of 3 years and until such trustee’s successor is appointed and qualified, except that the original appointment of one of the trustees shall be for a term of one year. The chief justice of the state supreme court, with the advice and consent of the chief justice of the superior court, [and] the administrative [justices of the district and probate courts] judge and deputy administrative judge of the circuit court, and the director of the administrative office of the courts, shall appoint 3 trustees, at least 2 of whom shall be active members of the judicial retirement plan and one of whom may be a retired member, and who shall serve for a term of 3 years and until such trustee’s successor is appointed and qualified, except that the original appointment of one of the trustees shall be for a term of one year, and the original appointment of another of the trustees shall be for a term of 2 years. One member of the state senate shall be appointed biennially by the senate president as a trustee of the board, and one member of the house of representatives shall be appointed biennially by the speaker of the house as a trustee of the board.

177:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: July 2, 2013

Effective Date: July 2, 2013