Revision: May 6, 2022, 9:22 a.m.
HB 1319-FN - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
2022 SESSION
22-2240
10/08
HOUSE BILL 1319-FN
AN ACT relative to granting certain corrections personnel death benefits if killed in the line of duty.
SPONSORS: Rep. Emerick, Rock. 21; Rep. Cushing, Rock. 21; Rep. Leishman, Hills. 24; Rep. G. Griffin, Hills. 5; Rep. Theberge, Coos 3; Rep. Mooney, Hills. 21
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill adds correctional officers, probation-parole officers, and correctional line personnel classified under group II of the retirement system to persons granted death benefits if killed in the performance of his or her duties.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
22-2240
10/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to granting certain corrections personnel death benefits if killed in the line of duty.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Death Benefit for Police Officer or Firefighter Killed in Line of Duty; Corrections Personnel. Amend RSA 21-I:29-a, I(g) to read as follows:
(g) "Police officer" means:
(1) Any law enforcement officer with the power of arrest, including auxiliary, intermittent, special, part-time, or reserve police officers, or sheriffs and their deputies who are employed by a city, town, village district, county, or precinct within the state of New Hampshire[,].
(2) Police officers employed by the university system of New Hampshire[,].
(3) Court security officers and bailiffs[,and].
(4) Correctional officers, probation-parole officers, and correctional line personnel meeting the definition of permanent policemen under RSA 100-A:1, VII.
(5) Any state law enforcement officer employed by the state of New Hampshire who has power of arrest as determined by state law.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
22-2240
10/22/21
HB 1319-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to granting certain correction personnel death benefits if killed in the line of duty.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ ] None
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STATE: | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 |
Appropriation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Expenditures | $0 | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable |
Funding Source: | [ X ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ ] Other | |||
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METHODOLOGY:
This bill expands the eligibility of a $100,000 line-of-duty police officer death benefit to include correctional officers, probation-parole officers, and correctional line personnel killed in the line of duty. To the extent an eligible individual is determined to have been killed in the line of duty, general fund appropriations and expenditures would increase. The Department of Correction states the fiscal impact is indeterminable as they cannot predict the number of employees that would be affected by this bill. The New Hampshire Association of Counties states only one correction officer has passed away in the line of duty, which occurred 50+ years ago.
It is assumed any fiscal impact from this bill will not occur until after FY 2022.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Corrections and New Hampshire Association of Counties