Bill Text - HB1319 (2022)

Relative to granting certain corrections personnel death benefits if killed in the line of duty.


Revision: June 16, 2022, 8:33 a.m.

CHAPTER 182

HB 1319-FN - FINAL VERSION

 

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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

 

182:1  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.

182:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

Approved: June 15, 2022

Effective Date: August 14, 2022