Revision: Feb. 22, 2022, 3:39 p.m.
Senate Judiciary
February 22, 2022
2022-0790s
04/05
Amendment to SB 303-FN
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT relative to the reimbursement of sheriffs offices for prisoner custody and control and relative to the employment classification of certain state police officials.
Amend the bill by replacing all after section 1 with the following:
2 The State Police; Ranks and Qualifications. Amend RSA 106-B:4 to read as follows:
106-B:4 Ranks and Qualifications; Establishment.
I. The director of state police shall hold the rank of colonel. Within the division of state police there shall be not less than one major, 2 field officers with the rank of captain, 7 troop commanders with the rank of lieutenant, and 7 assistant troop commanders with the rank of sergeant. Every police employee shall have had not less than 2 years' service within the division to become eligible for promotion of any type except from probationary status to trooper. No member of the division shall be eligible for promotion in any event unless his or her record is free from the commission of any major infraction of divisional discipline within the last 7 consecutive years of such service. In addition to the foregoing, the personnel commission, with the advice of the director, shall establish suitable classification for additional grades, positions and ranks and for each classification shall fix standards of health, education, training and experience, as well as the conduct and manner of taking of competitive examinations for promotion within the division.
II. The colonel of the New Hampshire state police shall not be a classified state employee. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the colonel of the New Hampshire state police shall be compensated pursuant to the salary range set forth in RSA 94:1-a at labor grade KK.
III.(a) The executive major of the New Hampshire state police shall be a classified employee who is not represented by an exclusive representative for purposes of collective bargaining. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the executive major of the New Hampshire state police shall be compensated on the same wage scale as his or her closest subordinate officers (Scale S416E). The executive major shall be placed on a labor grade which is no less than 2 labor grades greater than the rank of major. The executive major shall be placed at labor grade 35, subject to adjustment.
(b) A state police major shall be a classified employee who is not represented by an exclusive representative for the purposes of collective bargaining. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a major of the New Hampshire state police shall be compensated on the same wage scale as his or her closest subordinate officers (Scale S416E). A major shall be placed on a labor grade which is no less than 2 labor grades higher than the rank of captain. A major shall be placed at labor grade 33, subject to adjustment.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
2022-0790s
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires the judicial branch to reimburse the sheriff's office at the rate provided in the collective bargaining agreement applicable to per diem court security officers for court security and prisoner custody and control. The bill also revises the labor grade and employment classification for the colonel, executive major, and majors of the state police.