CHAPTER 164

HB 685-FN – FINAL VERSION

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04/08/09 1180s

2009 SESSION

09-0268

10/09

HOUSE BILL 685-FN

AN ACT relative to medical benefits payment by the retirement system for certain vested deferred group I members.

SPONSORS: Rep. L'Heureux, Hills 19; Rep. O'Neil, Hills 19; Rep. Hawkins, Hills 18

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill allows certain group I teacher or political subdivision employee members of the retirement system who were eligible to retire with a vested deferred retirement allowance on July 1, 2008 and who retire by July 1, 2009 to be included in the payment of medical benefits by 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

04Mar2009… 0307h

04/08/09 1180s

09-0268

10/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine

AN ACT relative to medical benefits payment by the retirement system for certain vested deferred group I members.

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

164:1 Retirement System; Medical Benefits Payment; Vested Deferred Group I Teachers and Political Subdivision Employees. RSA 100-A:52-a, I(b) is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

(b) Any person who for reasons other than retirement or death ceases to be a group I teacher or political subdivision employee and retires with a vested deferred retirement allowance on or before July 1, 2009 if such person was eligible to retire as of July 1, 2008 either: (1) with no less than 20 years of group I creditable service and being at least 60 years old or subsequently attaining age 60; or (2) with no less than 30 years of group I creditable service and being at least 55 years of age or subsequently attaining age 55.

164:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: July 8, 2009

Effective Date: July 8, 2009