CHAPTER 93

HB 150 – FINAL VERSION

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2011 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 150

AN ACT relative to benefits of judicial branch employees who transfer from the judicial branch to state service in the executive branch or the legislative branch.

SPONSORS: Rep. Shurtleff, Merr 10

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill clarifies that for judicial branch employees who transfer without a break in service from the judicial branch to state service in the executive branch or the legislative branch, the rate of accrual of annual and sick leave shall be according to continuous years worked and, upon the employee’s transfer, the rate of accrual shall be the rate of accrual of the receiving branch.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT relative to benefits of judicial branch employees who transfer from the judicial branch to state service in the executive branch or the legislative branch.

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

93:1 Benefits; Transfer of Judicial Branch Employees to Executive Branch or Legislative Branch. Amend RSA 490:28, II to read as follows:

II. Any full-time judicial branch employee who transfers from the judicial branch to state service in the executive branch or the legislative branch, without a break in service, may transfer all earned annual leave, sick leave, longevity pay, and bonus time already accumulated in the judicial branch, to the receiving branch of state government. The maximum amount of accumulated annual and sick leave that may be transferred shall be limited to the amount of annual and sick leave that employees of the receiving branch may accumulate, the rate of accrual shall be according to continuous years worked and, upon transfer, the employee’s rate of accrual shall be the rate of accrual of the receiving branch. No leave granted at the outset of service, or without a relationship to the length of employment shall be included in earned leave.

93:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 27, 2011

Effective Date: July 26, 2011