HB229: relative to increasing the contribution amount of call, substitute, or volunteer firefighters eligible for certain disability benefits.

HB 229-FN - AS INTRODUCED

2003 SESSION

03-0811

10/09

HOUSE BILL 229-FN

AN ACT relative to increasing the contribution amount of call, substitute, or volunteer firefighters eligible for certain disability benefits.

SPONSORS: Rep. Patten, Carr 7

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

ANALYSIS

This bill increases the contribution amount for call, substitute, or volunteer firefighters who elect to be eligible for a disability allowance under 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03-0811

10/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

AN ACT relative to increasing the contribution amount of call, substitute, or volunteer firefighters eligible for certain disability benefits.

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

1 Retirement System; Call, Substitute, or Volunteer Firemen. Amend RSA 100-A:19, I to read as follows:

I. Call, substitute, or volunteer firemen to be eligible for the benefits hereinafter set forth must be accepted by their respective city, town, precinct or organized volunteer company. All call, substitute, or volunteer firemen who desire the benefits of this section shall make application to the board of trustees and pay the sum of [$6] $12 per year, said amount to be paid in one sum, and shall give notice of their application for the benefits hereof to the treasurer or other disbursing officer of the city, town or precinct which employs them. The chief, clerk or other responsible officer of a fire company whose members have applied for the benefits of this section shall forward to the executive director of the board, on a form approved by the board, the number and the names of such members as of July 1 of every year and shall also notify the board of any dismissals, resignations or deaths during the year of any of its members who were eligible for the benefits hereof. New members of such fire companies applying for the benefits of this section during the fiscal year, who are not replacing former members of their company who had applied for benefits hereunder shall be assessed the full amounts as set forth above, if their applications are received on or before December 31 of any year, but their eligibility for the benefits hereunder shall extend only to June 30 of the following year or to the beginning of the new fiscal year. All new members of such fire companies, who are not replacing former members during the fiscal year and whose applications are received on or after January 1 of any year shall be assessed 1/2 the amount set forth above and shall be eligible for the benefits hereof only to June 30 of the same year or to the beginning of the new fiscal year. Members of such fire companies who, during the fiscal year, are replacing members who had applied for the benefits of this section but who are no longer members of the fire company, shall not be assessed, but shall be entitled to the benefits hereof to June 30 of the same fiscal year for which the member whom they are replacing was eligible. All assessments from call, substitute, or volunteer firemen, for any fiscal year beginning July 1 to June 30 of the following year, shall be paid on or before June 30 of that fiscal year in which application or renewal of application is received by the board; with the exception that, in case of total and permanent disability or accidental death of any member of a fire company who has made application for the benefits of this section, benefits accruing to such member or to the member's beneficiary shall not be paid until assessment for that fiscal year has first been received by the board.

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

LBAO

03-0811

1/8/03

HB 229-FN - FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT relative to increasing the contribution amount of call, substitute, or volunteer firefighters for certain disability benefits.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 2003 through 2007.

The Actuary's letter is on file in the bill jacket in the House Clerk's Office.