SB30: combining the judicial branch salary adjustment fund and the judicial branch benefit adjustment account into a single fund.

CHAPTER 185

SB 30 – FINAL VERSION

2007 SESSION

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SENATE BILL 30

AN ACT combining the judicial branch salary adjustment fund and the judicial branch benefit adjustment account into a single fund.

SPONSORS: Sen. Foster, Dist 13; Rep. Dokmo, Hills 6

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

ANALYSIS

This bill combines the judicial branch salary adjustment fund and the judicial branch benefit adjustment account into a single fund.

This bill was requested by the supreme court.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

07-0755

09/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven

AN ACT combining the judicial branch salary adjustment fund and the judicial branch benefit adjustment account into a single fund.

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

185:1 Judicial Branch Salary and Benefit Adjustment Fund. Amend RSA 491-A:2 to read as follows:

491-A:2 Judicial Branch Salary and Benefit Adjustment Fund.

[I.] Whereas, upon occasion due to vacancies and personnel turnover, salaries, benefits, increment increases, and longevity payments as provided by appropriations are not needed for certain positions, each quarter the [office] department of administrative services shall transfer said unneeded amounts from the general appropriation to a special account to be known as the judicial branch salary and benefit adjustment fund. Funds in this account shall be used to provide for salary and benefit adjustments for which appropriations have not been made. This fund shall lapse at the end of each fiscal year.

[II. Whereas appropriations for benefits for certain positions may not be totally needed for each position due to vacancies and personnel turnover, each quarter the office of administrative services shall transfer said unneeded amounts from the general appropriation to a special account to be known as the judicial branch benefit adjustment account. This fund shall lapse at the end of each fiscal year. Funds in this account shall be used to provide adjustments to legally authorized employee benefits.]

185:2 Reference Change. Amend RSA 6:12, I(b)(84) to read as follows:

(84) Moneys deposited in the judicial branch salary and benefit adjustment fund under RSA 491-A:2.

185:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

Approved: June 18, 2007

Effective: July 1, 2007