Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 100-A:51

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Beneficiary: shall mean any person receiving a retirement allowance or other benefit as provided herein. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 100-A:1
  • Employee: shall mean any regular classified, nonclassified, or unclassified officer or employee of the state or any department, commission, institution or agency of the state government by which an employee is paid through the office of the state treasurer, or employees of the general court who work on a full-time basis and are eligible for other state benefits, but whose salary is calculated on a per diem basis, or any employee of the retirement system, or any full-time employee of the community college system of New Hampshire who is an active retirement system member or who elects membership in the retirement system, or of any of the groups authorized to participate under this chapter but excluding any person who is a teacher, permanent policeman, or permanent fireman as defined in this section, or who is a member or attache of the general court or member of the executive council. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 100-A:1
  • Employer: shall mean (a) the state or any department, commission, institution, or agency of the state government by which an employee is paid through the office of the state treasurer with respect to their employees, (b) the state, the local school district, or other employers of teachers eligible for membership in the system with respect to the teachers in their employ, (c) any police department or police force of the state, or of any county, city, town, village, or precinct in the state with respect to the permanent policemen in their employ, (d) any fire department of the state, or of any county, city, town, village, or precinct in the state with respect to the permanent firemen in their employ, (e) any political subdivision that has elected to participate under N. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 100-A:1
  • Member: shall mean any person included in the membership of the retirement system, as provided in N. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 100-A:1
  • Retirement: shall mean withdrawal from active service with a retirement allowance granted under the provisions hereof. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 100-A:1
  • Retirement allowance: shall mean the sum of the member annuity and the state annuity. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 100-A:1
  • Retirement system: shall mean the New Hampshire Retirement System as defined in N. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 100-A:1
  • State: shall mean the state of New Hampshire. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 100-A:1
  • Teacher: shall mean any regular or special teacher, principal, supervisor or administrator, librarian or other member of the teaching or professional staff engaged in the service of the public elementary and secondary schools located within the state and supported by and under the control of the state, the local school district, or other employers of teachers eligible for membership in the system. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 100-A:1
Upon request in writing of any retired former policeman, fireman, teacher, or employee member or beneficiary of the New Hampshire retirement system who participates in a group medical insurance or health care plan under the sponsorship of a political subdivision of the state as the retiree’s former employer, the retirement system shall deduct from the monthly retirement allowance of such retired member or beneficiary the cost to the retiree or beneficiary of such medical insurance or health care coverage. The amounts so deducted shall be paid over by the retirement system for the benefit of the retiree or beneficiary, either directly to the insurer or health care provider or to the employer, as may be determined by agreement between the trustees of the retirement system and the employer.