HB 778-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
20Feb2025... 0329h
04/17/2025 1489s
2025 SESSION
25-0810
09/05
HOUSE BILL778-FN
AN ACTauthorizing the director of the police standards and training council to detail law enforcement training specialists employed by the council for law enforcement and crowd control services and relative to disability retirement benefits.
SPONSORS:Rep. Roy, Rock. 31; Rep. D. Mannion, Rock. 25; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19
COMMITTEE:Criminal Justice and Public Safety
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill:
I. Authorizes the director of the police standards and training council to detail law enforcement training specialists employed by the council for law enforcement and crowd control services, upon request of the state, county, or local law enforcement agency of jurisdiction.
II. Removes mental incapacitation as a justification for disability retirement benefits for certain group II members.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20Feb2025... 0329h
04/17/2025 1489s25-0810
09/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACTauthorizing the director of the police standards and training council to detail law enforcement training specialists employed by the council for law enforcement and crowd control services and relative to disability retirement benefits.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Police Standards and Training Council. Amend RSA 106-L:5 by inserting after paragraph XX the following new paragraph:
XX-a. The director may, at the request of the state, county, or local law enforcement agency of jurisdiction, detail any law enforcement training specialist employed by the council for law enforcement and crowd control services for public and private events and for extra duty functions to be performed outside regular business hours and for which the council shall be reimbursed. While performing such services, the officers may enforce all criminal and motor vehicle laws of the state in which the services are being performed. The council shall establish a detail rate that includes compensation for the officers and reimbursement for the use of vehicles, employee benefits, and other incurred expenses.
2 New Hampshire Retirement System; Disability Retirements Benefits. Amend RSA 100-A:6, II(e)(2)(A) to read as follows:
(A) The member is found to be [mentally or] physically incapacitated for the further performance of duty and that such incapacity is likely to be permanent;
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBA
25-0810
2/26/25
HB 778-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2025-0329h)
AN ACTauthorizing the director of the police standards and training council to detail law enforcement training specialists employed by the council for law enforcement and crowd control services.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Estimated State Impact
FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 FY 2028
Revenue $0 Indeterminable
Revenue Fund(s) Detail Reimbursement Revenue
Expenditures* $0 Indeterminable
Funding Source(s) Detail Reimbursement Revenue
Appropriations* $0 $0 $0 $0
Funding Source(s) None
*Expenditure = Cost of bill *Appropriation = Authorized funding to cover cost of bill
Estimated State Impact
FY 2025
FY 2026
FY 2027
FY 2028
Revenue
$0
Indeterminable
Revenue Fund(s)
Detail Reimbursement Revenue
Expenditures*
$0
Indeterminable
Funding Source(s)
Detail Reimbursement Revenue
Appropriations*
$0
$0
$0
$0
Funding Source(s)
None
*Expenditure = Cost of bill *Appropriation = Authorized funding to cover cost of bill
METHODOLOGY:
This bill authorizes the Police Standards and Training Council to detail law enforcement training specialists, employed by the Council, for law enforcement and crowd control services. It is expected that any impact this bill may have on state expenditures would be offset by reimbursements paid to the State.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Police Standards and Training Council