2015 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title I - THE STATE AND ITS GOVERNMENT
Chapter 21-I - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
Section 21-I:56 - Reclassification of Positions or Increases.

NH Rev Stat § 21-I:56 (2015) What's This?

    21-I:56 Reclassification of Positions or Increases. –
    I. Any request for reclassification of a position to a different class series as provided in RSA 21-I:54 shall require the approval of governor and council.
    II. Any request to increase the salary of a classified position beyond grade 34 as provided in RSA 99:8 shall require the approval of the fiscal committee of the general court before it is submitted to the governor and council for its approval.
    III. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 9:17 and 9:17-a, whenever the director of personnel in consultation with the affected department shall determine that the personal services-permanent line item in any accounting unit and the salary adjustment fund cannot cover the cost of funding a reclassification and a transfer of funds from other line items is required, the director of personnel shall notify the governor and council and the fiscal committee as soon as possible. No such transfer shall be permitted without approval first of the fiscal committee and then of governor and council.
    IV. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commissioner of the department of health and human services shall have the authority to reallocate or reclassify any position within the department of health and human services, in consultation with the director of personnel, to implement the 1995 Department of Health and Human Services Reorganization Act. This authority shall terminate on December 31, 1998.
    V. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any commissioner of a state agency may appeal a reclassification decision to the joint committee on employee classification, established in RSA 14:14-c, which shall have final authority over such decision.

Source. 1986, 12:1. 1987, 416:5. 1992, 289:3. 1995, 310:59. 2006, 290:16. 2008, 177:14, eff. June 11, 2008. 2012, 247:3, eff. Aug. 17, 2012.


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