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Sponsor seeks to exclude private‑paid ‘detail’ hours from retirees’ annual hour limits; NHRS warns of enrollment implications
Summary
House Bill 702 would exclude privately funded extra‑duty hours (details) from the annual calculation that can limit retired law‑enforcement officers’ work; New Hampshire Retirement System cautioned the rule could require new reporting and, over time, could lead to re‑enrollment if retirees average full‑time hours.
Representative Fred Doucette, sponsor of House Bill 702, told the committee the bill would clarify that extra‑duty or detail hours — typically paid by private contractors rather than by the municipality — should not count toward the annual work‑hour limits that apply to retired law‑enforcement officers.
Doucette said the change is narrowly targeted: the bill would not cost the state and would allow communities to retain retired officers for short‑term details such as traffic control or construction site security without pushing retirees over the statutory hour cap. "This piece of legislation…
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