New Hampshire Revised Statutes 102:4 – Membership
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 102:4
- Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
- Permanent fireman: shall mean a private fireman or officer regularly employed on full time duty by any fire department of any city, town or precinct in the state. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 102:2
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
Any permanent fireman in this state who prior to July 1, 1967 accepted the provisions of this chapter shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of this system thereafter, unless on or before November 30, 1967 or May 1, 1968 he files with the board of trustees, on a form prescribed by the board, a notice of his election to become a member as of January 1, 1968 or July 1, 1968 of the New Hampshire Retirement system as provided by N.H. Rev. Stat. § 100-A:3, II, in which event his entitlement to the benefits provided under this system shall cease as of December 31, 1967 or June 30, 1968. Any permanent fireman who prior to July 1, 1967 did not accept the provisions of this chapter or any person who becomes a permanent fireman on or after that date shall be ineligible to make application to accept the provisions of this chapter and shall not be entitled to the benefits hereof.