The public New Hampshire Retirement System asked a court Tuesday to block implementation of the part of a new pension reform law dealing with setting employer contribution rates, The Associated Press reports.
The system’s Board of Trustees filed the suit in Merrimack County Superior Court. It is the second lawsuit filed aimed at blocking parts of the law from being implemented.
Associate Attorney General Richard Head said he is reviewing the lawsuit and had no comment about it.
At issue is whether the Legislature or the board controls the rates employers pay. The public pension system covers more than 50,000 active and nearly 26,000 retired state and municipal workers, teachers, police and firefighters. Contributions from employers — the state and local governments — and employees plus money earned through investments make up the pension fund.
A coalition of employee groups has a hearing scheduled for Thursday on the same rate-setting issue as well as on another section of the law that raises employee contribution rates.
