CHAPTER 99-E SUGGESTION AND EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM
Section 99-E:5
99-E:5 Suggestion Award Standard. –
I. A departmental award evaluation committee shall recommend such monetary or non-monetary recognition as it, within its discretion, concludes is appropriate for original suggestions that the committee concludes may, if implemented, accomplish any of the following:
(a) Improve government cost savings.
(b) Improve government efficiency.
(c) Increase revenue to the state by a means other than the establishment of a new, or an increase in an existing, tax.
II. The state suggestion and extraordinary service award evaluation committee shall recommend to the governor and council such monetary awards as it, within its discretion, concludes are appropriate for original suggestions that may, if implemented, accomplish the ends specified in paragraph I. The state suggestion and extraordinary service award evaluation committee shall either recommend to the governor and council such non-monetary recognition as the committee, within its discretion, believes is appropriate for original suggestions that, if implemented, may accomplish the ends specified in paragraph I, or itself issue such non-monetary recognition.
III. Prior to making a recommendation for award, or recommending or issuing non-monetary recognition, either a departmental award evaluation committee or the state suggestion and extraordinary service award evaluation committee may recommend that a suggestion be implemented and may defer its determination pending receipt of information relative to that implementation. If a suggestion has been implemented prior to the time that it has been submitted or nominated for award, the committee may defer its determination relative to award pending receipt of information on the success of such implementation, including, if applicable, the amount of any savings or revenue realized and the method of calculation. If the state suggestion and extraordinary service award evaluation committee concludes, in its discretion, that it is appropriate to do so, that committee may recommend or suggest implementation of a suggestion in units beyond those in which implementation has been accomplished or suggested and may, in its discretion, defer its determination relative to award pending receipt of information relative to that implementation.
IV. A suggestion shall not be eligible for award or recognition if the award evaluation committee determines, in its discretion, that the suggestion:
(a) Is of the type that is expected to be made as part of the employee's regularly-assigned duties or job responsibilities;
(b) Was under consideration by the state prior to the time that the suggestion was made by the employee;
(c) Was previously made by another individual, whether or not previously submitted to an award evaluation committee; or
(d) Except as provided in RSA 99-E:4, X, is one for which the employee has previously been nominated for, or has received, a monetary award from the state under this chapter or its predecessor chapters.