PUBLIC LAW 102-494—OCT. 24, 1992 106 STAT. 3169 by the New Hampshire member district and held or disposed of according to law. If all of the schools in a member district are incorporated into an interstate district, then no annual meeting of the member district shall be required unless the members of the interstate board from the member district shall determine that there is occasion for such an annual meeting. "D. SUIT AND SERVICE OF PROCESS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. —The Courts. courts of New Hampshire shall have the same jurisdiction over the district as though a New Hampshire member district were a party instead of the interstate district. The service necessary to institute suit in New Hampshire shall be made on the district by leaving a copy of the writ or other proceedings in hand or at the last usual place of abode of one of the directors who resides in New Hampshire, and by mailing a like copy to the clerk and to one other director by certified mail with return receipt requested.
- E. EMPLOYMENT. —Each employee of an interstate district
assigned to a school located in New Hampshire shall be considered an employee of a New Hampshire school district for the purpose of the New Hampshire teachers retirement system, the New Hampshire state employees retirement system, the New Hampshire workmen's compensation law and any other law relating to the regulation of employment or the provision of benefits for employees of New Hampshire school districts except as follows: "a. A teacher in a New Hampshire member district may elect to remain a member of the New Hampshire retirement system, even though assigned to teach in an interstate school in Maine. '1t>. Employees of interstate districts designated as professional or instructional staff members, as defined in article I, may elect to participate in the teachers retirement system of either the State of New Hampshire or the State of Maine but in no case will they participate in both retirement systems simultaneously. "c. It shall be the duty of the superintendent in an interstate district to: (1) advise teachers and other professional staff employees contracted for the district about the terms of the contract and the policies and procedures of the retirement systems; "(2) see that each teacher or professional stafiT employee selects the retirement system of his choice at the time his contract is signed; "(3) provide the commissioners of education in New Hampshire and in Maine with the names and other pertinent information regarding each staff member under his jurisdiction so that each may be enrolled in the retirement system of his preference. "ARTICLE XI "A P P LICABILITY OF MAINE LAWS " A. GENERAL SCHOOL LAWS.—With respect to the operation and maintenance of any school of the district located in Maine, the provisions of Maine law shall apply except as otherwise provided in this compact and except that the powers and duties of the school board shall be exercised and discharged by the interstate
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