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SENATE BILL NO. 14
BY SENATOR PRICE AND REPRESENTATIVE OWEN
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 11:710.3 and to repeal R.S. 11:710, 710.1, and 710.2, relative to the Teachers'
3 Retirement System of Louisiana; to provide for reemployment of retired teachers;
4 to allow for a retirement benefit while working, subject to conditions; to provide for
5 earning limits; to provide for supplemental benefits; to provide for critical shortages;
6 to provide for reporting and notification requirements; to provide for employee and
7 employer contributions; to provide for service credits; to provide for definitions; to
8 provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
9 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published.
10 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
11 Section 1. R.S. 11:710.3 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
12 §710.3. Reemployment of retired teachers and related provisions
13 A.(1) Any retiree who retired on or before June 30, 2010, and who
14 returns to active service with an employer covered by the provisions of this
15 Chapter, may receive a benefit during the period of his reemployment.
16 (2) Except as provided in Subsection B of this Section, any retiree who
17 is sixty-five years of age or older may receive a benefit during the period of his
18 reemployment. The provisions of this Paragraph shall apply beginning on the
19 first day of the month in which the retiree attains the age of sixty-five.
20 (3) The provisions of Subsections C and D of this Section shall not apply
21 to any retiree covered under this Subsection, provided however, that a retiree
22 to whom Paragraph (2) of this Subsection applies may elect to be governed by
23 the provisions of Paragraph (C)(3) of this Section. Any election to be covered by
24 the provisions of Paragraph (C)(3) of this Section shall be made in writing and
25 filed with the appropriate officer of the employer.
26 (4)(a) During the period of his return to active service, the retiree and his
27 employer shall make contributions to the retirement system as otherwise
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1 provided by law, but the retiree shall receive no additional service credits or
2 accrue any additional retirement benefits in the retirement system. Upon
3 termination of active service, the retiree shall, upon application, be refunded the
4 employee contributions paid since reemployment. The refund shall be without
5 interest. The retirement system shall retain the employer contributions.
6 (b) The provisions of this Paragraph shall not be applicable to any
7 retiree who elects to be governed by the provisions of Paragraph (C)(3) of this
8 Section.
9 B.(1) Any retiree who resumes active service under the provisions of this
10 Chapter within twelve months immediately following the effective date of his
11 retirement shall have his retirement benefits suspended. This suspension shall
12 remain in effect for the duration of the active service or until twelve months
13 have elapsed from the effective date of his retirement, whichever occurs first.
14 (2) No person who retires based on a disability shall be permitted to
15 return to active service pursuant to the provisions of this Section. Disability
16 retirees shall instead be covered by the provisions of law specifically applicable
17 to disability retirees.
18 C.(1) Except as provided in Subsections B and D of this Section, any
19 retiree who returns to active service with an employer covered by the provisions
20 of this Chapter shall, for that period of employment, be reemployed pursuant
21 to the provisions of Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, unless the retiree elects to
22 be covered by the provisions of Paragraph (3) of this Subsection. Any election
23 to be covered by the provisions of Paragraph (3) of this Subsection shall be
24 made in writing and filed with the appropriate officer of the employer.
25 (2)(a) Earnings limit. A retiree may be employed in any position covered
26 by this system during any fiscal year, provided that his earnings in such
27 employment do not exceed fifty percent of his original final average
28 compensation during that fiscal year. If the actual earnings of the retiree exceed
29 this amount in any fiscal year, the benefits payable to the retiree shall be
30 reduced by the amount in excess of fifty percent of his original final average
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1 compensation.
2 (b) During the period of his return to active service, the retiree and his
3 employer shall make contributions to the retirement system as otherwise
4 required by law, but the retiree shall receive no additional service credits or
5 accrue any additional retirement benefits in the r