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Regular Session, 2011
HOUSE BILL NO. 150
BY REPRESENTATIVE DOWNS
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 11:710(A)(4), relative to the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana; to2
allow certain retirees reemployed as adjunct professors to receive benefits during3
reemployment; and to provide for related matters.4
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published5
as provided by Article X, Section 29(C) of the Constitution6
of Louisiana.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. R.S. 11:710(A)(4) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 9
ยง710. Employment of retirees10
A. For purposes of this Section, "retired teacher" shall mean any of the11
following:12
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(4) A retired member who returns to active service covered by the provisions14
of this Chapter as an adjunct professor. For purposes of this Paragraph "adjunct15
professor" shall mean part-time faculty, including instructors, assistant professors,16
associate professors, and professors, assigned the professional activities of17
instructing pupils or conducting research at a public institution of postsecondary18
education. Such instruction may be provided in person or through an approved19
medium such as television, radio, computer, Internet, multimedia telephone, or20
correspondence and which is delivered inside or outside the classroom or in other21
teacher-student settings. Such adjunct professor's earnings from his return to active22
service shall not exceed twenty-five percent of his benefit during any fiscal year. If23 ENROLLEDHB NO. 150
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actual earnings exceed this amount in any fiscal year, the benefits payable to the1
retiree shall be reduced by the amount in excess of twenty-five percent of his benefit.2
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Section 2. The cost of this Act, if any, shall be funded with additional employer4
contributions in compliance with Article X, Section 29(F) of the Constitution of Louisiana.5
Section 3. This Act shall become effective if and when the Act which originated as6
Senate Bill No. 6 of the 2011 Regular Session of Legislature becomes effective.7
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: