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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 20
BY REPRESENTATIVES HOFFMANN, BARROW, BROWN, HENRY BURNS,
CHANEY, COX, HOLLIS, HOWARD, HUNTER, KATRI NA JACKSON, JAMES,
JEFFERSON, JONES, LEGER, LIGI, MONTOUCET, PEARSON, POPE, PRICE,
REYNOLDS, RICHARD, RICHARDSON, SMI TH, ST. GERMAIN, THOMPSON,
AND WILLMOTT
RETIREMENT/TEACHERS: Provides for the payment of benefits to retired members of
the Teachers' Retirement System of La. who are rehired as adjunct professors
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 11:710(A)(5), relative to the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana; to2
allow certain retirees reemployed as adjunct professors to receive benefits during3
reemployment; to provide definitions; to provide limitations; and to provide for4
related matters.5
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published6
as provided by Article X, Section 29(C) of the Constitution7
of Louisiana.8
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:9
Section 1. R.S. 11:710(A)(5) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 10
§710. Employment of retirees11
A. For purposes of this Section, "retired teacher" shall mean any of the12
following:13
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(5) A retired member who returns to active service covered by the provisions15
of this Chapter as an adjunct professor. For purposes of this Paragraph, "adjunct16
professor" means part-time faculty, including instructors, assistant professors,17
associate professors, and professors, assigned the professional activities of18 HLS 12RS-217 REENGROSSED
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instructing pupils or conducting research at a public institution of postsecondary1
education. Such instruction may be provided in person or through an approved2
medium such as television, radio, computer, Internet, multimedia telephone, or3
correspondence and may be delivered inside or outside the classroom or in other4
teacher-student settings. The adjunct professor's earnings from his return to active5
service shall not exceed twenty-five percent of his retirement benefit during any6
fiscal year. If actual earnings exceed this amount in any fiscal year, the benefits7
payable to the retiree shall be reduced by the amount in excess of twenty-five percent8
of his benefit.9
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Section 2. The cost of this Act, if any, shall be funded with additional employer11
contributions in compliance with Article X, Section 29(F) of the Constitution of Louisiana.12
Section 3. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2012; if vetoed by the governor13
and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,14
2012, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.15
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Hoffmann HB No. 20
Abstract: Relative to the Teachers' Retirement System of La. (TRSL), allows certain
retirees reemployed as adjunct professors to receive retirement benefits during
reemployment at public postsecondary institutions.
Present law prohibits any TRSL retiree other than a "retired teacher" from receiving a
retirement benefit while reemployed in a position covered by TRSL. Provides that anyone
other than a "retired teacher" shall have his benefit suspended during reemployment. Defines
"retired teacher" as:
(1)Any retired member who returns to work full time or part time as a classroom
teacher offering instructional services to any student in grades K through 12 in a
"critical shortage area".
(2)Any retired member who returns to active service as a full-time certified speech
therapist, speech pathologist, or audiologist whose position of employment requires
a valid La. ancillary certificate approved and issued by the state Dept. of Education
in a school district where a shortage exists.
(3)Any other retired member reemployed on or before June 30, 2010. HLS 12RS-217 REENGROSSED
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(4)Any member who retired between May 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010, who returns to
active service in a position requiring a valid La. teaching certificate or a valid La.
ancillary certificate.
Proposed law adds to the definition of "retired teacher", and therefore to the list of
reemployed retirees who may receive a benefit during reemployment, retirees reemployed
as adjunct professors engaged in the instruction of students, or in research at a public
postsecondary institution.
Proposed law provides that the earnings of any such adjunct professor shall not exceed 25%
of his retirement benefit in any fiscal year. If earnings exceed this amount, the professor's
retirement benefit will be reduced by the amount in excess of the 25%.
Proposed law requires that any cost of proposed law be funded with additional employer
contributions in compliance with Art. X, §29(F) of the state constitution.
Effective July 1, 2012.
(Adds R.S. 11:710(A)(5))