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Regular Session, 2012 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 624
BY SENATOR MURRAY
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 11:1513, relative to the Clerks' of Court Retirement and Relief2
Fund; to provide for reemployment of retirees; to provide for an effective date; and3
to provide for related matters.4
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 11:1513 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 7
ยง1513. Reemployment of a retiree 8
A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this Section, a retiree receiving9
retirement benefits from the system may be temporarily reemployed by a clerk, but10
the retiree shall not be or become a member of the system during such11
reemployment. If the retiree is reemployed in any capacity for more than sixty12
working days, or the equivalent thereof, during any calendar year, the benefits13
payable to the retiree shall be reduced by the amount he earned after sixty working14
days, or the equivalent thereof. The retiree and the clerk shall immediately notify the15
board of the date of reemployment, the amount of salary paid, any changes in salary,16
the number of hours employed per week, the estimated duration of reemployment,17
and the date of the termination of the reemployment. If the retiree dies during18
reemployment, benefits shall be paid to any other person as if death occurred19
regardless of reemployment pursuant to any option which may have been selected20
by the retiree at the time of retirement.21
B.(1) A retiree who has terminated employment and was receiving retirement22
benefits from the system on January 1, 2007, may be temporarily reemployed by a23
ACT No. 564 SB NO. 624 ENROLLED
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clerk whose office is located in a parish designated under the Robert T. Stafford1
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act as eligible for individual assistance,2
or individual assistance and public assistance following hurricane Katrina or Rita;3
however, the retiree shall not be or become a member of the system during such4
reemployment. If the retiree is reemployed by such a clerk in any capacity for more5
than one hundred eighty working days, or the equivalent thereof, during any calendar6
year, the benefits payable to the retiree shall be reduced by the amount he earned7
after one hundred eighty working days, or the equivalent thereof. The retiree and the8
clerk shall immediately notify the board of the date of reemployment, the amount of9
salary paid, any changes in salary, the number of hours employed per week, the10
estimated duration of reemployment, and the date of the termination of the11
reemployment. If the retiree dies during reemployment, benefits shall be paid to any12
other person as if death occurred regardless of reemployment pursuant to any option13
which may have been selected by the retiree at the time of retirement.14
(2) The Except as provided in Subsection C of this Section regarding15
certain retirees reemployed by the clerk of the Orleans Parish Civil District16
Court, the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall expire on July 1,17
2012, and thereafter shall be null and void and of no effect.18
C.(1) The provisions of Paragraph (B)(1) of this Section shall apply to19
any retiree who is reemployed by the clerk of the Orleans Parish Civil District20
Court on or before June 30, 2012.21
(2) The provisions of this Subsection shall expire on July 1, 2013, and22
thereafter shall be null and void and of no effect.23
D.(1) A retiree who has terminated employment and was receiving24
retirement benefits from the system on January 1, 2007, and who was25
temporarily reemployed by the clerk of the Orleans Parish Civil District Court26
on or before June 30, 2012, may work for a period of ninety working days, or27
the equivalent thereof, during the calendar year. 28
(2) The provisions of this Subsection shall expire on July 1, 2014, and29
thereafter shall be null and void and of no effect.30 SB NO. 624 ENROLLED
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective on June 30, 2012; if vetoed by the1
governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on2
June 30, 2012, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.3
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: