HLS 18RS-435 ENGROSSED
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 696
BY REPRESENTATIVE PEARSON
RETIREMENT/TEACHERS: Provides relative to reemployment of retirees of the Teachers'
Retirement System of Louisiana
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 11:710(A)(5)(e), relative to reemployment in the Teachers' Retirement System
3 of Louisiana; to provide for reemployment of tutors; and to provide for related
4 matters.
5 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
6 as provided by Article X, Section 29(C) of the Constitution
7 of Louisiana.
8Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 11:710(A)(5)(e) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 ยง710. Employment of retirees
11 A. Definitions.
12 * * *
13 (5) "Reemployment-eligible position" means any of the following:
14 * * *
15 (e) A position for a tutor for any student in pre-kindergarten through twelfth
16 grade.
17 * * *
18 Section 2. The cost of this Act, if any, shall be funded with additional employer
19contributions in compliance with Article X, Section 29(F) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 18RS-435 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 696
1 Section 3. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2018; if vetoed by the governor
2and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,
32018, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.
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)]
HB 696 Engrossed 2018 Regular Session Pearson
Abstract: Authorizes a retiree of the Teachers' Retirement System of La. (TRSL) to return
to work as a tutor and continue to collect his benefit check, subject to an earnings
limitation of 25% of his benefit amount.
Present law generally provides that a retiree of TRSL may not return to work in a position
covered by the system and continue to receive retirement benefits while reemployed.
Further provides exceptions to present law.
Present law authorizes a retiree to return to work as a substitute classroom teacher, an
adjunct professor, an instructor in an adult literacy program, or a school nurse and to
continue to receive his benefit check; however, the allowable employment earnings of such
retiree are capped at 25% of his benefit amount. Proposed law retains present law and adds
tutor for a student in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade to the list of positions that a retiree
may return to subject to a 25% earnings limitation.
Effective July 1, 2018.
(Adds R.S. 11:710(A)(5)(e))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Retirement to the
original bill:
1. Change proposed law regarding the position affected from presenter for
professional development training to a tutor for any student in pre-kindergarten
through 12th grade.
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