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2022 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 419
BY SENATOR CATHEY
TEACHERS RETIREMENT. Provides relative to the reemployment of certain retirees.
(2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (6/30/22)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 11:710.2 and 1008, relative to the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana
3 and Louisiana School Employees' Retirement System; to provide relative to
4 reemployment of certain retirees in each retirement system; to provide relative to
5 terms and conditions of reemployment; to provide relative to earnings and retirement
6 benefits; to authorize reemployment without a suspension or reduction of benefits;
7 to provide requirements and limitations; to provide for an effective date; and to
8 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. 11:710.2 and 1008 are hereby enacted to read as follows:
12 §710.2. Reemployment of certain retired teachers
13 A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any retiree of
14 this system reemployed pursuant to the provisions of this Section in a position
15 as a classroom teacher as defined by R.S. 11:710, or any system retiree
16 employed as a teacher's aide or a paraprofessional to assist any person in a
17 position as a classroom teacher shall be allowed to return to work immediately
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1 without suspension or reduction of his benefits upon reemployment.
2 B. During the period of reemployment, the retiree and his employer shall
3 make contributions to the retirement system as provided by this Chapter, but
4 the retiree shall receive no additional service credit and shall not accrue any
5 additional retirement benefits in the retirement system. Upon termination of
6 active service, the retiree shall, upon application, be refunded the employee
7 contributions paid since reemployment. The refund shall be without interest.
8 The retirement system shall retain the employer contributions.
9 C. The provisions of this Section shall be void on June 30, 2027.
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11 §1008. Reemployment of certain retired school employees
12 A. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, any service retiree of
13 the Louisiana School Employees' Retirement System reemployed pursuant to
14 the provisions of this Section in any position covered by the system as a
15 full-time, part-time, temporary, or substitute employee, shall be allowed to
16 return to work immediately without suspension or reduction of his benefits
17 upon reemployment.
18 B. During the period of reemployment, the service retiree and his
19 employer shall make contributions to the retirement system as provided by this
20 Chapter, but the retiree shall receive no additional service credit and shall not
21 accrue any additional retirement benefits in the retirement system. Upon
22 termination of active service, the service retiree shall, upon application, be
23 refunded the employee contributions paid since reemployment. The refund shall
24 be without interest. The retirement system shall retain the employer
25 contributions.
26 C. The provisions of this Section shall be void on June 30, 2027.
27 Section 2. This Act shall become effective on June 30, 2022; if vetoed by the
28 governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on
29 the day following such approval by the legislature or June 30, 2022, whichever is later.
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Angela L. De Jean.
DIGEST
SB 419 Original 2022 Regular Session Cathey
Present law, relative to the Teachers' Retirement System of La. (TRSL), provides for
reemployment of retirees. Generally requires benefits to be suspended during reemployment.
Allows payment of benefits to continue subject to certain requirements, in some cases,
including an earnings limitation.
Proposed law, relative to TRSL, provides that notwithstanding any provision to the contrary,
any retiree reemployed pursuant to the provisions of proposed law in a position as a
classroom teacher defined by present law, or someone employed as a teacher's aide or a
paraprofessional to assist a classroom teacher shall be allowed to return to work immediately
without suspension or reduction of his benefits upon reemployment. Requires payment of
employer and employee contributions. Specifies the retiree receives no additional service
credit and accrues no additional retirement benefits.
Proposed law provides that upon termination of active service, the retired teacher shall, upon
application, be refunded the employee contributions paid since reemployment. The refund
is without interest. The retirement system retains the employer contributions.
Proposed law relative to Louisiana School Employees' Retirement System (LSERS) provides
that notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, any service retiree of LSERS reemployed
pursuant to the provisions of proposed law in any position covered by the system as a
full-time, part-time, temporary, or substitute employee, shall be allowed to return to work
immediately without suspension or reduction of his benefits upon reemployment. Requires
payment of employer and employee contributions. Specifies the retiree receives no
additional service credit and accrues no additional retirement benefits in the retirement
system.
Proposed law provides that upon termination of active service, the service retiree shall, upon
application, be refunded the employee contributions paid since reemployment. The refund
is without interest. The retirement system retains the employer contributions.
Proposed law provides that the provisions of proposed law shall be void on 6/30/27.
Effective June 30, 2022.
(Adds R.S. 11:710.2 and 1008)
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