5742-S AMS MCAU SUND 006

SSB 5742 - S AMD

By Senator McAuliffe

   On page 11, beginning on line 2, after "and" strike all material down to and including "retirement." on line 13 and insert the following:

   "(d) The employee has not already rendered a cumulative total of more than (i) three thousand one hundred sixty-five hours of service for certificated instructional staff, or (ii) one thousand nine hundred hours of service for all other staff, while receiving pension payments, beyond an annual threshold of eight hundred sixty-seven hours;

shall cease to receive pension payments while engaged in that service after the retiree has rendered service for more than one thousand five hundred hours in a school year. The cumulative total limitations under this subsection apply prospectively to those retiring after the effective date of this act and retroactively to those who retired prior to the effective date of this act, and shall be calculated from the date of retirement."

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   EFFECT:    Increases from 1,900 hours to 3,165 hours the lifetime    cumulative limit on the hours that teachers' retirement system plan    1 retirees may work in excess of 867 hours per year as certificated    instructional staff while receiving pension benefits. For  teachers working on a full-time basis, this extends the limit from   three years to five years.