CSSB 79(EDC): "An Act relating to reemployment of persons who retire under the teachers' retirement system."
00 CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 79(EDC) 01 "An Act relating to reemployment of persons who retire under the teachers' retirement 02 system." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 14.20 is amended by adding a new section to read: 05 Sec. 14.20.136. Reemployment of member of teachers' retirement system. 06 (a) Subject to (b) of this section, a school district may reemploy a member who is 07 retired under a retirement plan established in AS 14.25.009 - 14.25.220, or a member 08 who is retired under a retirement plan established in AS 14.25.310 - 14.25.590. In this 09 subsection, "school district" has the meaning given in AS 14.30.350. 10 (b) A member who is retired under AS 14.25.110(a) may not be reemployed 11 under (a) of this section unless the member has been retired for at least 12 (1) three months if the member is at least 62 years of age; or 13 (2) one year if the member is less than 62 years of age. 14 (c) A school district that reemploys a member under this section who is retired
01 under the defined benefit retirement plan established in AS 14.25.009 - 14.25.220 is 02 required to make contributions under AS 14.25.070. 03 * Sec. 2. AS 14.25.043(a) is amended to read: 04 (a) Except as provided in (f) of this section, if [IF] a retired member again 05 becomes an active member, benefit payments may not be made during the period of 06 reemployment. [THE RETIREMENT BENEFIT MUST BE SUSPENDED FOR THE 07 ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR IF THE TEACHER IS REEMPLOYED AS AN ACTIVE 08 TEACHER FOR A PERIOD EQUIVALENT TO A YEAR OF SERVICE.] During 09 the period of reemployment, deductions from the member's salary will be made in 10 accordance with AS 14.25.050. 11 * Sec. 3. AS 14.25.043(c) is amended to read: 12 (c) Except as provided in (f) of this section, upon [UPON] subsequent 13 retirement, the retired member is entitled to receive an additional benefit based on the 14 credited service and the average base salary during the period of reemployment in 15 accordance with AS 14.25.110. If the initial benefit payments to which the retired 16 member is eligible have been actuarially reduced because the member retired early 17 under AS 14.25.110(b), the member shall also receive an incremental benefit based on 18 the amount of the actuarial reduction imposed by AS 14.25.110(j) on the first benefit 19 and the length of time that the employee was reemployed and not receiving retirement 20 benefits. The amount of the incremental benefit is equal to the difference between the 21 normal retirement benefit to which the member would have been entitled had the 22 member taken a normal retirement and the early retirement benefit that the member 23 has been receiving based on the member's initial period of employment multiplied by 24 the total number of months that the member did not receive retirement benefits 25 because of reemployment and that amount actuarially adjusted to be paid over the 26 expected lifetime of the member. 27 * Sec. 4. AS 14.25.043 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 28 (f) If a member who retired under AS 14.25.110(a) is reemployed by a school 29 district under AS 14.20.136, 30 (1) the member does not become an active member; 31 (2) the member shall continue to receive retirement benefits as though
01 the member were not reemployed by the school district; 02 (3) deductions from the member's salary may not be made under 03 AS 14.25.050; and 04 (4) the member may not receive credited service in the plan during the 05 period of reemployment. 06 * Sec. 5. AS 14.25.070(a) is amended to read: 07 (a) Each employer shall contribute to the system every payroll period an 08 amount calculated by applying a rate of 12.56 percent to the total of all base salaries 09 paid by the employer to active members of the system and to members who are 10 retired from the plan and reemployed under AS 14.20.136, including any 11 adjustments to contributions required by AS 14.25.173(a). 12 * Sec. 6. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 13 read: 14 APPLICABILITY. AS 14.20.136, enacted by sec. 1 of this Act, AS 14.25.043(a), as 15 amended by sec. 2 of this Act, AS 14.25.043(c), as amended by sec. 3 of this Act, 16 AS 14.25.043(f), enacted by sec. 4 of this Act, and AS 14.25.070(a), as amended by sec. 5 of 17 this Act, apply to contracts made on or after the effective date of this Act.