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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Amend Provisions Limiting the Return to Work after Retirement by Teachers and School Administrators’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §17859, as amended by PL 2011, c. 420, Pt. L, §1, is further amended to read:
§ 17859.Retiring and returning to work
 
1. Restoration to service.   Any state employee or teacherschool administrator who has reached normal retirement age and who retires after September 1, 2011 may be restored to service for up to 5 years. The decision to hire a retired state employee or retired teacherschool administrator under this section is at the discretion of the appointing authority. The retired state employee or retired teacherschool administrator must have had a bona fide termination of employment in accordance with state and federal laws and rules, may not return to employment after retirement with the same employer for at least 30 calendar days after the termination of employment and may not return to employment before the effective date of the person's retirement. For the purposes of this section, "school administrator" means a superintendent as defined in Title 20-A, section 1, subsection 39 or a principal as defined in Title 20-A, section 1, subsection 21.
 
2. Compensation and benefits.   The compensation and benefits of the retired state employee or retired teacherschool administrator who returns to service after retirement as set out in subsection 1 is governed by this subsection.
 
A. The compensation of the retired state employee or retired teacherschool administrator who returns to service must be set at 75% of the compensation established for the position to be filled, at a step determined by the appointing authority.
 
B. The retired state employee or retired teacherschool administrator who returns to service under this section is not a member and therefore may not accrue additional creditable service or change the retired state employee's or retired teacher'sschool administrator's earnable compensation for benefit calculation purposes.
 
C. During the period of reemployment, the retired state employee or retired teacher school administrator is not entitled to health insurance, dental insurance or life insurance benefits. The retired state employee or retired teacherschool administrator is entitled to all other benefits for the reemployment position under collective bargaining agreements or civil service laws and rules. Health insurance benefits must be provided under the provisions of section 285, subsection 1-A for retired state employees or Title 20-A, section 13451 for retired teachersschool administrators and life insurance benefits must be provided under the provisions of section 18055.
 
3. Contributions to the Maine Public Employees Retirement System and state group health plan.   The portion of the employer contribution that goes to pay the retirement system for the unfunded liability and the state group health plan for retiree health care must be continued and based on the retired state employee's or retired teacher'sschool administrator's compensation as provided under subsection 2 during the reemployment period.
 
4. Notification requirements.   Employers under this section are required to identify and report to the retirement system, in the manner specified by the retirement system, each individual who is a retiree who becomes an employee of the employer under the option provided in this section. Departments shall also report each retiree who becomes an employee to the Bureau of the Budget in a manner specified by the bureau. The employer shall report each such employee whenever and so long as the employee is the employer's employee.
 
5. Exclusion.   A retired state employee or retired teacherschool administrator who is hired as a substitute teacher is not subject to the restoration to service 5-year limitation in subsection 1 or the compensation limitation in subsection 2, paragraph A.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment is the minority report of the committee. This amendment amends the bill to retain the provisions in current law that provide that limitations on conditions of restoration to service after retirement enacted in 2011 apply to state employees. The amendment retains the provisions of the bill that exempt teachers from these limitations and that provide that the limitations apply to school superintendents and principals.
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