House File 2035 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  THOMAS


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for eligibility to receive retirement benefits
  2    under the Iowa public employees' retirement system by
  3    establishing what constitutes a bona fide retirement for
  4    teachers in a teacher shortage area.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  6 TLSB 5238HH 81
  7 ec/sh/8

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 97B.52A, subsection 1, paragraph c,
  1  2 Code Supplement 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    c.  (1)  For a member whose first month of entitlement is
  1  4 July 2000 or later, the member does not return to any
  1  5 employment with a covered employer until the member has
  1  6 qualified for at least one calendar month of retirement
  1  7 benefits, and the member does not return to covered employment
  1  8 until the member has qualified for no fewer than four calendar
  1  9 months of retirement benefits.
  1 10    (2)  For purposes of determining a bona fide retirement
  1 11 under this paragraph, the following apply:
  1 12    (a)  effective Effective July 1, 2000, any employment with
  1 13 a covered employer does not include employment as an elective
  1 14 official or member of the general assembly if the member is
  1 15 not covered under this chapter for that employment.
  1 16    (b)  For purposes of determining a bona fide retirement
  1 17 under this paragraph and for a member whose first month of
  1 18 entitlement is July 2004 or later, but before July 2006,
  1 19 covered employment does not include employment as a licensed
  1 20 health care professional by a public hospital as defined in
  1 21 section 249J.3, with the exception of public hospitals
  1 22 governed pursuant to chapter 226.
  1 23    (c)  For a member whose first month of entitlement is July
  1 24 2006 or later, covered employment does not include employment
  1 25 as a teacher in a teacher shortage area as designated by the
  1 26 director of the department of education pursuant to section
  1 27 261.111.
  1 28                           EXPLANATION
  1 29    This bill provides that a member of IPERS can retire and be
  1 30 reemployed as a teacher in a designated teacher shortage area
  1 31 after having qualified for one calendar month of retirement
  1 32 benefits.  Under current law, a member of IPERS could not
  1 33 return to any full=time teaching position covered by IPERS for
  1 34 four months following retirement.
  1 35 LSB 5238HH 81
  2  1 ec:rj/sh/8