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  ADOPTION NO. _____  

BILL NO: H.4300  (Reference is to Printer's Date 04/18/23-S.)

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 Senator ADAMS proposes the following amendment (SA\4300C008.JN.SA23.DOCX):

 Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 108, PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFIT AUTHORITY, page 477, after line 16, by adding an appropriately numbered new proviso to read:

/ (PEBA: PORS Return to Work) (A) For compensation earnings during the current fiscal year, the earnings limitation does not apply if a member of the Police Officers Retirement System receives compensation earnings from the covered employer for employment in a critical needs law enforcement position as determined by the Law Enforcement Training Council. For this proviso to apply, the Law Enforcement Training Council must review and approve, from the documentation provided by the covered employer, that no qualified, nonretired member is available for employment in the position, and that the member selected for employment meets the requirements of this proviso.

(B)  Before January first of the current fiscal year, the Law Enforcement Training Council must provide the list of positions to the Public Employee Benefit Authority who shall have the actuarial cost to the system calculated. The Law Enforcement Training Council and Public Employee Benefit Authority must submit a report to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee of the positions requested for inclusion in the earnings limitation exception under this proviso and the projected cost to the system for the current and upcoming fiscal year if the positions are approved by the General Assembly. The earnings limitation exception in this proviso only applies to those positions approved by action of the General Assembly for the fiscal year in response to the report submitted by the Law Enforcement Training Council. The Law Enforcement Training Council shall develop guidelines and curriculum for these officers to be recertified.

(C)  The exemption provided under this proviso does not apply unless the member first certifies to the system that he satisfies the requirements for the exemption. If a member inaccurately certifies that he satisfies the requirements for the exemption provided in this provision, the member is responsible for reimbursing the system for any benefits wrongly paid to the member.  / 

Amend sections, totals and title to conform.