EXPLANATION: Earnings limitation does not apply if compensation is for a critical needs fire service position.

Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 108, PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFIT AUTHORITY, page 491, proviso 108.16, after line 36, by inserting an appropriately numbered subsection to read:

/ ( ) For compensation earnings during the current fiscal year, the earnings limitation does not apply if compensation received by the retired member from the covered employer is for employment in a critical needs fire service position. As determined by the South Carolina Fire Mobilization Oversight Committee. For this provision to apply, the South Carolina Fire Mobilization Oversight Committee must review and approve, from the documentation provided by the covered employer, that no qualified, non retired member is available for employment in the position, and that the member selected for employment meets the requirements of this provision. No later than January 1st of the current year, the South Carolina Fire Mobilization Oversight Committee 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 provision. The earnings limitation exception in this provision only applies to those positions approved by the General Assembly for the fiscal year in response to the report submitted by the South Carolina Fire Mobilization Oversight Committee. The South Carolina Fire Mobilization Oversight Committee shall develop guidelines and curriculum for these officers to be recertified./

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