§ 11:1928.1 — Employment of retired court reporters

Louisiana § 11:1928.1

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 11: Consolidated Public Retirement Systems

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§1928.1. Employment of retired court reporters
A.(1) After the three-year period immediately following the effective date of his
retirement, any retiree age sixty-five or older of this system who has been retired from
service as a court reporter and who returns full-time to active service as a court reporter
covered by the provisions of this Chapter shall not have his benefit suspended for the
duration of his period of reemployment in such position.
(2) No member of this system who retires based on a disability shall return to service
pursuant to the provisions of this Section. Disability retirees shall be governed by the
provisions of this Chapter applicable to disability retirees.
B.(1) When any retired court reporter returns to active service pursuant to this
Section with an employer covered by the provisions of this Chapter, the employing agency
shall notify the board of trustees in writing within ten days of the employment and the date
on which employment began. Upon termination of the reemployment, the employing agency
shall also provide the board with information and notice thereof in writing. In addition to the
notice required by this Subsection, the employing agency shall also report to the retirement
system within forty-five days after June thirtieth of each year the names of all retired persons
being paid by the employing agency, their social security numbers, and the amounts of their
earnings during the previous fiscal year ending June thirtieth of the reporting year.
(2) Any employer who elects to reemploy a retired court reporter pursuant to this
Section shall submit to the system before September fifteenth of each year of reemployment
a declaration stating the employer's intent to reemploy the court reporter pursuant to this
Section. The declaration shall be signed by the employer's authorized representative and the
employee. If the declaration is not received by the system by such date, the reemployed court
reporter shall be considered reemployed pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 11:1928.
(3) The chief judge of the employer shall certify to the retirement system that a
critical shortage of qualified court reporters exists. Prior to making the certification for any
full-time critical shortage position, the employer shall cause to be advertised for thirty days
in the official journal of the employer's governing authority, notice that a critical shortage of
skilled court reporters exists and the positions sought to be filled and that no person applied.
Additionally, the employer shall cause notice to be posted at the career development office,
or such similar entity, of the regional office of Louisiana Works.
C. The provisions of R.S. 11:1928 shall not be applicable to any retiree reemployed
pursuant to this Section.
D. Any employer who participates in the reemployment of any retired court reporter
pursuant to this Section shall pay the employer contribution to the retirement system as
provided by this Chapter.

Legislative History

Acts 2025, No. 22, §1, eff. June 4, 2025.