§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.

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