A. Whenever a retiree returns to employment which otherwise would render him eligible for membership in the system, he shall not be entitled to renew his membership in or become a member of the system. If his earnings in such employment in any calendar year are more than fifty percent of his average final compensation, payment of his retirement benefit shall be suspended for every month of such employment. Upon the subsequent separation of such employment or upon death prior thereto, the retirement allowance to which he shall then be entitled and the benefits to which any of his dependents shall then be entitled shall be the same as those to which he and/or his dependents or beneficiaries were entitled prior to and at the time of such employment.

            B. Notwithstanding the provisions of La. Rev. Stat. 11:149(A), whenever a retiree returns to employment with the Department of Public Safety and Corrections in any capacity that would not render him eligible for membership in the system, his employment shall, if otherwise applicable, be governed, with respect to retirement, by the laws governing the Louisiana State Employees’ Retirement System.

            Added by Acts 1960, No. 129, §2. Amended by Acts 1962, No. 406, §1; Acts 1966, No. 94, §3; Acts 1982, No. 576, §1; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 40:1427.1 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1995, No. 59, §1, eff. July 1, 1995; Acts 2021, No. 55, §1, eff. June 4, 2021.