Public employees' retirement: service after retirement.

Existing law, the California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) establishes various limits on retirement benefits generally applicable to a public employee retirement system in the state, except as specified, and among other things, prescribes limits on service after retirement without reinstatement into the applicable retirement system. The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) establishes the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) for the purpose of providing pension benefits to specified public employees. PERS is subject to the limits established by PEPRA, and PERL also prescribes limits on service after retirement without reinstatement that have been superceded by PEPRA. The bill would repeal the superceded provisions in the PERL described above and would add provisions limiting service after retirement without reinstatement that conform with the requirements of PEPRA, with certain additions. The bill would specify that a retired person appointed without reinstatement, under those limitations, is prohibited from receiving any benefit, incentive, or compensation in lieu of benefits. The bill would add similar provisions specifically addressing service by academic staff of the California State University. The bill would require that a person who has not attained normal retirement age have a bona fide separation from employment, as specified, before working after retirement. The bill would prescribe the consequences for working without reinstatement in violation of these prohibitions, which would include reinstatement in PERS, reimbursement of retirement allowance received, and additional contributions to the system, as specified. The bill would authorize employment without reinstatement, as specified, for a person who retired with a disability but has not attained the mandatory age for retirement applicable to persons in the employment in which he or she will be employed, and whom the board finds is not disabled for that employment. The bill would except from the restrictions on service without reinstatement specified judicial officers, judges, and elective officers. The bill would require the suspension of a retirement allowance of certain elective officers whose allowances are based on service in that office, which allowances would then resume after the office is vacated.