RETIREMENT BENEFITS: Establishes an exception to suspension of retirement benefits for court reporters who are reemployed by judicial districts or parishes where a critical shortage exists. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE FC SG EX)

Added a specific exception allowing retired court reporters to return to work without having their retirement benefits suspended if they are reemployed in judicial districts or parishes where a critical shortage of qualified reporters exists.

Changed the certification requirement for critical shortages from requiring the chief judge to certify to the retirement system, to requiring the employer to certify that a shortage exists in the parish.

Modified the cost reporting requirement to require employers to pay the actuarial cost attributable to the reemployment in excess of what would have been incurred under standard rules, with costs reported to the Public Retirement Systems' Actuarial Committee.

Adjusted the notice requirements for reemployment to ensure the employing agency notifies the board of trustees within ten days and reports earnings within forty-five days after June 30th.

The document title was updated from 'ENGROSSED' to 'ENROLLED' to reflect that the bill has been signed into law.

Page numbering was updated from 'Page 1 of 4' to 'Page 1 of 3' to match the final enrolled version.

The 'DIGEST' section, which provides a plain-language summary of the bill, was removed because digests are not part of the official legal text.

Formatting inconsistencies were corrected, such as removing extra blank lines and standardizing the layout of the header and footer information.