CS for House Bill No. 157(FIN) Summary

• Places the state comptroller in the Department of Revenue in the exempt service under the State Personnel Act.

• Allows school districts and regional educational attendance areas to hire retired teachers who have been separated for at least 90 days, subject to a resolution-based policy and specific recruitment requirements.

• Requires employers to conduct two recruitment periods totaling at least 30 days before hiring a retired member, with each recruitment period resulting in fewer than three qualified applicants.

• Allows political subdivisions and public organizations to hire retired public employees under the same 90-day separation requirement and similar recruitment procedures.

• Changes the effective date of certain provisions from July 1, 2009 to July 1, 2010, with conditional retroactivity if the act takes effect after July 1, 2009.