MS HB78

Creates Section 25-13-35 allowing retired Highway Safety Patrol officers to be reemployed while continuing to receive retirement allowances, effective July 1, 2013.

Requires retired members to have withdrawn from service at least 90 consecutive days before reemployment, with district captains submitting names to the Commissioner of Public Safety for selection.

Limits reemployed retirees to traffic law enforcement duties at a rank no higher than sergeant first class, working no more than half the normal working days or hours per fiscal year at no more than half the standard salary.

Prohibits reemployed retirees from being contributing retirement system members or earning additional creditable service, and requires the Department of Public Safety to pay the employer's contribution amount to offset any increased pension liability.

Section automatically repeals on July 1, 2015.