Missouri Revised Statutes § 169.475 - Retired member, employment as special advisor, duties, compensation — district to reimburse system, when

169.475. Retired member, employment as special advisor, duties, compensation — district to reimburse system, when. — 1. Any retired member now receiving pension benefits, who served five years or more as an employee of the school district and who retired after June 30, 1957, and prior to January 1, 1971, shall, upon application to the retirement system, be employed by that retirement system as a special school advisor and supervisor. Any person so employed shall perform such duties as the board of trustees directs, and shall receive a salary of five dollars per month for each year of service not to exceed seventy-five dollars per month, payable by the retirement system as part of its administrative costs, but the payment to the retired person for such services, together with the pension benefits the person receives, shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars per month. The employment provided for by this subsection shall in no way affect any person's eligibility for pension benefits or for employment pursuant to other subsections of this section. 2. Any retired member now receiving pension benefits, who served ten years or more as an employee of the school district and who retired prior to January 1, 1955, shall, upon application to the retirement system be employed by that retirement system as a special school advisor and supervisor. Any person so employed shall perform such duties as the board of trustees directs, and shall receive a salary of two hundred fifty dollars per month payable by the retirement system as part of its administrative costs, but payment to the retired person for such services shall be reduced by the pension benefits the person receives. The employment provided for by this subsection shall in no way affect any person's eligibility for pension benefits or for employment pursuant to other subsections of this section, subject to the limitation set forth in subsection 3 of this section. 3. Any retired member now receiving pension benefits who retired prior to January 1, 1976, shall, upon application to the retirement system, be employed by that retirement system as a school consultant. Any person so employed shall perform such duties as the board of trustees directs, and shall receive a salary equal to four dollars per month for each year (or major portion of a year) between the date of the person's retirement and December 31, 1981, plus two dollars per month for each year (or major portion of a year) between January 1, 1982, and December 31, 1984, and, in addition, shall be entitled to receive the insurance benefits provided retired members pursuant to section 169.476 payable by the retirement system as part of its administrative costs. The employment provided for by this subsection shall in no way affect any person's eligibility for pension benefits or for employment pursuant to other subsections of this section, provided that total salaries payable to any retired member pursuant to subsections 2 and 3 of this section shall not exceed two hundred fifty dollars per month. 4. Any retired member now receiving pension benefits who retired on or after January 1, 1976, and prior to December 31, 1984, shall, upon application to the retirement system, be employed by the retirement system as a school consultant. Any person so employed shall perform such duties as the board of trustees directs and shall receive a salary equal to four dollars per month for each year (or major portion of a year) between the date of the person's retirement and December 31, 1984, and, in addition, shall be entitled to receive the insurance benefits provided retired members pursuant to section 169.476 payable by the retirement system as part of its administrative costs. The employment provided for by this subsection shall in no way affect any person's eligibility for pension benefits or for employment pursuant to other subsections of this section. 5. Any retired member now receiving pension benefits or who retires prior to December 31, 1986, shall, after application to the retirement system, be employed by the retirement system as a school consultant. Any person so employed shall perform such duties as the board of trustees directs and shall receive a salary equal to two dollars per month for each year (or major portion of a year) between the date of the person's retirement and December 31, 1986, payable by the retirement system as part of its administrative costs. The employment provided for by this subsection shall in no way affect any person's eligibility for pension benefits or for employment pursuant to other subsections of this section. 6. Any retired member now receiving pension benefits or who retires prior to December 31, 1988, shall, after application to the retirement system, be employed by the retirement system as a school consultant. Any person so employed shall perform such duties as the board of trustees directs and shall receive a salary equal to two dollars per month for each year (or major portion of a year) between the date of the person's retirement and December 31, 1988, payable by the retirement system as part of its administrative costs. The employment provided for by this subsection shall in no way affect any person's eligibility for pension benefits or for employment pursuant to other subsections of this section. 7. Any retired member now receiving pension benefits or who retires prior to December 31, 1990, shall, after application to the retirement system, be employed by the retirement system as a school consultant. Any person so employed shall perform such duties as the board of trustees directs and shall receive a salary equal to two dollars per month for each year (or major portion of a year) between the date of the person's retirement and December 31, 1990, not to exceed ten years, payable by the retirement system as part of its administrative costs. The employment provided for by this subsection shall in no way affect any person's eligibility for pension benefits or for employment pursuant to other subsections of this section. 8. Any retired member now receiving pension benefits or who retires prior to December 31, 1993, shall, after application to the retirement system, be employed by the retirement system as a school consultant. Any person so employed shall perform such duties as the board of trustees directs and shall receive a salary equal to three dollars per month for each year (or major portion of a year) between the date of the person's retirement and December 31, 1993, payable by the retirement system as part of its administrative costs. The employment provided by this subsection shall in no way affect any person's eligibility for pension benefits or for employment pursuant to other subsections of this section. 9. Any retired member now receiving pension benefits with fifteen years or more creditable service at retirement, shall, after application to the retirement system, be employed by the retirement system as a consultant. Any person so employed shall, upon the request of the board of trustees, give the board, orally or in writing, a short detailed statement of the problems of retirement under the current monthly benefits. As compensation for the obligation to perform the extra duty imposed by this subsection, each consultant who meets the qualification prescribed in subsection 7 of this section, shall receive, in addition to all other compensation payable pursuant to this section, an increase in compensation each year computed on the total amount which such consultant receives pursuant to this section of one hundred percent of the increase in the consumer price index calculated and payable in the manner specified in section 169.466. A consultant otherwise qualified to receive compensation pursuant to this subsection shall not be eligible to receive such compensation until the January first after he or she has been retired for at least twelve months. Any such annual increase in compensation, however, shall not exceed three percent, and the total increase in compensation pursuant to this subsection shall not exceed ten percent of the total compensation such consultant was receiving pursuant to this section on August 28, 1996. Additional compensation payable pursuant to this subsection shall be payable by the retirement system as part of its administrative costs. The employment provided for in this subsection shall in no way affect any person's eligibility for pension benefits or for employment pursuant to other subsections of this section. 10. Annually, immediately after the close of the fiscal year of the retirement system, the actuary for the system shall determine if the payments made pursuant to the provisions of this section have impaired the actuarial soundness of the plan, and upon the actuary's certification that the soundness has been so impaired, the system shall bill the school district which last employed the retired person on a full-time basis for reimbursement of the amount paid to that person during the preceding fiscal year. The school district shall forthwith accordingly reimburse the retirement system. 11. Effective January 1, 2002, all payments made pursuant to this section shall be paid as cost-of-living benefits rather than as expenses of the retirement system. (L. 1979 S.B. 392, A.L. 1981 H.B. 33, et al., A.L. 1983 S.B. 3, A.L. 1984 S.B. 407, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1216, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1100, et al., A.L. 1990 H.B. 1347, et al., A.L. 1993 S.B. 148, A.L. 1996 S.B. 860, A.L. 2001 H.B. 660)