Cleanin' Out My Closet

The Senate Rules Committee finally appears to be cleaning out its closet of PERS "housekeeping" rules. Hearings and a work session will be held on Thursday April 14, 2005 at 8:30 a.m. on a group of rules intended to clarify some of the changes made in 2003. These bills and changes include:

Public Hearing and Possible Work Session
	SB 105		Modifies break in service rule governing membership in Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan by person who leaves public employment for more than six months.
	SB 188		Modifies break in service rule governing membership in Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan by person who leaves public employment for more than six months.
	SB 1019		Modifies break in service rule for members of Public Employees Retirement System.
	SB 1020		Provides that member of Public Employees Retirement System who retires under Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan and who is also receiving retirement allowance under ORS chapter 238 may be reemployed for period of time allowed under ORS chapter 238 and continue to receive pension under Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan.
	SB 1021		Requires that Public Employees Retirement Board credit community college employee engaged in teaching with hours of service based on number of credit hours taught.
	SB 1022		Requires that Public Employees Retirement Board commence payment of death benefit under Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan as of date of death of member.
	SB 1023		Provides that member of Public Employees Retirement System does not have break in service by reason of period of time during which member leaves employment with participating public employer pursuant to agreement with employer.
	SB 1024		Modifies definition of "final average salary used to compute pension of member of Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan.

You can log onto the Oregon Legislature's website to get more details about Committee scheduling here.. Many committees appear to be shut down, but there are others that continue to operate and hear bills. Bills die if they are not voted out of committee (or heard at all) before the Senate President and the Speaker of the House shut down committees. While the Legislature isn't there quite yet, it is getting pretty close to the end for the Committee process.