HOUSE BILL No. 4943
June 19, 1997, Introduced by Reps. Scranton, Dobb, Dobronski, Oxender, LeTarte, Godchaux, Stallworth, Geiger, Jelinek, Raczkowski, Birkholz, Jaye, Cassis and Perricone and referred to the Committee on Public Retirement. A bill to amend 1980 PA 300, entitled "The public school employees retirement act of 1979," by amending section 5 (MCL 38.1305), as amended by 1994 PA 272. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT: 1 Sec. 5. (1) "Member" means a public school employee, except 2 that member does not include any of the following: 3 (a) A person enrolled in a neighborhood youth corps program 4 operated with funds from the federal office of economic opportu- 5 nity or a person enrolled in a comparable youth training program 6 designed to prevent high school dropouts and rehabilitate high 7 school dropouts operated by an intermediate school district. 8 (b) A person enrolled in a transitional public employment 9 program and employed by a reporting unit. 10 (c) A person employed by a reporting unit while enrolled as 11 a full-time student in that same reporting unit. 03268'97 KKR 2 1 (d) A person who elects to participate in the optional 2 retirement program under the optional retirement act of 1967, 3 Act No. 156 of the Public Acts of 1967, as amended, being sec- 4 tions 38.381 to 38.388 of the Michigan Compiled Laws 1967 PA 5 156, MCL 38.381 TO 38.388. 6 (e) A retirant of this retirement system. 7 (f) A person, not regularly employed by a reporting unit, 8 who is employed by a reporting unit through a summer youth 9 employment program established pursuant to the Michigan youth 10 corps act, Act No. 69 of the Public Acts of 1983, being sections 11 409.221 to 409.229 of the Michigan Compiled Laws 1983 PA 69, MCL 12 409.221 TO 409.229. 13 (g) A person, not regularly employed by a reporting unit, 14 who is employed by a reporting unit to administer a program 15 described in subdivision (f), (h), (i), (j), or (k). 16 (h) After September 30, 1983, a person, not regularly 17 employed by a reporting unit, who is employed by a reporting unit 18 through participation in a program established pursuant to the 19 job training partnership act, Public Law 97-300, 96 Stat. 1322. 20 (i) A person, not regularly employed by a reporting unit, 21 who is employed by a reporting unit through participation in a 22 program established pursuant to the Michigan opportunity and 23 skills training program, first established under sections 12 to 24 23 of Act No. 259 of the Public Acts of 1983 1983 PA 259. 25 (j) A person, not regularly employed by a reporting unit, 26 who is employed by a reporting unit through participation in a 27 program established pursuant to the Michigan community service 03268'97 3 1 corps program, first established under sections 25 to 35 of Act 2 No. 259 of the Public Acts of 1983 1983 PA 259. 3 (k) A person, not regularly employed by a reporting unit, 4 who is employed by a reporting unit through participation in a 5 program established pursuant to the older American community 6 service employment program under the older American community 7 service employment act, title V of the older Americans act of 8 1965, Public Law 89-73, 42 U.S.C. 3056 to 3056i. 9 (l) A PERSON, NOT REGULARLY EMPLOYED BY A REPORTING UNIT, 10 WHO IS EMPLOYED BY A REPORTING UNIT IN A SEASONAL OR ATHLETIC 11 POSITION AND WHO IS UNDER THE AGE OF 19 YEARS. 12 (2) "Membership service" means service performed after June 13 30, 1945. 14 (3) "Noncontributory plan" means the plan which began 15 between July 1, 1974 and July 1, 1977, in which the reporting 16 unit elected to discontinue withholding contributions from 17 employees' compensation. 18 (4) "Noncontributory service" means credited service 19 rendered under the noncontributory plan. 20 (5) "Nonteacher" means a person employed by a reporting unit 21 who is not a teacher as defined in section 8(4). 03268'97 Final page. KKR