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Panel hears HB 702 to exclude extra-duty details from retiree-hour limits; retirement system warns of reporting complexity
Summary
Representative Fred Doucette proposed excluding contractor-funded extra-duty (detail) hours from the annual statutory hours limit for retired law enforcement officers, while the retirement system cautioned that reporting and enrollment rules would need revision.
Representative Fred Doucette presented House Bill 702 to the committee, asking the panel to exclude contractor-funded "extra duty" or detail hours from the annual hours limit that applies to retired law enforcement officers.
Under current practice, a retired officer may be limited to 1,352 hours a year (with some members grandfathered at 1,664), a cap intended to prevent a retiree from effectively returning to full-time service while drawing a pension. Doucette told the committee the bill would exclude outside detail hours (usually paid by private contractors or special events) from the statutory hour cap so that retired part-time officers could continue serving on privately…
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