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House tightens post‑retirement reemployment rules, approves six‑month separation
Summary
On Feb. 2, 2007 the Utah House passed (44‑30) an amended version of House Bill 260 that reinstates a six‑month separation requirement before a retiree may be rehired into the same agency and clarifies restrictions on part‑time or consultant work to address audit‑identified loopholes.
The Utah House on Feb. 2, 2007 approved House Bill 260 as amended to require a complete separation of service of six months before a retiree may be rehired into the same agency in a position that would allow concurrent retirement benefits and salary.
Sponsor Representative Lehi Donaldson said the bill addresses loopholes identified in a recent audit that showed some retirees returning to work in ways that the audit characterized as abusive. He described an audit example in which an employee reportedly moved from $77,000 to an estimated $133,000 per year by retiring and…
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