HOUSE BILL No. 5951 September 26, 2000, Introduced by Rep. Vander Roest and referred to the Committee on Senior Health, Security and 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 2000 PA 150. 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. 06846'00 MRM 2 1 (d) A person who elects to participate in the optional 2 retirement program under the optional retirement act of 1967, 3 1967 PA 156, MCL 38.381 to 38.388. 4 (e) A retirant of this retirement system. 5 (f) A person, not regularly employed by a reporting unit, 6 who is employed by a reporting unit through a summer youth 7 employment program established pursuant to the Michigan youth 8 corps act, 1983 PA 69, MCL 409.221 to 409.229. 9 (g) A person, not regularly employed by a reporting unit, 10 who is employed by a reporting unit to administer a program 11 described in subdivision (f), (h), (i), (j), or (k). 12 (h) After September 30, 1983, a person, not regularly 13 employed by a reporting unit, who is employed by a reporting unit 14 through participation in a program established pursuant to the 15 FORMER job training partnership act, Public Law 97-300, 16 96 Stat. 1322 or beginning July 1, 2000, the workforce investment 17 act of 1998, Public Law 105-220, 112 Stat. 936. 18 (i) A person, not regularly employed by a reporting unit, 19 who is employed by a reporting unit through participation in a 20 program established pursuant to theMichigan opportunity and21skills training program administered by the family independence22agency and the department of career developmentWORK FIRST PRO- 23 GRAM UNDER SECTION 57F OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1939 PA 280, 24 MCL 400.57F. 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 06846'00 3 1 corps program, first established under sections 25 to 35 of 1983 2 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 temporary, intermittent, 11 or irregular seasonal or athletic position and who is under the 12 age of 19 years. 13 (m) A person, not regularly employed by a reporting unit, 14 who is employed by a reporting unit only in a temporary position 15 to assist in the conduct of a school election. 16 (2) "Membership service" means service performed after 17 June 30, 1945. 18 (3) "Noncontributory plan" means the plan which began 19 between July 1, 1974 and July 1, 1977, in which the reporting 20 unit elected to discontinue withholding contributions from 21 employees' compensation. 22 (4) "Noncontributory service" means credited service 23 rendered under the noncontributory plan. 24 (5) "Nonteacher" means a person employed by a reporting unit 25 who is not a teacher as defined in section 8(4). 06846'00 Final page. MRM