2013 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 79 - SCHOOLS
79-954 - Retirement; disability beneficiary; restoration to active service; effect; retention of allowance; when.

79-954. Retirement; disability beneficiary; restoration to active service; effect; retention of allowance; when.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, if a disability beneficiary under the age of sixty-five years is restored to active service as a school employee or if the examining physician certifies that the person is no longer disabled for service as a school employee, the school or disability retirement allowance shall cease. If the beneficiary again becomes a school employee, he or she shall become a member of the retirement system. Any prior service certificate, on the basis of which his or her creditable service was computed at the time of his or her retirement for disability, shall be restored to full force and effect upon his or her again becoming a member of such retirement system.

(2) If a disability beneficiary under the age of sixty-five years obtains employment as a school employee and the examining physician certifies that the beneficiary has a permanent disability, the beneficiary shall retain his or her disability retirement allowance if the beneficiary works fewer than twenty hours per week.

Source

Laws 1945, c. 219, § 27, p. 647;
R.S.Supp.,1947, § 79-2927;
Laws 1949, c. 256, § 460, p. 849;
R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-1526;
Laws 1996, LB 900, § 589;
Laws 2009, LB449, § 1;
Laws 2013, LB553, § 7.
Operative Date: July 1, 2013