MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Senate on Thursday passed a bill allowing certain state retirees to go back to work without losing their retirement benefits.
HB 138, sponsored by Rep. Kenneth Paschal, R-Pelham, would allow state retirees to return to work as full time bus drivers while continuing to receive retirement benefits.
The Senate adopted a substitute by Sen. Chris Elliott, R-Josephine, who carried the bill in the chamber, that combines Paschal’s original bill and a bill sponsored by Elliott that allows retired law enforcement officers and state retirees licensed to practice law to continue working…