Senator SHEHEEN proposed the following amendment (3210R008.KMM.VAS):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, in PART III, by adding an appropriately numbered new SECTION to read:

/SECTION __. Section 108 of Part IB of Act 91 of 2019, relating to the Public Employee Benefit Authority, which was extended pursuant to Act 135 of 2020, is amended by adding an appropriately numbered new proviso to read:

(PEBA: COVID-19 Return to Work Extension) For Fiscal Year 2020-21, the earnings limitation imposed pursuant to Section 9-1-1790 and Section 9-11-90 of the 1976 Code does not apply to retired members of the South Carolina Retirement System or the Police Officers Retirement System who return to covered employment to participate in the state's public health preparedness and response to the COVID-19 virus. /