Source: Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau
Governor Charlie Crist has signed into law new rules that would disallow state employees from collecting a paycheck and a pension from the same agency.
The new law, HB 495, which was sponsored by Republicans Rep. Robert Schenck of Spring Hill and Sen. Mike Fasano of New Port Richey, aims to curb the practice known as double-dipping by requiring retirees to wait six months before returning to work. It affects anyone who retires after July 1, 2010.
The state spends more than $300-million on salaries for double-dipping employees who have returned to the state payroll after “retiring.”
Gov. Charlie Crist limits ‘double-dipping’ for state workers
