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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">The Oregon Educators Benefit Board filed the following proposed rule with the Secretary of State on January 11, 2013:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Division 40 – 111-040-0011 - Establishes language on employees returning to a benefit eligible status</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><u><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">A public hearing on this rule will be held on February 21, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in the OEBB Boardroom at the DAS General Services
Building, 1225 Ferry Street SE, Salem, Oregon.</span></u><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">You can also provide written comments. Written comments can be emailed to April Kelly at
<a href="mailto:april.kelly@state.or.us" target="_blank" title="mailto:april.kelly@state.or.us
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april.kelly@state.or.us</a> or mailed in hard copy to: April Kelly, Oregon Educators Benefit Board, 1225 Ferry Street SE, Suite B, Salem, OR 97301.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><u><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">All public comments must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on February 28, 2013
</span></u><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""> to be considered during the rulemaking process. Any comments received after February 28<sup>th</sup> will not be reviewed or considered by the Oregon Educators Benefit Board unless OEBB decides to
extend the public comment period to everyone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">A copy of this proposed rule is attached and also available on the OEBB website at
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/oha/oebb/Pages/index.aspx">http://www.oregon.gov/oha/oebb/Pages/index.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Thank you,</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:navy">April Kelly</span></b><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">Lead Benefits Analyst/Rules Coordinator</span><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">Oregon Educators Benefit Board</span><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">P: 503-378-6588; Fax: 503-378-5832<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/OHA/OEBB"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">www.oregon.gov/OHA/OEBB</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:gray">PUBLIC RECORDS LAW DISCLOSURE<br>
This e-mail is a public record of the state of </span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif""><ns0:place><ns0:State><span style="color:gray">Oregon</span></ns0:State></ns0:place><span style="color:gray"> and is subject to public
disclosure unless exempt from disclosure under Oregon Public Records Law. This email is subject to the State Retention Schedule.</span></span><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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