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Committee clears bill to let public transit employees join APERS

2492954 · March 4, 2025
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Summary

House Bill 1268 would allow public transit employees to participate in APERS; sponsor said the change would benefit riders who depend on transit, and the committee approved the bill on a voice vote after no public opposition was recorded.

The committee approved House Bill 1268, a bill to allow employees of certain public transit authorities to join the Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System (APERS).

Representative Steve Unger, District 19, presented the bill and described it as "a similar bill basically to allow public transit employees to join the list, which already exist of non state employees in order to…

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