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Panel backs amendment to let retired state workers keep pensions while appointed to unclassified posts
Summary
The Senate State and Local Government Committee voted 6-0 to adopt an amendment to Senate Bill 2227 to allow certain retirees to continue receiving Public Employees Retirement System benefits while serving in unclassified appointments, after clarifying federal tax and plan-qualification concerns.
The Senate State and Local Government Committee on Monday voted to adopt an amendment to Senate Bill 2227 that would allow certain retired state employees to continue receiving retirement benefits while accepting appointment to unclassified positions without rejoining the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS).
Senator Brad Beckettall, sponsor of the bill, told the committee the measure was requested by Governor Armstrong to permit the administration to hire retired North Dakota employees without forcing them to suspend retirement pay or resume PERS contributions. "Some of his senior cabinet officials under the current PERS system statutes would be unable to accept employment without compromising their current retirement pay situation," Beckettall said.
Rebecca Fricki, executive director of the North…
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