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Committee advances several pension, employment and personal-property tax bills
Summary
The House Ways and Means General Fund Committee gave favorable reports to multiple bills affecting firefighters' retirement benefits, employment of retired law enforcement officers, the personal-property tax exemption threshold for businesses, and revised district-attorney retirement participation rules.
The House Ways and Means General Fund Committee on Oct. 26 gave favorable reports to several bills addressing retirement, employment and business tax thresholds.
Chairman Treadaway and committee members advanced House Bill 227, a measure from Representative Betsall related to the post-retirement qualifying period for benefits tied to certain occupational diseases for firefighters. The bill received a favorable report after a motion and voice vote; no roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript.
The committee gave a favorable report to House Bill 556, sponsored by Representative Shwedaway, to allow retired law-enforcement officers to work for state colleges and universities, including as school resource officers, without suspension of retirement allowance subject to a cap. Representative…
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