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House closes door on language that might reduce retiree benefit; lengthy debate over substitution language
Summary
House Bill 115, debated Jan. 19, clarifies earlier retiree benefit language and removes an equivocal clause; floor debate featured a failed amendment to tie the change to a separate 2% credit proposal and repeated legal-liability warnings.
Representative introduced House Bill 115 to remove equivocal language that had allowed the Legislature to later change a 3% benefit adjustment given to retired state employees; sponsors said the change honors a prior commitment that aggregate amounts taken from retirees by taxation would be returned in aggregate via benefits. The sponsor argued the…
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