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Committee adopts substitute to allow county retirees to work for county prosecutor or sheriff without forfeiting benefits
Summary
The committee unanimously adopted a substitute to House Bill 4471 clarifying that retirees receiving county retirement benefits may be employed by a county prosecutor’s office (including assistant prosecutors) or sheriff’s office without forfeiting benefits; the substitute and the bill were reported with recommendation.
The House Committee on Government Operations on March 5 adopted a substitute (H2) to House Bill 4471 and reported the bill with recommendation. Representative Harris introduced the substitute and said the change ‘‘firm[ed] up the language’’ to make clear the bill covers employment by assistant prosecutors who work for a county prosecutor, not only the county prosecutor personally. The committee’s roll call recorded five yeas and zero nays.
Representative Harris told the committee the previous version said 'work for a county prosecutor,' and the substitute clarifies that the intent is to allow employment by assistant prosecutors and similar positions, easing interpretation for implementation. The transcript records the adoption of the substitute and the committee’s later motion to report HB 4471H2 as amended with recommendation.
The committee did not record additional public testimony on the measure at this meeting. The committee’s reporting moves HB 4471 forward to the next legislative stage.
