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IN HR0031
Resolution
Status
2/26/2018
Primary Sponsor
Earl Harris
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AI Summary
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Urges the legislative council to assign police officer and firefighter pension benefits to the appropriate committee for study and review.
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Current pension funds (1925 Police Pension Fund, 1937 Firefighters' Pension Fund, 1953 Police Pension Fund, and 1977 Police Officers' and Firefighters' Pension and Disability Fund) provide $12,000 lump sum death benefits to all members, last increased in 2008.
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Current pension funds provide $150,000 special death benefits for members who die in the line of duty, last increased in 1998.
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Directs committee study of three topics: increasing the lump sum death benefit, increasing the special death benefit, and reviewing the advisability of maintaining a 3% annual cap on cost of living adjustments in the 1977 Fund.
Legislative Description
Urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate committee the topic of police officer and firefighter pension benefits.
Last Action
First reading: referred to the Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions
2/26/2018