Bill to Close CO PERA Rejected by House Committee
The Rocky Mountain News reports that the committee voted 11-2 to indefinitely postpone the bill proposed by Representative Joe Stengel. The bill had proposed that all new employees be placed in a defined contribution plan, and also defined conditions under which pension benefits would be reduced for currently active employees.
PERA has more than 378,000 active, inactive, and retired members, and is underfunded by more than $11 billion, according to the news report.
The Stengel bill was one of three reform bills that have been introduced in 2006. Senator Bill Owen introduced the first on January 31 (See PERA Reform Bill Introduced in CO Legislature). PERA’s own reform bill was introduced in the Legislature on Wednesday of this week, the news report said.
A summary of all three reform measures can be seen here .
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