A state legislator has pre-filed with the General Assembly’s Joint Retirement Committee five pre-draft bills (interim study proposals) relevant to proposed changes in how and when public employees (state, county and city) become eligible for and can collect full retirement benefits.

Three of the five draft measures by Rep. Allen Kerr, R-District 32, of Little Rock, should be of particular local interest - defining “terminate,” ending the provision that allows elected officials, in their first 10 years of service, to receive two years’ credit for every one year worked, and mandating...

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