Thursday, Feb. 20, 1986
Campus/Area
University Daily Kansan
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Committee debates retirement plan
The Associated Press
TOPEKA — Public employees would be better served if they did not have to contribute to the state retirement plan, witnesses told a House committee yesterday.
Those witnesses, including Alden Shields, state secretary of administration, urged support for Gov. John Carlin's plan for the state to allocate about $51 million to pick up the costs of the employees' contributions.
This allocation would represent a 4 percent take-home pay increase for
state employees and increases of about 4 to 5 percent for state public school teachers.
Opponents of the plan said the employees would lose control over the retirement benefit system, and the state would be tempted to tamper with the money in it. Also, some lawmakers questioned whether the system would be fair to those who had already spent years contributing to state retirement systems.
The proposal, outlined in a bill being considered by the House Pensions, Investments, and Benefits Committee, is part of Carlin's so-
called investment budget, which is predicated upon an increase of from 3 to 4 percent in the state's sales tax.
Committee debate and action have not been scheduled, but the panel will pursue the matter, said Rep. David Louis, R-Shawnee, the committee chairman.
Shields told the committee the plan would save the state money and provide employees with the same benefits. If the state picks up the cost of employee contributions, it would not have to return the contributions
of those who pull out of the system.
Twelve states have such plans in operation, Shields said.
Under Carlin's proposal, the state would provide $24.7 million for the contributions of school district employees, who now pay 4 percent of their salaries into the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System.
The state also would pay $17.2 million to pick up the contributions of non-school employees, law enforcement and fire officials and judges to various retirement funds.
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