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| Legislative Advisory Committee |
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The passage of HB 2020 in 2003 provides the PERS Board with the opportunity to assist the legislature in crafting legislation pertaining to public employee retirement benefits. In turn, to assist the PERS Board in reviewing PERS-related legislative concepts, the Oregon Legislature also approved the creation of a permanent advisory committee made up of PERS plan stakeholders, to provide the PERS Board with comment and recommendations.
ORS 238.660(10): “The board shall appoint a committee to advise the board on legislative proposals for changes in the benefits provided under this chapter and ORS chapter 238A. The committee must have an equal number of members representing labor and management. No costs of reviewing legislative proposals and making recommendations under this subsection may be charged to the fund. Any member of the committee who is an active member of the system shall be released by the participating public employer who employs the member for the purpose of conducting the official business of the committee, and the wages or salary of the member may not be reduced by the employer during periods that the member is released from duty for the purpose of conducting the official business of the committee.
Please contact Christie Nunez if you have any questions about the PERS Legislative Advisory Committee.
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Ken Armstrong
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Oregon Fire Chiefs' Association
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Ardis Belknap
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City of Springfield
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Mary Botkin, Political Coordinator
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Oregon AFSCME Council 75
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Francis Charbonnier
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Oregon School Boards Association
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Lance Colley, Director of Business Operations
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Roseburg Public Schools
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Beth Anne Darby
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Oregon Education Association
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Brian DeLashmutt
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Oregon Nurses Association
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Michelle Deister
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League of Oregon Cities
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Maria Keltner
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Association of Oregon Counties
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Steve Manton, Principal Management Analyst
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City of Portland
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Tricia Smith, Government Relations Specialist
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Oregon School Employees Association
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Art Towers, Political Director
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SEIU Local 503
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Rob Wagner, Director of Government Relations
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AFT-Oregon
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Pat West, President
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Oregon State Firefighters Council
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