Kentucky attorney general challenges new pension-reform law, files suit against governor
This state’s attorney general is suing its governor in an attempt to overturn a controversial state employees’ pension reform bill that Gov. Matt Bevin signed into law a day ago.
Attorney General Andy Beshear’ lawsuit claims the bill violates an “inviolable contract” within state law that protects the retirement benefits granted a public employee at the time the employee was hired. He also charges that the Legislature violated parts of the Kentucky Constitution and state laws in the rushed process that saw the 291-page bill go from its unveiling to final passage in less than nine hours March 29.
“Today I have fulfilled my promise and filed suit against the pension bill, Senate Bill 151,” Beshear, a Democrat, announced Wednesday as he filed his 34-page suit in Franklin County Circuit Court here.
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