Bill Text: OH HCR19 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: To memorialize the Congress of the United States to oppose any legislation that requires Social Security coverage for members of any of Ohio's state retirement systems.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 62-36)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-11-13 - Concurrence [HCR19 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2013-HCR19-Introduced.html
As Introduced
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE SENATE CONCURRING):
Bill Title: To memorialize the Congress of the United States to oppose any legislation that requires Social Security coverage for members of any of Ohio's state retirement systems.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 62-36)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-11-13 - Concurrence [HCR19 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2013-HCR19-Introduced.html
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Representative Schuring
Cosponsors:
Representatives Wachtmann, Ramos, Cera, Brenner, Hottinger, Brown, Antonio, Slaby, Hayes, Duffey, Buchy, Strahorn
To memorialize the Congress of the United States to | 1 |
oppose any legislation that requires Social | 2 |
Security coverage for members of any of Ohio's | 3 |
state retirement systems. | 4 |
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE SENATE CONCURRING):
WHEREAS, Ohio has a long history, predating the creation of | 5 |
Social Security, of providing retirement, disability, and survivor | 6 |
benefits to its state and local public employees through its own | 7 |
state retirement systems; and | 8 |
WHEREAS, These state retirement systems, the Public Employees | 9 |
Retirement System, Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund, State | 10 |
Teachers Retirement System, School Employees Retirement System, | 11 |
and State Highway Patrol Retirement System, have combined assets | 12 |
of over $165 billion and provide retirement, disability, and | 13 |
survivor benefits to over 1.5 million members, retirees, and | 14 |
beneficiaries; and | 15 |
WHEREAS, The state retirement system plans are offered in | 16 |
lieu of Social Security; and | 17 |
WHEREAS, Ohio's state retirement systems are required by Ohio | 18 |
law to accumulate and maintain, through employer and employee | 19 |
contributions and investments, the necessary funds to pay all | 20 |
benefits promised by the Ohio General Assembly; and | 21 |
WHEREAS, The state retirement systems are well-managed and | 22 |
free of the financial problems facing Social Security; and | 23 |
WHEREAS, Any federal mandates that require Ohio public | 24 |
employee participation in Social Security or other federal pension | 25 |
programs would devastate Ohio's state retirement systems, weaken | 26 |
the retirement security of its public employees, and jeopardize | 27 |
their retirement benefits; now therefore be it | 28 |
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 130th General Assembly | 29 |
of the State of Ohio, in adopting this resolution, urge the | 30 |
Congress of the United States to oppose any legislation containing | 31 |
provisions that would require Ohio's public employees who are | 32 |
members of a state retirement system to participate in Social | 33 |
Security or any federal pension program; and be if further | 34 |
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 130th General Assembly | 35 |
of the State of Ohio, either in whole or in part, will meet with | 36 |
the members of the Ohio Congressional delegation whenever feasible | 37 |
to express our opposition to any federal legislation that would | 38 |
require Ohio's public employees who are members of a state | 39 |
retirement system to participate in Social Security or any federal | 40 |
pension program; and be it further | 41 |
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 130th General Assembly | 42 |
of the State of Ohio, encourage our fellow members to personally | 43 |
meet with each Senator and Representative in the Ohio | 44 |
Congressional delegation to further express our opposition to any | 45 |
federal legislation that would require Ohio's public employees who | 46 |
are members of a state retirement system to participate in Social | 47 |
Security or any federal pension program; and be it further | 48 |
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives | 49 |
transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the | 50 |
President of the United States, the President Pro Tempore and | 51 |
Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker and Clerk of | 52 |
the United States House of Representatives, each member of the | 53 |
Ohio Congressional delegation, and the news media of Ohio. | 54 |