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 |
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 |