State Pensions: The Financial and Legal Framework

NCSL Legislative Summit: Aug. 10, 2011

Running time: 01:26:23

Moderator: 
Representative Lana Gordon, Kansas

Speakers:
Kil Huh, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Washington, D.C.
Amy Monahan, J.D., University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Michael Bird, NCSL 

Overview

This session explores the current funding situation of state pensions, the legal framework that in many states limits policymakers’ ability to revise state retirement plans as readily as the private sector can, and recent calls for increased federal regulation of state pensions.

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Resources

• Agenda
• PowerPoint Presentation - Kil Huh
• PowerPoint Presentation - Amy Monahan, J.D.
• PowerPoint Presentation - Michael Bird

NCSL Resources

• Budgets and Tax
• NCSL e-Learning Center

NCSL Contact

• Ron Snell