Hansen v. Public Employees Retirement System Board of Administration

CROCKETT, Justice.

John Hansen and his employer, Salt Lake County, joined as plaintiffs herein to challenge the validity of Chapter 21, Laws of Utah 1951, Special Session. The purpose of that act, stated generally, was to repeal the laws relating to the State Retirement System, liquidate it, and transfer public employees to coverage under the Federal Social Security Act as permitted by the Social Security Act Amendments of 1950, 42 U. S. C. A. § 301 et seq.

The plaintiffs assert that the Repeal Act is invalid because:(1) It attempts to abrogate vested rights of Hansen;(2) It is unreasonably…