Opinion No.

The Honorable Vic Snyder State Senator 324 South Valmar Little Rock, Arkansas 72205

Dear Senator Snyder:

This is in response to your request for an opinion on whether the disparity between the amount of retirement benefits received, under the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System, by a retired county judge on the one hand and a retired county employee on the other, both of whom are assumed to have earned the same amount and worked for the county for the same number of years, is unconstitutional under state or federal law.

In my opinion, the answer to your question is "no."

It appears that…