Opinion No. (2005)

Dear Representative Reynolds,

¶ 0 This office has received your request for an official Attorney General Opinion in which you ask, in effect, the following questions:

1. Are the current and future pension payments made by theState retirement systems to retirees actual or moral obligationsof the State of Oklahoma? 2. If the Oklahoma Legislature increases benefits in the stateretirement systems without increasing funding to pay for theenhanced benefits, are such actions subject to the debtlimitations of Article X, Section 23 of the OklahomaConstitution? 3. If the Oklahoma Legislature increases…