Pendergast v. Arizona State Retirement System

OPINION

WINTHROP, Judge.

¶ 1 The Arizona State Retirement System (“ASRS”) appeals the decision of the superior court finding the 2011 legislative amendment to the public service credit purchase program violated ASRS member Bonnie Pendergast’s constitutional rights. We affirm because the public service credit purchase program was a public retirement system benefit when the voters passed Article 29, Section 1(C) of the Arizona Constitution, Pendergast’s eligibility under the program is therefore constitutionally protected from diminishment, and the 2011 legislative amendment unconstitutionally…