Legal Opinion
Wisconsin Retired Teachers Ass'n v. Employe Trust Funds Board
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided July 20, 1995No. 94-0712PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtVergeront, J.
This class action challenges the constitutionality of legislation 1 concerning the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS), the retirement system for public employees. Under the legislation, earnings on the WRS trust fund assets of certain annuitants are used to pay supplemental benefits that are not a commitment of the WRS trust fund. Only annuitants who retired prior to October 1, 1974, receive the supplemental benefits. The purpose of the legislation is to reduce the general purpose revenue (GPR) funding of supplemental benefits. We conclude the legislation and its implementation…
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