Testimony
Written testimony and comments by SERA members.
| HB 4871, RETIREMENT; Investments Individual income tax; property tax credit; adjusting the caps on taxable value, salary, and amount of the credit for inflation; provide for. Amends sec. 520 of 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.520). |
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| Testimony on HB 4871 | House Tax Policy Committee | October 7, 2015 | Mary Pollock |
| SB 797, RETIREMENT; Investments investment of assets of public employee retirement systems; clarify regarding professional education and training, including travel, for board members, specify procedures for removal of board members, and update definitions regarding global securities. |
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| Testimony on SB 797 | House Appropriations Committee | August 15, 2012 | Mary Pollock |
| Testimony on SB 797 | Senate Appropriations Committee, Retirement Subcommittee | May 3, 2012 | Mary Pollock |
| HB 4087, RETIREMENT; Legislative Eliminate retirement health care benefits for legislators. Amends secs. 50b, 75 & 79 of 1957 PA 261 (MCL 38.1050b et seq.) & adds sec. 79a. Employees, |
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| Testimony on HB 4087 | Senate Reforms, Restructuring, and Reinventing Committee | October 5, 2011 | Mary Pollock |
| HB 4701, RETIREMENT, State Employees, Require Tier 1 defined benefit system employees to make 4% contributions or go into Tier 2 defined contribution system; provide for health reimbursement account credits in lieu of health coverage premiums for Tier 2 defined contribution participants HB 4702, RETIREMENT, State Employees, Create individual health reimbursement accounts; amend the health care funding act to accommodate |
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| Testimony on HB 4701 and 4702 | Senate Appropriations Sub-committee on Retirement | November 10, 2011 | Mary Pollock |
| Testimony on HB 4701 and 4702 | House Tax Policy Committee | June 29, 2011 | Mary Pollock |
| HB 4361, INCOME TAX, Rate, Provide for general revisions and implementation of a corporate income tax HB 4480, RETIREMENT, State Employees, Eliminate tax exemption for state employee pensions Senate Reforms, Restructuring, and Reinventing Committee, May 11, 2011 |
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| Testimony on HB 4361 | Mary Pollock, Michigan SERA Legislative Representative | ||
| Testimony on HB 4361 | Dan McLellan, Michigan SERA Legal Advisor | ||
| Testimony on HB 4361 | Doug Drake, Chair, SERS Board and Michigan SERA Tax Policy Advisor | ||
| Public Pension Recipients by County | Doug Drake, Chair, SERS Board and Michigan SERA Tax Policy Advisor | ||
| SERS Pension Benefits By Age and Years of Service | Doug Drake, Chair, SERS Board and Michigan SERA Tax Policy Advisor | ||
| HB 4361, INCOME TAX, Rate, Provide for general revisions and implementation of a corporate income tax |
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| Testimony on HB 4361 | House Tax Policy Committee | April 26, 2011 | Dan McLellan |
| Testimony on HB 4361 | House Tax Policy Committee | March 16, 2011 | Mary Pollock |
| Testimony on Taxing Pensions, HB 4361 | House Tax Policy Committee | March 16, 2011 | Dan McLellan |
| Testimony on Proposed Tax Shift | March 16, 2011 | Doug Drake | |
| SJR C, LABOR, Civil Service Employment, Allow legislature to regulate health benefits of public employees and officers SB 7, LABOR, Civil Service Employment, Mandate 20 percent government employee health benefit contribution |
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| Testimony on SJR C and SB 7 | Senate Reforms, Restructuring and Reinvention Committee | March 9, 2011 | Mary Pollock |
| SB 80, CRIMES, Embezzlement, Increase under certain circumstances penalties for financial exploitation of vulnerable adults SB 81, CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, Sentencing Guidelines, Revise sentencing guidelines for crime of financial exploitation of vulnerable adult to reflect increased penalties |
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| Comments on SB 80 and 81 | Senate Judiciary Committee | February 8, 2011 | Mary Pollock |
| HB 4156, RETIREMENT, Investments, Require posting of certain pension board expenditures |
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| Comments on HB 4156 | House Oversight, Reform, and Ethics Committee | February 8, 2011 | Mary Pollock |
| HB 5345, Public employees and officers; compensation and benefits; uniform health coverage plan; create and implement. Creates new act & repeals |
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| Testimony | House Oversight, Reform, and Ethics Committee | November 9, 2009 | Bob Kopasz and Al Whitfield |