Legislative Action Alert

by RIPEA | April 15, 2019

UPDATE 4/25/19:Thanks to the many RIPEA members who contacted their Legislators expressing their disappointment and the hardship this would cause them and all RIPEA members, there will now be a 13th check for 2019 and 2020.

The Senate Appropriations Committee deleted the funding for the 13^th check from the 2019-20 budget.

This action means PERF retirees are in jeopardy of not receiving a 13^th check in 2019 and 2020.  We need your help to restore this money in the budget and hopefully result in a 13^th check being approved for 2019 and 2020.

Please contact your state senator and state representative immediately asking them to support a 13^th check for PERF retirees for 2019 and 2020.  This year’s Legislative session is scheduled to close on April 25^th so time is of the essence.  Tell your legislators that without the 13^th check your actual income will decrease while the cost of living increases.    

We urge you to be cordial and courteous and thank them for their past support of a 13^th check.

To find your senator and representative go to www.iga.in.gov.  It says “Find Your Legislator” about half way down the page.  Click that button and then a second time right above the first button.  Then you will be prompted to type in your address.  Your state senator and state representative will be the first two people you will see.  You will see their district number which is used in their email address.  Senate emails begin with “s” and house emails begin with “h” then the district number followed by ig.in.gov.  For example, if your senator is district 31, their email is s31@iga.in.gov.  The representative from district 31 is h31@iga.in.gov

Thank you for your help.
Bill Murphy
Executive Director

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