MONTGOMERY, Al.
Roy Johnson kept getting his $132,000-a-year state pension after pleading guilty to taking bribes and kickbacks while serving as Alabama's community college chancellor.
Republican state Sen. Arthur Orr of Decatur says that's wrong. He will introduce legislation next month to stop the state-paid portion of a pension when a state employee or official is convicted of wrongdoing involving their public position. Orr says that would wipe out slightly more than half the pension in most cases. It would not affect the portion of the pension resulting from the official's or employee's own contributions to the pension program. Orr's bill would apply to future convictions. He says applying it retroactively would create legal problems.
Orr says he hopes the bill will make people think twice before giving in to public corruption.
Roy Johnson kept getting his $132,000-a-year state pension after pleading guilty to taking bribes and kickbacks while serving as Alabama's community college chancellor.
Republican state Sen. Arthur Orr of Decatur says that's wrong. He will introduce legislation next month to stop the state-paid portion of a pension when a state employee or official is convicted of wrongdoing involving their public position. Orr says that would wipe out slightly more than half the pension in most cases. It would not affect the portion of the pension resulting from the official's or employee's own contributions to the pension program. Orr's bill would apply to future convictions. He says applying it retroactively would create legal problems.
Orr says he hopes the bill will make people think twice before giving in to public corruption.
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