Bevin administration must pay for withholding pension reform analysis, judge says
Source: Louisville Courier Journal
Tom Loftus, Louisville Courier Journal
Published 6:46 p.m. ET June 24, 2019 | Updated 7:24 p.m. ET June 24, 2019
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd on Monday ruled the Bevin administration intentionally violated the Kentucky Open Records Act in refusing to release a copy of an economic analysis of the administration's 2017 pension reform plan.
In a 19-page final order in the case, Shepherd ordered the economic analysis be released and – because the violation of the open records law was willful – directed the state to pay $72,833 in attorneys' fees and costs to the person who requested the record.
The controversial economic analysis will not be released immediately, however, because Shepherd said the Bevin administration will have time to appeal Monday's ruling to the Kentucky Court of Appeals.
Shepherd's Monday order uses even stronger language than an order he issued last month finding that the economic analysis by the actuary for Kentucky Retirement Systems is an open public record.
Read more: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2019/06/24/kentucky-pension-reform-analysis-bevin-administration-ordered-pay/1545531001/
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