Sep 12, 2006 8:19 pm US/Central
Madigan Says Ryan Has Forfeited State Pension
Attorney General Rules Felony Convictions Arose From Service As State Official
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Illinois Attorney Gen. Lisa Madigan (file)
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Former Gov. George Ryan (file)
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Illinois Attorney General
Lisa Madigan on Tuesday issued a legal opinion that former Gov.
George Ryan has forfeited all of his public pension benefits because his felony convictions arose out of and in connection with his service as a state official.
Madigan made the ruling in response to a Sept. 6 request for guidance from the General Assembly Retirement System as to whether the Illinois Pension Code would require Ryan's termination from the program, the release from the attorney general's office said.
"Former Governor Ryan's extensive and reprehensible criminal conduct was directly and inherently related to his official duties as state officer," Madigan said in the opinion. "In my opinion, the criminal conduct in which he engaged for over a decade as a state official is precisely the type of misconduct and breach of public trust that the felony forfeiture provision of the Pension Code is designed to discourage."
The General Assembly Retirement System specifically asked Madigan to rule on five issues, and her opinions, according to the release were:
-- Ryan has forfeited his pension benefits because of his felony convictions;
-- Ryan should forfeit all benefits, not merely those accrued during his terms as Secretary of State and Governor;
-- Ryan's benefits may be suspended upon his conviction, defined by statute as following imposition of sentence;
-- Ryan is allowed a refund of contributions he made to the system, including amounts transferred from the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund and salary disparity contributions he made;
-- the system must refund his contributions in a timely manner after voting to terminate his pension benefits and providing him an opportunity to appeal.
(Source: Sun-Times News Group Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2006. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
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