Article V.
Officers and civil departments

Section 7. Membership in retirement systems; benefits not to be diminished or impaired

Membership in retirement systems; benefits not to be diminished or impaired

After July first, nineteen hundred forty, membership in any pension or retirement system of the system or of a civil division thereof shall be a contractual relationship, the benefits of which shall not be diminished or impaired.

Summary: New section

Election Date: November 8, 1938

Votes For Ratification: 1521036

Votes Against Ratification: 1301797

Percent for Ratification: 54%

Percent Against Ratification: 46%

Notes:

Amendment Source: 1938 Const Conven Amendment No 1

Effective Date Source: