Police retirement cleanup bill passed

A cleanup bill passed April 9 renames a police officers retirement act.

LB822, introduced by the Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee, updates references and eliminates obsolete language in the retirement system for first class city police officers. Nebraska cities are classified as first class if they have a population of at least 5,000 and less than 100,000.

The bill also renames the Police Officers Retirement Act as the Cities of the First Class Police Officers Retirement Act.

Senators passed LB822 49-0.