From NWAonline:

A state legislator wants an attorney general’s opinion on whether the state employees retirement system can release the names of elected officials improperly collecting retirement benefits and a paycheck.

State Rep. Allen Kerr, R-Little Rock, who has been pressing to expose double dipping by officeholders, said Monday he will seek Attorney General Dustin McDaniel’s opinion because the retirement system is exempt from the state’s Freedom of Information act and he’s concerned the list may never be released to the public.

Gail Stone, executive director of the Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System, said she welcomes the opinion request.

“The way our open record law exclusion is worded it’s not clear whether I am able to release anything pertaining to a member’s (pension) record,” Stone said. “Unless I’m told I must, I have to err on the confidentiality of the record.”

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