Kentucky’s state treasurer is seeking to intervene in a lawsuit filed by the former state retirement systems chairman against Governor Matt Bevin.
Kentucky Treasurer Allison Ball filed an intervening motion Monday in the suit to stop the retirement board’s former chairman, Thomas Elliott, from using $50,000 in legal funding from Kentucky Retirement Systems to sue Bevin.
Elliott is suing to overturn Bevin’s order removing and replacing him. Bevin has also issued an executive order that removed all the current members of the retirement system board.
Ball says in a release Elliott’s use of the funding is inappropriate, since he is no longer on the board.
Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear has also sought to intervene in the suit in an attempt to overturn’s Bevin overhaul of the board.
The $50,000 in funds came to light in a report by the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting, which obtained the legal bills through a public records request.
Elliott, a Louisville banker, sued Bevin on June 17 after he was removed in April.
Bevin has insisted he has “absolute authority” to disband any of the state’s boards and commissions. Along with the retirement systems board, Bevin has wielded his executive powers to reorganize the Kentucky Horse Park Commission, the Kentucky Racing Commission and the Workers’ Compensation Nominating Commission.
Source: AP
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