This doesn't make sense - Section 10 of Article IX (Finance) of the Oregon Constitution suggests to me that contracts with these pickup provisions would be unconstitutional  - paragraph 1 says all employees in state retirement plan must contribute 6% of salary or gross wage; paragraph 2 says that after 1/1/1995 no state or local entity can agree to a contract that would relieve this obligation; paragraph 3 says that after 1/1/1995, no state or local entity can contract/agree to a salary increase/benefit to offset this obligation.  This was passed by Oregonians  in November, 1994.  Wouldn't this mean that any current contract having these provisions violates the Oregon Constitution?  What am I missing?