Reviewing the history of the Public Employees Retirement System has been the subject before the Oregon State Senate’s Workforce Committee, and one member of the panel feels there isn’t much that can be done with it in the short-term.  29th District Senator Bill Hansell says the courts have vetted the subject so thoroughly that there aren’t a whole lot of legislative options left to deal with the impact of PERS on the state budget at this time.  Hansell says there are steps that can be taken to reign in PERS costs down the road, but it would be many years before the relief would be felt.