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CT Gen Stat § 7-437 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-437 - Retirement allowance and Social Security benefits to equal sum payable under retirement system alone, when.

 If the commission finds that the sum of (a) any retirement allowance payable to a member under section 7-436 and (b) any concurrent benefit payable to such member under the Old Age and Survivors Insurance System on account of service in a participating municipality is less than the allowance that would have been payable if the member were not participating in such system, his allowance shall be increased accordingly during the period when the lower sum would otherwise be payable. When any person retires under the terms of section 7-436 prior to the age at which he would be eligible to receive an old age insurance benefit under the system, he shall be entitled to receive an additional temporary retirement allowance payable to the age at which he would be so eligible, or payable until he qualifies for a social security disability allowance, if earlier. The total retirement allowance payable during the temporary period shall be computed as if such person was not covered by the Old Age and Survivors Insurance System. The first sentence of this section shall not apply to any employee who was hired by a municipality after the date when the municipality included its employees in such system, or to any employee who transfers from a nonparticipating department to a participating department of a municipality after said date, or to any employee of a municipality which had included its employees in such system not later than the effective date of participation as defined in section 7-427.(1957, P.A. 447, S. 8; 1959, P.A. 319; February, 1965, P.A. 559, S. 1; P.A. 84-157, S. 2; P.A. 93-356, S. 8.)History: 1959 act included reference to Sec. 7-436 in Subdiv. (a), added provisions re additional temporary retirement allowance to Subdiv. (b) and added provisions re employees who transferred from nonparticipating to participating departments and employees of municipalities which had included their employees in the system not later than the effective date of participation as defined in Sec. 7-427; 1965 act provided restrictions in last sentence apply only to first sentence of section; P.A. 84-157 provided that the temporary retirement allowance shall be computed as if the person were not covered by the Old Age and Survivors Insurance System, instead of calculating the allowance in accordance with the law prior to May 28, 1957; P.A. 93-356 deleted references to Sec. 7-435 re calculation of retirement allowance for fund A members.
CT Gen Stat § 7-439c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-439c - Discharge of liability for increases of retirement allowance.

 The liability for the increase in benefits provided by sections 7-439b to 7-439d, inclusive, for retirement allowances based on service rendered before July 1, 1979, shall be discharged by extending the period required for the annual amortization payments being made by the municipality under section 7-441 before July 1, 1977, until the date when the total past service liability shall be discharged. Such date shall not be subject to the limits provided in subsection (b) of section 7-441. The proportion of contributions paid to the Retirement Commission monthly under the terms of subsection (c) of said section shall, effective July 1, 1979, include the cost of applying the adjustments of sections 7-439b to 7-439d, inclusive, to retirement allowances credited for service rendered after July 1, 1979.(P.A. 77-584, S. 2, 5; P.A. 02-89, S. 8; P.A. 17-107, S. 2.)History: P.A. 02-89 replaced references to Sec. 7-439e with references to Sec. 7-439d, reflecting the repeal of Sec. 7-439e by the same public act; P.A. 17-107 replaced reference to Sec. 7-441(a) with reference to Sec. 7-441(b) and replaced reference to Sec. 7-441(b) with reference to Sec. 7-441(c), effective July 1, 2017.
CT Gen Stat § 7-439d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-439d - Cost of living adjustment not limited by subsection (a) of section 7-436.

 The limitation of the maximum retirement allowance provided in subsection (a) of section 7-436 shall not be applicable to increases under sections 7-439b to 7-439d, inclusive.(P.A. 77-584, S. 3, 5; P.A. 93-356, S. 10; P.A. 02-89, S. 9.)History: P.A. 93-356 deleted a reference to Sec. 7-435 re cost-of-living adjustments for fund A members; P.A. 02-89 replaced reference to Sec. 7-439e with reference to Sec. 7-439d, reflecting the repeal of Sec. 7-439e by the same public act.
CT Gen Stat § 7-439e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-439e - Actuarial study by retirement board to determine cost impact of increases.

 Section 7-439e is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.(P.A. 77-584, S. 4, 5; P.A. 02-89, S. 90.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-439f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-439f - Study concerning restructuring of fund.

 The State Retirement Commission shall conduct a study to determine the cost impact of restructuring the Municipal Employees' Retirement Fund to better reward career employees. Such restructuring would include, but not be limited to, providing a permanent three per cent cost of living increase in retirement allowances without appreciably increasing the financial burden on municipal employers. Said commission shall report its findings to the General Assembly on or before January 1, 1980.(P.A. 79-305, S. 2, 4.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-439h (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-439h - Erroneous payments; adjustment; waiver of repayment; regulations.

 (a) Should any change or error in records result in any member or beneficiary receiving from the municipal employees' retirement system more or less than he would have been entitled to receive had the records been correct, then upon discovery of any such error the Retirement Commission shall notify the member or beneficiary affected and correct the same, and as far as practicable shall adjust the payments in such manner that the actuarial equivalent of the benefit to which such member or beneficiary was correctly entitled shall be paid, provided if such change or error results in any member or beneficiary receiving less than he would have been eligible to receive, such member or beneficiary may elect to have such benefit paid in a single payment.(b) If a member or beneficiary has been overpaid through no fault of his own, and he could not reasonably have been expected to detect the error, the Retirement Commission may waive any repayment which it believes would cause hardship.(c) The Retirement Commission shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 establishing criteria for the waiver of repayment.(P.A. 88-144.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-440a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-440a - Certain contributions by members treated as employer contributions.

 Each participating employer may pick up the member contributions required by section 7-440 for all compensation earned on and after January 1, 2002, and the contributions so picked up shall be treated as employer contributions in determining tax treatment under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, and chapter 229. The employer shall pay such member contributions from the same source of funds that is used to pay the member. The employer may pick up such contributions by a reduction in the cash salary of the member, or by an offset against a future salary increase, or by a combination of a reduction in salary and offset against a future salary increase. If member contributions are picked up, they shall be treated for all purposes of the Municipal Employees' Retirement Fund in the same manner and to the same extent as member contributions made prior to the date picked up. Municipalities participating in fund B may adopt this section for their members. Such election shall be made in a manner prescribed by the Retirement Commission.(P.A. 01-80, S. 9; P.A. 03-278, S. 18.)History: P.A. 03-278 made technical changes, effective July 9, 2003.
CT Gen Stat § 7-441a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-441a - Contributions to remain at level in effect on June 30, 1980.

 Section 7-441a is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.(P.A. 80-37, S. 2, 3; S. A. 02-12, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-442 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-442 - Transfer from fund A to fund B.

 Section 7-442 is repealed.(1957, P.A. 447, S. 11; 1959, P.A. 432, S. 1; P.A. 93-356, S. 15.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-442a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-442a - Transfer of retirement credit between municipalities.

 Any municipal employee who is a member of the Municipal Employees' Retirement Fund and who accepts employment with another municipality in a department which, on the date he commences employment participates or, within two years thereafter, elects to participate in said fund shall be credited for retirement purposes with his entire period of service, as defined in section 7-425, with all municipalities which are members of said fund, provided, if he had withdrawn his contributions from the fund, he shall not receive credit for such prior employment in the computation of his eventual retirement allowance unless the withdrawn contributions plus interest, if any, have been repaid with additional interest at a rate to be determined by the commission. When a member has obtained credit for prior service in another municipality, and the department in which he so served has subsequently been withdrawn from the fund, such member may, upon request to the commission, withdraw the total of all contributions made during such prior service, and such credit for prior service shall thereupon be withdrawn. The withdrawal of such contributions shall include five per cent interest credited in accordance with the provisions of section 7-440. The Retirement Commission may make regulations as to such matters relating to such transfers of employment as the Retirement Commission finds necessary for the uniform and equitable administration of this section, having regard to the welfare of transferring employees and the interests of the municipalities.(1963, P.A. 597; 1969, P.A. 278; P.A. 84-106, S. 6, 8; P.A. 93-356, S. 12.)History: 1969 act applied provisions of section to transfers in which municipality elects to participate in fund B within two years of transfer date, clarified credit procedure where employee had withdrawn contributions after leaving prior employment or wishes to withdraw such prior contributions and deleted former general references to powers of commission to apportion contributions between municipalities and to determine payments required of each; P.A. 84-106 provided that the repayment of withdrawn contributions shall include any withdrawn interest plus additional interest as determined by the commission and that the withdrawal of contributions shall include 5% interest; P.A. 93-356 deleted provisions re transfer of retirement credit between fund A and fund B.
CT Gen Stat § 7-442c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-442c - Credit for prior service with redevelopment agency.

 Any employee of a redevelopment agency of a municipality which has included such agency within the provisions of this part shall be given retirement credit for prior service to such agency upon payment of a sum equal to that which he would have paid had such service been covered by the provisions of this part, plus five per cent interest per annum for each year of service prior to passage of such resolution, such sum to be paid within one year of the passage of such resolution.(1969, P.A. 725, S. 2.)See Sec. 7-427 re municipalities' participation in retirement fund.
CT Gen Stat § 7-442d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-442d - Transfer of members of fund A to fund B by resolution of legislative body. Effective date. Transfer of assets by State Treasurer.

 Section 7-442d is repealed.(1971, P.A. 319, S. 1; P.A. 93-356, S. 15.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-442e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-442e - Credit for prior service with Connecticut Housing Authority.

 Any employee of the Connecticut Housing Authority who became a member of the municipal employees' retirement system on July 1, 1986, and who had continuous service with said authority prior to participation in the system shall be credited for retirement purposes under this chapter with such period of continuous service. The Connecticut Housing Authority shall make contributions to the Municipal Employees' Retirement Fund for eligible employees in accordance with section 7-441.(P.A. 88-149, S. 4, 5.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-443 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-443 - Initial rates of contribution by municipality.

 The Retirement Commission shall fix the initial rates of contribution by municipalities on account of future pensions based on services rendered prior and subsequent to the acceptance of this part on an actuarial study of the municipalities whose acceptance is necessary to the taking effect of this part. It shall make a complete actuarial study of the experience of the retirement system established by this part at intervals of not more than five years and shall thereupon readjust the contributions to be made by municipalities.(1949 Rev., S. 896.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-444 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-444 - Withdrawal by a municipality.

 A municipality may withdraw one or more departments from the retirement system established by this part by the procedure provided in section 7-427 for acceptance of this part; provided such withdrawal shall not relieve the municipality from liability arising from retirement allowances already granted. The employees of the department or departments shall be entitled to the return of their contributions, plus interest as provided in section 7-440, and the same shall be paid to the municipality for that purpose. In addition, the municipality shall be entitled to receive any balance from the sums contributed by it for such department or departments after deducting any payments already made or then due on account of administrative expenses and retirement allowances, with a sum sufficient, as determined by the commission on sound actuarial principles, to provide for the payment of all future retirement allowances and refunds already vested by the retirement of members from the municipality. For this purpose, such retirement allowances and future retirement allowances shall exclude an amount equal to the total contributions, plus interest as provided in section 7-440, of members previously retired under this part. If there is a deficit in such sum, it shall be paid in full into the fund by the municipality seeking to withdraw and its liability in this regard shall be enforceable as provided in section 7-445.(1949 Rev., S. 897; 1959, P.A. 315; 1967, P.A. 402; P.A. 87-85; P.A. 90-232, S. 1, 2.)History: 1959 act allowed withdrawal of one or more departments in lieu of complete withdrawal; 1967 act excluded from retirement allowances and future allowances payments, an amount equaling total contributions of members previously retired when municipality or one or more of its departments withdraws; P.A. 87-85 provided that employees shall receive interest on their returned contributions after the withdrawal of their employer from the system; P.A. 90-232 added interest to the exclusion from returned contributions of contributions of previously retired members.
CT Gen Stat § 7-445 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-445 - Liability of municipality.

 Each participating municipality shall be liable to the fund for the cost of maintaining for its employees the retirement system herein provided for, including all contributions collected from employees. The liability of a municipality under this part shall be enforceable by the Retirement Commission against such municipality through appropriate action in the Superior Court.(1949 Rev., S. 898.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-446 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-446 - Assignments prohibited.

 Any assignment by a member or beneficiary of any allowance or benefit payable under the terms of this part shall be null and void. Each such allowance and benefit shall be for the support of the member or beneficiary entitled thereto and shall be exempt from the claims of creditors of such member and beneficiary, provided, if the provisions of this section are contrary to the laws governing a particular set of circumstances, as to that set of circumstances, any allowance or benefit payable hereunder shall be exempt to the maximum extent permitted by law.(1949 Rev., S. 899.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-447 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-447 - Custody and investment of funds.

 All contributions received from members and municipalities shall be paid over daily by the Retirement Commission to the State Treasurer, who shall be the custodian of the fund with power to invest and reinvest as much of said fund as is not required for current disbursement in accordance with the provisions of part I of chapter 32. All benefits, allowances and other payments authorized by this part shall be made from the fund upon vouchers approved by the Retirement Commission.(1949 Rev., S. 900; 1969, P.A. 191, S. 2; P.A. 81-343, S. 4, 7.)History: 1969 act allowed investments in trust funds; P.A. 81-343 substituted “Part I of Chapter 32” for previous language allowing investments in accordance with statutes governing savings banks or trust funds investments.See Sec. 4-32 re state revenue accounting.
CT Gen Stat § 7-448 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-448 - Administration of part. Penalty for failure to provide necessary information to Retirement Commission.

 The administration of the system of retirement allowances established by this part, except as the same relate to the custody and investment of the fund, shall be entrusted to the Retirement Commission, which may employ actuarial, clerical and other assistance necessary for the purpose and which may make reasonable regulations for carrying out the provisions of this part including designation of the times at and manner in which the participating municipalities shall make the several payments required by this part. Each participating municipality shall furnish, at such times and in such manner as the Retirement Commission directs, information concerning the names, ages, length of service and pay of members employed by such municipality and any other data which the Retirement Commission determines to be necessary for the proper execution of this part and to give prompt notice of all appointments, removals, deaths, resignations, leaves of absence and changes in pay of members. If any participating municipality fails to provide such information, the Retirement Commission shall send written notice of such failure to the municipality by registered or certified mail. If such municipality fails to provide such information within thirty days after receipt of such notice, the Retirement Commission may assess a penalty of one hundred dollars per day against the municipality for each day of such failure beyond such thirty-day period. Such penalties shall be paid to the State Comptroller for deposit in the fund, and shall be used to help defray any additional expenses incurred by the Retirement Commission due to such failure to provide information.(1949 Rev., S. 901; P.A. 87-269, S. 2, 3.)History: P.A. 87-269 established penalties for municipalities which fail to provide the necessary information requested by the commission on a timely basis.Cited. 144 C. 322.
CT Gen Stat § 7-449 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-449 - Effect of amendment or repeal of part.

 In case of the amendment or repeal of this part, the liability of fund B shall be limited in the case of a member or person claiming through such member to the contributions made by such member, without interest, and in the case of a municipality to contributions made by such municipality, subject to the deductions provided in the case of withdrawal by a municipality in accordance with section 7-444. All future retirement allowances vested by the retirement of members prior to such repeal or amendment shall be paid in full in accordance with the terms of this part and the rights of the Retirement Commission to compel the payment by any municipality of the sum or sums necessary to provide such retirement allowances granted to members formerly employed by such municipality shall not be affected by such repeal or amendment.(1949 Rev., S. 902; P.A. 93-356, S. 13.)History: P.A. 93-356 deleted reference to liability of fund A upon repeal or amendment of part II of chapter 113.
CT Gen Stat § 7-450b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-450b - Cost of living allowance.

 Notwithstanding the provisions of any municipal charter or any special act to the contrary, any municipality which has established a retirement system for its officers and employees and their beneficiaries may, by ordinance, provide a cost of living allowance for such persons or their surviving widows or beneficiaries in an amount deemed appropriate by the municipality.(P.A. 89-162, S. 2, 3.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-450c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-450c - Diminishment or reduction of rights or benefits under pension and retirement systems.

 Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or special act 01-1, no municipality or special taxing district that provides, as of July 11, 2007, a pension and retirement system for its officers and employees and their beneficiaries shall diminish or eliminate any right or benefit granted to any retiree under such retirement or pension system that was in effect on the date of such retiree's retirement. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit a municipality or special taxing district from changing the administration of such retiree's retirement benefits as long as the rights and benefits provided to such retiree after any change in the administration are at least equivalent to the rights and benefits provided prior to such change.(P.A. 07-221, S. 1.)History: P.A. 07-221 effective July 11, 2007.