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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees › Section 7-433 and 7-433a. - Disability or death of firemen or policemen caused by hypertension or heart disease.

Sections 7-433 and 7-433a are repealed.
(1951, 1953, 1955, S. 407d; 1959, P.A. 366; 1961, P.A. 330, S. 1, 2; 1967, P.A. 770, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 380, S. 1; P.A. 92-81, S. 2, 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees › Section 7-433d. - Injury or death of fireman while engaged in fire duties with another company.

Any uniformed member of a paid fire department who offers his services to an officer or person in charge of another fire company which is actively engaged in fire duties, and whose services are accepted by such officer or person, shall be entitled to receive benefits under chapter 568, and under the contributory or noncontributory retirement system of the municipality for which such services were performed, in the event of his injury or death arising out of such services, as if he were a member of the fire department of such municipality.
(1971, P.A. 520.)
Section does not apply to paid firefighter's on-duty response to a mutual aid request from a neighboring municipality because that firefighter remains covered by his home municipality for workers' compensation benefits, and pursuant to Sec. 31-284, an employer's liability is not limited on the basis of where the employee's injury occurred, even when the employee is temporarily lent to another entity, as long as the injury occurred during the scope of the employee's employment; section applies only in good Samaritan situations in which an individual paid firefighter independently happens upon a fire in another municipality, makes a personal offer to help that is accepted, and is injured while fighting the fire. 295 C. 35.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees › Section 7-434. - Continuity of service.

Periods of absence of not more than ninety days in any one calendar year shall not be considered as breaking continuity of service. Periods of absence of more than ninety days by reason of a leave of absence granted by the appropriate authority of the municipality or where the absence is occasioned by disability necessitating the regular attendance of a physician, unless such attendance is declared unnecessary by medical authority satisfactory to the Retirement Commission, or by reason of layoff, shall not be considered as breaking continuity of service, but such periods shall not be included in determining the amount of the retirement allowance. Any member who entered any branch of the armed forces of the United States between September 16, 1940, and July 26, 1945, or who enters any of said services while the United States is at war, or engaged in any hostilities or during times of national emergency, whether declared or undeclared, or any acts incident thereto, and who is reemployed by the municipality within six months following the termination of such service, unless this period is further extended by reason of disability incurred in the course of such service, shall be credited with the period of such service to the same extent as though he had been continuously employed by the municipality and shall be considered to have made the contributions required by this part based on his regular rate of pay at the time of the commencement of such service. The period of service of any member as a full-time employee of any municipality merged or consolidated either before or after the acceptance of this part with a participating municipality shall be counted for the purpose of qualifying such member for retirement and for the purpose of computing the amount of his retirement allowance, provided such combined services shall have been continuous as defined above.
(1949 Rev., S. 890; 1967, P.A. 853; P.A. 84-106, S. 1.)
History: 1967 act qualified members joining armed forces when country is “engaged in any hostilities or during times of national emergency”, etc. for credit for service; P.A. 84-106 provided that absence from employment by reason of layoff shall not be considered a break in the continuity of service of the member.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees › Section 7-434a. - Continuation of membership during service as elected official.

Any member of the municipal employees' retirement system elected to serve as an official of the state or any political subdivision of the state during the 1988 calendar year or thereafter may elect, during the time he so serves, but no longer than ten years, to continue his membership in said system. Any such member shall continue to make contributions to said system and shall be ineligible for membership in any other state or municipal retirement system during such time.
(P.A. 90-308, S. 13, 15.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees › Section 7-435. - Retirement benefits for members of fund A.

Section 7-435 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 891; 1957, P.A. 447, S. 6; 1959, P.A. 471, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 547, S. 2; 1971, P.A. 644, S. 1; P.A. 79-376, S. 13; P.A. 84-106, S. 2; P.A. 93-356, S. 15.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees › Section 7-436a. - Exclusion of period when service was eligible for special act pension system in computation of retirement credit. Inclusion of certain periods of such service.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, in computing the length of service for municipal retirement in accordance with the provisions of section 7-436, no period of employment during which a member was eligible for membership in any pension system established by or under the authority of any special act shall be counted as service with respect to the computation of his retirement allowance.
(b) A member may receive retirement credit for a period of employment described in subsection (a) of this section if (1) such member is not receiving or entitled to receive a retirement benefit based on such employment, (2) such employment was in a municipality or department for which participation under this part has subsequently been accepted and (3) such member contributes an amount determined by the Retirement Commission to be necessary to fund any increase in benefits resulting from receipt of such credit to the Municipal Employees' Retirement Fund.
(1959, P.A. 238; P.A. 80-100, S. 1; P.A. 93-356, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 80-100 added Subsec. (b) re credit for period of employment during which membership in system established under special act was held; P.A. 93-356 amended Subsec. (a) to delete reference to Sec. 7-435 re computation of retirement credit for fund A members.
2023 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees › Section 7-439 and 7-439a. - Optional form of retirement allowance. Survivorship benefits for spouses of certain employees who had not exercised the option.

Sections 7-439 and 7-439a are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 893; 1959, P.A. 273; 1967, P.A. 812; 1971, P.A. 622, S. 1; P.A. 86-243, S. 9, 10.)
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees › Section 7-451. - Retroactive coverage.

Any agreement or modification entered into under sections 7-452 to 7-455, inclusive, to cover services of employees of municipalities in positions covered by the fund may be made retroactive to the extent permitted by Section 218(f) of the Social Security Act, but not prior to January 1, 1956. Any contributions payable by such a municipality or by the employees of such a municipality for such retroactive coverage shall be paid from the fund. The commission shall adjust the prior service contributions by such municipalities to reflect over the remainder of the amortization period the municipality's share of the cost of such retroactive coverage.
(September, 1957, P.A. 10, S. 3; 1959, P.A. 303.)
History: 1959 act provided for adjustments to reflect cost of retroactive coverage.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees › Section 7-453. - Membership in system. Contributions.

Any municipality of the state may, by vote of its legislative body and with the approval of the commission, apply for membership in the system or provide coverage for employees in any of the services which it may have elected to exclude under section 7-454. The commission is appointed agent for the state and is authorized to act in such capacity in all matters relating to the system and to the municipalities entering it. All agreements to be entered into between the state and the Secretary and between the state and the municipality shall be subject to the examination and approval of the Attorney General before being consummated. The commission is authorized to make regulations governing the procedure to be followed by municipalities in entering and maintaining membership in the system. A municipality shall deduct an amount from the wages of its employees whose services are covered under the system by federal-state agreement and shall contribute an equal amount for each employee on its own behalf so that the sum of these amounts shall be equivalent to the taxes which would be imposed by the federal Insurance Contributions Act if the services of employees covered by the agreement constituted employment as defined in that act. The commission, upon receipt of such contributions, shall, in accordance with applicable regulations, verify them for correctness and endorsement and deliver them to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. The state shall pay to the Secretary of the Treasury, at such time or times as may be prescribed under the Social Security Act, contributions equal to the taxes which would be imposed by the federal Insurance Contributions Act if the services covered by the agreement constituted employment within the meaning of that act.
(1951, 1955, S. 409d; 1963, P.A. 344, S. 4; February, 1965, P.A. 549, S. 4; 1967, P.A. 404; 1969, P.A. 402, S. 4.)
History: 1963 act added provisions re district health departments; 1965 act added provisions re regional planning agencies; 1967 act added phrase allowing provision of coverage for employees in services it may previously have excluded; 1969 act deleted provisions requiring, in cases regarding district departments of health or regional planning agencies, approval of electors for their inclusion in system.
Special policemen in housing projects of city housing authority held to be authority employees although city police department supervised their appointment and assignment. 157 C. 428. Cited. 210 C. 531.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees › Section 7-456. - Deductions from wages.

The legislative body of each municipal member of the system shall direct the treasurer or other financial officer of the municipality to make deductions from the wages of its employees as required by section 7-453. The total amount of such deductions and an equal amount appropriated by the municipality shall be forwarded to the commission within the time fixed by the commission; and if any municipality fails to make such payment within the time specified, the commission shall notify the Comptroller of such default and he shall withhold from such municipality the whole or any part of any sum due from the state until such payment is made. The commission is authorized to bring a civil action, in the name of the state, against any municipality so in default.
(1951, S. 412d.)
Cited. 157 C. 429; 210 C. 531.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees › Section 7-457. - Agreement between commission and municipality.

The agreement between the commission and the municipality shall describe in detail all conditions which must be fulfilled to meet the applicable requirements of the federal Social Security Act, including a stipulation that the cost to the state of administering sections 7-452 to 7-459, inclusive, shall be paid by the municipalities and apportioned among them quarterly, by the commission, in the ratio which each municipality's quarterly total payment to the system bears to the total payments of all municipalities made in the same quarter; and each municipality shall include in its annual budget a sum sufficient to meet the amount due as its contribution to the commission.
(1951, S. 413d; P.A. 86-312, S. 2, 21.)
History: P.A. 86-312 required inclusion by each municipality in its annual budget of sum sufficient to meet amount due as its contribution to the “commission” rather than the “fund”.
Cited. 157 C. 429; 210 C. 531.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees › Section 7-458. - Refund of amounts recovered from federal government.

Any amount recovered by the state from the federal government by virtue of payments made under the federal-state agreement shall be equitably refunded by the state to the contributors as the commission directs.
(1951, S. 414d.)
Cited. 157 C. 429; 210 C. 531.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees › Section 7-459. - Retroactivity.

The provisions of sections 7-452 to 7-458, inclusive, and this section shall be retroactive to January 1, 1951, and any agreement or modification thereof between the state and the federal government may be made retroactive in accordance with the provisions of Section 218(f) of the federal Social Security Act, as amended.
(1951, 1953, S. 416d.)
Cited. 157 C. 429; 210 C. 531.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees › Section 7-459a. - Survivors' benefits authorized.

Any municipality participating in this part may, by vote of its legislative body, provide survivors' benefits for the widows of persons covered by this part.
(February, 1965, P.A. 338, S. 2.)
See Sec. 7-450 re amendment of retirement or pension system to provide for survivors' benefits.
Cited. 157 C. 429.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees › Section 7-459b. - Deferred retirement option plan. Adoption.

(a) On or after July 1, 2000, the Retirement Commission may create a deferred retirement option plan and prescribe the manner in which such option plan may be adopted by a municipality participating in the Municipal Employees' Retirement Fund, provided the method of adoption is in accordance with subsection (c) of this section. If created, such plan shall permit members of the Municipal Employees' Retirement Fund who are eligible for a service retirement allowance to elect participation in such plan, provided such plan has been adopted by the participating municipality that employs such member.
(b) The deferred retirement option plan shall include a fixed period of time for member participation, not to exceed five years, and a specified rate of interest credit for member accounts. All other provisions of the deferred retirement option plan shall be as determined by the Retirement Commission, provided the structure of such plan is certified by the consulting actuary to the Municipal Employees' Retirement Fund as having no anticipated impact on the contribution rates for municipalities participating in said fund.
(c) Any municipality participating in the Municipal Employees' Retirement Fund shall have the option of adopting the deferred option plan for its members. Such adoption shall be in a manner prescribed by the Retirement Commission.
(P.A. 00-73, S. 1, 2; 00-192, S. 98, 102.)
History: P.A. 00-73 and P.A. 00-192 effective July 1, 2000 (Revisor's note: Sec. 1 of P.A. 00-73 and Sec. 98 of P.A. 00-192 are, for the most part, identical except that P.A. 00-192 includes a provision in Subsec. (a) authorizing the Retirement Commission to “prescribe the manner in which such option plan may be adopted by a municipality participating in the Municipal Employees' Retirement Fund, provided the method of adoption is in accordance with subsection (c) of this section” which is not found in P.A. 00-73, and further differs from P.A. 00-73 in Subsec. (c) in providing for adoption “in a manner prescribed by the Retirement Commission” where P.A. 00-73 provides for adoption “by a majority vote of the local legislative body”. The later act, P.A. 00-192, was deemed by the Revisors to have repealed by implication the conflicting earlier provision enacted in P.A. 00-73).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees › Section 7-459c. - Retiree group health insurance benefits. Restriction on diminishment or elimination.

Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or special act 01-1, no municipality or subdivision of a municipality that provides group health insurance benefits to a retiree of the municipality or subdivision as of June 2, 2006, shall diminish or eliminate such retiree's benefits in violation of any collective bargaining agreement. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit such municipality or subdivision from selecting an alternative insurance carrier to provide such retiree's benefits as long as the benefits provided by the alternative insurance carrier are at least equivalent to the benefits previously provided by such municipality or subdivision to such retiree, unless such retiree, as of the effective date of such employee's retirement, is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, negotiated in accordance with the provisions of sections 7-467 to 7-477, inclusive, with a provision specifying that such retiree is entitled to the same health insurance benefits provided to active employees of the municipality as a result of collective bargaining.
(P.A. 06-123, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 06-123 effective June 2, 2006.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees › Section 7-460. - Compensation of officials and employees.

Unless otherwise specifically provided in the general statutes, any municipality or subdivision thereof, through its legislative body, may fix the compensation of its officials and employees, subject to the approval of its budget authority. Any proposed increase in the compensation of the members of the legislative body of any municipality shall be subject to confirmation by referendum at the next regular election of such municipality. The provisions of this section shall be applicable to any municipality, any provision of any special act to the contrary notwithstanding.
(1949 Rev., S. 920; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 90.)
History: 1961 act removed exception for municipal court judges and their appointees, municipal courts having been abolished in 1959.
Cited. 147 C. 401; 179 C. 140; 201 C. 377.
Salary increase for tax collector, voted by common council, held invalid because approval of board of finance and taxation was not secured. 25 CS 227. Cited. 40 CS 539.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees › Section 7-460a. - Sick leave pay exclusion from Social Security contributions.

Each political subdivision of the state which grants to its full-time permanent employees, on account of illness or injury, sick leave with pay, may exclude any such payment from wages for which Social Security contributions are made, in accordance with the provisions of Subsection (b) of Section 209 of the federal Social Security Act of August 14, 1935 (49 Stat. 625), as from time to time amended.
(P.A. 79-529, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees › Section 7-460b. - Residency requirements.

Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or special act or local law, ordinance or charter, no municipality may require as a condition of employment with such municipality that an employee whose position is subject to the terms of a collective bargaining agreement reached pursuant to sections 7-467 to 7-477, inclusive, reside in such municipality.
(P.A. 89-263.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees › Section 7-460c. - Compensatory time in lieu of overtime pay.

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 31-71b and 31-76b to 31-76j, inclusive, to the contrary, any municipality may, by contract, agree with municipal employees to provide overtime compensation in the form of compensatory time, in lieu of overtime pay, at a rate not less than one and one-half hours of compensatory time for each hour worked in excess of the maximum workweek of such employees. A municipality providing compensatory time shall comply with all applicable provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as from time to time amended.
(P.A. 91-81, S. 1, 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees › Section 7-460d. - Additional compensation for certain retired public safety employees.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or of any charter or special act, a municipality may, by two-thirds vote of its legislative body or, in a municipality where the legislative body is a town meeting, by two-thirds vote of the board of selectmen, provide for compensation, in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, by such municipality of a retired public safety employee (1) with a permanent and severe disability caused by a serious bodily injury which (A) arose out of and in the course of his or her employment as a public safety employee, and (B) was suffered in the line of duty and within the scope of his or her employment as a public safety employee, (2) who retired from service as a public safety employee as a result of such disability, and (3) who is under the age of sixty-five. As used in this section, “public safety employee” means a retired uniformed member of such municipality's paid fire department or a retired regular member of such municipality's paid police department.
(b) The compensation paid to any public safety employee described in subsection (a) of this section shall be in an amount equal to the difference between (1) the total payment of benefits received by such employee under the provisions of chapter 568 and any other benefits, and (2) the regular rate of pay of such employee at the time of his or her retirement. Upon approval by the legislative body or board of selectmen, as applicable, in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, such compensation shall be paid annually to such employee and shall continue until such employee attains the age of sixty-five.
(c) A municipality providing for compensation in accordance with this section shall establish procedures for the evaluation of any retired public safety employee considered for such compensation to determine such person's eligibility.
(P.A. 19-111, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees › Section 7-461. - Leave of absence for reserve corps field training.

Each officer and employee of any town, city or borough who is a member of the reserve corps of any branch of the armed forces of the United States, as defined in section 27-103, shall be entitled to absent himself from his duties or services while engaged in required field training in such reserve corps. No such officer or employee shall be subjected by any person, directly or indirectly, by reason of such absence, to any loss or reduction of vacation or holiday privileges or be prejudiced by reason of such absence with reference to promotion or continuance in office or employment or to reappointment to office or to reemployment. While engaged in such training, each officer or employee who is a bona fide member of the reserve corps of any branch of the armed forces shall receive the difference between his compensation for military activities and his salary or compensation as such officer or employee, provided, if his compensation for military activities exceeds the amount due him as such officer or employee, his military compensation shall prevail. The period of absence in any calendar year shall not exceed thirty days.
(1957, P.A. 569; P.A. 18-72, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 18-72 made a technical change.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees › Section 7-461a. - Leave of absence for specialized disaster relief services.

Any municipal employee, with the approval of the legislative body of the municipality employing such employee, who is a certified disaster service volunteer of the American Red Cross, may be granted a leave not to exceed fourteen days in each year to participate in specialized disaster relief services for the American Red Cross, upon the request of the American Red Cross, without loss of pay, vacation time, sick leave or earned overtime accumulation.
(P.A. 89-379, S. 3.)