2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183l. - Teachers' Retirement Board. Valuation of fund.

(a)(1) On and after July 1, 1991, the management of the system shall continue to be vested in the Teachers' Retirement Board, whose members shall include the Treasurer, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the Commissioner of Education, or their designees, who shall be voting members of the board, ex officio. (2) On or before June 15, 1985, and quadrennially thereafter, the members of the system shall elect from their number, in a manner prescribed by said board, two persons to serve as members of said board for terms of four years beginning July first following such election. Both of such persons shall be active teachers who shall be nominated by the members of the system who are not retired and elected by all the members of the system. On or before July 1, 1991, and quadrennially thereafter, the members of the system shall elect from their number, in a manner prescribed by said board, three persons to serve as members of said board for terms of four years beginning July first following such election. Two of such persons shall be retired teachers who shall be nominated by the retired members of the system and elected by all the members of the system and one shall be an active teacher who shall be nominated by the members of the system who are not retired and elected by all the members of the system. (3) On or before July 1, 2011, and quadrennially thereafter, the members of the system shall elect from their number, in a manner prescribed by said board, one person to serve as a member of said board for a term of four years beginning July first following such election. Such person shall be an active teacher who shall be nominated by the members of the system who are not retired, elected by all the members of the system and a member of an exclusive representative of a teachers' bargaining unit that is not represented by the members of the board elected under subdivision (2) of this subsection. (4) If a vacancy occurs in the positions filled by the members of the system who are not retired, said board shall elect a member of the system who is not retired to fill the unexpired portion of the term. If a vacancy occurs in the positions filled by the retired members of the system, said board shall elect a retired member of the system to fill the unexpired portion of the term. The Governor shall appoint five public members to said board in accordance with the provisions of section 4-9a, one of whom shall be the mayor, first selectman or chief elected official of a municipality. On and after October 31, 2017, the Governor shall fill the next vacant position on the board that is appointed by the Governor with a person who is the mayor, first selectman or chief elected official of a municipality. The members of the board shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for any expenditures or loss of salary or wages which they incur through service on the board. A majority of the membership of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business.
(b) In carrying out its duties, the board may employ a chief administrator with a title established by the board, who shall also serve as secretary of the board, an administrative officer and such staff as may be necessary. Their salaries shall be paid by said board with the approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. Said board shall employ the services of one or more actuaries, each of which shall be an individual or firm having on its staff a fellow of the Society of Actuaries, to carry out the actuarial duties of this section and sections 10-183b, 10-183r, and 10-183z and for such related purposes as the board deems advisable. The cost of such services shall be charged to the funds provided for in section 10-183r. Said board shall arrange for such actuary to prepare an actuarial valuation of the assets and liabilities of the system as of June 30, 1980, and at least once every two years thereafter. On the basis of reasonable actuarial assumptions approved by the board, such actuary shall determine the actuarially determined employer contribution required to meet the actuarial cost of current service and the unfunded accrued liability. Commencing December 1, 2002, such valuation shall be completed prior to December first biennially. Said board shall adopt all needed actuarial tables and may adopt regulations and rules not inconsistent with this chapter, including regulations and rules for payment of purchased service credits and repayment of previously withdrawn accumulated contributions. Said board shall establish an operational budget necessary for the management of the system. The board may enter into such contractual agreements, in accordance with established procedures, as may be necessary for the discharge of its duties.
(P.A. 78-208, S. 11, 35; 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 79-436, S. 4, 6; P.A. 80-478, S. 2, 3; P.A. 83-533, S. 43, 54; P.A. 84-207, S. 1, 2; 84-255, S. 9, 21; P.A. 87-296, S. 1, 2; P.A. 91-188, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-146, S. 2, 3; 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 97-301, S. 3, 10; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-1, S. 41, 54; P.A. 02-89, S. 14; P.A. 03-278, S. 24; P.A. 11-48, S. 40; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 68; P.A. 21-186, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 78-303 allowed substitution of banking commissioner for bank commissioner and commissioner of education for secretary of the state board of education in Subsec. (a) to fulfill intent of P.A. 77-614 which changed names above and made insurance and banking departments divisions within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-436 amended Subsec. (b) to include provisions for employment and duties of actuaries; P.A. 80-478 amended Subsec. (a) to increase number of members from five to nine, including four public members; P.A. 83-533 restructured board, substituting commissioner on aging for banking commissioner and increasing number of teacher representatives from 1 to 3 and reducing public members from 4 to 3; P.A. 84-207 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize appointment of designees by commissioner members, required board to fill vacancy in position filled by member of the system who is “not retired” or “retired” by electing a member who is “not retired” or “retired”, respectively, inserted new Subsec. (b) re membership and terms of board on and after July 1, 1985, relettering former Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c) and added new Subsec. (d) validating membership and actions of board, notwithstanding failure of board to elect members in accordance with Subsec. (a); P.A. 84-255 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision that commissioner of education may appoint a designee to serve on the board; P.A. 87-296 deleted provision in Subsecs. (a) and (b) that claims for reimbursement of board members shall be subject to approval of secretary of office of policy and management; P.A. 91-188 increased membership of board from 11 to 12, effective July 1, 1991, required that additional member be a retired teacher, and increased number of members required for approval of a decision of the board from 5 to 6; P.A. 93-146 amended Subsec. (b) to remove the insurance commissioner from the teacher's retirement board and to increase the number of public members from 4 to 5, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department on aging, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 97-301 amended Subsec. (c) to authorize board to enter into contractual agreements necessary for discharge of its duties, effective September 1, 1997; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-1 amended Subsec. (c) to require, commencing December 1, 2002, the valuation to be completed prior to December first biennially, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 02-89 deleted as obsolete former Subsec. (a) re the membership of the board, redesignated existing Subsecs. (b) and (c) as Subsecs. (a) and (b) and deleted as obsolete former Subsec. (d) re the continuation in office of certain members and the validation of certain actions of the board; P.A. 03-278 made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective July 9, 2003; P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (a) by designating existing provision re management of system as Subdiv. (1) and amending same by replacing reference to number of members including Commissioner of Social Services with provision re members including Treasurer and Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and adding “voting” re members, by designating existing provision re election of active and retired teachers as Subdiv. (2), by adding Subdiv. (3) re election of active teacher and by designating existing provision re vacancy as Subdiv. (4), effective June 13, 2011; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provisions re one public member appointed by Governor to be mayor, first selectman or chief elected official of a municipality, and Governor to fill next vacant position with mayor, first selectman or chief elected official, effective October 31, 2017 and applicable to appointments made on or after said date; P.A. 21-186 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “the effective date of this section” with “October 31, 2017”, and replacing requirement that board decisions be approved by 6 members or a majority of the members present, whichever is greater, with provision re quorum, amended Subsec. (b) by changing “a secretary” to provision re chief administrator and administrative officer, and replacing “clerical and other assistance” with “staff”, “normal cost” with “actuarially determined employer contribution” and “such funds as are” with “an operational budget”, effective July 1, 2021.