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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 323l - Fire Fighter Qualification and Certification Policy and Procedures Rules and Regulations › Section 7-323l-15a - Traffic control incident management

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
General
No person shall be certified to the level of traffic control
				incident management until all examination requirements of this standard for
				that level have been fulfilled.
(b)
Objectives:
The candidate
			 for certification to the level of traffic control incident management shall
			 comply with the performance objectives of NFPA 1091, Standard for Traffic
			 Control Incident Management Professional Qualifications.
(c) The commission shall certify to the level
			 of traffic control incident management those candidates who have satisfactorily
			 demonstrated the ability to meet the requirements as prescribed in this
			 section.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 323l - Fire Fighter Qualification and Certification Policy and Procedures Rules and Regulations › Section 7-323l-16a - Fire inspector I

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
General
(1) A candidate for fire inspector I
			 certification shall be trained to the hazardous materials awareness level
			 personnel.
(2) No person shall be
			 certified to the level of fire inspector I until all examination requirements
			 of this standard for that level have been fulfilled.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 323l - Fire Fighter Qualification and Certification Policy and Procedures Rules and Regulations › Section 7-323l-17a - Fire investigator

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
General
No person shall be certified to the level of fire investigator
				until all examination requirements of this standard for that level have been
				fulfilled.
(b)
Objectives:
The candidate for certification to the level of fire
			 investigator shall comply with the performance objectives of NFPA 1033,
			 Standard for Professional Qualifications for Fire Investigator.
(c) The commission shall certify to the level
			 of fire investigator those candidates who have satisfactorily demonstrated the
			 ability to meet the requirements as prescribed in this section.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 323l - Fire Fighter Qualification and Certification Policy and Procedures Rules and Regulations › Section 7-323l-18a - Examinations - general

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The
			 certification unit shall prepare and conduct oral, written and practical skills
			 examination as deemed appropriate to determine if a person is qualified and
			 eligible to be certified.
(b) The
			 commission shall prepare and conduct a training program, the successful
			 completion of which shall qualify an individual for certification
			 eligibility.
(c) The commission may
			 accept successful completion of programs of training developed by public or
			 private agencies and approved by the commission as proof of qualifications for
			 certification eligibility.
(d)
(1) All examination components for a given
			 level of certification shall be completed within a 12-month period. The
			 12-month period shall commence on the date of signature of the lead instructor
			 authorized to sign the examination application form for the specific
			 certification level. Failure to complete requirements within the 12-month
			 period shall render all examination components that have been completed
			 void.
(2) Lead instructors
			 authorized to sign examination application forms shall be certified to:
(A) the level of fire service instructor I;
			 and
(B) at least one level higher
			 than that the certification level indicated on the examination application form
			 within the same job category if a higher level of certification exists. If a
			 higher level of certification does not exist, the lead instructor shall be
			 certified to the same level as the certification level indicated on the
			 examination application form and shall document at least three years practical
			 experience in that job category.
(3) In circumstances where a lead instructor
			 is not certified to the certification level indicated on the examination
			 application form, a lead instructor shall provide documentation of at least
			 three years of practical experience in the same job category. Such
			 documentation may include, but not be limited to, FEMA certificates. Approval
			 of such documentation shall be granted by the director of certification prior
			 to signature being affixed to examination application form.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 323l - Fire Fighter Qualification and Certification Policy and Procedures Rules and Regulations › Section 7-323l-19a - Written examination administration

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) All written
			 examinations shall be provided and administered by the certification unit.
			 Periodically, the certification unit may offer statewide open written
			 examinations. These written examinations may be given in conjunction with
			 practical examinations. Generally, for levels that so require, the candidate
			 shall successfully complete the practical examination for certification prior
			 to applying for and participating in the written examination for that level.
			 The requirement to complete the practical examination successfully prior to
			 participating in the written examination may be waived to improve practical
			 examination delivery efficiency or in cases in which a formal appeal of a
			 practical examination grade is pending. Dates of upcoming written examinations
			 and written examination application forms may be obtained from the
			 certification unit. Candidates applying for written examinations shall file a
			 written examination application form with the certification unit at least 10
			 business days before the scheduled date of the written examination.
(b)
Local administration or regional
			 school administration of state written examinations
(1) At least 28 calendar days prior to the
			 anticipated test date for a fire department, regional fire school or commercial
			 entity written examination, the chief of the fire department, lead certified
			 fire service instructor of the fire department, director of the regional fire
			 school or the lead certified fire service instructor of the commercial entity
			 shall submit to the certification unit a completed Request for Examination
			 form.
(2) Local written
			 examinations shall be administered by certification unit personnel for a
			 reasonable number of candidates based upon a given room capacity.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 323l - Fire Fighter Qualification and Certification Policy and Procedures Rules and Regulations › Section 7-323l-21a - Appeal

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A candidate may appeal any examination
			 grade in writing to the fire service analyst not later than 30 calendar days
			 after the mailing of grades. The fire service analyst shall schedule and
			 conduct a hearing not later than 30 calendar days after receipt of the appeal.
			 At such hearing, the fire service analyst shall take evidence and testimony and
			 may permit the candidate to inspect the candidate's practical skills grading
			 summary sheet to verify the mathematical accuracy of the grade. The candidate
			 may, upon request, be apprised as to which section needs further preparation
			 for both practical and written examination. The fire service analyst shall
			 issue a written decision by certified mail not later than 30 calendar days
			 after the hearing.
(b) In the event
			 the candidate is not satisfied by the written decision issued by the fire
			 service analyst pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, a candidate may
			 make a further appeal in writing to the state fire administrator, not later
			 than 30 calendar days after receipt of the written decision. The state fire
			 administrator shall schedule a hearing on such appeal not later than 30
			 calendar days after the receipt of the appeal. Such hearing shall be conducted
			 by a hearing board. The hearing board shall be composed of the state fire
			 administrator and three certified fire service instructors appointed by the
			 state fire administrator. The hearing board shall take evidence and testimony
			 and issue a written decision by certified mail not later than 30 calendar days
			 after the hearing.
(c) In the event
			 the candidate is not satisfied by the written decision issued by the hearing
			 board pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, the candidate may make a
			 final appeal in writing to the commission not later than 30 calendar days after
			 receipt of the written decision. The commission shall conduct a hearing during
			 a regularly scheduled commission meeting not later than 60 calendar days after
			 the receipt of the appeal, and shall notify the candidate of such hearing date
			 not less than twenty days prior to the date of said hearing. The commission
			 shall take evidence and testimony and issue a written decision by certified
			 mail not later than 30 days after the hearing.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 323l - Fire Fighter Qualification and Certification Policy and Procedures Rules and Regulations › Section 7-323l-22a - Reciprocity

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any fire fighter who possesses fire
			 service certification from another agency that is deemed at least equivalent to
			 a level of certification offered by the commission may receive credit for said
			 level of certification. Such reciprocity shall be limited to members of
			 Connecticut fire departments, members of non-Connecticut fire departments that
			 provide mutual aid to Connecticut fire departments, regional reserve units,
			 National Guard units, and members of the United States Department of Defense on
			 active duty, activated for training, or activated for deployment.
(b) Individuals who have been granted
			 reciprocal credit by the commission to any prerequisite level to allow the
			 individual to enter the certification system at an advanced level shall not be
			 considered to be certified by the commission to that or any prerequisite level
			 in the state until all examination requirements for the level or levels have
			 been satisfactorily fulfilled. Granting of reciprocal credit shall not alone
			 indicate that the individual has in any way complied with the NFPA Professional
			 Qualifications System Standard for prerequisite level or levels.
(c) Reciprocal credit levels shall be
			 recognized as being equal to the corresponding state certification level and
			 individuals granted such reciprocal credit shall be entitled to all rights and
			 privileges granted to persons who have received state certification.
(d) The certification unit shall determine
			 the level of credit to be awarded in accordance with the minimum standards of
			 the State of Connecticut.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 323l - Fire Fighter Qualification and Certification Policy and Procedures Rules and Regulations › Section 7-323l-23a - Issuance and revocation of certification

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The commission
			 shall issue certification upon determination that an individual is eligible to
			 be certified.
(b) The commission
			 may waive the requirement that a candidate for certification be an active
			 member of a fire department pursuant to sections 7-323l-5 a to 7-323l-17a,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, for the purpose of
			 personnel recruitment. In such cases, successful completion of the examination
			 process for a level shall entitle the candidate to a letter of certification
			 eligibility. The actual certification shall be issued upon receipt of proof
			 that the individual has become an active member of a fire department.
(c) The commission may revoke certification
			 for any of the following reasons:
(1) The
			 certification was issued by administrative error;
(2) The holder of the certification obtained
			 such certification through fraud or intentional misrepresentation of a material
			 fact;
(3) The holder of the
			 certification is professionally unfit to perform the duties for which the
			 certification was granted; or
(4)
			 The holder of the certification is convicted in a court of law of a crime, and
			 prior to revocation of the certification the commission considered (A) the
			 nature of the crime and its relationship to the holder's certification; (B)
			 information pertaining to the degree of rehabilitation of the holder; and (C)
			 the time elapsed since the conviction or release.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 323l - Fire Fighter Qualification and Certification Policy and Procedures Rules and Regulations › Section 7-323l-24a - United States Department of Defense reciprocity

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The
			 commission shall recognize the certification eligibility of members of reserve
			 units, regional National Guard units, and members of the United States
			 Department of Defense on active duty, activated for training, or activated for
			 deployment.
(b) Members of the
			 United States Department of Defense shall comply with this standard.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 392 - Municipal Financial Reporting by Independent Auditors › Section 7-392-1 - Procedures for municipal financial reporting by independent auditors

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any Financial Report concerning the
			 accounts of a municipality, school district or audited agency submitted to the
			 Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management (hereafter referred to as the
			 Secretary) shall be prepared in compliance with chapter 111 of the Connecticut
			 General Statutes. Such reports shall include:
(1) The independent auditor's report on the
			 financial statements based upon an audit conducted in accordance with generally
			 accepted auditing standards as issued by the American Institute of Certified
			 Public Accountants and if applicable, Government Auditing Standards as issued
			 by the Comptroller General of the United States.
(2) Basic financial statements, including
			 notes to the financial statements prepared in accordance with generally
			 accepted accounting principles as promulgated by the Governmental Accounting
			 Standards Board.
(3) Required
			 supplementary information, including management's discussion and analysis as
			 required by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board.
(4) Other supplementary information including
			 combining and individual fund financial statements and the schedule of debt
			 limitation and tax collector's report, where applicable.
(5) Any reports on internal control over
			 financial reporting and management letters issued by the independent auditor.
			 If a state or federal single audit report is required, the independent
			 auditor's report on the schedule of expenditures of financial assistance and
			 such other compliance and internal control reports and schedules as required by
			 applicable state or federal law.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 394a - Monitoring Municipalities in Financial Distress › Section 7-394a-1 - Procedures for monitoring municipalities in financial distress

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The Secretary shall produce a report
			 containing, but not limited to, information relative to material non-compliance
			 with regulation Section
			 7-392-1
			 or evidence of unsound or irregular financial practices in relation to commonly
			 accepted standards for governmental management and finance. The Secretary's
			 report will be sent for review to:
(1) The
			 Chief Executive Officer of such municipality or audited agency or the
			 Superintendent of such applicable school district, and
(2) Such other municipal officials as the
			 Secretary may determine appropriate for review, comment and clarification.
The entity shall have thirty (30) days from the date of receipt
				of the report to provide written comments.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 425 - Definition › Section 7-425-1 - Definition of compulsory retirement age

Current through July 10, 2024
For the purpose of the definition of "member" in section
				7-425 of the general
				statutes, "compulsory retirement age" means the day following the attainment of
				the age of sixty-five years if the member is employed as a policeman or
				fireman, or of seventy years if the member is employed in any other capacity,
				except as an elective officer; provided that if the member, other than an
				elective officer, shall attain the aforesaid age at or before the end of three
				years after the effective date of participation by the municipality,
				"compulsory retirement age" shall be the day at the end of such three
				years.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 427 - Participation by Municipalities › Section 7-427-1 - Acceptance

Current through July 10, 2024
The following form shall be used by a municipality accepting
				participation in Fund A or Fund B other than by collective bargaining:
(Name of municipality), a municipality as defined in section
				7-425 of the general
				statutes as amended, accepts part II of chapter 113 of the general statutes, as
				amended, for participation in Fund (insert A or B) of the Connecticut municipal
				employees' retirement fund as to
(insert such of the following as are applicable:)
all departments
the following departments: (naming them)
except the members of the following collective bargaining units
				which have already been included in said municipal employees' retirement fund
				by collective bargaining agreement: (naming the units)
the following elective officers (giving titles)
(name of library), a free public library which receives part or
				all of its income from municipal appropriation
but this acceptance shall not repeal, amend or replace, or
				affect the continuance of, any pension system established in this municipality
				by or under the authority of any special act.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 427 - Participation by Municipalities › Section 7-427-2 - Designation of responsible authority

Current through July 10, 2024
Each municipality which accepts participation in said fund
				shall at the time of acceptance designate by position title an officer or
				employee who shall have the responsibility of furnishing to the commission such
				information as the commission shall require under the provisions of section
				7-448
				of the general statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 438 - Reemployment with state or participating municipality › Section 7-438-1 - Reemployment with state or participating municipality

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Definitions.
As used in this section:
(1) Member has the same meaning as provided
			 in section 7-425 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(2) Participating municipality means any
			 town, city, borough, school district, regional school district, taxing
			 district, fire district, district department of health, probate district,
			 housing authority, regional workforce development board established under
			 section 31-3k of the Connecticut General Statutes, regional emergency
			 telecommunications center, tourism district established under section 10-397 of
			 the Connecticut General Statutes, flood commission or authority established by
			 special act or regional council of governments, which has a department or unit
			 that has employees who participate in the Municipal Employees Retirement
			 System.
(3) Retired or Retirement
			 means the status of a member of the Municipal Employees Retirement System who
			 (A) has terminated his or her municipal employment without any agreement
			 regarding future employment, (B) is eligible to receive a retirement allowance
			 under sections 7-428 to 7-432, inclusive, of the Connecticut General Statutes,
			 (C) has not been immediately reemployed, and (D) otherwise satisfies the
			 requirements for a bona fide retirement as determined in accordance with the
			 Internal Revenue Code, Title 26 of the United States Code, as amended from time
			 to time, and any regulations and interpretations thereof.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 439a - Method of Payment Under Section 7-439a › Section 7-439a-1 - Instalment payments by spouse

Current through July 10, 2024
A spouse of a deceased member of the Connecticut Municipal
				Employees' Fund "B," who, as a condition precedent to receiving a retirement
				salary under the provisions of section 7-439a of the general statutes, is
				required by said section to make a repayment to said fund, may in lieu of
				repayment in one sum elect in writing to the state retirement commission to
				make repayment by one of the following methods: (a) In one or more payments
				within twelve months from the date of the death of the member; (b) by an equal
				monthly deduction for the remainder of life or until remarriage from each
				payment of retirement salary payable under said section, in an amount
				determined by the state retirement commission to be the actuarial equivalent of
				the required repayment, according to tables on file in the office of the
				commission.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 439a - Method of Payment Under Section 7-439a › Section 7-439a-2 - Monthly payments of retirement salary applied against repayment

Current through July 10, 2024
If the spouse elects method (a), the monthly payments of
				retirement salary shall be applied against the repayment, but not in excess in
				any month of one-twelfth of the required repayment.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 439a - Method of Payment Under Section 7-439a › Section 7-439a-3 - Failure to complete monthly payments

Current through July 10, 2024
If the spouse elects method (a) and at the end of twelve months
				from the death of the member has not completed the required repayment, said
				spouse shall be deemed not to have complied with the requirements of section
				7-439a, and shall not receive a retirement salary thereunder. Any amount of
				partial repayment theretofore made, exclusive of amounts applied under section
				7-439a-2,
				shall be refunded to the spouse.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 442 - Transfer from Fund A to Fund B › Section 7-442-1 - Transfer

Current through July 10, 2024
The following form shall be used by a municipality transferring
				from Fund A to Fund B:
(Name of municipality) transfers from Fund A to Fund B of the
				Connecticut municipal employees' retirement fund, in accordance with the
				procedure established by sections
				7-442 and
				7-427
				of the general statutes, as amended,
(insert such of the following as are applicable:)
all its members of said Fund A
its policemen and firemen who are members of said Fund A except
				the members of the following collective bargaining units which have already
				been included in said municipal employees' retirement fund by collective
				bargaining agreement: (naming the units)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 442a - Transfer of Retirement Credit Between Municipalities Under Section 7-442a › Section 7-442a-1 - Definition

Current through July 10, 2024
With respect to a member of the Connecticut municipal
				employees' retirement fund whose retirement credit in said fund is transferred
				from one to another municipality participating in said fund under the
				provisions of section
				7-442a
				of the 1969 supplement to the general statutes, or of any special act, "first
				municipality" and "second municipality" as used in sections
				7-442a-2
				to
				7-442a-4,
				inclusive, shall respectively mean such municipalities from and to which such
				credit is transferred.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 442a - Transfer of Retirement Credit Between Municipalities Under Section 7-442a › Section 7-442a-2 - Liability of second municipality

Current through July 10, 2024
If the amount of future pensions of such member is changed by
				such transfer, the state employees retirement commission shall determine on
				sound actuarial principles the respective amounts necessary (1) before and (2)
				after such transfer for the payments of future pensions based upon the service
				of the member prior to such transfer. The second municipality shall be liable
				to the fund for any excess of (2) over (1), payable in the manner provided in
				subsection (a) of section
				7-441
				of the 1969 supplement to the general statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 442a - Transfer of Retirement Credit Between Municipalities Under Section 7-442a › Section 7-442a-3 - Liability of first municipality. Charging of member's retirement allowance

Current through July 10, 2024
The amount payable by the first municipality under subsection
				(a) of section
				7-441
				of the 1969 supplement to the general statutes shall not be changed by reason
				of such transfer. If the transfer is between a municipality participating in
				Fund A and one participating in Fund B, or vice versa, as soon as is
				practicable after such transfer, the state treasurer shall transfer to the fund
				in which the second municipality participates an amount of the assets of the
				fund in which the first municipality participates equal to the lesser of (1)
				and (2) as defined in section
				7-442a-2.
				The member's contributions made before the date of transfer are deemed to be
				included in the foregoing amount. The member's entire retirement allowance
				shall be charged to the second municipality.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 442a - Transfer of Retirement Credit Between Municipalities Under Section 7-442a › Section 7-442a-4 - Withdrawal of department from fund

Current through July 10, 2024
If the department of the first municipality in which the member
				is employed is withdrawn from the fund subsequent to the transfer under the
				provisions of section
				7-444
				or
				7-474
				of the general statutes, as amended, either before or after the retirement of
				the member, the refund to the first municipality under the provisions of said
				section
				7-444
				shall be reduced by any amount transferred under section
				7-442a-3.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 448 - Election of Optional Form of Retirement Salary for Municipal Employees › Section 7-448-1 - Election of optional form of retirement salary

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) An
			 employee desiring to elect an optional form of retirement salary shall file
			 with the retirement commission, before the commencement of his retirement
			 salary, a written election on a form to be provided by the retirement
			 commission.
(b) An election shall
			 be approved immediately if the employee passes a health examination
			 satisfactory to the retirement commission. Such health examination shall be
			 made, without expense to the state, on a form to be provided by the retirement
			 commission, by a physician legally licensed to practice medicine in the state
			 of Connecticut.
(c) In other cases,
			 the option application shall automatically be deemed to have been approved by
			 the retirement commission three years after filing.
(d) An election may be revoked, or the
			 fraction which the spouse is to receive may be reduced, at any time at least
			 three years before the first date on which the spouse would have been entitled
			 to a retirement salary if the employee had died on such date, as set forth in
			 subsection (b) of section
			 7-448-2.
			 In the event of the divorce of the employee and his spouse, an election may be
			 revoked at any time before such first date. Otherwise an election may not be
			 revoked or the fraction reduced except upon the consent of the commission,
			 which will consider whether the proposed revocation or change would be
			 detrimental to the state or to the retirement fund, and may require evidence as
			 to the health of the employee and/or his spouse, and may require the consent of
			 the spouse, before making its decision.
(e) The employee may, if he so elects,
			 provide that the optional form shall not take effect if he is retired on
			 account of disability.
(See 1961 Supp. § 7-439.)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 448 - Election of Optional Form of Retirement Salary for Municipal Employees › Section 7-448-2 - Conditions under which employee's spouse will receive retirement salary and amount of same

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) If an employee
			 retires after his election has been approved by the retirement commission and
			 is outlived by his spouse, such spouse shall be entitled to a retirement salary
			 commencing at the employee's death. In the case of an employee not
			 participating in social security, the amount of each payment to the spouse
			 shall be the (reduced) amount which would have been payable if the employee
			 were living at the time of such payment, or such fraction thereof as the
			 employee shall have specified in his election. In the case of an employee
			 participating in social security, the income payable to the spouse prior to the
			 age at which such spouse would be eligible for a social security survivor's
			 benefit shall be the same as if the employee were not participating in social
			 security; and the income thereafter shall be the same as that to which the
			 employee was entitled, or to which he would have become entitled, upon his
			 becoming eligible for social security old age insurance benefits, or such
			 fraction thereof as the employee specified in his election.
(b) If an employee dies before retiring,
			 after he has attained the age and completed the years of service necessary for
			 retirement and after his election has been approved by the retirement
			 commission, his spouse, if surviving, shall be entitled to receive the same
			 retirement salary as such spouse would have been entitled to if the employee
			 had retired just before death.
(c)
			 In no other case shall the spouse be entitled to a retirement salary if the
			 employee dies before commencement of his retirement salary. In no case shall
			 the spouse be entitled to a retirement salary if the employee retired before
			 his election has been approved by the retirement commission.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 448 - Election of Optional Form of Retirement Salary for Municipal Employees › Section 7-448-4 - Payment to beneficiary if election of optional retirement salary approved

Current through July 10, 2024
If a retirement salary becomes payable either to the employee
				or to the spouse, the payment to the beneficiary provided for in sections
				45-266 of the general statutes and 7-440 of the 1961 supplement thereto shall
				be made only after the death of the survivor of the employee and his spouse,
				and shall then be made in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the
				employee's contributions to the retirement fund over the aggregate of the
				retirement salary payments made to him and to his spouse. The spouse shall have
				no right to name or change a beneficiary either before or after the death of
				the employee. If no named beneficiary survives the employee and his spouse,
				payments shall be made to the executor or administrator of the employee, except
				that, if the amount is less than one thousand dollars, the refund may, at the
				option of the commission, be made in accordance with the terms of section
				45-266 of the general statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 453 - Participation by Municipalities in Social Security › Section 7-453-1 - Filing of application form. Request for referendum

Current through July 10, 2024
An application form for participation by a municipality in the
				Old-Age, Survivors, Disability, and Health Insurance System under title II of
				the social security act, as amended, and in accordance with sections
				7-452
				to
				7-459, inclusive,
				of the general statutes, as amended, shall be filed with the state retirement
				commission in duplicate and certified to by the town clerk or other official
				under duty to keep records of meetings. In those cases where a referendum is
				required the legislative body of the municipality, in addition to making the
				foregoing application to the commission, shall request the governor to
				authorize a referendum. Upon such authorization, the commission shall set the
				date of the referendum and shall send notice to each eligible member ninety
				days before such date, accompanied by literature to inform the employee of the
				rights which will accrue to him and his dependents and survivors, and the
				liabilities to which he will be subject, if his services are covered under
				social security. The commission shall supervise the
				referendum.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 453 - Participation by Municipalities in Social Security › Section 7-453-2 - Execution of agreement between commission and municipality

Current through July 10, 2024
The agreement between the commission and the municipality
				describing all conditions to be fulfilled to meet the applicable requirements
				of the social security act will be executed after the municipality has voted to
				apply and participate under the system and the application has been duly
				approved by the commission.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 453 - Participation by Municipalities in Social Security › Section 7-453-5 - Wage reports

Current through July 10, 2024
The state will furnish forms OAR-S3 to each municipality so
				that it can report the wages paid to its employees, at the end of each calendar
				quarter, in triplicate. The original and duplicate copy of each quarterly wage
				report, together with contributions due, must reach the State Retirement
				Commission, 30 Trinity St., Hartford, Connecticut, not later than the fifteenth
				day of the month following the end of the calendar quarter. The third copy of
				form OAR-S3 shall be retained by the municipality for its
				record.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 453 - Participation by Municipalities in Social Security › Section 7-453-6 - Report and remittance of contributions

Current through July 10, 2024
The municipality shall report and forward to the commission, on
				forms furnished by the state, on or before the fifteenth day of the month next
				following the end of each calendar quarter, the amounts deducted from the wages
				of its employees whose services are covered under the system, together with an
				equal amount representing the contributions of the municipality for each such
				employee.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 453 - Participation by Municipalities in Social Security › Section 7-453-7 - Administrative costs

Current through July 10, 2024
The municipality shall pay to the commission, on or before the
				fifteenth day of the month next following the end of the calendar quarter, its
				share of the cost to the state for administering the provisions of sections
				7-452
				to
				7-459, inclusive,
				of the general statutes, as amended, during such quarter, which cost shall be
				apportioned 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 fund.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 453 - Participation by Municipalities in Social Security › Section 7-453-9 - Adjustments of recoveries from federal government

Current through July 10, 2024
The state will adjust with the municipality any amount which
				may be recovered from the federal government by virtue of payments made under
				the federal and state agreement which shall be equitably refunded by the state
				to the contributors as the commission shall direct.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 453 - Participation by Municipalities in Social Security › Section 7-453-10 - Termination of municipal participation

Current through July 10, 2024
Any municipality desiring to terminate its participation in the
				Old-Age, Survivors, Disability, and Health Insurance System may, by vote of its
				legislative body, make application therefor to the commission. Such application
				for termination shall be made at least thirty months prior to the intended
				termination date and, upon its approval by the commission, the municipality
				shall terminate its participation in the plan in accordance with the terms of
				such approved application at the end of the calendar quarter specified therein.
				This plan may be terminated in its entirety or with respect to any coverage
				group only if it has been in effect from the effective date specified herein
				for not less than fifty-four months prior to receipt by the commission of an
				application to terminate with respect to any group for which termination is
				sought.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 453 - Participation by Municipalities in Social Security › Section 7-453-11 - Termination bars municipality from future participation

Current through July 10, 2024
If an agreement is terminated under the provisions of these
				regulations, the municipality is thereafter barred from participation in the
				Old-Age, Survivors, Disability, and Health Insurance System with respect to
				classes of employees covered in the terminated agreement.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 471 - Municipal Employee Relations Act › Article I - Description of Organization and Definitions › Section 7-471-1 - Creation and authority

Current through July 10, 2024
The Connecticut State Board of Labor Relations was
				  established in 1945 by section
				  31-102
				  of the Connecticut General Statutes and administers various labor relations
				  statutes including the Municipal Employee Relations Act, sections
				  7-467
				  to
				  7-477
				  of the Connecticut General Statutes.
The three board members are appointed by the Governor with
				  the advice and consent of the General Assembly. Alternate board members shall
				  be appointed pursuant to section
				  31-102(b)
				  of the Connecticut General Statutes and shall serve in place of an absent
				  member of the board when so directed by the board and while so serving shall
				  have all of the powers of members of the board. Pursuant to section
				  31-103
				  of the Connecticut General Statutes, the board appoints an agent and a general
				  counsel for four year terms of office, and may appoint such assistant agents
				  and other employees as are needed to carry out the work of the board without
				  undue delay.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 471 - Municipal Employee Relations Act › Article I - Description of Organization and Definitions › Section 7-471-2 - Functions

Current through July 10, 2024
It is the function of the quasi-judicial board to enforce the
				  collective bargaining statutes by deciding prohibited practice and
				  representation cases. The board also promulgates regulations and exercises
				  other powers necessary to the administration of the collective bargaining
				  statutes under its jurisdiction.
The agent and assistant agents hold informal investigation
				  and mediation conferences with parties to a complaint or petition in an effort
				  to resolve the labor relations dispute before a board hearing. If settlement is
				  not possible the agent may recommend dismissal of a complaint or assign the
				  matter for a hearing before the board. The agent and assistant agents conduct
				  secret ballot elections to determine the desire of employees for collective
				  bargaining representation.
The general counsel is the legal advisor to the board and
				  staff and represents the board in court appeals, enforcement proceedings and
				  other judicial and administrative proceedings to which the board is a party or
				  is interested.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 471 - Municipal Employee Relations Act › Article I - Description of Organization and Definitions › Section 7-471-4 - Public information

Current through July 10, 2024
The public may inspect the regulations, decisions and public
				  records of the board at its offices in Wethersfield. There is no prescribed
				  form for requests for information. Written requests should be submitted to the
				  board at its above stated official address.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 471 - Municipal Employee Relations Act › Article I - Description of Organization and Definitions › Section 7-471-5 - Signature of documents

Current through July 10, 2024
The duly authorized and official documents of the board of
				  every description, and without exception, including but not limited to the
				  board decisions, orders, notices, subpoenas, and communications shall be signed
				  in behalf of the board by any board member, the agent, the general counsel, or
				  any staff member empowered to sign in the board's behalf. Such a signature
				  shall be presumed to be duly authorized by the board unless and until the
				  contrary is demonstrated in any board proceeding or hearing.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 471 - Municipal Employee Relations Act › Article I - Description of Organization and Definitions › Section 7-471-6 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
The term "Act" as used herein means the Municipal Employee
				  Relations Act, sections
				  7-467
				  to
				  7-479,
				  inclusive, of the Connecticut General Statutes, and the term "Board" means the
				  Connecticut State Board of Labor Relations. The term "Filing" as used herein
				  means the delivery of required document(s) to the board's office address and
				  any other means of delivery prescribed by the board. In proceedings under
				  subdivisions (1) and (4) of section
				  7-471
				  of the Connecticut General Statutes, for election of representatives, the term
				  Petitioner means the party filing a petition for such election and the term
				  "Substantial number of employees" means, under ordinary circumstances, thirty
				  percent of the membership of the claimed unit. In proceedings under subdivision
				  (5) of said section, the party charging a prohibited practice shall be called
				  the Complainant; and the party alleged to have committed such prohibited
				  practice shall be called the Respondent. The terms defined in section
				  7-467
				  of the act shall have the same meanings in these regulations.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 471 - Municipal Employee Relations Act › Article I - Description of Organization and Definitions › Section 7-471-7 - Computation of Time

Current through July 10, 2024
Whenever the time limited in these regulations for any act is
				  seven (7) days or more, Saturdays, Sundays , holidays and other days when the
				  board's offices are closed to the public shall be included in making the
				  computation. Whenever the time so limited is less than seven (7) days, such
				  days shall be excluded in making the computation.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 471 - Municipal Employee Relations Act › Article II - Procedure under Section 7-471 (1) of the Act-Election of Representatives › Section 7-471-8 - Filing of petition

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A petition, in
				writing, for an election pursuant to subdivision (1) of section
				7-471
				of the Connecticut General Statutes may be filed with the board by an employee
				or group of employees or any employee organization acting in their behalf, or
				in special circumstances under section
				7-471-10
				of these regulations by a municipal employer. A petition, in writing, for
				clarification or modification of an existing unit pursuant to subdivision (4)
				of section
				7-471
				of the Connecticut General Statutes, may be filed with the board by an employee
				organization or municipal employer. The original of the petition shall be
				signed and sworn to by any person authorized to administer the oath and shall
				be filed with the board. The petition shall include a certification also signed
				and sworn to before any person authorized to administer an oath stating that a
				copy of the petition has been served upon the employer and any union claiming
				to represent the employees, by registered or certified mail or in person. If an
				employee files a petition it shall be served on all unions claiming to
				represent the employees. Petition forms will be supplied by the board upon
				request.
(b) A petition, including
				a petition to clarify or modify an existing unit, will be considered timely if
				it is filed between 180 and 150 days prior to the expiration of the collective
				bargaining agreement covering the employees who are the subject of the
				petition. Pursuant to subdivision (4) of section
				7-471
				of the Connecticut General Statutes, a petition to clarify or modify an
				existing unit, concerning either a newly created position or an unrepresented
				employee, may be filed at any time by an employee organization. The board may
				consider petitions filed at other times if compelling reasons are shown for
				deviation from the foregoing regulation.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 471 - Municipal Employee Relations Act › Article II - Procedure under Section 7-471 (1) of the Act-Election of Representatives › Section 7-471-9 - Information in petition filed by employee or labor organization

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A petition , when filed by an employee,
				or a group of employees or any employee organization acting on their behalf,
				shall contain the information required by the form supplied by the board,
				including the following:
(1) The name and
				address of the petitioner, and, if it is an employee organization, the length
				of time it has been in existence;
(2) the name of the municipal
				employer;
(3) the types,
				classifications or groups of employees in the bargaining unit or units claimed
				to be appropriate, the number of employees therein, the names and addresses of
				any other individuals or employee organizations who claim to be the
				representatives of any of the employees in the claimed bargaining unit or units
				and a brief description of any contract covering any employees in such unit or
				units;
(4) an allegation that a
				substantial number of employees, as defined in section
				7-471-6 of the
				Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(A)
				Wish to be represented for collective bargaining by an employee organization as
				exclusive representative, or
(B)
				assert that the employee organization which has been certified or is currently
				being recognized as the bargaining representative is no longer the
				representative of a majority of employees in the unit;
(5) an allegation that a question or
				controversy exists concerning representation;
(6) a request that the board certify the name
				or names of the representatives who have been designated or selected for the
				purposes of collective bargaining by the majority of the employees in the unit
				or units appropriate for such purposes; and
(7) a certification signed and attested to
				before any person authorized to administer an oath, stating that a copy of the
				petition has been served upon the employer and any union claiming to represent
				the employees by registered or certified mail, or in person.