General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 569 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 959 Referred to Committee on Appropriations Introduced by: SEN. BOUCHER, 26th Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 569 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 959 Referred to Committee on Appropriations Introduced by: SEN. BOUCHER, 26th Dist. AN ACT PROHIBITING COST-OF-LIVING ALLOWANCES FOR RETIRED STATE EMPLOYEES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to prohibit cost-of-living allowances for retired state employees in any year in which the State Employees Retirement Fund has negative investment earnings. Statement of Purpose: To require state pension investments to realize an increase in order to give cost-of-living increases to retired state employees.