General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5177
February Session, 2012 LCO No. 554
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
Introduced by:
REP. CAFERO, 142nd Dist. REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist. REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5177
February Session, 2012
LCO No. 554
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
Introduced by:
REP. CAFERO, 142nd Dist.
REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.
REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.
AN ACT CREATING PARITY BETWEEN STATE AND PRIVATE PENSION PLANS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to, effective immediately for all state employees and officials exempt from classified service and applicable to employees included in any collective bargaining agreement negotiated or renewed after the passage of this act, increase all such employees' contributions toward their pensions, calculate retirement income based on the five highest-paid years of state service rather than the three highest-paid years of state service, cap cost-of-living adjustments at lower levels, create a defined contribution plan for new state employees, increase the retirement age for state employees in Tiers II and Tier IIA and eliminate longevity payment amounts and overtime from the pension calculation formula.
Statement of Purpose:
To create parity between state and private pension plans.