General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5563 January Session, 2013 LCO No. 2281 Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS Introduced by: REP. FREY, 111th Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5563 January Session, 2013 LCO No. 2281 Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS Introduced by: REP. FREY, 111th Dist. AN ACT EXCLUDING OVERTIME PAYMENTS FROM THE CALCULATION OF STATE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to exclude overtime payments from the calculation of base salary received for the three highest-paid years of state service by a member of the state employees retirement system for purposes of calculating the member's retirement income. Statement of Purpose: To prevent state pensions from being artificially inflated by the overuse and abuse of overtime.