Connecticut 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00079 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/14/2015

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 79
January Session, 2015  LCO No. 871
 *00871*
Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
Introduced by:
SEN. MARTIN, 31st Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 79 

January Session, 2015

LCO No. 871

*00871*

Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS 

Introduced by:

SEN. MARTIN, 31st Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING A DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN FOR CERTAIN NEWLY-HIRED STATE AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to require all newly-hired state and municipal employees who will participate in a state-administered pension plan to be enrolled in a defined contribution benefit plan rather than the current defined benefit system.

Statement of Purpose: 

To achieve financial relief on pension burdens by requiring certain newly-hired state and municipal employees to participate in a defined contribution pension plan.