General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5695 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 1304 *01304* Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS Introduced by: REP. FERRARO, 117th Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5695 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 1304 *01304* Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS Introduced by: REP. FERRARO, 117th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING THE CALCULATION OF RETIREMENT INCOME FOR NEWLY HIRED STATE EMPLOYEES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to require, for any state employee hired on or after the effective date of this act, that such employee's retirement income be calculated on a cost-averaging basis over the last ten years of the employee's state employment, irrespective of interagency transfers. Statement of Purpose: To reduce state employee pension costs.