General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 639 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 2105 *02105* Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES Introduced by: SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 639 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 2105 *02105* Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES Introduced by: SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING THE MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That title 7 of the general statutes be amended to (1) exclude overtime from retirement benefit calculations, (2) increase the retirement age to sixty-two, (3) limit cost-of-living increases to between zero and four per cent, (4) increase employee contributions, and (5) create a tier consistent with state employee retirement system tier III for new eligible employees. Statement of Purpose: To implement pension reform under the municipal employee retirement system.