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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5538
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 4589
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E CONTINUATION OF RETIREMENT
ALLOWANCES FOR CERTA IN RETIREES UPON SUBSEQUENT
EMPLOYMENT BY A BOAR D OF EDUCATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 7-438 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 2
(a) Any member retired under this part who again accepts 3
employment from [this] the state or from any municipality of [this] the 4
state, other than a participating municipality, shall continue to receive 5
his or her retirement allowance while so employed, and shall be 6
eligible to participate, and shall be entitled to credit, in the state 7
retirement system for the period of such state employment, but any 8
such member shall not be eligible to participate or be entitled to credit 9
in any municipal retirement system for the period of such municipal 10
employment. 11
(b) If a member is retired under this part and again accepts 12
employment from the same municipality from which he or she was 13
retired or any other participating municipality, he or she shall be 14 Committee Bill No. 5538
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eligible to participate, and shall be entitled to credit, in the municipal 15
employees' retirement system for the period of such municipal 16
employment. Such member shall receive no retirement allowance 17
while so employed except if (1) such employment is for less than 18
twenty hours per week, or (2) his or her services are rendered for not 19
more than ninety working days in any one calendar year, provided 20
that any member reemployed for a period of more than ninety 21
working days in one calendar year shall reimburse the Municipal 22
Employees' Retirement Fund for retirement income payments received 23
during such ninety working days. 24
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, 25
if a uniformed member of a paid municipal fire department or a 26
regular member of a paid municipal police department is retired under 27
this part and again accepts employment from any school district or 28
regional school district, which district is a participating municipality, 29
he or she shall continue to receive his or her retirement allowance 30
while so employed, provided such employment is of a public safety 31
nature. 32
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 7-438
PD Joint Favorable