LCO No. 1989 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6787 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 1989 Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS Introduced by: REP. KOKORUDA, 101 st Dist. REP. CANDELORA, 86 th Dist. AN ACT ALLOWING FOR THE PURCHASE OF RETIREMENT CREDIT IN THE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to permit members of the 1 teachers' retirement system to purchase retirement credit for service in 2 the United States Public Health Service. 3 Statement of Purpose: To allow for the purchase of retirement credit for certain teachers.