Senate Bill No. 556
Public Act No. 19-111
AN ACT CONCERNING AD DITIONAL COMPENSATIO N FOR
CERTAIN RETIRED PUBL IC SAFETY EMPLOYEES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) (a) Notwithstanding any
provision of the general statutes or of any charter or special act, a
municipality may, by two-thirds vote of its legislative body or, in a
municipality where the legislative body is a town meeting, by two-
thirds vote of the board of selectmen, provide for compensation, in
accordance with subsection (b) of this section, by such municipality of
a retired public safety employee (1) with a permanent and severe
disability caused by a serious bodily injury which (A) arose out of and
in the course of his or her employment as a public safety employee,
and (B) was suffered in the line of duty and within the scope of his or
her employment as a public safety employee, (2) who retired from
service as a public safety employee as a result of such disability, and
(3) who is under the age of sixty-five. As used in this section, "public
safety employee" means a retired uniformed member of such
municipality's paid fire department or a retired regular member of
such municipality's paid police department.
(b) The compensation paid to any public safety employee described
in subsection (a) of this section shall be in an amount equal to the Senate Bill No. 556
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difference between (1) the total payment of benefits received by such
employee under the provisions of chapter 568 of the general statutes
and any other benefits, and (2) the regular rate of pay of such
employee at the time of his or her retirement. Upon approval by the
legislative body or board of selectmen, as applicable, in accordance
with subsection (a) of this section, such compensation shall be paid
annually to such employee and shall continue until such employee
attains the age of sixty-five.
(c) A municipality providing for compensation in accordance with
this section shall establish procedures for the evaluation of any retired
public safety employee considered for such compensation to
determine such person's eligibility.