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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 660
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 6199
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
(LAB)
AN ACT CONCERNING PE RMANENT PARTIAL DISA BILITY AND
PENSION OFFSETS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 7-450c of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 2
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or special 3
act 01-1, no municipality or special taxing district that provides, as of 4
July 11, 2007, a pension and retirement system for its officers and 5
employees and their beneficiaries shall diminish or eliminate any right 6
or benefit granted to any retiree under such retirement or pension 7
system that was in effect on the date of such retiree's retirement. The 8
provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit a 9
municipality or special taxing district from changing the 10
administration of such retiree's retirement benefits as long as the rights 11
and benefits provided to such retiree after any change in the 12
administration are at least equivalent to the rights and benefits 13
provided prior to such change. 14
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special act, charter, special act charter, home-rule ordinance, local 16
ordinance or other local law, no municipality or special taxing district 17
that provides a pension and retirement system for its officers and 18
employees and their beneficiaries shall diminish or eliminate any right 19
or benefit granted to any retiree under such retirement or pension 20
system due to permanent partial disability benefits received by such 21
retiree in accordance with section 31-308 or 31-308a on or after October 22
1, 2019. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to interfere with, 23
impede, or in any way diminish the provisions of any collective 24
bargaining agreement negotiated in accordance with sections 7-467 to 25
7-477, inclusive, and in effect before October 1, 2019. 26
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 7-450c
LAB Joint Favorable