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| 7 | 7 | | General Assembly Committee Bill No. 660 |
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| 8 | 8 | | January Session, 2019 |
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| 9 | 9 | | LCO No. 6199 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES |
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| 15 | 15 | | Introduced by: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (LAB) |
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| 20 | 20 | | AN ACT CONCERNING PE RMANENT PARTIAL DISA BILITY AND |
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| 21 | 21 | | PENSION OFFSETS. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 23 | 23 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 25 | 25 | | Section 1. Section 7-450c of the general statutes is repealed and the 1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or special 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | act 01-1, no municipality or special taxing district that provides, as of 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | July 11, 2007, a pension and retirement system for its officers and 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | employees and their beneficiaries shall diminish or eliminate any right 6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | or benefit granted to any retiree under such retirement or pension 7 |
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| 32 | 32 | | system that was in effect on the date of such retiree's retirement. The 8 |
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| 33 | 33 | | provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit a 9 |
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| 34 | 34 | | municipality or special taxing district from changing the 10 |
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| 35 | 35 | | administration of such retiree's retirement benefits as long as the rights 11 |
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| 36 | 36 | | and benefits provided to such retiree after any change in the 12 |
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| 37 | 37 | | administration are at least equivalent to the rights and benefits 13 |
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| 38 | 38 | | provided prior to such change. 14 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or of any 15 Committee Bill No. 660 |
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| 42 | 42 | | LCO 6199 {\\PRDFS1\SCOUSERS\FORZANOF\WS\2019SB-00660- |
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| 46 | 46 | | special act, charter, special act charter, home-rule ordinance, local 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ordinance or other local law, no municipality or special taxing district 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | that provides a pension and retirement system for its officers and 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | employees and their beneficiaries shall diminish or eliminate any right 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | or benefit granted to any retiree under such retirement or pension 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | system due to permanent partial disability benefits received by such 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | retiree in accordance with section 31-308 or 31-308a on or after October 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | 1, 2019. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to interfere with, 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | impede, or in any way diminish the provisions of any collective 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | bargaining agreement negotiated in accordance with sections 7-467 to 25 |
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| 56 | 56 | | 7-477, inclusive, and in effect before October 1, 2019. 26 |
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| 57 | 57 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 58 | 58 | | sections: |
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| 60 | 60 | | Section 1 October 1, 2019 7-450c |
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| 62 | 62 | | LAB Joint Favorable |
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