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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6421
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 3262
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 Section 7-438 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1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, 2021): 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 eligible 6
to participate, and shall be entitled to credit, in the state retirement 7
system for the period of such state employment, but [any such member] 8
he or she shall not be eligible to participate or be entitled to credit in any 9
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 Raised Bill No. 6421
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retired or any other participating municipality, he or she shall be eligible 14
to participate, and shall be entitled to credit, in the municipal employees' 15
retirement system for the period of such municipal employment. Such 16
member shall receive no retirement allowance while so employed 17
except if (1) such employment is for less than twenty hours per week, or 18
(2) his or her services are rendered for not more than ninety working 19
days in any one calendar year, provided that any member reemployed 20
for a period of more than ninety working days in one calendar year shall 21
reimburse the Municipal Employees' Retirement Fund for retirement 22
income payments received during such ninety working days. 23
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, if 24
a uniformed member of a paid municipal fire department or a regular 25
member of a paid municipal police department is retired under this part 26
and subsequently accepts employment of a public safety nature from 27
any school district or regional school district, which district is a 28
participating municipality, he or she shall continue to receive his or her 29
retirement allowance while so subsequently employed, but he or she 30
shall not be eligible to further participate or be entitled to additional 31
credit in the municipal employees' retirement system for the period of 32
such subsequent employment. 33
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2021 7-438
PD Joint Favorable