Researcher: JS Page 1 4/5/22
OLR Bill Analysis
sHB 5172
AN ACT CONCERNING REEMPLOYMENT AND THE MUNICIPAL
EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
SUMMARY
Under current law, a retiree of the Connecticut Municipal Employees
Retirement System (CMERS) cannot receive pension payments if he or
she is re-employed with a CMERS town for more than 20 hours per
week or 90 days per year.
This bill allows them to be re-employed with a CMERS town for any
amount of time and receive pension payments, so long as they do not
participate (i.e., receive credit) in the retirement system during this
period of re-employment. (In practice, these retirees who are re-
employed part time do not receive credit for the period of re-
employment.)
The bill also explicitly permits retired CMERS members of a police or
fire department to accept employment with any participating school
district, including a regional district, in a public safety position and
continue to receive pension payments as long as they do not further
participate in CMERS and earn additional retirement credit.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2022
COMMITTEE ACTION
Planning and Development Committee
Joint Favorable Substitute
Yea 26 Nay 0 (03/18/2022)