Title 7 — Title 7: Municipalities

Sec. 7-440. Contributions by members; interest; refunds to municipalities; payment to beneficiaries. (a) Each member shall contribute to the fund five per cent of his pay as to that portion of pay with respect to which contributions are not to be deducted under section 7-453 and …

Sec. 7-440a. Certain contributions by members treated as employer contributions. Each participating employer may pick up the member contributions required by section 7-440 for all compensation earned on and after January 1, 2002, and the contributions so picked up shall be treate…

Sec. 7-441. Definitions. Contributions by municipalities. Municipal issuance of employees' retirement system funding bonds. Issuance of refunding bonds. Regulations. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “General obligation” means an obligation issued by a municipality and secure…

Sec. 7-441a. Contributions to remain at level in effect on June 30, 1980. Section 7-441a is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (P.A. 80-37, S. 2, 3; S. A. 02-12, S. 1.)

Sec. 7-442. Transfer from fund A to fund B. Section 7-442 is repealed. (1957, P.A. 447, S. 11; 1959, P.A. 432, S. 1; P.A. 93-356, S. 15.)

Sec. 7-442a. Transfer of retirement credit between municipalities. Any municipal employee who is a member of the Municipal Employees' Retirement Fund and who accepts employment with another municipality in a department which, on the date he commences employment participates or, w…

Sec. 7-442b. Transfer of retirement credit between municipal and state systems. Purchase of credit for prior state service. (a) Any person who became a member of the municipal employees' retirement system after December 31, 1964, and who previously was a member of the state emplo…

Sec. 7-442c. Credit for prior service with redevelopment agency. Any employee of a redevelopment agency of a municipality which has included such agency within the provisions of this part shall be given retirement credit for prior service to such agency upon payment of a sum equa…

Sec. 7-442d. Transfer of members of fund A to fund B by resolution of legislative body. Effective date. Transfer of assets by State Treasurer. Section 7-442d is repealed. (1971, P.A. 319, S. 1; P.A. 93-356, S. 15.)

Sec. 7-442e. Credit for prior service with Connecticut Housing Authority. Any employee of the Connecticut Housing Authority who became a member of the municipal employees' retirement system on July 1, 1986, and who had continuous service with said authority prior to participation…

Sec. 7-443. Initial rates of contribution by municipality. The Retirement Commission shall fix the initial rates of contribution by municipalities on account of future pensions based on services rendered prior and subsequent to the acceptance of this part on an actuarial study of…

Sec. 7-444. Withdrawal by a municipality. A municipality may withdraw one or more departments from the retirement system established by this part by the procedure provided in section 7-427 for acceptance of this part; provided such withdrawal shall not relieve the municipality fr…

Sec. 7-445. Liability of municipality. Each participating municipality shall be liable to the fund for the cost of maintaining for its employees the retirement system herein provided for, including all contributions collected from employees. The liability of a municipality under …

Sec. 7-446. Assignments prohibited. Any assignment by a member or beneficiary of any allowance or benefit payable under the terms of this part shall be null and void. Each such allowance and benefit shall be for the support of the member or beneficiary entitled thereto and shall …

Sec. 7-447. Custody and investment of funds. All contributions received from members and municipalities shall be paid over daily by the Retirement Commission to the State Treasurer, who shall be the custodian of the fund with power to invest and reinvest as much of said fund as i…

Sec. 7-448. Administration of part. Penalty for failure to provide necessary information to Retirement Commission. The administration of the system of retirement allowances established by this part, except as the same relate to the custody and investment of the fund, shall be ent…

Sec. 7-448a. Connecticut Municipal Employees Retirement Commission. (a) Connecticut Municipal Employees Retirement Commission. (1) On and after January 1, 2025, the general administration and responsibility for the proper operation of the Policemen and Firemen Survivors' Benefit …

Sec. 7-449. Effect of amendment or repeal of part. In case of the amendment or repeal of this part, the liability of fund B shall be limited in the case of a member or person claiming through such member to the contributions made by such member, without interest, and in the case …

Sec. 7-450. Establishment of pension and retirement systems or other past employment health and life benefit systems. (a) Any municipality or subdivision thereof may, by ordinance, or with respect to a municipality not having the authority to make ordinances, by resolution adopte…

Sec. 7-450a. Actuarial evaluation of pension and retirement systems or other postemployment health and life benefit systems. (a) Any municipality, in which a pension, retirement, or other postemployment health and life benefit system applicable with respect to any employees of su…

Sec. 7-450b. Cost of living allowance. Notwithstanding the provisions of any municipal charter or any special act to the contrary, any municipality which has established a retirement system for its officers and employees and their beneficiaries may, by ordinance, provide a cost o…

Sec. 7-450c. Diminishment or reduction of rights or benefits under pension and retirement systems. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or special act 01-1, no municipality or special taxing district that provides, as of July 11, 2007, a pension and retirement sy…

Sec. 7-451. Retroactive coverage. Any agreement or modification entered into under sections 7-452 to 7-455, inclusive, to cover services of employees of municipalities in positions covered by the fund may be made retroactive to the extent permitted by Section 218(f) of the Social…

Sec. 7-452. Participation in federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance System: Definitions. Terms used in sections 7-452 to 7-459, inclusive, shall be construed as follows, unless another meaning is clearly apparent from the language or context: (1) “Municipality” means any town, c…

Sec. 7-453. Membership in system. Contributions. Any municipality of the state may, by vote of its legislative body and with the approval of the commission, apply for membership in the system or provide coverage for employees in any of the services which it may have elected to ex…

Sec. 7-454. Employees not included. In determining the municipal employees entitled to participate in the system and the extent of their participation, all service performed by an employee in the employ of any municipality which joins the system, for such employer, shall be inclu…

Sec. 7-455. Referendum. (1) With respect to the employees of any municipality, the Governor shall authorize a referendum upon request of the legislative body of such municipality and shall designate the commission to supervise the conduct of such referendum, in accordance with th…

Sec. 7-456. Deductions from wages. The legislative body of each municipal member of the system shall direct the treasurer or other financial officer of the municipality to make deductions from the wages of its employees as required by section 7-453. The total amount of such deduc…

Sec. 7-457. Agreement between commission and municipality. The agreement between the commission and the municipality shall describe in detail all conditions which must be fulfilled to meet the applicable requirements of the federal Social Security Act, including a stipulation tha…

Sec. 7-458. Refund of amounts recovered from federal government. Any amount recovered by the state from the federal government by virtue of payments made under the federal-state agreement shall be equitably refunded by the state to the contributors as the commission directs. (195…

Sec. 7-459. Retroactivity. The provisions of sections 7-452 to 7-458, inclusive, and this section shall be retroactive to January 1, 1951, and any agreement or modification thereof between the state and the federal government may be made retroactive in accordance with the provisi…

Sec. 7-459a. Survivors' benefits authorized. Any municipality participating in this part may, by vote of its legislative body, provide survivors' benefits for the widows of persons covered by this part. (February, 1965, P.A. 338, S. 2.) See Sec. 7-450 re amendment of retirement o…

Sec. 7-459b. Deferred retirement option plan. (a) On or after July 1, 2025, the Retirement Commission may create a deferred retirement option plan for members of a municipality participating in the Municipal Employees' Retirement Fund. Any plan created shall permit members of the…

Sec. 7-459c. Retiree group health insurance benefits. Restriction on diminishment or elimination. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or special act 01-1, no municipality or subdivision of a municipality that provides group health insurance benefits to a retiree…

Sec. 7-459d. Defined contribution retirement plan. (a) On or after July 1, 2025, the State Comptroller shall create a municipal defined contribution retirement plan and prescribe the manner in which such retirement plan may be adopted by any municipality, as defined in section 7-…

Sec. 7-460. Compensation of officials and employees. Unless otherwise specifically provided in the general statutes, any municipality or subdivision thereof, through its legislative body, may fix the compensation of its officials and employees, subject to the approval of its budg…

Sec. 7-460a. Sick leave pay exclusion from Social Security contributions. Each political subdivision of the state which grants to its full-time permanent employees, on account of illness or injury, sick leave with pay, may exclude any such payment from wages for which Social Secu…

Sec. 7-460b. Residency requirements. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or special act or local law, ordinance or charter, no municipality may require as a condition of employment with such municipality that an employee whose position is subject to the terms of…

Sec. 7-460c. Compensatory time in lieu of overtime pay. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 31-71b and 31-76b to 31-76j, inclusive, to the contrary, any municipality may, by contract, agree with municipal employees to provide overtime compensation in the form of compensato…

Sec. 7-460d. Additional compensation for certain retired public safety employees. (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…

Sec. 7-461. Leave of absence for reserve corps field training. Each officer and employee of any town, city or borough who is a member of the reserve corps of any branch of the armed forces of the United States, as defined in section 27-103, shall be entitled to absent himself fro…

Sec. 7-461a. Leave of absence for specialized disaster relief services. Any municipal employee, with the approval of the legislative body of the municipality employing such employee, who is a certified disaster service volunteer of the American Red Cross, may be granted a leave n…

Sec. 7-461b. Municipal employee sick leave. Use by employees who have disabilities for service animal training. (a) As used in this section, “disability” and “service animal” have the same meanings as provided in section 22-345. (b) Each chief elected official or chief executive …

Sec. 7-462. Reinstatement of employees after military leave. (a) Any employee who leaves the service of any political subdivision for the purpose of entering the armed forces of the United States shall be reinstated in his former position and duties, provided he shall make applic…

Sec. 7-463. Interest of state in employees' bonds. Whenever an official or other officer or a clerk or employee of any town, city or borough, or any of their agencies, is the repository or custodian of any funds in which the state has an interest, and such officer, official, cler…

Sec. 7-464. Group insurance benefits for municipal employees, volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance personnel. Age discrimination. Recovery of payments from collateral sources. Liens. Equitable defenses. Definitions. (a) Any town, city or borough may, through its authori…

Sec. 7-464a. Deferred compensation plan for municipal employees. Administration. Option of participating in deferred compensation program for state employees. (a) Any city, town or other political subdivision of the state may, by contract, agree with any employee to defer, in who…

Sec. 7-464b. Agreements between municipalities and public school operators to provide employee medical or health care benefits. (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, and the provisions of any collective bargaining agreement, a municipality or a public s…

Sec. 7-464c. Retirement plans offered by a political subdivision of the state. Administration. Disclosures required. (a) For the purposes of this section, “retirement plan” means any retirement plan created in accordance with the provisions of Section 403(b) of the Internal Reven…

Sec. 7-465. Assumption of liability for damage caused by employee of municipality or member of local emergency planning district. Joint liability of municipalities in district department of health or regional council of governments. (a) Any town, city or borough, notwithstanding …