2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 5 - State Employees
Chapter 66 - State Employees Retirement Act

PART I
GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Section 5-152 - Short title: State Employees Retirement Act.
• Section 5-153 - Continuance from prior law.
• Section 5-154 - Definitions.
• Section 5-155 - Retirement Commission.
• Section 5-155a - Connecticut State Employees Retirement Commission. Membership. Powers and duties. Alternate retirement program. Regulations. Report by Treasurer. Claims process.
• Section 5-155b - Regulations re claims and contested cases.
• Section 5-156 - Retirement fund. Contribution of participants in alternate retirement program.
• Section 5-156a - Funding of retirement system on actuarial reserve basis.
• Section 5-156b - Employment of actuaries.
• Section 5-156c - Erroneous payments; adjustment; waiver of repayment; regulations.
• Section 5-156d - Mailing date for benefit checks.
• Section 5-156e - Lump sum payment after audit to include interest.
• Section 5-156f - Study re funding of past service liability. Additional contributions.
• Section 5-156g - Electronic direct deposit of pension payments.

PART II*
RELATION OF RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO SOCIAL SECURITY

• Section 5-157 - Retirement system–parts A and B.
• Section 5-158 - Social Security–special coverage rules.
• Section 5-158a - Part A and B members may elect to participate in part A and Social Security.
• Section 5-158b - Payment by part B member for such participation after transfer from part A.
• Section 5-158c - Payment by part B member, without prior part A membership, for such participation.
• Section 5-158d - Payment by part A member for such participation.
• Section 5-158e - Transfer from part A to part B.
• Section 5-158f - Election by new employees. Special option to nonmembers. Retirement system provisions not applicable to employees in federally funded positions.
• Section 5-158g - Effect on options.
• Section 5-158h - Transfers between parts A and B.
• Section 5-159 - Social Security contributions.
• Section 5-159a - Social Security Agreement retroactive.
• Section 5-159b - Election of refunds by state employees in federally funded jobs.

PART III*
BASIC RETIREMENT PLAN

• Section 5-160 - Eligibility.
• Section 5-161 - Retirement contributions.
• Section 5-162 - Retirement date and retirement income.
• Section 5-162a - Biennial adjustment of salary of retired employees.
• Section 5-162b - Cost of living adjustment for employees retired on or before June 30, 1975.
• Section 5-162c - Annual adjustments in allowances to retired employees.
• Section 5-162d - Tier I cost of living allowance for members retiring on or after July 1, 1975.
• Section 5-162e - Cost of living adjustment.
• Section 5-162f - Minimum monthly retirement income.
• Section 5-162g - Part-time employees; eligibility; computation of benefits.
• Section 5-162h - Cost of living adjustment.
• Section 5-163 - Early retirement.
• Section 5-163a - Eligibility for retirement prior to June 30, 1980. Retirement income.
• Section 5-163b - Supplemental retirement benefit for certain members eligible to retire on or before July 1, 1989.
• Section 5-164 - Continuance in office or position after retirement date.
• Section 5-164a - Retirement credit of retired employees who are reemployed or elected to serve in the General Assembly.
• Section 5-165 - Optional forms of retirement income.
• Section 5-165a - Benefit payable if member dies prior to retirement.
• Section 5-165b - Options elected prior to July 1, 1969.
• Section 5-166 - Leaving state service before becoming eligible for retirement.
• Section 5-166a - Election by judges.
• Section 5-167 - Contributions for prior years.
• Section 5-168 - Death benefit–beneficiaries.
• Section 5-168a - Death benefit where member elected option.
• Section 5-169 - Disability retirement. Calculation. Board. Limitation of benefits. Offset and maximum benefit limitation. Cost of living adjustment. Alternative disability compensation. Board petition.
• Section 5-170 - Effect of workers’ compensation and disability payments.
• Section 5-171 - Assignments prohibited.
• Section 5-172 - Minor and incompetent payees.
• Section 5-172a - Health service insurance coverage for certain retired state employees.

PART IV
SPECIAL SERVICE CREDIT RULES

• Section 5-173 - Hazardous duty service.
• Section 5-174 - Educational leave.
• Section 5-174a - Sick leave.
• Section 5-175 - State-aided institutions.
• Section 5-175a - Operators of vending stands in public buildings. Credit for prior years of service.
• Section 5-175b - Time limit for purchase of certain kinds of service credit.
• Section 5-176 - Prior public school service.
• Section 5-177 - Credit for out-of-state or foreign service to educational institutions.
• Section 5-177a - Credit for university employees with prior service as hospital pharmacist.
• Section 5-178 - Probation officers.
• Section 5-179 - Services paid for by federal grant.
• Section 5-180 - Military service.
• Section 5-181 - Credit for prior state service. Credit for service in the General Assembly.
• Section 5-181a - Credit for service with United States federal government.
• Section 5-181b - Continuation of membership during service as elected official.
• Section 5-182 - Miscellaneous service credits.
• Section 5-183 - Transferred county employees.
• Section 5-184 - Credit for service with county or county agricultural extension office.
• Section 5-185 - County trust funds transferred to retirement fund.
• Section 5-186 - Transfer from Municipal Retirement Fund.
• Section 5-187 - Sheriffs and chief deputies.
• Section 5-187a - Credit for former service as deputy sheriff.
• Section 5-187b - Special deputy sheriffs appointed before July 1, 1999: Membership and credit.
• Section 5-187c - Special deputy sheriffs appointed on or after July 1, 1999, and judicial marshals employed on or after December 1, 2000: Membership and credit.
• Section 5-188 - Retirement salary of detectives.
• Section 5-189 - Credit to court employees for prior municipal service.
• Section 5-190 - Court reporters to receive credit for service as municipal court stenographers.
• Section 5-190a - Retirement credit for employees of the Criminal Justice Division and public defenders.
• Section 5-190b - Participation in retirement systems by certain teachers at E. O. Smith School; certain service treated as continuous employment by board of education.
• Section 5-191 - Credit for service to other states.
• Section 5-191a - Reimbursement of certain retired employees for moneys deducted from retirement allowance.
• Section 5-192 - Credit for transferred McCook Hospital employees.
• Section 5-192a - Credit for state college bookstore employees.
• Section 5-192b - Credit for previous membership in a municipal retirement system.
• Section 5-192c - Transfer from teachers’ retirement system to state employees retirement system.
• Section 5-192d - Administration of retirement funds for teachers at E. O. Smith School.

PART V*
TIER II PLAN

• Section 5-192e - Application.
• Section 5-192f - Definitions.
• Section 5-192g - Eligibility and membership.
• Section 5-192h - Election by judges.
• Section 5-192i - Vesting service.
• Section 5-192j - Credited service.
• Section 5-192k - Part-time employees; eligibility; computation of benefits.
• Section 5-192l - Normal retirement.
• Section 5-192m - Early retirement.
• Section 5-192n - Hazardous duty retirement.
• Section 5-192o - Deferred vested retirement.
• Section 5-192p - Disability retirement.
• Section 5-192q - Optional forms of retirement income.
• Section 5-192r - Spouse’s allowance; preretirement death benefits.
• Section 5-192s - Tier II cost of living adjustment.
• Section 5-192t - Survivorship benefits.
• Section 5-192u - Tier II member contributions not required.
• Section 5-192v - Retirement credit of reemployed retired members.
• Section 5-192w - Assignment prohibited.
• Section 5-192x - Minor and incompetent payees.
• Section 5-192y to 5-192mm - Reserved for future use.