AN ACT TO INCLUDE STATE PROSECUTORS WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF "HAZARDOUS DUTY" MEMBERS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE STATE EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 5-192f of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2005):

(d) "Hazardous duty member" means a member who is a state policeman in the active service of the Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety, who is engaged in guard or instructional duties at the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Somers, the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Enfield-Medium, the Carl Robinson Correctional Institution, Enfield, the John R. Manson Youth Institution, Cheshire, the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Niantic, the Connecticut Correctional Center, Cheshire or the community correctional centers, who is an employee of the Whiting Forensic Division or its predecessor institutions with direct and substantial patient contact, who is a detective, chief inspector or inspector in the Division of Criminal Justice or chief detective, who is employed as a correctional counselor, correctional counselor supervisor, parole officer or parole supervisor or in a comparable job classification by the Board of Pardons and Paroles, who is a Chief State's Attorney, deputy chief state's attorney, state's attorney, assistant state's attorney, deputy assistant state's attorney or juvenile prosecutor in the Division of Criminal Justice, or who has been designated as a hazardous duty member pursuant to the terms of a collective bargaining agreement.

Statement of Purpose:

To include prosecutors within the definition of "hazardous duty member" for purposes of the state employees retirement system.

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