Sec. 7-432. Retirement for disability. Any member shall be eligible for retirement
and for a retirement allowance who has completed at least ten years of continuous service
if he becomes permanently and totally disabled from engaging in any gainful employment in the service of the municipality. For purposes of this section, "gainful employment" shall not include a position in which a member customarily works less than twenty
hours per week. If such disability is shown to the satisfaction of the Retirement Commission to have arisen out of and in the course of his employment by the municipality, as
defined by the Workers' Compensation Act, he shall be eligible for retirement irrespective of the duration of his employment. Such retirement allowance shall continue during
the period of such disability. The existence and continuance of disability shall be determined by the Retirement Commission upon such medical evidence and other investigation as it requires. No such allowance shall be paid if the disability has been caused
by the wilful misconduct or intoxication of the disabled member. In order to obtain a
retirement allowance under this section a member shall apply in writing for such allowance to the Retirement Commission within one year after incurring the disability, and
the allowance may be made retroactive to the date at which the pay of the disabled
member ceased.
(1949 Rev., S. 888; P.A. 79-376, S. 11; P.A. 11-251, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 79-376 substituted "workers' compensation" for "workmen's compensation"; P.A. 11-251 defined "gainful employment" to exclude positions of less than 20 hours per week, effective July 13, 2011, and applicable to members
who retire on or after January 1, 2000.
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Sec. 7-438. Continuation of retirement allowance upon other public employment. Participation in state retirement system. Reemployment by participating
municipality. (a) Any member retired under this part who again accepts employment
from this state or from any municipality of this state other than a participating municipality, shall continue to receive his retirement allowance while so employed, and shall be
eligible to participate, and shall be entitled to credit, in the state retirement system for
the period of such state employment, but any such member shall not be eligible to
participate or be entitled to credit in any municipal retirement system for the period of
such municipal employment.
(b) If a member is retired under this part and again accepts employment from the
same municipality from which he was retired or any other participating municipality, he
shall be eligible to participate, and shall be entitled to credit, in the municipal employees'
retirement system for the period of such municipal employment. Such member shall
receive no retirement allowance while so employed except if (1) such employment is
for less than twenty hours per week, or (2) his services are rendered for not more than
ninety working days in any one calendar year, provided that any member reemployed
for a period of more than ninety working days in one calendar year shall reimburse
the Municipal Employees' Retirement Fund for retirement income payments received
during such ninety working days.
(1949 Rev., S. 892; P.A. 73-519; P.A. 77-122; P.A. 86-243, S. 6, 10; P.A. 87-83, S. 2; P.A. 11-251, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 73-519 permitted retirees resuming employment with state or municipality to continue to receive benefits if
not employed by same department or agency from which they retired, reversing previous provisions and deleting restriction
concerning number of months to be employed, and excluded resumed work period from credit in system or contributions;
P.A. 77-122 added Subsec. (b) re reemployment in same department or agency; P.A. 86-243 permitted retired members
who become employed by the state to participate in the state retirement system for the period of state service; P.A. 87-83
amended Subsec. (a) to be applicable to retired members who are employed by a nonparticipating municipality or the state
and amended Subsec. (b) to provide that any retired member employed by a participating municipality shall be entitled to
retirement credit for such service; (Revisor's note: In 2003 a reference in Subsec. (b) to "Municipal Retirement Fund"
was replaced editorially by the Revisors with "Municipal Employees' Retirement Fund" for consistency with customary
statutory usage); P.A. 11-251 amended Subsec. (b) to exclude employment of less than 20 hours per week from prohibition
on receiving a retirement allowance while employed by municipality, effective July 13, 2011, and applicable to members
who retire on or after January 1, 2000.
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Sec. 7-464b. Agreements between municipalities and boards of education 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 local or regional board of education may join together with any
combination of other municipalities and local or regional boards of education by written
agreement as a single entity for the purpose of providing medical or health care benefits
for their employees. Such written agreement shall establish the membership of such
group, the duration of such benefits plan, requirements regarding payment for such
benefits plan and the procedures for a municipality or local or regional board of education
to withdraw from such group and terminate such benefits plan. Such agreement shall
not constitute a multiple employer welfare arrangement, as defined in Section 3 of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time. Any
group established pursuant to this section shall not be deemed a fictitious group. As
used in this section, "municipality" means any town, city or borough, consolidated town
and city, consolidated town and borough or any district, as defined in section 7-324.
(b) Before a municipality or a local or regional board of education may enter into
an agreement described in subsection (a) of this section, the legislative body of a municipality shall approve such an agreement in cases where: (1) There is an existing arrangement between a municipality and the board of education serving such municipality for
the provision of medical or health care benefits to the employees of both the municipality
and the board of education serving such municipality; or (2) a municipality and the
board of education serving such municipality have separate medical or health care benefits plans for their respective employees and both such benefits plans are paid for by
the general fund of the municipality.
(P.A. 10-174, S. 1; P.A. 11-67, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 11-67 amended Subsec. (a) to redefine "municipality" by adding "any district, as defined in section 7-324".
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