Connecticut General Statutes/Title 51/Chapter 872/Section 51-49i

CGS § 51-49i. Right to retirement salary of judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge retiring on or after July 1, 2022.

(a) For any judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge retiring on or after July 1, 2022, the right to a retirement salary in accordance with the provisions of this section shall vest and be nonforfeitable when the judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge (1) has attained sixty-three years of age and has twenty-five years of service as a judge, a family support magistrate or an administrative law judge, (2) has attained sixty-five years of age and has ten years of service as a judge, a family support magistrate or an administrative law judge, or (3) has thirty years of state service credit under the provisions of chapter 66, provided not less than ten years of such state service was served as a judge, a family support magistrate or an administrative law judge, and provided such state service shall not be used for retirement credit under said chapter 66. Any contributions made under said chapter 66 shall be transferred to the Judges, Family Support Magistrates and Administrative Law Judges Retirement Fund.

(b) Any judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge who has been refunded contributions from the State Employees Retirement Fund for any prior period of state service may receive credit for such service upon repayment of such refunded contributions with interest thereon at the rate of five per cent per year from the date of refund to the date of payment. The amount of such payment shall be transferred to the judges, family support magistrates and administrative law judges retirement system. A judge, a family support magistrate or an administrative law judge may elect to retire at any time thereafter.

(c) Each judge shall receive annually, as retirement salary, two-thirds of such judge's salary as defined in section 51-49f, each family support magistrate shall receive annually, as retirement salary, two-thirds of such family support magistrate's salary as defined in section 46b-233a, and each administrative law judge shall receive annually, as retirement salary, two-thirds of such administrative law judge's salary as defined in section 51-49g. If a judge, a family support magistrate or an administrative law judge has served fewer than ten years at the time of such judge's, family support magistrate's or administrative law judge's retirement and has attained the age of seventy while serving in such judge's, family support magistrate's or administrative law judge's respective office, such judge's, family support magistrate's or administrative law judge's retirement salary shall be reduced in the same manner as provided in subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 51-50.

Short History

(P.A. 11-61, S. 149; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 11-1, S. 12, 16; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 137; P.A. 21-18, S. 1; P.A. 24-137, S. 7.)

Long History

History: P.A. 11-61 effective upon approval by the General Assembly of the agreement between the state and the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition, signed by both parties on May 27, 2011, pursuant to P.A. 11-61, S. 165; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 11-1 provided that P.A. 11-61, S. 149, shall take effect upon approval by the General Assembly of an agreement between the state and the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition described in P.A. 11-61, S. 165, as amended by June Sp. Sess. P.A. 11-1, effective July 1, 2011, and further provided that P.A. 11-61, S. 149, is repealed, effective September 1, 2011, if an agreement between the state and the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition has not been approved pursuant to P.A. 11-61, S. 165, as amended by June Sp. Sess. P.A. 11-1, by September 1, 2011 (Revisor's note: The agreement between the state and the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition referenced in June Sp. Sess. P.A. 11-1, S. 12, 16, was deemed approved by the General Assembly on August 22, 2011, pursuant to P.A. 11-61, S. 165, as amended by June Sp. Sess. P.A. 11-1, S. 11); June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (a) by adding Subdiv. designators (1), (2) and (3), changing “sixty-two years” to “sixty-five years of age” and making technical changes, amended Subsec. (b) by substituting “compensation commissioner” for “commissioner”, deleted former Subsec. (c) re retirement salary of a judge serving for at least 16 years and added new Subsec. (c) re retirement salary of a judge, family support magistrate and compensation commissioner, effective June 15, 2012; pursuant to P.A. 21-18, “commissioner” and “compensation commissioner” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “administrative law judge”, “compensation commissioners” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “administrative law judges” and “compensation commissioner's” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “administrative law judge's” throughout and “Judges, Family Support Magistrates and Compensation Commissioners Retirement Fund” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Judges, Family Support Magistrates and Administrative Law Judges Retirement Fund” in Subsec. (a), effective October 1, 2021; P.A. 24-137 amended Subsec. (c) by replacing formula to calculate a reduced retirement salary for a judge, family support magistrate or administrative judge who has served fewer than 10 years with a reduction in the same manner as provided in Sec. 51-50(b)(2) and making technical changes, effective July 1, 2024.

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