SB 882 — AN ACT CONCERNING THE MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND AUTHORIZING BONDING FOR THE CITY OF BRIDGEPORT'S PENSION PLAN A FUND.

General Assembly SubstituteGovernor's Bill No.

882 January Session, 2019 ANLCO ACTNo. CONCERNING MUNICIPAL ARBITRATION AND THE MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

4446 Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT Introduced by:

SEN.

LOONEY, 11 Dist.

SEN.

DUFF, 25 Dist.

REP.

ARESIMOWICZ, 30 Dist.

st REP.

RITTER M., 1 Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL ARBITRATION AND THE MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

[The] (2)LCO BeforeNo. July 1, 2019, the selection committee shall appoint a panel of neutral arbitrators consisting of not less than twenty impartial persons representing the interests of the public in general to serve as provided in this section.

4446 1 of 7 Governor's Bill No.882 (2) Before July 1, 2019, the selection committee shall appoint a panel of neutral arbitrators consisting of not less than twenty impartial persons representing the interests of the public in general to serve as provided in this section.

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882 (3) On and after July 1, 2019, the selection committee shall appoint a panel of neutral arbitrators consisting of not less than ten impartial persons representing the interests of the public in general to serve as provided in this section.

(b) (1) If neither the municipal employer nor the municipal employee organization has requested the arbitration services of the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration (A) within one hundred eighty days after the certification or recognition of a newly certified or recognized municipal employee organization required to commence negotiations pursuant to section 7-473a, or (B) within thirty days after the expiration of the current collective bargaining agreement, or within thirty days after the specified date for implementation of reopener provisions in an existing collective bargaining agreement, or within thirty days after the date the parties to an existing collective bargaining agreement commence negotiations to revise said agreement on any matter affecting wages, hours, and other conditions of employment, said board shall notify the municipal employer and municipal employee organization that one hundred eighty days have passed since the certification or recognition of the newly certified or recognized municipal employee organization, or that thirty days have passed since the specified date for implementation of reopener provisions in an existing agreement, or the date the parties commenced negotiations to revise an existing agreement on any matter affectingLCO wages,No. hours and other conditions of employment or the expiration of such collective bargaining agreement and that binding and final arbitration is now imposed on them, provided written notification of such imposition shall be sent by registered mail or certified mail, return receipt requested, to each party.

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882(2) Within ten days of receipt of the written notification required pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, the chief executive officer of the municipal employer and the executive head of the municipal employee organization each shall select one member of the arbitration panel.

(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 two and one-quarter per cent as to that portion of pay with respect to which contributions are to be so deducted,LCO toNo. be deducted from such pay by the municipality and forwarded not less frequently than once a month to the Retirement Commission to be credited to the fund.

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882(b) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, each member shall contribute to the fund seven per cent of such member's pay as to that portion of pay with respect to which contributions are not to be deducted under section 7-453 and four and one-quarter per cent as to that portion of pay with respect to which contributions are to be so deducted from such pay by the municipality and forwarded not less frequently than once a month to the Retirement Commission to be credited to the fund.

(c) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, each member shall contribute to the fund sevennine per cent of such member's pay as to that portion of pay with respect to which contributions are not to be deducted under section 7-453 and foursix and one-quarter per cent as to that portion of pay with respect to which contributions are to be so deducted, to be deducted from such pay by the municipality and forwarded not less frequently than once a month to the Retirement Commission to be credited to the fund.

(d) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, each member shall contribute to the fund eighteleven per cent of such member's pay as to that portion of pay with respect to which contributions are not to be deducted under section 7-453 and fiveeight and one-quarter per cent as to that portion of pay with respect to which contributions are to be so deducted from such pay by the municipality and forwarded not less frequently than once a month to the Retirement Commission to be credited to the fund.

(e) In the case of members serving with the armed forces of the United States in time of war, hostilities or national emergency or any acts incident thereto, as provided in section 7-434, the municipality shall forward to the Retirement Commission to be credited to the fund a like contribution on behalf of such member based upon his pay at the timeLCO ofNo. entering such service.

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882Any member leaving the employment of the municipality before becoming eligible for retirement may withdraw on request to the Retirement Commission the total of all contributions made by him, including contributions made to another system and transferred to the Municipal Employees' Retirement Fund under the provisions of section 7-442b, less any retroactive contributions payable by such member under section 7-453 to the Old Age and Survivors Insurance System which have been paid from the fund under the provisions of section 7-451, provided, if no request is made within ten years, such contributions shall revert to the fund.

Any municipality which has made contributions in accordance with subsection (b) of section 7-436b on behalf of any member who leaves the employment of the municipality andLCO withdrawsNo. from the municipal employees' retirement system before becoming eligible for retirement shall be entitled to receive from the fund on application to the Retirement Commission the amount of such contributions.

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882In case of the death of a member before retirement, who has not elected a retirement income option in accordance with the provisions of this part or who has made such election but has not completed the age and service requirements that would permit him to retire on his own application, or after retirement without having made such election, or in case of the death of the survivor of a member who has made such election and his spouse after a retirement allowance has become payable, his contributions to the fund plus such five per cent interest, if any, less any retirement allowance paid to him or his spouse, and less any retroactive contributions paid by such member to the Old Age and Survivors Insurance System which have been paid from the fund under the provisions of section 7-451, shall be paid from the fund on the order of the Retirement Commission to the beneficiary or beneficiaries, if any, named by such member.

(NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) Not later than December 1, 2019, the Connecticut Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations established pursuant to section 2-79a of the general statutes, in consultation with the Connecticut State Employees Retirement Commission established pursuant to section 5-155a of the general statutes, shall submit a report to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.

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