Sec. 45a-44. (Formerly Sec. 45-29k). Retirement contributions of employees. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 45a-44. (Formerly Sec. 45-29k). Retirement contributions of employees. (a) Each employee shall contribute to the fund three and three-quarters per cent of that portion of such employee's pay from which contributions are not to be deducted under the Federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance System as provided for in sections 7-452 to 7-459, inclusive, and one per cent of that portion of pay from which contributions are to be deducted. Contributions are to be deducted by the employing court of probate and forwarded to the Retirement Commission to be credited to the fund, in four payments, payable on or before the last day of March, June, September and December of the applicable year. Any retirement contributions not paid within thirty days of such date shall incur simple interest at the rate of twenty per cent per annum.

      (b) (1) Any employee who leaves the employment of the court before becoming eligible for retirement may, on request to the Retirement Commission, withdraw the total of all contributions made by him, without interest, provided, if he makes no such request within ten years after leaving, his contributions shall revert to the fund.

      (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection, if such departure from probate service or withdrawal of contributions is on or after October 1, 1986, the withdrawal of contributions shall include interest credited from the later of (A) January 1, 1986, or (B) the first of the calendar year following the date of actual contribution, to the first of the calendar year coincident with or preceding the date the employee leaves probate service. Such interest shall be credited at the rate of five per cent per year. In addition, for the partial calendar year during which the employee leaves probate service or withdraws contributions, provided such date is after January 1, 1986, interest shall be credited at the rate of five-twelfths of one per cent multiplied by the full number of months completed during such calendar year, such interest rate to be applied to the value of contributions, including any prior interest credits, as of the first day of such calendar year.

      (3) Any employee who withdraws his contributions from the fund and is subsequently reinstated shall not receive credited service for such prior employment in the computation of any benefit with respect to him under the retirement plan unless the withdrawn contributions have been repaid with interest at a rate to be determined by the commission. Any employee who was ineligible for retirement benefits at the time of his employment and who has not made contributions under this section, who becomes eligible, or whose spouse becomes eligible for any benefit under the retirement plan shall receive credited service for any employment provided such employee makes such contributions with interest at a rate to be determined by the commission.

      (1967, P.A. 558, S. 36; P.A. 75-184, S. 2; P.A. 79-454, S. 9, 12; P.A. 80-476, S. 46; 80-483, S. 117, 186; P.A. 82-309, S. 1; P.A. 86-242, S. 8; P.A. 94-98, S. 5.)

      History: P.A. 75-184 added reference to Secs. 7-452 to 7-459 in Subsec. (a); P.A. 79-454 added provisions in Subsec. (b) re eligibility of persons previously ineligible and receipt of credited service for employment upon employees' making contributions with interest determined by commission; P.A. 80-476 rephrased provisions; P.A. 80-483 made technical correction in Subsec. (b); P.A. 82-309 amended Subsec. (a) to require payment of contributions in four payments, on or before the last day of March, June, September and December of applicable year, where previously requirement was for payment "not less frequently than quarterly", and to impose payment of 20% interest on delinquent contributions; P.A. 86-242 amended Subsec. (b) by adding provision for payment of interest on contributions withdrawn on or after October 1, 1986; Sec. 45-29k transferred to Sec. 45a-44 in 1991; P.A. 94-98 amended Subsec. (a) by decreasing contribution to fund by employee from 5% to 3.75% of pay and decreasing contribution from 2.25% to 1% of pay from which contributions under Federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance System are deducted and deleting provision re deduction of contributions by probate court administrator for employees and deleted provision re interest incurred by probate court or administrator for nonpayment of contributions within 30 days of due date.