Sec. 7-441. Contributions by municipalities. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 7-441. Contributions by municipalities. (a) Each participating municipality shall be liable to the fund for an amount determined by the Retirement Commission on sound actuarial principles to be necessary for the payment of future pensions based upon the service of members rendered prior to their becoming members, less any amount transferred to the fund from any other retirement fund on account of such members, and for any increases in future benefits provided by amendments to this chapter to the extent that such increases are based on service prior to the effective date of such amendments; and in the case of a transfer of service credit between two participating municipalities under the provisions of section 7-442a where an increase in benefits results, the municipality to which the employee is transferred shall be liable to the fund for an amount so determined to be necessary for the payment of the increase in future pensions, based upon the service of the transferred member rendered subsequent to the commencement of his membership and prior to the effective date of transfer. The municipality shall pay annually to the Retirement Commission to be credited to the fund such amounts fixed by said commission as shall discharge such liability over a period not exceeding thirty years from the earliest effective date of participation as to any department in the Connecticut Municipal Employees' Retirement Fund, or a period not exceeding twenty years from the date of such transfer or increase in benefits, or entrance of a member into membership, whichever period shall be longer, except that the Retirement Commission may approve one consolidated amortized payment for the discharge of two or more separate liabilities running for different periods, such payments to be made over a period terminating not later than the latest date prescribed for the discharge of any one of such liabilities.

      (b) All participating municipalities shall pay monthly to the Retirement Commission to be credited to the fund such proportion of the pay of all members employed by such municipality as is determined from time to time by the Retirement Commission on sound actuarial principles to be necessary in addition to the contributions by members to provide future pensions based on service rendered by members subsequent to the effective date of participation as defined in section 7-427 other than the excess pensions referred to in subsection (a) of this section. In the case of members serving with the armed forces of the United States in time of war or hostilities or national emergency, whether declared or undeclared, 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 based on the pay of such member at the time of entering such service, in addition to paying the member's contribution as provided in section 7-440. If such member is not reemployed within six months following the termination of such service, unless this period is further extended by reason of disability incurred in such service, the municipality shall be entitled to receive from the fund, on application to the Retirement Commission, the amount of such contributions. If the Retirement Commission should find that the payments made to it under this subsection by any municipality have been more than sufficient because such municipality has elected to provide Social Security coverage for its employees, the commission, using sound actuarial principles, shall determine a refund, or a credit which shall be applied to the payments required of the same municipality under subsection (a) of this section in a manner to be determined by the commission.

      (c) All municipalities shall contribute on account of retirement allowances for disability an additional proportion of the pay of members employed in such municipality to be determined by the Retirement Commission upon sound actuarial principles.

      (d) Each municipality shall also pay to the Retirement Commission annually a proportionate share of the cost of the administration of the fund or funds in which it participates, as determined by the commission on the basis of the number of members employed by such municipality and the number of members retired from employment with such municipality, or their beneficiaries, who are currently receiving benefits from the retirement system established by this part.

      (e) The rates of contribution provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall be varied among policemen and firemen in fund B participating in the Old Age and Survivors Insurance System, other members of fund B so participating, policemen and firemen in fund B not so participating and other members of fund B not so participating, but each rate shall be uniform within each such class.

      (f) If any payment due under this section is not paid within two months from the date when due, interest shall be added to such payment at the prevailing rate of interest as determined by the Retirement Commission. Such interest shall be paid by the municipality.

      (g) A municipality shall pay annually to the Retirement Commission, to be credited to fund B, such amounts fixed by the commission as shall discharge said municipality's liabilities for its contributions under this subsection and section 7-436 over a period not exceeding twenty years, provided no such payments shall be due until July 1, 1974.

      (1949 Rev., S. 895; 1957, P.A. 447, S. 10; September, 1957, P.A. 10, S. 2; 1959, P.A. 320; 1967, P.A. 398; 1969, P.A. 277; 283; 407, S. 1, 2; P.A. 73-232, S. 1, 2; 73-234; 73-619, S. 2, 3; P.A. 75-29; P.A. 87-269, S. 1, 3; P.A. 93-356, S. 11.)

      History: 1959 act changed the phrase at the end of Subsec. (a) from "the earliest effective date of participation in any of the Connecticut municipal employees' retirement fund, fund A or fund B" to "... participation as to any department in the Connecticut municipal employees' retirement fund", amended Subsec. (b) to authorize refunds as well as credits and amended Subsec. (e) to distinguish between policemen and firemen participating in fund A as well as those not so participating; 1967 act added to provision concerning municipality's liability to fund to include increases in future benefits based on service prior to effective date of any changes to provisions by amendment, less any amount transferred from other retirement fund; 1969 acts required monthly payments rather than annual payments under Subsec. (b) and added provisions re payments for members serving in armed forces, added Subsec. (f) re interest on overdue payments and amended Subsec. (a) re liability for payments to cover increased future benefits when service credit transferred between two participating municipalities; P.A. 73-232 amended Subsec. (c) reducing from minimum of 1% to 0.5% of members' pay contributed to cover disability retirement benefits; P.A. 73-234 rephrased Subsec. (e) for clarity; P.A. 73-619 added Subsec. (g) re annual payments to cover municipality's liabilities for contributions over period not exceeding 20 years; P.A. 75-29 amended Subsec. (a) to allow for consolidated amortized payment to discharge two or more liabilities; P.A. 87-269 amended Subsec. (d) to include the number of retirees from a municipality receiving benefits from the system when calculating that municipality's share of administrative costs; P.A. 93-356 amended Subsec. (a) to delete provisions re contributions by municipalities which transfer from fund A to fund B, amended Subsec. (c) to delete provision establishing minimum contribution payable by municipalities of 1/2% of pay, and amended Subsec. (e) to delete references to fund A.