Sec. 7-444. Withdrawal by a municipality. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 7-444. Withdrawal by a municipality. A municipality may withdraw one or more departments from the retirement system established by this part by the procedure provided in section 7-427 for acceptance of this part; provided such withdrawal shall not relieve the municipality from liability arising from retirement allowances already granted. The employees of the department or departments shall be entitled to the return of their contributions, plus interest as provided in section 7-440, and the same shall be paid to the municipality for that purpose. In addition, the municipality shall be entitled to receive any balance from the sums contributed by it for such department or departments after deducting any payments already made or then due on account of administrative expenses and retirement allowances, with a sum sufficient, as determined by the commission on sound actuarial principles, to provide for the payment of all future retirement allowances and refunds already vested by the retirement of members from the municipality. For this purpose, such retirement allowances and future retirement allowances shall exclude an amount equal to the total contributions, plus interest as provided in section 7-440, of members previously retired under this part. If there is a deficit in such sum, it shall be paid in full into the fund by the municipality seeking to withdraw and its liability in this regard shall be enforceable as provided in section 7-445.

      (1949 Rev., S. 897; 1959, P.A. 315; 1967, P.A. 402; P.A. 87-85; P.A. 90-232, S. 1, 2.)

      History: 1959 act allowed withdrawal of one or more departments in lieu of complete withdrawal; 1967 act excluded from retirement allowances and future allowances payments, an amount equaling total contributions of members previously retired when municipality or one or more of its departments withdraws; P.A. 87-85 provided that employees shall receive interest on their returned contributions after the withdrawal of their employer from the system; P.A. 90-232 added interest to the exclusion from returned contributions of contributions of previously retired members.