Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-181
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Sec. 5-181. Credit for prior state service. Credit for service in the General Assembly.
Official statutory text
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 5-175b , any member of the state employees retirement system who served as a member of the General Assembly prior to July 1, 1985, may obtain credit for such service in the General Assembly not otherwise credited for retirement purposes, provided application is made to the State Employees Retirement Commission not later than December 31, 1990, and provided further such member pays to the retirement fund for each month of such service in the General Assembly a sum based on his gross yearly rate of compensation as of the date such service was rendered and equal to one-twelfth of two per cent of any part of such compensation to the amount of the Social Security maximum wage plus one-twelfth of five per cent of the excess for part B members and one-twelfth of five per cent of such compensation for part A members, with interest thereon in both cases at the rate of five per cent per year from the time such service was rendered to the date of payment. Payment shall be made in accordance with the regulations concerning prior service as prescribed by the State Employees Retirement Commission.
Cited. 234 C. 424.
Cited. 1 CA 454.
Cited. 234 C. 424.
Cited. 1 CA 454.
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