Sec. 5-156. Retirement fund. Contribution of participants in alternate retirement program.
Sec. 5-156. Retirement fund. Contribution of participants in alternate retirement program. (a) All member contributions and state appropriations shall be held in
a separate retirement fund by the Treasurer, who may invest and reinvest as much of
the fund as is not required for current disbursements in accordance with the provisions
of part I of chapter 32.
(b) All participant contributions and state appropriations therefor shall be held in
a separate account by the Treasurer and upon certification by the Comptroller shall be
forwarded to the company underwriting an alternate retirement program in equal
monthly installments. Expenditures from this account may exceed the appropriation to
such account if such deficiency is due to anticipated reimbursements to the account and if
such reimbursements are anticipated to be made within six months of such expenditures.
(c) The contribution of participants in an alternate retirement program shall be five
per cent of salary. The employer contribution for such participants shall be determined
from the table below and shall be paid to the separate retirement fund for alternate
retirement programs for higher education personnel.
Fiscal Year
Beginning
Percentage To Be Paid
On Contributing Salaries
7-1-754.0%
7-1-764.4
7-1-774.8
7-1-785.2
7-1-795.6
7-1-806.0
7-1-816.4
7-1-826.8
7-1-837.2
7-1-847.6
7-1-85 and each year thereafter8.0
(d) Transfer of appropriated amounts from the General Fund and the applicable
special funds to the separate retirement fund for alternate retirement programs for
higher education personnel shall be made in the month following the employee
contribution.
(e) Any employee who elects or has elected to participate in an alternate retirement
program, as defined in subsection (u) of section 5-154, may elect to receive a refund
of all contributions made by him into the state employees retirement system in lieu
of any pension benefits under said retirement system.
(1949 Rev., S. 387; 1953, S. 176d; 1957, P.A. 315; 349; 595, S. 6; 1958 Rev., S. 5-109, 5-115; 1961, P.A. 234, S. 5;
1967, P.A. 581, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 191, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 51; 662, S. 1; 666, S. 3; P.A. 75-636, S. 3; P.A. 78-341; P.A. 81-343, S. 3, 7; P.A. 83-533, S. 49, 54; P.A. 84-544, S. 3, 8; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-10, S. 2, 20.)
History: 1961 act "restated" state employees retirement act "in a simpler, clearer and more orderly form"; 1967 act
provided graduated reductions in payments from fund from 50% of all payments in 1967 to 25% for biennium ending June
30, 1975; 1969 act permitted investment of fund in accordance with law governing trust fund investments; 1971 acts
replaced "biennium" with "fiscal year" to reflect change to annual sessions and reduced maximum surplus transferable to
retirement fund from $1,500,000 to $750,000 in Subsec. (b), deleted provision concerning investments in accordance with
law governing investment of savings bank funds, deleted provisions concerning limits on payments out of fund and deleted
Subsec. (b) concerning transfer of surplus into fund; P.A. 75-636 added new Subsecs. (b) to (d), inclusive, re alternate
retirement program for higher education personnel; P.A. 78-341 added provisions in Subsec. (a) concerning contracts with
life insurance companies; P.A. 81-343 repealed provision authorizing treasurer to contract with life insurance companies
doing business in state re use of retirement fund to purchase pension funding contracts and contracts providing for participation in separate accounts or under which funds become part of company's general account but see Sec. 3-13d; P.A. 83-533 added Subsec. (e) allowing refund of contributions to participants in alternate retirement programs; P.A. 84-544
amended section to refer to more than one alternate retirement program; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-10 added provision to Subsec.
(b) authorizing expenditures from account to exceed appropriation if deficiency is due to reimbursements anticipated to
be made within six months of such expenditures.
See Sec. 3-13c re definition of "trust fund".