Sec. 5-176. Prior public school service.
Sec. 5-176. Prior public school service. A member with permanent status who
was previously employed in the public schools of this state and who was a member of
the Teachers' Retirement Association, may receive credit for retirement purposes for
all such service for which he paid assessments. Such member shall make retirement
contributions equal to five per cent of salaries received for such service, with interest
thereon at the rate of five per cent per year from September 1, 1917, or from the date
of such employment thereafter, to the date of payment. If the member was in state service
on or before June 30, 1967, such payment shall be made before June 30, 1971. If the
member entered or reentered state service on or after July 1, 1967, such payment shall
be made within five years from the date of employment or reemployment as a state
employee with permanent status. No such member shall be eligible for retirement credit
under this section until he has completed ten years of state service and, in the event of
his retirement while ineligible for credit under this section, all contributions and interest
thereon paid by him under this section shall be refunded. Notwithstanding the provisions
of this section, any member with permanent status who was employed in the public
schools of this state before July 1, 1980, shall receive retirement credit for his or her
period of membership in said teacher's retirement system upon payment of contributions
equal to five per cent of his or her salary for such period plus an amount actuarially
determined by the Retirement Commission as necessary to fund the increase in benefits
payable by reason of such receipt of retirement credit by June 30, 1981.
(1959, P.A. 441; 1961, P.A. 234, S. 25; February, 1965, P.A. 343, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 648; 731; 1969, P.A. 345; P.A. 80-407, S. 3, 4.)
History: 1961 act "restated" state employees retirement act "in a simpler, clearer and more orderly form"; 1965 act
updated statute to refer to members in state service on or after October 1, 1960, rather than October 1, 1959, and changed
corresponding date for payment by such members to October 1, 1965, from October 1, 1964; 1967 acts included employees
of commission for higher education and its constituent units (state colleges and community colleges) and teachers in state
service under provisions of section, changed dates regarding service and payments and provided for refunds if person
retires while ineligible for credit under section provisions; 1969 act deleted references to specific employing agencies,
leaving section applicable to "A member with permanent status who was previously employed in the public schools ..."
and changed dates regarding service and payments, advancing them by two years; P.A. 80-407 added provisions concerning
retirement credit for people employed in public schools before July 1, 1980, who are members of teachers' retirement
system.