General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 5589

 

January Session, 2011

 

LCO No. 1571

   

Referred to Committee on Planning and Development

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. O'BRIEN T., 24th Dist.

 

AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL PENSIONS FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to provide that any municipality with a charter provision providing that elected officials of the municipality with a minimum length of service are entitled to a municipal pension of some percentage of their salary prior to retirement may enact an ordinance providing a pension of a higher percentage for officials with a greater length of service.

Statement of Purpose:

To allow municipalities flexibility regarding the payment of certain pensions.