(a) Any judge or employee who is not yet receiving a retirement allowance may apply to the Retirement Commission for credit for service as a member of the General Assembly and for military service, consisting of war service, as defined in section 27-103 and described in subdivision (28) of section 5-196, and national emergency service as defined by law, provided credit for such military and General Assembly service shall not exceed three years in the aggregate. Any such application for credit for service as a member of the General Assembly must be filed within one year of the date upon which the judge or employee first becomes a member or within one year of October 1, 1986, whichever is later. Any such application for credit for military service must be filed within one year of the date upon which the judge or employee first becomes a member or within one year of October 1, 1994, whichever is later.
(b) Upon receiving an application, the Retirement Commission shall grant credit for General Assembly and military service, provided: (1) The member who has performed such service has not received and will not receive a pension from any source other than the probate retirement system as a result of such service; (2) the member makes retirement contributions in an amount determined by the Retirement Commission to be sufficient to pay both the retirement contribution of the member as an employee or judge and the current service cost to the Probate Court Administration Fund for financing the pension credit for such period or periods; and (3) such contributions are paid during the twelve months following the member's application in the manner and subject to the requirements and penalties provided by section 45a-44 for employee members or section 45a-45 for judges.
(c) For an employee member, the commission shall determine the amount of the contribution required, for the purposes of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, based on his annual rate of pay at the date of application. For a judge member, the commission shall determine said amount based on the average of the annual actual net income for the judge of his court, as determined from the income reports filed under section 45a-92, for the three calendar years prior to the date of application, except that if the judge applying for such credit has taken office in a probate district which has not been in existence for three years, the Probate Court Administrator initially shall estimate said annual net income; thereafter, such judge shall make or receive an adjustment in contributions, during the fourth calendar year of his service as a judge of probate, such that his retirement contributions for his purchased service credit shall be computed on the basis of the average of his annual actual net income for the first three calendar years of his service as a judge of probate.
(P.A. 86-242, S. 2, 3; P.A. 93-279, S. 17; P.A. 96-168, S. 26, 34; P.A. 13-247, S. 338.)
History: Sec. 45-29w transferred to Sec. 45a-54 in 1991; P.A. 93-279 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision requiring application for credit for military service to be filed within one year of date when judge or employee first becomes a member or within one year of October 1, 1994, whichever is later; P.A. 96-168 amended Subsec. (a) to make technical change which changed the reference to “subsection (bb)” to “subdivision (29)”, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 13-247 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2013.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure
Chapter 801 - Probate Court: Administrative Provisions
Section 45a-1. (Formerly Sec. 45-2a). - “District” defined.
Section 45a-2. (Formerly Sec. 45-1). - Probate districts.
Section 45a-2a. - Probate district names. Designation. Publication.
Section 45a-7. (Formerly Sec. 45-3). - Where court held.
Section 45a-8a. - Regional Children's Probate Courts.
Section 45a-8b. - Extended family guardianship and assisted care pilot program. Regulations.
Section 45a-8c. - Truancy clinic. Administration. Policies and procedures. Report.
Section 45a-9. (Formerly Sec. 45-13). - Indexes.
Section 45a-11. (Formerly Sec. 45-15). - Certification of records and files.
Section 45a-19. (Formerly Sec. 45-6). - Electoral status of judges.
Section 45a-20. (Formerly Sec. 45-4k). - Payment of three-judge court.
Section 45a-21. (Formerly Sec. 45-4c). - Court employees to serve at pleasure of judge.
Section 45a-24. (Formerly Sec. 45-9). - Validity of orders, judgments and decrees.
Section 45a-34. (Formerly Sec. 45-29a). - Definitions.
Section 45a-35. (Formerly Sec. 45-29b). - Probate Judges and Employees Retirement Fund.
Section 45a-36. (Formerly Sec. 45-29c). - Retirement qualifications.
Section 45a-37. (Formerly Sec. 45-29d). - Retirement date.
Section 45a-38. (Formerly Sec. 45-29e). - Retirement of employee after ten years of service.
Section 45a-39. (Formerly Sec. 45-29f). - Retirement of judge after ten years of service.
Section 45a-40. (Formerly Sec. 45-29g). - Disability retirement.
Section 45a-42. (Formerly Sec. 45-29i). - Reemployment after retirement.
Section 45a-43. (Formerly Sec. 45-29j). - Husband and wife retirement income option.
Section 45a-44. (Formerly Sec. 45-29k). - Retirement contributions of employees.
Section 45a-45. (Formerly Sec. 45-29l). - Retirement contributions of judges.
Section 45a-46. (Formerly Sec. 45-29m). - Refund of contributions after death.
Section 45a-47. (Formerly Sec. 45-29n). - Employment by more than one probate court.
Section 45a-48. (Formerly Sec. 45-29o). - Benefits not assignable.
Section 45a-49. (Formerly Sec. 45-29p). - Disposition of retirement contributions.
Section 45a-50. (Formerly Sec. 45-29q). - Administration of retirement allowances.
Section 45a-51. (Formerly Sec. 45-29r). - Liability of courts.
Section 45a-52. (Formerly Sec. 45-29s). - Liability of retirement fund in event of statutory change.
Section 45a-53. (Formerly Sec. 45-29t). - Service as judge and employee.
Section 45a-54. (Formerly Sec. 45-29w). - Credit for military service and General Assembly service.
Section 45a-55. (Formerly Sec. 45-29x). - Pension claims. Denial. Review.
Section 45a-62. (Formerly Sec. 45-11d). - Council on Probate Judicial Conduct.
Section 45a-63a. - Time limitation re complaint for misconduct.
Section 45a-64. (Formerly Sec. 45-11f). - Hearing.
Section 45a-66. (Formerly Sec. 45-11h). - Witnesses before council.
Section 45a-67. (Formerly Sec. 45-11i). - Expenses of council paid from probate fund.
Section 45a-68. (Formerly Sec. 45-11j). - Probate judge to file statement of financial interests.
Section 45a-75. (Formerly Sec. 45-29u). - Probate Court Administrator, salary and benefits.
Section 45a-76. (Formerly Sec. 45-4e). - Biennial report by Probate Court Administrator.
Section 45a-79b. - Special assignment probate judges.
Section 45a-79c. - Court of probate business hours.
Section 45a-80. (Formerly Sec. 45-4a). - Office space.
Section 45a-83. (Formerly Sec. 45-4i). - Payment of expenses. Transfers from General Fund.
Section 45a-90. (Formerly Sec. 45-24). - Connecticut Probate Assembly. Meetings. Powers and duties.
Section 45a-91. (Formerly Sec. 45-25). - Officers and committees.
Section 45a-92. (Formerly Sec. 45-26). - Payments to State Treasurer.
Section 45a-95. - Compensation of probate judges on and after January 5, 2011: Definitions.
Section 45a-95a. - Compensation of probate judges on and after January 5, 2011.