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      Sec. 45a-36. (Formerly Sec. 45-29c). Retirement qualifications. (a) Judges of probate courts in office on or after December 31, 1966, and employees of such courts, who have completed at least ten years of credited service shall be eligible to retire and thereupon to receive normal retirement benefits on the first day of the month after attaining the age of sixty-five or after termination of service as a judge of probate or employee, whichever occurs later; provided any judge or employee who has at least ten years of credited service but less than twelve years in the case of a judge, and less than fifteen years in the case of an employee, and whose credited service terminated before July 1, 1979, shall become eligible to retire and to receive retirement benefits retroactive to January 1, 1979, or to the first day of the month after such termination, whichever is later. Judges of probate courts in office on or after October 1, 1986, and employees of such courts, who have completed at least ten years of credited service shall be eligible to retire and thereupon to receive normal retirement benefits on the first day of any month after attaining the age of sixty-two.

      (b) Employees and judges whose credited service began at or after the age of sixty shall be eligible on the first day of the month after attaining the age of seventy, regardless of length of service, provided in the case of a judge of probate, such judge shall have served at least one full term.

      (c) Employees who attained the age of seventy before establishment of the retirement fund shall be eligible on January 1, 1968.

      (d) Employees of probate courts serving on or after October 1, 1993, who have completed at least ten years of credited service shall be eligible to retire and thereupon to receive normal retirement benefits on the first day of any month after attaining the age of sixty-two.

      (1967, P.A. 558, S. 28; 1969, P.A. 160, S. 3; P.A. 77-40, S. 2; P.A. 79-454, S. 1, 12; P.A. 80-176, S. 1; 80-476, S. 38; P.A. 86-242, S. 4; P.A. 93-379, S. 2, 8; P.A. 94-98, S. 2; P.A. 97-87, S. 3.)

      History: 1969 act deleted reference to eligibility of employees of probate court administrator's office; P.A. 77-40 applied provisions to judges "who have completed at least twelve years of credited service" rather than to those "who have held office for at least twelve years"; P.A. 79-454 included employees under retirement terms applying to judges, reducing years of required credited service to 10 and adding proviso re judges with more than 10 but less than 12 years' service, deleted former provision which required employees to be at least 65 or to have completed 15 years of credited service, "whichever occurs later" and allowed retirement at seventy for employees whose credited service began at or after age of 60, rather than 55, as was previously the case; P.A. 80-176 included employees with more than 10 but less than 15, rather than 12, years of service in proviso; P.A. 80-476 divided section into Subsecs. and rephrased provisions; P.A. 86-242 amended Subsec. (a) by providing that judges of probate in office on or after October 1, 1986, who have completed at least 10 years of credited service shall be eligible to retire on first day of any month after attaining age 62; Sec. 45-29c transferred to Sec. 45a-36 in 1991; P.A. 93-379 added Subsec. (d) permitting employees of probate courts serving on or after October 1, 1993, who have completed at least 10 years of credited service to retire and receive normal retirement benefits after reaching age 62, effective June 30, 1993; P.A. 94-98 amended Subsec. (a) by permitting employees of probate courts on or after October 1, 1986, who have completed at least 10 years of credited service to be eligible for normal retirement at age of 62; P.A. 97-87 amended Subsec. (b) to apply to judges and to require that judges shall have served at least one full term.

      Annotation to former section 45-29c:

      Where beneficiaries of retirement fund were not made parties to action for declaratory judgment on constitutionality of section, court would not pass on issue of constitutionality. 157 C. 150.