Connecticut General Statutes Title 45A. Probate Courts and Procedure § 45a-45. Retirement contributions of judges

(b)(1) Any judge who leaves office before becoming eligible for a retirement allowance may, on request to the Retirement Commission, withdraw the total of all contributions made by the judge, without interest, provided, if the judge makes no such request within ten years after leaving office, the judge's contributions shall revert to the fund.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection, if such judge's departure from office or withdrawal of contributions is on or after October 1, 1986, the withdrawal of contributions shall include interest credited from the later of (A) January 1, 1986, or (B) the first day of the calendar year following the date of actual contribution, to the first day of the calendar year coincident with or preceding the date the judge leaves office. Such interest shall be credited at the rate of five per cent per year. In addition, for the partial calendar year during which the judge leaves office or withdraws contributions, provided such date is after January 1, 1986, interest shall be credited at the rate of five-twelfths of one per cent multiplied by the full number of months completed during such calendar year, such interest rate to be applied to the value of contributions, including any prior interest credits, as of the first day of such calendar year.

(3) Any judge who withdraws the judge's contributions from the fund and is subsequently reinstated shall not receive credited service for such prior time in office in the computation of any benefit under the retirement plan unless the withdrawn contributions have been repaid with interest at a rate to be determined by the commission. Any judge who was ineligible for retirement benefits at the time he or she became a judge and who has not made contributions under this section, who becomes eligible, or whose spouse becomes eligible, for any benefit under the retirement plan, shall receive credited service for any time in office, provided such judge makes such contributions with interest at a rate to be determined by the commission.