Connecticut pension revocation law (2008)

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The Pension revocation law is a law that was enacted into the Connecticut legislature in 2008. The law authorizes Superior Court judges to reduce or revoke pensions of public officials and government workers convicted of on-the-job corruption.

It took the legislature five years to pass the bill.[1]

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[edit] Stipulations

There are a number of stipulation to the law. Listed they are:[1]

  • There is no guarantee of the a revocation
  • Only the following can trigger the law: embezzlement of public funds; felonious theft from the state; a municipality or quasi-public agency; bribery; or felonies committed through the misue of a government office or job.
  • If the worker or official is part of a union the courts may not revoke the pension if it violates a collective bargaining agreement.
  • In this case a judge may only reduce the pension in the amount equal to the fines, restitution orders, court fees or costs of incarceration.


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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Republican American, Price of government corruption in Connecticut to get steeper Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2008
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