Sec. 3-123. Relief payments under bylaws of Connecticut State Firefighters Association. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 3-123. Relief payments under bylaws of Connecticut State Firefighters Association. Whenever a person, under the provisions of the constitution and bylaws of The Connecticut State Firefighters Association, is entitled to relief from said association, as a firefighter injured in the line of duty, or rendered sick by disease contracted while in the line of duty, or as the widow or child of a firefighter killed in the line of duty, the Comptroller shall, upon the delivery to him of proper proofs from said association of the right of such person to relief as aforesaid, draw his order upon the Treasurer in favor of the person or persons entitled to such relief, or their legal representative, for the amount to which such person or persons are entitled as relief as aforesaid, provided such orders shall be limited to available appropriations.

      (1949 Rev., S. 210; February, 1965, P.A. 104; P.A. 93-80, S. 42, 67; P.A. 98-263, S. 7, 21.)

      History: 1965 act removed proviso that total amount of orders drawn not exceed amount appropriated for any fiscal period; P.A. 93-80 deleted provision re relief payments to firemen injured in the line of duty or rendered sick by disease contracted in the line of duty and added provision limiting comptroller's orders to available appropriations, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 98-263 changed name from Connecticut State Firemen's Association to Connecticut State Firefighters Association and added provision re relief payments to firefighters injured in the line of duty or rendered sick by disease contracted in the line of duty, effective July 1, 1998 (Revisor's note: In 1999 the phrase "... firefighter killed in the line of his duty, ..." was changed editorially by the Revisors to "... firefighter killed in the line of duty, ..." for consistency).