Sec. 4-151a. Waiver of hearings. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 4-151a. Waiver of hearings. On his own motion or at the request of the claimant or the representative for the state, which representative may in appropriate cases be the Attorney General, the Claims Commissioner may waive the hearing of any claim for five thousand dollars or less and proceed upon affidavits filed by the claimant and the state agency concerned.

      (1961, P.A. 476, S. 5; 559, S. 2; P.A. 75-605, S. 9, 27; P.A. 82-167, S. 4, 7; P.A. 84-264, S. 2, 5; P.A. 92-34, S. 1.)

      History: P.A. 75-605 substituted claims commissioner for commission and changed waiver limit from $250 to $750; P.A. 82-167 amended section to allow waiver of hearing of any claim for $1,000 or less instead of the prior limit of $750 and allow waiver on motion of commissioner, claimant or the attorney general; P.A. 84-264 changed "attorney general" to "representative for the state, which representative may in appropriate cases be the attorney general"; P.A. 92-34 increased from $1,000 to $5,000 the monetary limit on claims for which the claims commissioner may waive the hearing.

      Cited. 186 C. 300. Public act 82-167, section 4 of which amended this section, "should be read as a clarification of the superior court's ongoing lack of jurisdiction to hear appeals from the claims commissioner". 195 C. 534.