Sec. 51-49. Disability retirement of judges, state's attorneys, public defenders, family support magistrates and compensation commissioners. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 51-49. Disability retirement of judges, state's attorneys, public defenders, family support magistrates and compensation commissioners. (a) When the Chief Justice or any judge of the Supreme Court, or the Appellate Court, or the Superior Court, or the Chief State's Attorney, a Deputy Chief State's Attorney, or any state's attorney who had elected under the provisions of section 51-278 to be included within the provisions of this section, or any public defender, Chief Public Defender or Deputy Chief Public Defender who had elected under the provisions of section 51-295a to be included within the provisions of this section, or any family support magistrate who had elected under the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection (i) of section 46b-231, or any compensation commissioner, has become so permanently incapacitated as to be unable to fulfill adequately the duties of his office, he may be retired by the Judicial Review Council as hereinafter provided, upon application by him or upon its own motion.

      (b) If the Judicial Review Council finds that the justice, judge, Chief State's Attorney, Deputy Chief State's Attorney, state's attorney, Chief Public Defender, Deputy Chief Public Defender, public defender, family support magistrate or compensation commissioner is permanently incapacitated from adequately fulfilling his duties, (1) the justice, judge, family support magistrate or compensation commissioner shall thereupon be retired with retirement pay to be determined as provided by section 51-50, or (2) the Chief State's Attorney, Deputy Chief State's Attorney, state's attorney, Chief Public Defender, Deputy Chief Public Defender or public defender shall thereupon be retired and shall receive as retirement pay, annually, two-thirds the salary of the office which he held at the time of his retirement, as such salary may be changed from time to time. No judge shall be denied benefits under section 51-50 as a result of the expiration of his judicial term of office during the pendency of a disability matter before the Judicial Review Council. Any council proceedings pursuant to this section shall be confidential.

      (1949 Rev., S. 7736; 1955, S. 3137d; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 89; 531, S. 20; 1967, P.A. 622, S. 5; 1971, P.A. 639, S. 3; P.A. 73-122, S. 11, 27; P.A. 74-183, S. 30, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 62, 681; P.A. 77-494, S. 11, 18; P.A. 82-248, S. 24; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29, S. 56, 82; P.A. 84-399, S. 2, 17; 84-421, S. 2, 4; P.A. 86-348, S. 3, 8; P.A. 92-160, S. 1, 19; 92-226, S. 4, 28.)

      History: 1959 acts included circuit court and juvenile court judges; 1967 act included state's attorneys; 1971 act applied provisions to compensation commissioner; P.A. 73-122 included chief state's attorney and deputy chief state's attorney and qualified applicability re state's attorneys by adding "who had elected under the provisions of Sec. 51-278 to be included within the provisions of this section"; P.A. 74-183 removed circuit court judges from purview of section, reflecting reorganization of judicial system, effective December 31, 1974; P.A. 76-436 amended section to reflect transfer of common pleas and juvenile courts' function to superior court, adding proviso re retirement compensation for judges of former juvenile, circuit and common pleas courts, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-494 replaced committee consisting of governor, chief justice, attorney general, health commissioner, president pro tempore of senate and speaker of house of representatives with judicial review council; P.A. 82-248 made technical revision, rewording some provisions and dividing section into Subsecs. but made no substantive change; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29 included reference to appellate court in Subsec. (a); P.A. 84-399 deleted provisions re disability retirement benefits for judges of juvenile court, circuit court or court of common pleas; P.A. 84-421 extended provisions of section to include any public defender who had elected under Sec. 51-295a to be included in this section, effective July 1, 1985; P.A. 86-348 extended provisions of section to include any chief public defender or deputy chief public defender who had elected under Sec. 51-295a to be included in this section; P.A. 92-160 amended Subsec. (b) by adding prohibition re denial of benefits under Sec. 51-50 as result of expiration of term during pendency of matter before judicial review council and adding provision re confidentiality of proceedings; P.A. 92-226 extended provisions of section to include any family support magistrate who had elected under Sec. 46b-231 to be included in this section.

      See Sec. 31-283e re compensation commissioners' right to elect benefits under this section.

      See Sec. 51-275 for definitions of "Chief State's Attorney" and "Deputy Chief State's Attorney".

      Cited. 213 C. 54.