Sec. 51-49g. Determination of retirement salary of compensation commissioners and allowance to surviving spouses. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 51-49g. Determination of retirement salary of compensation commissioners and allowance to surviving spouses. (a) For purposes of determining both the retirement salary of compensation commissioners who first commenced service as compensation commissioners in a term commencing prior to January 1, 1981, and the allowance payable to their surviving spouses under subsection (a) of section 51-51, "salary" shall be composed of the total of the following amounts: The annual salary payable pursuant to subsection (a) of section 31-277, as such salary may change from time to time; and for compensation commissioners to whom a longevity payment has been made or is due and payable, in each instance under subsection (b) of section 31-277, (1) one and one-half per cent of annual salary, as such salary may change from time to time, for those who have completed ten or more but less than fifteen years of service as a compensation commissioner, (2) three per cent of annual salary, as such salary may change from time to time for those who have completed fifteen or more but less than twenty years of service as a compensation commissioner, (3) four and one-half per cent of annual salary, as such salary may change from time to time, for those who have completed twenty or more but less than twenty-five years of service as a compensation commissioner, and (4) six per cent of annual salary, as such salary may change from time to time, for those who have completed twenty-five or more years of service as a compensation commissioner.

      (b) For purposes of determining both the retirement salary of compensation commissioners who first commenced service as compensation commissioners in a term commencing on or after January 1, 1981, and the allowance payable to their surviving spouses, under subsection (b) of section 51-51, "salary" shall be composed of the total of the following amounts: The annual salary payable at the time of retirement or death, fixed in accordance with subsection (a) of section 31-277; and for compensation commissioners to whom a longevity payment has been made or is due and payable, in each case under subsection (b) of section 31-277, (1) one and one-half per cent of the annual salary the commissioner was receiving at the time of retirement or death, for those who have completed ten or more but less than fifteen years of service as a commissioner, (2) three per cent of the annual salary the commissioner was receiving at the time of retirement or death, for those who have completed fifteen or more but less than twenty years of service as a commissioner, (3) four and one-half per cent of the annual salary the commissioner was receiving at the time of retirement or death, for those who have completed twenty or more but less than twenty-five years of service as a commissioner and (4) six per cent of the annual salary the commissioner was receiving at the time of retirement or death, for those who have completed twenty-five or more years of service as a commissioner.

      (P.A. 84-399, S. 13, 17; 84-546, S. 163, 173; P.A. 92-226, S. 20, 28.)

      History: P.A. 84-546 made technical changes to Subsec. (b), changing "judge" to "commissioner"; P.A. 92-226 amended section to provide that January 1, 1981, date re determination of retirement salary and surviving spouse allowance applies to date "term" commenced rather than to date "service" commenced.