Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-49

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions.

Section 51-49 - Disability retirement of judges, state's attorneys, public defenders, family support magistrates and administrative law judges

(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 administrative law judge, 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 administrative law judge is permanently incapacitated from adequately fulfilling his duties, (1) the justice, judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge 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.)

Amended by P.A. 21-0018,S. 1 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2021 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2021.

Cited. 213 Conn. 54.

See Sec. 31-283e re compensation commissioners administrative law judges' right to elect benefits under this section. See Sec. 51-275 for definitions of "Chief State's Attorney" and "Deputy Chief State's Attorney".