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CT Gen Stat § 5-264b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act|Section 5-264b - Dependent care spending account program.

 The Comptroller shall maintain a dependent care spending account program for state employees in accordance with Section 129 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and regulations adopted pursuant to such section. Under such program, the Comptroller or the program administrator, upon receipt of the written request of an employee, shall establish and maintain a dependent care spending account for such employee. The Comptroller shall reduce the salary of such employee by the amount designated in such request. Such amount shall be transferred to the employee's dependent care spending account and shall be used to reimburse the employee for expenses incurred for dependent care which are eligible for reimbursement under the provisions of Section 129 of the Internal Revenue Code. The Comptroller may contract with an administrator for the management of this program. For the purposes of this section, “state employees” includes members of the General Assembly.(P.A. 90-296, S. 1, 4; P.A. 95-212, S. 4, 7; P.A. 97-302, S. 1.)History: P.A. 95-212 transferred administration of dependent care spending account program from Commissioner of Administrative Services to Comptroller, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 97-302 redefined “state employees” to include members of the General Assembly.
CT Gen Stat § 5-264c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act|Section 5-264c - Treatment of funds deposited in dependent care spending account program.

 All funds deposited in this program pursuant to section 5-264b shall be held by the Comptroller or by a program administrator as agent for the participating employer. Such funds shall be separately accounted for and shall remain the property of the employer. All payments from such account shall be made in accordance with the applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the regulations adopted pursuant to said section. All funds deposited in this program shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter 66 concerning additional employee contributions under the tier I retirement plan and additional hazardous duty employee contributions.(P.A. 90-296, S. 2, 4; P.A. 95-212, S. 5, 7.)History: P.A. 95-212 substituted Comptroller for Department of Administrative Services, effective July 1, 1995.
CT Gen Stat § 5-264d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act|Section 5-264d - Flexible health care spending account program.

 The Comptroller shall maintain a flexible health care spending account program for state employees in accordance with Sections 105 and 125 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, and regulations adopted pursuant to Sections 105 and 125 of said Internal Revenue Code. Under the program, the Comptroller or the program administrator, upon receipt of the written request of an employee, shall establish and maintain a flexible health care spending account for such employee. The Comptroller shall reduce the salary of such employee by the amount designated in such request. Such amount shall be transferred to the employee's flexible health care spending account and shall be used to reimburse the employee for expenses incurred for medical care which are eligible for reimbursement under Section 213 of said Internal Revenue Code. The Comptroller may contract with a program administrator for the management of the program. For the purposes of this section, “state employees” includes members of the General Assembly.(P.A. 04-98, S. 1.)History: P.A. 04-98 effective July 1, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 5-264e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act|Section 5-264e - Treatment of funds deposited pursuant to the flexible health care spending account program.

 All funds deposited pursuant to the flexible health care spending account program established in section 5-264d shall be held by the Comptroller or by a program administrator as agent for the participating employer. Such funds shall be separately accounted for and shall remain the property of the employer. The funds shall be maintained in accordance with Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, and such funds shall be used to reimburse the employee for expenses incurred for medical care which are eligible for reimbursement under Section 213 of said Internal Revenue Code. The funds deposited pursuant to the program shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter 66 concerning additional employee contributions under the tier I retirement plan and additional hazardous duty employee contributions.(P.A. 04-98, S. 2.)History: P.A. 04-98 effective July 1, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 5-265 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act|Section 5-265 - Special training courses for state employees. Exchange of employees.

 Departments, agencies and institutions may enter into agreements with educational institutions for special training courses for state employees and may enter into agreements with the federal government or other state governments for exchange of employees.(1967, P.A. 657, S. 71; P.A. 77-614, S. 67, 610; P.A. 14-187, S. 46.)History: P.A. 77-614 replaced personnel policy board with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 14-187 deleted reference to regulations issued by Commissioner of Administrative Services, effective June 11, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 5-266 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act|Section 5-266 - Political activity.

 Section 5-266 is repealed.(1967, P.A. 657, S. 72; 1971, P.A. 103, S. 5.)
CT Gen Stat § 5-266b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act|Section 5-266b - Permitted activity.

 Nothing contained in sections 5-266a to 5-266d, inclusive, prohibits political activity by such persons in the classified service in connection with (1) an election and the campaign preceding such election if none of the candidates is to be elected at that election as representing a party any of whose candidates for presidential elector received votes in the last-preceding election at which presidential electors were selected; or (2) a question which is not specifically identified with a national or state political party. For the purpose of this section, questions relating to constitutional amendments, referenda, approval of municipal ordinances, and others of a similar character, are deemed not specifically identified with a national or state political party.(1971, P.A. 103, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 5-266c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act|Section 5-266c - Regulations.

 Section 5-266c is repealed, effective June 11, 2014.(1971, P.A. 103, S. 3; P.A. 77-614, S. 67, 610; P.A. 13-247, S. 372; P.A. 14-187, S. 55.)
CT Gen Stat § 5-266d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act|Section 5-266d - Dismissal or suspension of employee. Appeal.

 If, upon the complaint of any citizen of the state, the Commissioner of Administrative Services finds that any employee in the classified service has violated any provision of section 5-266a, said commissioner may dismiss such employee from state service. If said commissioner finds that the violation does not warrant removal, the commissioner may impose a penalty on such employee of suspension from such employee's position without pay for not less than thirty days or more than six months. Any employee aggrieved by any action of the commissioner under the provisions of this section may appeal as provided in section 5-202.(1971, P.A. 103, S. 4; P.A. 77-614, S. 66, 610; P.A. 13-247, S. 373; P.A. 14-187, S. 30.)History: P.A. 77-614 replaced personnel commissioner with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 13-247 replaced reference to violations under Secs. 5-266a to 5-266d with reference to violations under Sec. 5-266a or regulations promulgated pursuant to Sec. 5-266c, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 14-187 deleted reference to regulations promulgated pursuant to Sec. 5-266c, effective June 11, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 5-267 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act|Section 5-267 - Officers, appointing authorities and employees to comply with law.

 All officers, appointing authorities and other state employees shall conform to, comply with and aid in carrying into effect the provisions of this chapter and the regulations issued hereunder. When any order is made under the provisions of this chapter or in accordance with the regulations hereunder, any officer or other person to whom such order is directed shall forthwith comply with the terms and provisions thereof.(1967, P.A. 657, S. 73.)
CT Gen Stat § 5-268 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act|Section 5-268 - Penalty.

 Any person who, wilfully or through culpable negligence, violates, or who conspires to violate, any provision of this chapter shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or both. Prosecutions for violations of this chapter may be instituted by the state's attorney for the judicial district in which the offense is alleged to have been committed.(1967, P.A. 657, S. 74; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 127.)History: P.A. 78-280 substituted “judicial district” for “county”.
CT Gen Stat § 5-269 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act|Section 5-269 - Transfer of certain employees to Labor Department.

 Section 5-269 is repealed, effective June 3, 1996.(P.A. 73-449, S. 1; P.A. 96-180, S. 165, 166.)
CT Gen Stat § 5-271 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 68 - Collective Bargaining for State Employees|Section 5-271 - Rights of employees and representatives. Duty of fair representation.

 (a) Employees shall have, and shall be protected in the exercise of the right of self-organization, to form, join or assist any employee organization, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing on questions of wages, hours and other conditions of employment, except as provided in subsection (d) of section 5-272, and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection, free from actual interference, restraint or coercion.(b) When an employee organization has been designated by the State Board of Labor Relations as the representative of the majority of employees in an appropriate unit, that employee organization shall be recognized by the employer as the exclusive bargaining agent for the employees of such unit.(c) When an employee organization has been designated in accordance with the provisions of this chapter as the exclusive representative of employees in an appropriate unit, it shall have the right to act for and to negotiate agreements covering all employees in the unit and shall be responsible for representing the interests of all such employees without discrimination and without regard to employee organization membership.(d) When an employee organization has been designated, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, as the exclusive representative of employees in an appropriate unit, it shall have a duty of fair representation to the members of that unit.(e) An individual employee at any time may present a grievance to his employer and have the grievance adjusted, without intervention of an employee organization, provided the adjustment shall not be inconsistent with the terms of a collective bargaining agreement then in effect. The employee organization designated as the exclusive representative shall be given prior notice of the grievance and shall be informed of the terms of the settlement.(f) The employer and such employee organization as has been designated as exclusive representative of employees in an appropriate unit, through appropriate officials or their representatives, shall have the duty to bargain collectively. This duty extends to the obligation to bargain collectively as set forth in subsection (c) of section 5-272.(P.A. 75-566, S. 2.; P.A. 93-426, S. 2.)History: P.A. 93-426 inserted new Subsec. (d) to impose a duty of fair representation on employee organizations representing state employees and redesignated existing Subsecs. (d) and (e) as (e) and (f), respectively.Cited. 192 C. 539; 201 C. 685.Cited. 40 CS 381.
CT Gen Stat § 5-273 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 68 - Collective Bargaining for State Employees|Section 5-273 - Powers of State Board of Labor Relations.

 The State Board of Labor Relations shall administer sections 5-270 to 5-280, inclusive, as follows:(a) The board shall exercise those powers and perform those duties which are specifically provided for in said sections. Those powers and duties shall be in addition to and exercised completely independent of any powers and duties specifically granted to it by statutory enactment.(b) The board shall have authority, from time to time, to make, amend and rescind such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 5-270 to 5-280, inclusive. Such rules and regulations shall be effective upon passage, in conformance with the terms of chapter 54.(P.A. 75-566, S. 4.)Cited. 43 CS 1.
CT Gen Stat § 5-276 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 68 - Collective Bargaining for State Employees|Section 5-276 - Mediation and arbitration services by State Board of Mediation and Arbitration.

 (a) The services of the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration shall be available to employers or employee organizations designated as the exclusive bargaining representative for purposes of settlement of grievances arising out of the interpretation and application of the terms of a written agreement, for mediation of impasses in contract negotiations, for purposes of arbitration of disputes over the interpretation or application of the terms of a written agreement and for arbitration of impasses resulting from negotiations over unit contracts, unit reopeners and coalition bargaining matters as provided in subsection (f) of section 5-278.(b) Nothing contained herein shall prevent the use of other arbitration tribunals in the resolution of disputes between employers and designated employee organizations.(P.A. 75-566, S. 7; P.A. 86-411, S. 2, 8.)History: P.A. 86-411 provided that the state board of mediation and arbitration shall provide arbitration services for negotiation impasses concerning unit contracts, reopeners and coalition bargaining, effective July 1, 1986, and applicable to negotiations then in progress.Cited. 20 CA 676.
CT Gen Stat § 5-276b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 68 - Collective Bargaining for State Employees|Section 5-276b - Interest charges on overdue arbitration settlement payments.

 (a) Whenever a monetary settlement is awarded pursuant to an interest arbitration proceeding conducted pursuant to section 5-276a, and such award is not rejected by the legislature pursuant to section 5-278, and payment is not made in accordance with the terms of such settlement within sixty days of the date such award was issued, the party liable for such payment shall be required to pay interest, at the rate of five per cent per annum, on such overdue payment, calculated from the date the award was issued.(b) Whenever a monetary settlement is awarded pursuant to a state employee grievance arbitration proceeding, and payment is not made in accordance with the terms of such settlement within thirty days of the date such award was issued, the party liable for such payment shall be required to pay interest, at the rate of five per cent per annum, on such overdue payment, calculated from the date the award was issued.(P.A. 87-335.)Subsec. (b):Constitutes statutory exception to power of Claims Commissioner and is legislative waiver of sovereign immunity with respect to interest. 20 CA 676.
CT Gen Stat § 5-277 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 68 - Collective Bargaining for State Employees|Section 5-277 - Petition to State Board of Mediation and Arbitration for fact finding.

 Section 5-277 is repealed.(P.A. 75-566, S. 8; P.A. 86-411, S. 7, 8.)
CT Gen Stat § 5-278a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 68 - Collective Bargaining for State Employees|Section 5-278a - Certain provisions of collective bargaining agreement to remain in effect.

 In the event an agreement expires before a new agreement has been approved by the employee organization, the employer representative and the legislature, the provisions of the expired agreement concerning (1) salary, excluding annual increments, (2) differentials, (3) overtime, (4) longevity, and (5) allowances for uniforms, which were implemented pursuant to approval by the legislature in accordance with section 5-278 shall remain in effect until such time as a new agreement is reached and approved in accordance with section 5-278. Nothing in this section shall affect the rights and duties of the employer and any exclusive employee representative designated to negotiate such new agreement under sections 5-271 to 5-280, inclusive, during the period of time after such agreement expires including the right to negotiate the extension of the expired agreement or any provision thereof not otherwise extended by this section. Notwithstanding any provision of a statute to the contrary, in the event an agreement expires before a new agreement has been approved by the employee organization, the employer representative and the legislature, the employer representative and the exclusive employee representative designated to negotiate such new agreement shall negotiate and agree upon payment of an exclusive payroll deduction of employee organization regular dues, fees and assessments and, upon reaching such agreement, such payment shall be made to such exclusive employee representative.(P.A. 79-621, S. 22, 24; P.A. 86-411, S. 6, 8; P.A. 93-80, S. 56, 67.)History: P.A. 86-411 clarified that the section applies to the exclusive employee representative designated, rather than certified, to negotiate a new agreement, effective July 1, 1986, and applicable to negotiations then in progress; P.A. 93-80 limited provisions of expired agreement which remain in effect until approval of a new agreement to provisions “concerning (1) salary, excluding annual increments, (2) differentials, (3) overtime, (4) longevity, and (5) allowances for uniforms”, effective January 1, 1994.
CT Gen Stat § 5-278b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 68 - Collective Bargaining for State Employees|Section 5-278b - Limitation on terms of collective bargaining agreements.

 On and after June 30, 2027, no agreement negotiated pursuant to the provisions of subsection (f) of section 5-278 shall be for a term of more than four years.(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 218.)History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 effective October 31, 2017.
CT Gen Stat § 5-279 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 68 - Collective Bargaining for State Employees|Section 5-279 - Strikes by state employees prohibited.

 Nothing in sections 5-270 to 5-280, inclusive, shall constitute a grant of the right to strike to state employees and such strikes are prohibited.(P.A. 75-566, S. 10.)
CT Gen Stat § 5-280 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 68 - Collective Bargaining for State Employees|Section 5-280 - Payment of dues to exclusive representative required.

 (a) If an exclusive representative has been designated for the employees in an appropriate collective bargaining unit, each employee in such unit who is not a member of the exclusive representative shall be required, as a condition of continued employment, to pay to such organization for the period that it is the exclusive representative, an amount equal to the regular dues, fees and assessments that a member is charged.(b) Employers and employee organizations are authorized to negotiate provisions in a collective bargaining agreement calling for the payroll deduction of employee organization dues and initiation fees and for payroll deduction of the service fee described in subsection (a) of this section.(P.A. 75-566, S. 11.)Subsec. (a):Plaintiff failed to sustain its burden of proof on damages with respect to permissible purposes of collective bargaining contract administration and grievance procedure. 38 CS 629.
CT Gen Stat § 6-1 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 6 - Counties and County Officers. Judicial and State Marshals|Chapter 76 - County Organization|Section 6-1 - Number and composition of counties.

 There shall be in the state eight counties, which shall be constituted as follows:Hartford County. The towns of Hartford, Avon, Berlin, Bloomfield, Bristol, Burlington, Canton, East Granby, East Hartford, East Windsor, Enfield, Farmington, Glastonbury, Granby, Hartland, Manchester, Marlborough, New Britain, Newington, Plainville, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, Southington, South Windsor, Suffield, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Windsor and Windsor Locks shall constitute one county by the name of the county of Hartford.New Haven County. The towns of New Haven, Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Branford, Cheshire, Derby, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Meriden, Middlebury, Milford, Naugatuck, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Oxford, Prospect, Seymour, Southbury, Wallingford, Waterbury, West Haven, Wolcott and Woodbridge shall constitute one county by the name of the county of New Haven.New London County. The towns of New London, Norwich, Bozrah, Colchester, East Lyme, Franklin, Griswold, Groton, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Lyme, Montville, North Stonington, Old Lyme, Preston, Salem, Sprague, Stonington, Voluntown and Waterford shall constitute one county by the name of the county of New London.Fairfield County. The towns of Bridgeport, Danbury, Bethel, Brookfield, Darien, Easton, Fairfield, Greenwich, Monroe, New Canaan, New Fairfield, Newtown, Norwalk, Redding, Ridgefield, Shelton, Sherman, Stamford, Stratford, Trumbull, Weston, Westport and Wilton shall constitute one county by the name of the county of Fairfield.Windham County. The towns of Windham, Putnam, Ashford, Brooklyn, Canterbury, Chaplin, Eastford, Hampton, Killingly, Plainfield, Pomfret, Scotland, Sterling, Thompson and Woodstock shall constitute one county by the name of the county of Windham.Litchfield County. The towns of Litchfield, Barkhamsted, Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Canaan, Colebrook, Cornwall, Goshen, Harwinton, Kent, Morris, New Hartford, New Milford, Norfolk, North Canaan, Plymouth, Roxbury, Salisbury, Sharon, Thomaston, Torrington, Warren, Washington, Watertown, Winchester and Woodbury shall constitute one county by the name of the county of Litchfield.Middlesex County. The towns of Middletown, Chester, Clinton, Cromwell, Deep River, Durham, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Killingworth, Middlefield, Old Saybrook, Portland and Westbrook shall constitute one county by the name of the county of Middlesex.Tolland County. The towns of Tolland, Vernon, Andover, Bolton, Columbia, Coventry, Ellington, Hebron, Mansfield, Somers, Stafford, Union and Willington shall constitute one county by the name of the county of Tolland.(1949 Rev., S. 422.)