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CT Gen Stat § 7-314b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 104 - Municipal Police and Fire Protection|Section 7-314b - Collection of workers' compensation benefits by volunteer firefighters and members of volunteer ambulance services.

 (a) Any active member of a volunteer fire company or department engaged in volunteer fire duties or any active member of an organization certified as a volunteer ambulance service in accordance with section 19a-180 may collect benefits under the provisions of chapter 568 based on the salary of his employment or the amount specified in subsection (b) of section 7-314a, whichever is greater, if said firefighter or volunteer ambulance service provider is injured while engaged in fire duties or volunteer ambulance service.(b) As used in this section, the terms “fire duties” includes duties performed while at fires, answering alarms of fire, answering calls for mutual aid assistance, returning from calls for mutual aid assistance, at fire drills or training exercises, and directly returning from fires, “active member of a volunteer fire company or department” includes all active members of said fire company or department, fire patrol or fire and police patrol company, whether paid or not paid for their services, “ambulance service” includes answering alarms, calls for emergency medical service or directly returning from calls for the emergency situations, duties performed while performing transportation or treatment services to patients under emergency conditions, while at any location where emergency medical service is rendered, while engaged in drills or training exercises, while at tests or trials of any apparatus or equipment normally used in the performance of such medical service drills, and “active member of an organization certified as a volunteer ambulance service in accordance with section 19a-180” includes all active members of said ambulance service whether paid or not paid for their services.(c) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall only apply if the volunteer firefighter or volunteer ambulance service provider is unable to perform his regular employment duties.(P.A. 95-243, S. 2; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8, S 85, 88; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-10, S. 5, 7.)History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8 added volunteer and municipal ambulance service members as employees, and defined the terms “ambulance service” and “active member of an organization certified as a volunteer or municipal ambulance service in accordance with section 19a-180”, effective July 1, 1997; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-10 deleted references to municipal ambulance service members as employees and in Subsec. (b) included fire drills or training exercises in definition of “fire duties”, effective July 1, 1997.Term “fire duties” does not encompass conduct of volunteer firefighter departing firehouse to tend to his personal affairs. 180 CA 717; judgment affirmed, see 332 C. 93.
CT Gen Stat § 7-314c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 104 - Municipal Police and Fire Protection|Section 7-314c - Assumption of liability by the state for volunteer firefighters.

 The liability of a municipality shall not be affected by the implementation of sections 7-314a and 7-314b due to the assumption of liability by the state for benefits paid pursuant to the provisions of chapter 568 for volunteer firefighters.(P.A. 95-243, S. 3.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-322a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 104 - Municipal Police and Fire Protection|Section 7-322a - Benefits for volunteers rendering service to another fire company.

 Any active member of a volunteer fire company who offers his services to an officer or person in charge of another fire company which is actively engaged in fire duties, and whose services are accepted by such officer or person, shall be entitled to receive all benefits payable under the provisions of sections 7-314 and 7-314a. Such payments shall be made by the municipality in which the fire company of which such a fireman is a member is located.(February, 1965, P.A. 264; 1967, P.A. 892, S. 3; 1969, P.A. 464, S. 2.)History: 1967 act made technical changes; 1969 act deleted provision restricting offer of services to other volunteer fire companies by removing word “volunteer”.Applies to conduct of individuals. 209 C. 268.Cited. 15 CA 84.
CT Gen Stat § 7-322d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 104 - Municipal Police and Fire Protection|Section 7-322d - Election of officers. Ballots exempt from Freedom of Information Act.

 Nothing in chapter 14 shall be construed to require the disclosure of secret ballots used for the election of an officer of a volunteer fire department.(P.A. 11-220, S. 4.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-323 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 104 - Municipal Police and Fire Protection|Section 7-323 - Application of part.

 Section 7-323 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 919; 1967, P.A. 892, S. 4.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-323a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 104 - Municipal Police and Fire Protection|Section 7-323a - Definitions.

 As used in this part: “Municipality” and “legislative body” shall each have the same meaning ascribed to it in section 7-425; “participating municipality” means any municipality which votes to accept the provisions of this part; “fund” means the Policemen and Firemen Survivors' Benefit Fund established by this part; “Retirement Commission” means the State Retirement Commission created by chapter 66; “member” means any active uniformed policeman or active uniformed fireman receiving pay from a participating municipality who has been included by such municipality under the provisions of this part, and “compensation” means one-twelfth of the annual rate of pay of a full-time paid policeman or fireman of a participating municipality who is in active service and one-twelfth of the annual rate of pay immediately prior to the retirement of a full-time paid policeman or fireman of a participating municipality who is retired.(1963, P.A. 390, S. 1; P.A. 75-293, S. 4.)History: P.A. 75-293 added definition of “member”.
CT Gen Stat § 7-323b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 104 - Municipal Police and Fire Protection|Section 7-323b - Acceptance of part.

 Any municipality may, by ordinance, accept the provisions of this part, as to its policemen or firemen, or both, but such acceptance shall not repeal, amend or replace, or affect the continuance of, any pension system established in such municipality by or under the authority of any special act or charter provision and all such special acts or charter provisions shall remain in full force and effect until repealed or amended by the General Assembly or as provided by chapter 99. When such ordinance has been adopted by the legislative body of any municipality, a certified copy thereof shall be forwarded to the Retirement Commission by the clerk of such municipality. The effective date of participation shall be the first day of July at least ninety days subsequent to the receipt by the Retirement Commission of the certified copy of such ordinance or resolution. The Retirement Commission shall furnish to any municipality contemplating acceptance of this part, at the expense of such municipality, an estimate of the probable cost to such municipality of such acceptance. If any municipality accepts the provisions of this part as to its policemen or firemen, or both, and such municipality provides survivors' benefits for such policemen or firemen, or both, under authority of any special act or charter provision, any such policeman or fireman of such municipality for whom such benefits are provided may elect to be covered under the provisions of this part, provided such election shall be made within ninety days from the date upon which the municipality accepts the provisions of this part for such policeman or fireman and such election shall be in writing and filed with the clerk of the municipality and with the Retirement Commission. Upon such election, the survivors' benefits for such policeman or fireman provided under special act or charter provision shall cease, and only those benefits provided under the provisions of this part shall be available.(1963, P.A. 390, S. 2; February, 1965, P.A. 197, S. 1.)History: 1965 act specified section may be applied either to policemen or firemen or both instead of only to both and added provisions concerning election of benefits under policemen and firemen survivors' benefit fund rather than benefits provided under special act or charter provision.
CT Gen Stat § 7-323c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 104 - Municipal Police and Fire Protection|Section 7-323c - Benefit fund established.

 There is established a fund which shall be known as the Policemen and Firemen Survivors' Benefit Fund. The fund shall consist of contributions received from the following sources:(a) Each full-time paid policeman and fireman covered by a municipality's acceptance of this part who does not enjoy survivors' benefits provided by special act or charter provision or who does enjoy survivors' benefits provided by special act or charter provision but who elected to be covered under this section, shall contribute one per cent of his compensation, to be deducted by the municipality and forwarded not less frequently than once a month to the Retirement Commission to be credited to the fund.(b) Each participating municipality shall be liable to the fund for an initial payment in an amount to be determined by the Retirement Commission, which amount is necessary, in conjunction with the policemen and firemen's contribution, to start the fund on a sound actuarial basis.(c) Each participating municipality shall pay annually to the Retirement Commission to be credited to the fund such amounts fixed by said commission as shall, in conjunction with the policemen and firemen's contribution, maintain the fund on a sound actuarial basis.(d) Each participating municipality shall also pay annually a proportionate share of the costs of the administration of the fund as determined by the commission on the basis of the number of employees covered by this part in such municipality.(e) The rates of contribution referred to in subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall be proportions of the pay of members, which shall each be uniform for each participating municipality; except that, if any error or omission in the data furnished to the commission by any municipality causes the contribution rate fixed by the commission for any year under subsection (c) to be insufficient, the entire amount of any required increase shall be charged to the municipality or municipalities by which such errors or omissions were made.(1963, P.A. 390, S. 3, 7; February, 1965, P.A. 197, S. 2; 1967, P.A. 400.)History: 1965 act amended Subsec. (a) to limit coverage to persons who do not enjoy survivors' benefits under special act or charter or who do enjoy such benefits but elect to be covered under this section; 1967 act required that necessary increase resulting from errors and omissions be charged to municipality which made error or omission under Subsec. (e).
CT Gen Stat § 7-323d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 104 - Municipal Police and Fire Protection|Section 7-323d - Actuarial studies of fund experience.

 The Retirement Commission shall make a complete actuarial study of the experience of the fund at intervals of not more than five years and shall thereupon readjust the contributions to be made by municipalities.(1963, P.A. 390, S. 4.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-323f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 104 - Municipal Police and Fire Protection|Section 7-323f - Insurance policies to provide benefits authorized.

 (a) All contributions received by the Retirement Commission in accordance with this part shall be paid over daily to the State Treasurer, who shall be the custodian of the fund with power to invest and reinvest as much of said fund as is not required for current disbursement in accordance with the provisions of part I of chapter 32. All benefits, allowances and other payments authorized by this part shall be made from the fund upon vouchers approved by the Retirement Commission.(b) The Retirement Commission in its discretion may direct that the Comptroller, with the approval of the Attorney General and the Insurance Commissioner, shall obtain a policy or policies of group insurance or a group annuity contract or contracts from one or more insurance companies licensed to do business in this state, which shall provide the benefits specified in section 7-323e in lieu of payment of such benefits from the fund. The premiums payable under any such policy or contract shall be paid from the fund. Any experience credit or dividend paid in connection with any such policy or policies or contract or contracts shall be added to such fund.(1963, P.A. 390, S. 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 163, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 13, 348; P.A. 99-70, S. 2, 3.)History: P.A. 77-614 made insurance department a division within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 restored insurance division as independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 99-70 designated existing section as Subsec. (b) and added new Subsec. (a) requiring contributions to be paid over to the State Treasurer, effective May 27, 1999.
CT Gen Stat § 7-323g (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 104 - Municipal Police and Fire Protection|Section 7-323g - Withdrawal of acceptance.

 A municipality may withdraw its acceptance of the provisions of this part, for either its policemen or firemen or both, by the same procedure as provided in section 7-323b for acceptance of this part, provided, if survivors' benefits are, at the time of withdrawal, being paid or due to be paid to survivors of policemen or firemen, or both, of the withdrawing municipality, the withdrawing municipality shall be liable to the fund for any additional sums necessary to continue payment of the survivors' benefits throughout the period when any such survivor shall be entitled to benefits under the terms of this part.(February, 1965, P.A. 197, S. 4.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-323h (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 104 - Municipal Police and Fire Protection|Section 7-323h - Municipal liability for maintaining benefits.

 Each municipality participating in the Policemen and Firemen Survivors' Benefit Fund established by this part shall be liable to the fund for the cost of maintaining for its employees the benefits herein, including all contributions collected from employees. The liability of a municipality under this part shall be enforceable by the Retirement Commission against such municipality through appropriate action in the Superior Court.(1967, P.A. 480, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-323i (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 104 - Municipal Police and Fire Protection|Section 7-323i - Administration of fund.

 The administration of said fund, except as the same relates to the custody and investment of the fund, shall be entrusted to the Retirement Commission, which may employ actuarial, clerical and other assistance necessary for the purpose and which may make reasonable regulations for carrying out the provisions of this part including designation of the times at and manner in which the participating municipalities shall make the several payments required by this part. Each participating municipality shall furnish, at such times and in such manner as the Retirement Commission directs, information concerning the names, ages, length of service and pay of members employed by such municipality and any other data which the Retirement Commission determines to be necessary for the proper execution of this part and to give prompt notice of all appointments, removals, deaths, resignations, leaves of absence and changes in pay of members.(1967, P.A. 480, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-323j (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 104 - Municipal Police and Fire Protection|Section 7-323j - Definitions.

 As used in this part, “commission” means the Commission on Fire Prevention and Control; “municipality” means town, city, consolidated town and city, consolidated town and borough, borough, school district, fire district, fire and sewer district, sewer district, lighting district or any other municipal corporation or taxing district upon which is placed the duty of, or which has itself assumed the duty of, protecting its inhabitants from loss by fire; “fire fighting duties” means and includes duties performed in connection with the suppression and prevention of fires, fire training and rescue, fire investigation, arson investigation, details and assignments to protect the public safety against fire and other related work; “firefighters” means any person who is regularly employed and paid by any municipality or by a contractor which is a nonprofit corporation for the purpose of performing fire fighting duties for a municipality on an average of not less than thirty-five hours per week or any volunteer who performs fire fighting duties and who elects to cooperate with the commission in accordance with section 7-323m.(P.A. 73-649, S. 1, 5; P.A. 75-617, S. 1, 8; P.A. 83-566, S. 2, 6.)History: P.A. 75-617 substituted commission on fire prevention and control for commission on fire fighting personnel standards and education, redefined “fire fighting duties” to include training and rescue and redefined firefighters to include volunteer firemen who elect to cooperate with commission; P.A. 83-566 amended the definition of “firefighters” to exclude persons paid by contractors organized for profit.
CT Gen Stat § 7-323m (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 104 - Municipal Police and Fire Protection|Section 7-323m - Exceptions, voluntary cooperation.

 This part shall not apply to any municipality which employs fewer than six paid firefighters or to any volunteer fire department or its employees or members. Any such municipality or volunteer fire department may elect to cooperate with the commission with regard to any provision of this part.(P.A. 73-649, S. 4, 5; P.A. 75-617, S. 4, 8; P.A. 76-435, S. 43, 82.)History: P.A. 75-617 specified applicability only with respect to departments having at least six “paid” firefighters; P.A. 76-435 made technical changes.
CT Gen Stat § 7-323n (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 104 - Municipal Police and Fire Protection|Section 7-323n - Office of State Fire Administration.

 There is established an Office of State Fire Administration, which office shall: (a) Carry out the provisions of this part; (b) administer the state's responsibilities under federal laws relevant to fire service; (c) develop a master plan for fire prevention and control; and (d) carry out any other function which the commission may devise. Subject to the provisions of chapter 67, the commission may appoint such clerical and other assistants as it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.(P.A. 75-617, S. 5, 8.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-323o (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 104 - Municipal Police and Fire Protection|Section 7-323o - State Fire Administrator, appointment and duties.

 There is established the position of State Fire Administrator who shall be recommended by the Commission on Fire Prevention and Control and appointed by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection and who shall: (1) Carry out the requirements of section 7-323n; (2) administer federal funds and grants allocated to the fire services of the state; (3) provide technical assistance and guidance to fire fighting forces of any state or municipal agency; (4) develop a centralized information and audiovisual library regarding fire prevention and control; (5) accumulate, disseminate and analyze fire prevention data; (6) recommend specifications of fire service materials and equipment and assist in the purchasing thereof; (7) assist in mutual aid coordination; (8) coordinate fire programs with those of the other states; (9) assist in communications coordination; (10) establish and maintain a fire service information program; and (11) review the purchase of fire apparatus or equipment at state institutions, facilities and properties and, on and after July 1, 1985, coordinate the training and education of fire service personnel at such institutions, facilities and properties. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to apply to forest fire prevention and control programs administered by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection pursuant to sections 23-33 to 23-57, inclusive.(P.A. 75-617, S. 6, 8; P.A. 80-169, S. 3; P.A. 84-357, S. 2; P.A. 86-97, S. 1; P.A. 11-61, S. 81; 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 80-169 included fire control information as subject of concern for centralized library; P.A. 84-357 added Subdiv. (k), expanding the duties of administrator re fire equipment and personnel at state institutions, facilities and properties; P.A. 86-97 added provision clarifying the authority of the commissioner of environmental protection and substituted numeric Subdiv. indicators for alphabetic Subdiv. indicators; P.A. 11-61 required State Fire Administrator to be recommended by Commission on Fire Prevention and Control and appointed by Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, changed “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 7-323q (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 104 - Municipal Police and Fire Protection|Section 7-323q - Indemnification of fire service instructors.

 The state shall save harmless and indemnify any person certified as a fire service instructor by the Commission on Fire Prevention and Control under section 7-323l from financial loss and expense, including legal fees and costs, if any, arising out of any claim, demand, suit or judgment by reason of alleged negligence or other act resulting in personal injury or property damage, which acts are not wanton, reckless or malicious, provided such person, at the time of the acts resulting in such injury or damage, was acting in the discharge of such person's duties (1) as an employee or member of a municipal, state or tribal nation fire department to provide fire service training and instruction for the other members or employees of such municipal, state or tribal nation fire department, (2) as a fire service instructor employed by said commission to provide fire service training and instruction on behalf of said commission, or (3) as a fire service instructor employed by a regional fire school to provide fire service training and instruction on behalf of such school.(P.A. 89-278, S. 1; P.A. 10-51, S. 1.)History: P.A. 10-51 added Subdivs. (1) to (3) re types of instructors indemnified and made technical changes.