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CT Gen Stat § 5-143 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 65 - Disability Compensation and Death Benefits|Section 5-143 - Applicability of Workers' Compensation Act. Additional sick leave compensation.

 Each state employee who sustains an injury arising out of and in the course of his employment, except as provided in section 5-142, shall be paid compensation in accordance with the provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act. The injured state employee may elect to receive, in addition to the benefits due him as workers' compensation, an amount which will result in his receiving his full salary or wages for the period of any accumulated sick leave, computed on an hourly basis, due him. Upon expiration of such period of sick leave the provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act shall apply.(1949 Rev., S. 420; 1951, S. 185d; 1961, P.A. 243, S. 1; P.A. 79-376, S. 4; P.A. 91-339, S. 41.)History: 1961 act added provisions re payment of accumulated sick leave; P.A. 79-376 replaced “workmen's compensation” with “workers' compensation”; P.A. 91-339 deleted provision that employee incapacitated by injury shall receive his full salary or wages for the first seven days of the incapacity.Cited. 175 C. 424; 185 C. 616; 220 C. 721.
CT Gen Stat § 5-145 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 65 - Disability Compensation and Death Benefits|Section 5-145 - Notice of injury or death of state employee, state officer or member of General Assembly.

 Each appointing authority shall notify the Commissioner of Administrative Services, who shall notify the Attorney General, of the injury, or death resulting from an injury, of any employee, state officer or member of the General Assembly serving with compensation or remuneration, which injury was incurred in the performance of his duties.(1949 Rev., S. 360; P.A. 77-614, S. 66, 610; P.A. 98-263, S. 9, 21.)History: P.A. 77-614 replaced personnel commissioner with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 98-263 expanded notification responsibilities of appointing authority to include injury or death of state officers or members of the General Assembly, effective July 1, 1998, and applicable to any death occurring on or after January 1, 1998.Cited. 175 C. 424.
CT Gen Stat § 5-145b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 65 - Disability Compensation and Death Benefits|Section 5-145b - Hypertension or heart disease in motor vehicle inspectors.

 Any condition of impairment of health caused by hypertension or heart disease resulting in total or partial disability or death to an inspector of vehicles for the Department of Motor Vehicles who successfully passed a physical examination on entry into such service, which examination failed to reveal any evidence of such condition, shall be presumed to have been suffered in the performance of his duty. Nothing herein shall be construed to affect the provisions of chapter 568.(1967, P.A. 899, S. 2.)History: (Revisor's note: In 1997 references throughout the general statutes to “Motor Vehicle(s) Commissioner” and “Motor Vehicle(s) Department” were replaced editorially by the Revisors with “Commissioner of Motor Vehicles” or “Department of Motor Vehicles”, as the case may be, for consistency with customary statutory usage).Cited. 175 C. 424.
CT Gen Stat § 5-145c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 65 - Disability Compensation and Death Benefits|Section 5-145c - Hypertension or heart disease in chief inspectors or inspectors in the Division of Criminal Justice.

 Any condition of impairment of health caused by hypertension or heart disease resulting in total or partial disability or death to any chief inspector or inspector in the Division of Criminal Justice who had successfully passed a physical examination on entry into prior service in any state or municipal police department, which examination failed to reveal any evidence of such condition, shall be presumed to have been suffered in the performance of his duty as a chief inspector or inspector in the Division of Criminal Justice. Nothing herein shall be construed to affect the application of chapter 568 to such person.(P.A. 73-275; P.A. 76-111, S. 6; P.A. 78-280, S. 11, 127.)History: P.A. 76-111 and P.A. 78-280 replaced references to county detectives with “chief inspector or inspector” in the division of criminal justice.Cited. 175 C. 424. Section provides rebuttable presumption of compensability, but does not, without further evidence, include heart disease or hypertension as an occupational disease pursuant to workers compensation law. 266 C. 728.
CT Gen Stat § 5-147 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 65 - Disability Compensation and Death Benefits|Section 5-147 - Payment of allowances of children.

 The allowances for surviving dependent children shall be payable to the surviving widow or to the legal guardian, as the case may be.(1961, P.A. 537, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 5-148 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 65 - Disability Compensation and Death Benefits|Section 5-148 - Contributions.

 Section 5-148 is repealed.(1961, P.A. 537, S. 3; 1963, P.A. 484; 1967, P.A. 405; 532, S. 2; 1972, P.A. 142, S. 2; P.A. 85-510, S. 34, 35.)
CT Gen Stat § 5-149 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 65 - Disability Compensation and Death Benefits|Section 5-149 - State employee death benefits not payable, when.

 If the death of a member of the Division of the State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection occurred prior to July 1, 1982, the benefits otherwise payable under section 5-144 shall not be paid if survivor benefits are payable under section 5-146. If the death occurs on or after July 1, 1982, the benefits under section 5-144 and section 5-146 shall both be payable if the applicable requirements of each section are satisfied.(1961, P.A. 537, S. 4; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 85-510, S. 4, 35; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)History: P.A. 77-614 substituted division of state police within the department of public safety for state police department, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 85-510 entirely replaced prior provisions stating that benefits payable under Sec. 5-144 shall not be payable in the case of the death of any uniformed member of the division of state police who leaves survivors entitled to benefits under Secs. 5-146 to 5-151, inclusive, and substituted provisions re benefits payable with respect to members dying prior to July 1, 1982, and members dying on or after July 1, 1982; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 5-150 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 65 - Disability Compensation and Death Benefits|Section 5-150 - Survivorship benefits for beneficiaries of members of Division of State Police.

 The survivorship benefits of sections 5-146 to 5-151, inclusive, shall continue to apply to the beneficiaries of a member of the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection who retired prior to July 1, 1982, provided such beneficiaries would have been entitled to such benefits had the retired member died on June 30, 1982. If such member retires on or after July 1, 1982, the survivorship benefits of section 5-146 to 5-151, inclusive, shall continue to apply to the beneficiaries of a member of the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, provided the member was not subject to the federal Insurance Contributions Act for such employment. No further contribution shall be required to provide such coverage. No spouse's benefits shall be payable unless the retired member was married to that spouse for at least one year prior to the member's death.(1961, P.A. 537, S. 5; 1963, P.A. 299; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 85-510, S. 5, 35; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)History: 1963 act allowed participation of former department members retired from any state service; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 made the state police a division within the department of public safety rather than an independent department, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 85-510 entirely replaced prior provisions stating that survivorship benefits of Secs. 5-146 to 5-151, inclusive, shall apply to beneficiaries of any uniformed member of the division of state police who has elected survivors' benefits and who retires on or after June 21, 1961, without further contributions and that any member or former member retired with 25 years of state police service prior to said date may elect to accept survivorship benefits by contributing 1% of his monthly retirement allowance, not to exceed $48 annually; and substituted provisions re benefits payable with respect to a member who retired prior to July 1, 1982, and a member who retired on or after July 1, 1982, and required that no spouse's benefits shall be payable unless the retired member was married to that spouse for at least one year prior to the member's death; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 5-151 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 65 - Disability Compensation and Death Benefits|Section 5-151 - Benefits for survivors of previously deceased police.

 Any widow other than one who has received benefits under the provisions of section 5-144, and a dependent child or children of any state policeman or of a retired state policeman who would have been eligible for benefits under sections 5-146 to 5-151, inclusive, had said sections been in effect on June 1, 1944, or at any time subsequent thereto shall be entitled to such benefits on and after July 1, 1985, provided such eligibility still exists. The survivors' benefits paid in accordance with this section shall be certified by the Retirement Commission to the Comptroller, who shall draw his order on the Treasurer for payment of such allowances.(1961, P.A. 537, S. 6; P.A. 85-511, S. 1, 3.)History: P.A. 85-511 changed the date of retroactive applicability of Secs. 5-146 to 5-151, inclusive, from July 1, 1945, to June 1, 1944, for widows and dependents.
CT Gen Stat § 5-152 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 66 - State Employees Retirement Act|Section 5-152 - Short title: State Employees Retirement Act.

 This chapter is known and shall be cited as the “State Employees Retirement Act”.(1961, P.A. 234, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 5-153 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 66 - State Employees Retirement Act|Section 5-153 - Continuance from prior law.

 The State Employees Retirement Commission and the state employees retirement system, as existing on September 30, 1961, shall be continued in accordance with and subject to the provisions of this chapter. Each person who was a member of the system on said date shall continue to be a member. All retirement salaries being paid on said date from the General Fund or the Retirement Fund shall continue to be paid from the General Fund or Retirement Fund, as the case may be. All service and contributions credited to a member for retirement purposes on said date shall remain credited.(1961, P.A. 234, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 5-155 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 66 - State Employees Retirement Act|Section 5-155 - Retirement Commission.

 Section 5-155 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 381; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 13; 1958 Rev., S. 5-95; 1961, P.A. 234, S. 4; P.A. 73-346; P.A. 75-33; P.A. 77-236; P.A. 80-478, S. 1, 3; P.A. 83-533, S. 53, 54.)
CT Gen Stat § 5-155b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 66 - State Employees Retirement Act|Section 5-155b - Regulations re claims and contested cases.

 The State Employees Retirement Commission shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, which establish the standards and criteria used by the commission (1) to review and reconsider decisions to deny claims submitted to the commission and (2) to decide contested cases.(P.A. 91-328, S. 2, 5.)
CT Gen Stat § 5-156b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 66 - State Employees Retirement Act|Section 5-156b - Employment of actuaries.

 The Retirement Commission shall employ the services of one or more actuaries, each of which shall be an individual or firm having on its staff a fellow of the society of actuaries, to carry out the actuarial duties of sections 5-156, 5-156a and subsection (b) of section 5-168 and for such related purposes as the Retirement Commission deems advisable. The cost of such services shall be charged to the retirement fund. The actuary shall make such investigations of the mortality, service and compensation experience of the members of the system as the commission shall recommend and authorize, and on the basis of the investigations he shall recommend for adoption by the commission such tables and rates as are required. Having regard to the investigations and recommendations, the commission shall adopt such tables as it deems necessary and shall certify the rates of contribution necessary to fund the system. At least once in each five-year period, the actuary shall make actuarial investigations into the mortality, service and compensation experience of the members and beneficiaries of the system and shall, at least once in each two-year period, make a valuation of the assets and liabilities of the funds of the system. The commission, taking into account the results of such investigations and valuations, shall adopt for the system mortality, service and other tables as it deems necessary and shall certify the rates of annual contribution payable under the applicable provisions of this chapter.(1971, P.A. 666, S. 5; P.A. 83-533, S. 5, 54.)History: P.A. 83-533 amended section to specify duties of actuary and commission with respect to investigations, recommendations and valuations and adoption of tables by commission.
CT Gen Stat § 5-156c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 66 - State Employees Retirement Act|Section 5-156c - Erroneous payments; adjustment; waiver of repayment; regulations.

 (a) Should any change or error in records result in any member or beneficiary receiving from any retirement system administered by the State Employees Retirement Commission more or less than he would have been entitled to receive had the records been correct, then upon discovery of any such error the Retirement Commission shall notify the member or beneficiary affected and correct the same, and as far as practicable shall adjust the payments in such manner that the actuarial equivalent of the benefit to which such member or beneficiary was correctly entitled shall be paid, provided if such change or error results in any member or beneficiary receiving less than he would have been eligible to receive, such member or beneficiary may elect to have such benefit paid in a single payment.(b) If a member or beneficiary has been overpaid through no fault of his own, and he could not reasonably have been expected to detect the error, the Retirement Commission may waive any repayment which it believes would cause hardship.(c) The Retirement Commission shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 establishing criteria for the waiver of repayment.(P.A. 86-348, S. 1, 8.)
CT Gen Stat § 5-156d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 66 - State Employees Retirement Act|Section 5-156d - Mailing date for benefit checks.

 The Retirement Division of the Comptroller's office shall mail retirement benefit checks not later than three business days prior to the date on which such checks are payable.(P.A. 87-381, S. 2; 87-589, S. 38, 87.)History: P.A. 87-589 made technical change, substituting “mail” for “post”.
CT Gen Stat § 5-156e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 66 - State Employees Retirement Act|Section 5-156e - Lump sum payment after audit to include interest.

 Any lump sum payment to a retired member of the state employees retirement system which represents the difference between the preaudit benefit received by the member and the actual benefit to which the member is entitled shall include interest at the rate of five per cent per year from six months following the date of retirement to the date of such lump sum payment. The payment of such interest shall be made from the State Employees Retirement Fund.(P.A. 91-328, S. 1, 5.)
CT Gen Stat § 5-156f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 66 - State Employees Retirement Act|Section 5-156f - Study re funding of past service liability. Additional contributions.

 Section 5-156f is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.(P.A. 92-205, S. 4, 5, 12; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-14, S. 1, 11; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 5-156g (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 66 - State Employees Retirement Act|Section 5-156g - Electronic direct deposit of pension payments.

 Unless otherwise requested by the recipient, any pension payment made under (1) the retirement system administered by the Connecticut State Employees Retirement Commission pursuant to this chapter, or (2) an alternate retirement program authorized by said commission shall be made by electronic direct deposit to the recipient's account in a bank, Connecticut credit union or federal credit union that has agreed to accept such payment.(P.A. 11-48, S. 35.)History: P.A. 11-48 effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 5-156h (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 66 - State Employees Retirement Act|Section 5-156h - Limitation on amount of retirement income for certain members not subject to terms of collective bargaining agreement.

 (a) For the purposes of this section, “member”, “retirement system”, and “state employee” have the same meanings as provided in section 5-154.(b) (1) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, each state employee first hired by the state on or after July 1, 2016, who is a member of the state employees retirement system and whose state employment is not subject to the terms of a collective bargaining agreement, shall not be entitled to receive any retirement income in excess of one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars per year during the period for which such member receives retirement income, regardless of the years of vesting service or other requirements of such member's retirement plan such member has completed at the time of retirement.(2) If such member's retirement income is calculated to be more than one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars per year at the time of the member's retirement, or if such member's retirement income after any cost-of-living adjustment becomes more than one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars per year, the amount of such member's retirement income shall be reduced to one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars per year, and such member shall not be entitled to any further cost-of-living adjustment.(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 61.)History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 effective July 1, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 5-157 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 66 - State Employees Retirement Act|Section 5-157 - Retirement system–parts A and B.

 (a) For purposes of the Social Security Agreement, the retirement system shall be divided into two parts, known as part A and part B. Part A shall consist of the positions of state employees, other than state police, who are members but who are not covered under Social Security. Part B shall consist of the positions of state employees who are members and who are covered under Social Security, in accordance with the Social Security Agreement.(b) All state employees other than state police becoming members on and after October 1, 1961, shall be included under part B.(c) The position of any part A member may, at his request, be transferred to part B, to the extent and in the manner permitted by Section 218 of the Social Security Act.(d) The state police and employees of state-aided institutions are not covered under the Social Security Agreement and are not included under either part A or part B except as provided in section 5-158e.(1957, P.A. 595, S. 2; September, 1957, P.A. 9, S. 1; 1958 Rev., S. 5-96; 1959, P.A. 131, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 234, S. 6; P.A. 80-407, S. 1, 4.)History: 1959 act added Subsec. (c); 1961 act “restated” state employees retirement act “in a simpler, clearer and more orderly form”; P.A. 80-407 amended Subsec. (d) modifying exclusion of state police and employees of state-aided institutions by providing exception in accordance with Sec. 5-158e.
CT Gen Stat § 5-158 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 66 - State Employees Retirement Act|Section 5-158 - Social Security–special coverage rules.

 (a) The following services of state employees in positions not covered by the retirement system and in positions covered by the retirement system but who are ineligible to be members shall not be covered under Social Security: (1) All services in any class or classes of (A) elective positions, (B) positions the compensation for which is on a fee basis, or (C) part-time positions; (2) agricultural labor and student service, to the fullest extent such noncoverage is permitted under Section 218 of the Social Security Act.(b) To the extent permitted by Section 218 of the Social Security Act and not prohibited above, services of state employees in positions not covered by the retirement system and in positions covered by the retirement system but who are ineligible to be members shall be covered under Social Security. The services of any such ineligible employee shall continue to be covered under Social Security if he thereafter becomes eligible to be a member.(c) A member who is covered under Social Security shall not lose his coverage, and a member who is not covered under Social Security shall not be denied coverage, solely because his position is also covered under another retirement system of this state or any subdivision thereof.(d) The members of the Teachers' Retirement Association are not authorized to hold a referendum as described in Section 218(d)(3) or a vote as described in Section 318(d)(7) of the Social Security Act.(e) An elective or other state employee, for whom membership in the retirement system is optional and who is not a member, shall be considered to be a member for the purpose of having him covered under Social Security, to the extent permitted by Section 218(d)(6)(E) and (F) of the Social Security Act.(1957, P.A. 595, S. 4; September, 1957, P.A. 9, S. 4; March, 1958, P.A. 23, S. 1; 1958 Rev., S. 5-97; 1959, P.A. 131, S. 3; 1961, P.A. 234, S. 7; 442; P.A. 73-597, S. 2, 3.)History: 1959 act added Subsec. (j); 1961 acts “restated” state employees retirement act “in a simpler, clearer and more orderly form” and deleted from Subsec. (a)(2) part-time positions; P.A. 73-597 deleted reference to service of emergency nature and included part-time positions under exclusion from social security coverage.Cited. 210 C. 531.