2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 872 - Judges › Section 51-50b. - Retirement contribution.

(a) There shall be deducted and withheld from the salary payable to each judge under subsections (a) and (d) of section 51-47, family support magistrate under subsection (h) of section 46b-231, and administrative law judge under section 31-277 who is (1) appointed prior to January 1, 2018, a sum equal to five per cent of the judge's, family support magistrate's or administrative law judge's salary, and (2) appointed on or after January 1, 2018, a sum equal to six per cent of the judge's, family support magistrate's or administrative law judge's salary. The sums deducted and withheld shall be deposited in the Judge's Retirement Fund. The provisions of this subsection shall apply to any family support magistrate who had elected under the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection (i) of section 46b-231.
(b) The provisions of this section with respect to judges shall apply only to any person first appointed a judge of any court after May 20, 1967, and, on or after July 1, 1978, to any person who was appointed a judge on or prior to May 20, 1967, and who is reappointed to the same court on or after July 1, 1978, or who is appointed to a different court on or after July 1, 1978. The deduction or withholding shall commence with the reappointment or appointment, as the case may be. The appointment of a judge of the Supreme Court to the office of Chief Justice, the appointment, on or after August 1, 1983, of a judge of the Appellate Court to the Supreme Court prior to the expiration of his term as an Appellate Court judge or the appointment of a Superior Court judge to the Supreme Court or, on or after August 1, 1983, to the Appellate Court, prior to the expiration of his term as a Superior Court judge shall not be deemed to be a reappointment to the same court or appointment to a different court.
(c) All matching noncontributory payments required to be made by the state to carry out the provisions of sections 51-49, 51-50 and 51-50a on behalf of administrative law judges shall be an expense of the compensation commission for purposes of assessment under section 31-345.
(d) All contributions made under this section shall be refunded without interest to any judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge who resigns or is otherwise removed from judicial office or from the office of family support magistrate or the office of administrative law judge prior to becoming eligible for retirement benefits or in the event of the death of any such judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge, to his named beneficiary or, if none, his estate, provided no pension is payable under section 51-51.
(1967, P.A. 621, S. 2; 1971, P.A. 639, S. 6; P.A. 77-576, S. 47, 65; 77-602; P.A. 80-337, S. 11, 13; P.A. 81-456, S. 4; P.A. 82-248, S. 28; 82-392, S. 1, 3; P.A. 84-399, S. 5, 17; P.A. 85-613, S. 75, 154; P.A. 86-295, S. 1, 3; P.A. 92-226, S. 13, 28; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 217; P.A. 21-18, S. 1.)
History: 1971 act added provision re payments on behalf of compensation commissioners and applied previously existing provisions to compensation commissioners; P.A. 77-576 added provisions re effect of reappointment to same court or appointment to a different court and re refund of contributions to judge or compensation commissioner who ceases to hold office before becoming eligible for retirement; P.A. 77-602 replaced refund provision of P.A. 77-576 with new provision applicable to judge or compensation commissioner who resigns or is otherwise removed from office rather than to judge or compensation commissioner who “ceases to hold office”; P.A. 80-337 clarified meaning of “salary” for purposes of section; P.A. 81-456 required that deductions from judges' salaries be deposited in judge's retirement fund rather than in general fund; P.A. 82-248 made technical revision, rewording some provisions and dividing section into Subsecs. but made no substantive change; P.A. 82-392 added provision re refund of all contributions in the event of death of judge or compensation commissioner to his named beneficiary, or if none, his estate, provided no pension is payable under Sec. 51-51; P.A. 84-399 amended Subsec. (a) by adding references to salary payable to each judge under Subsecs. (a) and (d) of Sec. 54-47 and compensation commissioner under Sec. 31-277 and deleted Subsec. (e) re definition of “salary”; P.A. 85-613 made technical changes, substituting reference to Sec. 51-47 for reference to Sec. 54-47; P.A. 86-295 amended Subsec. (b) to provide that the appointment on and after August 1, 1983, of judge of the appellate court to the supreme court prior to expiration of term as appellate judge, or judge of the superior court to the appellate court prior to expiration of term as superior court judge shall not be deemed to be reappointment to same court or appointment to different court; P.A. 92-226 extended provisions of section to include any family support magistrate who had elected under Sec. 46b-231 to be included in this section; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “(1) appointed prior to January 1, 2018”, adding Subdiv. (2) re deduction from salary for Judge's Retirement Fund of 6 per cent for judges, family support magistrates and compensation commissioners appointed on or after January 1, 2018, and making technical changes, effective October 31, 2017; pursuant to P.A. 21-18, “commissioner” and “compensation commissioner” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “administrative law judge” and “compensation commissioners” and “commissioner's” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “administrative law judges” and “administrative law judge's” respectively, in Subsecs. (a), (c) and (d), effective October 1, 2021.
See Sec. 51-49d re funding of retirement system.
Discussed; history of state referees. 164 C. 360.