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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4e - State Contracting › Chapter 62a - State Contracting: General Provisions › Section 4e-76. - Modification of contracts.

(a) The state may, in any public or special act, modify a contract to which it is a party (1) if any impairment to the contract is not substantial, or (2) (A) if any impairment to the contract is substantial, the public or special act serves a legitimate public purpose such as remedying a general social or economic problem, and (B) if such purpose is demonstrated, the means chosen to accomplish such purpose are reasonable and necessary.
(b) Any such impairment of a contract as described in subsection (a) of this section may be considered reasonable and necessary if (1) the state did not consider such impairment on par with other policy alternatives, (2) the state did not impose a drastic impairment when an evident and more moderate course of action would serve its purpose equally well, and (3) the state did not act unreasonably in light of the surrounding circumstances.
(c) Subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall not be construed to apply to (1) investments by the State Treasurer or administered by the State Treasurer or any contracts related thereto, or (2) bonds, notes, evidences of indebtedness or other direct or contingent obligations of the state for borrowed money or any contracts related thereto.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 221; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-4, S. 22.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 effective October 31, 2017; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-4 added Subsec. (c) re construction of Subsecs. (a) and (b), effective November 21, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 5 - State Employees › Chapter 64a - State Employees' Benefits and Protections › Section 5-141b. - Comptroller may issue statement of benefits.

The Comptroller may issue a statement to all state employees which shall include a summary of medical benefits, survivors' benefits and normal retirement benefits for each employee and a summary of general salary and other fringe benefit provisions.
(P.A. 74-336, S. 1; P.A. 75-519, S. 8, 12; P.A. 77-614, S. 66, 610; P.A. 13-247, S. 331.)
History: P.A. 75-519 substituted personnel commissioner for commissioner of personnel and administration and “may” for “shall”; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of administrative services for personnel commissioner; P.A. 13-247 substituted “Comptroller” for “Commissioner of Administrative Services”, effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 5 - State Employees › Chapter 64a - State Employees' Benefits and Protections › Section 5-141c. - Reimbursement of state employees for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

The Commissioner of Administrative Services, with the approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, shall establish and implement regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, for the reimbursement of state employees for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, except to the extent that such reimbursement is otherwise provided in accordance with the provisions of chapter 67 or 68.
(P.A. 77-614, S. 75, 610; P.A. 85-134, S. 1; P.A. 13-247, S. 332.)
History: P.A. 85-134 provided that such regulations would not control whenever reimbursement is otherwise provided in accordance with chapter 67 or 68; P.A. 13-247 added reference to Ch. 54, effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 5 - State Employees › Chapter 64a - State Employees' Benefits and Protections › Section 5-141e. - Deduct-a-ride program for state employees.

The Comptroller may offer to qualified state employees the option to exclude from taxable wages and compensation, consistent with Section 132 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, employee commuting costs incurred through the use of (1) transportation in a commuter highway vehicle if such transportation is in connection with travel between the employee's residence and place of employment, (2) any transit pass, or (3) qualified parking, in an amount not to exceed the maximum level allowed by 26 USC 132(f)(2), as from time to time amended, and regulations adopted pursuant to said section. The Comptroller may contract with an administrator for the management of this program. For purposes of this section, “state employees” includes members of the General Assembly.
(P.A. 02-123, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 02-123 effective June 7, 2002.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 5 - State Employees › Chapter 65 - Disability Compensation and Death Benefits › Section 5-142a. - Injury or death of sheriff.

Any high sheriff, chief deputy sheriff, deputy sheriff or special deputy sheriff who suffers death, disability or injury, while in performance of any duty for which he is compensated by the state, shall, for the purposes of section 5-142 and chapter 568, be presumed to be an employee of the state and shall be compensated by the state in accordance with said section and chapter.
(1967, P.A. 660.)
Cited. 175 C. 424; 221 C. 41.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 5 - State Employees › Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act › Section 5-194. - Construction and administration.

This chapter shall be so construed and administered as to provide a uniform and equitable system of personnel administration of employees in the state service. Recruitment, selection, appointment, development, promotion, transfer, layoff, classification, compensation, discipline, separation and provision for the welfare of state employees shall be performed in a manner to secure and retain well qualified employees to carry out state programs effectively and efficiently and to provide reasonable stability of employment in the state service.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 3.)
Cited. 170 C. 668; 226 C. 670.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 5 - State Employees › Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act › Section 5-195. - Merit principles to be observed.

The system of personnel administration for employees in the state service shall be based on merit principles. All appointments and promotions, except as hereinafter specified, shall be made according to merit and fitness as ascertained by examinations given in accordance with provisions of this chapter.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 4.)
Cited. 170 C. 668; 175 C. 127.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 5 - State Employees › Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act › Section 5-196a and 5-196b. - “Commissioner” and “department” defined. “Personnel Commissioner” and “Personnel Department”, terminology change.

Sections 5-196a and 5-196b are repealed.
(P.A. 73-677, S. 1; P.A. 75-519, S. 1, 7, 12; P.A. 77-614, S. 66, 609, 610.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 5 - State Employees › Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act › Section 5-197. - Offices in state service to be classified; exceptions.

Any office or position in the state service, whether full-time or part-time, shall be a position in the classified service, except as hereinafter set forth in this chapter or otherwise specified by statute.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 6.)
All services rendered by the state are not subject to the state personnel act. 166 C. 757. Cited. 176 C. 1.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 5 - State Employees › Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act › Section 5-199. - Personnel Division of Department of Administrative Services. Deputy commissioner.

Section 5-199 is repealed, effective July 1, 1996.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 8; 1972, P.A. 123, S. 2; P.A. 73-497, S. 1, 2; 73-677, S. 3; P.A. 75-519, S. 3, 12; P.A. 77-614, S. 107, 610; P.A. 96-168, S. 33, 34.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 5 - State Employees › Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act › Section 5-199a and 5-199b. - Bureaus established. Deputy commissioners; qualifications; appointment; powers. Exempt positions.

Sections 5-199a and 5-199b are repealed.
(P.A. 73-677, S. 4, 5; P.A. 75-519, S. 11, 12.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 5 - State Employees › Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act › Section 5-199c. - Human resources strategic plan.

The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall develop a human resources strategic plan for anticipating and meeting the personnel requirements of the state service. The plan shall clearly define the missions, functions and responsibilities of the Department of Administrative Services, the Office of Policy and Management and each agency with respect to personnel management and administration, shall establish long-range personnel goals and short-term strategies designed to accomplish such goals, and shall include: (1) The projected personnel requirements of the state service for a minimum period of five years; (2) an analysis of how current employees will satisfy such requirements; (3) a determination of whether and what type of retraining will be necessary to carry out state programs and provide state services; (4) a determination of whether additional hiring will be necessary; (5) the nature and scope of personnel recruitment efforts that should be conducted; (6) approaches for improving the methods of performance evaluation for state employees; and (7) approaches for improving the image of state employment and state employees as perceived by the residents of this state, potential candidates for state employment and state employees.
(P.A. 92-165, S. 1, 32.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 5 - State Employees › Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act › Section 5-199d. - Role of regional community-technical colleges in training for state employees.

The Department of Administrative Services or any other state agency which seeks to contract for training for their employees shall, prior to entering into a contract, contact the president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities, or said president's designee, to determine if an appropriate training program exists or can be designed at a regional community-technical college. Nothing in this section shall preclude an agency from considering or choosing other providers to meet such training need.
(P.A. 96-190, S. 4, 8; P.A. 11-48, S. 273; P.A. 16-15, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 96-190 effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 11-48 replaced “chancellor of the regional community-technical colleges” with “president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education” and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 16-15 replaced “president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education” with “president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities”, effective July 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 5 - State Employees › Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act › Section 5-200b. - Reclassification of state employees by Commissioner of Administrative Services.

Any state employee who is being reclassified upward to a competitive or noncompetitive class in state service may be allocated to the higher classification without examination by the Commissioner of Administrative Services if the reclassification results from a survey of all positions in a class, an occupational group or all classes of a bargaining unit and the employee possesses the minimum experience and training requirements for the new class and has permanent status in the present class.
(P.A. 87-253, S. 1, 5; P.A. 13-247, S. 345.)
History: P.A. 13-247 added “a class” re survey of positions and changed “occupational series” to “occupational group”, effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 5 - State Employees › Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act › Section 5-200c. - Elimination of wage inequities in state service.

The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall take into account any further wage inequities identified as part of the five year review process in accordance with section 5-200a. In each fiscal year, upon the request of the commissioner with the approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the General Assembly shall appropriate sufficient funds to the reserve for salary adjustments account in the annual appropriations act for such fiscal year to be designated for use in modifications to the compensation plan for state service, as identified by the findings of (1) the objective job evaluation process conducted by the Commissioner of Administrative Services pursuant to section 5-200a, and (2) other studies negotiated under collective bargaining agreements. Inequities shall not be eliminated through the downgrading of any job classification or salaries.
(P.A. 87-407, S. 1, 5; P.A. 91-321, S. 1, 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-4, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-12, S. 1, 3; P.A. 13-247, S. 346.)
History: P.A. 91-321 designated existing section as Subsec. (a), changed the date for the elimination of wage inequities from June 30, 1991, to June 30, 1993, and added Subsec. (b) re collective bargaining negotiations concerning wage changes as a result of objective job evaluations; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-4 extended the date by which wage inequities are required to be eliminated from June 30, 1993, to June 30, 1994, extended the date by which collective bargaining negotiations concerning wage changes are required to commence from July 1, 1992, to April 1, 1993, and extended the date by which results of such negotiations are required to be implemented from July 1, 1993, to July 1, 1994; P.A. 93-12, effective March 31, 1993, extended the date by which wage inequities are required to be eliminated from June 30, 1994, to July 1, 1995, and extended the date by which the results of negotiations concerning wage changes are required to be implemented from July 1, 1994, to July 1, 1995; P.A. 13-247 added provisions re Commissioner of Administrative Services to take further wage inequities into account and re appropriation of sufficient funds for modifications to compensation plan upon request of commissioner, with approval of Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, deleted provisions re eliminating wage inequities within and between job families, re objective job evaluation studies of unclassified employees, re variations in compensation in relation to assigned point values and re distribution of funds, deleted former Subsec. (b) re collective bargaining negotiations concerning wage changes from objective job evaluations, and made conforming changes, effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 5 - State Employees › Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act › Section 5-201a. - Relation of Personnel Appeal Board to the department.

Section 5-201a is repealed.
(P.A. 74-336, S. 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 109, 610; P.A. 81-472, S. 158, 159.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 5 - State Employees › Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act › Section 5-203. - Reports to Commissioner of Administrative Services of personnel changes.

Each appointment, transfer, promotion, demotion, dismissal, vacancy, change of salary rate, leave of absence, absence from duty or other temporary or permanent change in the status of any employee in the classified service shall be reported to the Commissioner of Administrative Services at such time, in such form and together with such supporting or other pertinent information as he prescribes.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 12; P.A. 77-614, S. 66, 610.)
History: P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of administrative services for personnel commissioner.
Cited. 175 C. 127; 240 C. 246.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 5 - State Employees › Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act › Section 5-204. - Report to Governor.

The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall compile currently and submit a report to the Governor, as provided in section 4-60, giving information as to the number of state employees, the number of employees in the classified service, salary expenditures, employee turnover and any other matters pertinent to personnel administration.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 13; P.A. 77-614, S. 110, 610.)
History: P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of administrative services for personnel commissioner and deleted sentence concerning filing report copy with personnel policy board.
Cited. 240 C. 246.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 5 - State Employees › Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act › Section 5-205. - Administration of oaths, issuance of subpoenas.

Section 5-205 is repealed.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 14; P.A. 77-614, S. 67, 610; P.A. 79-621, S. 23, 24.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 5 - State Employees › Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act › Section 5-206. - Position classifications.

(a) Position classifications established by the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall be listed in the appropriate records and publications of the Department of Administrative Services in accordance with the following descriptive items: (1) The title and code given to the class; (2) the pay grade for the class; (3) a statement of the duties and responsibilities exercised by those employees holding positions allocated to the class, illustrated, when practicable, by examples of typical tasks; and (4) the minimum desirable qualifications required by an incumbent for the satisfactory performance of such duties and the satisfactory discharge of such responsibilities.
(b) In establishing new position classifications, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall make a study of the schedules of compensation established for positions similar as to duties, responsibilities and qualifications in the state service, of the rates of compensation paid for similar services elsewhere and of any other pertinent information and data.
(c) The Commissioner of Administrative Services periodically shall review the work performed by employees in the classified service and shall issue such orders as are necessary to have such employees assigned to work in accordance with the classifications of their positions or to have their classifications changed to comply with their work, provided any employee, whose classification, status or compensation is affected, shall be given reasonable opportunity to be heard prior to the issuance of any such order.
(d) In no event shall the personnel classification of “auditor” be used in reference to personnel of any agency other than the Auditors of Public Accounts or the term “auditor's report” be used in reference to the reports of such personnel except that employees performing auditing functions for agencies other than the Auditors of Public Accounts may be so designated if the personnel classifications to which they are assigned are clearly distinguished from those of the Auditors of Public Accounts.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 15; 1971, P.A. 491; P.A. 77-614, S. 66, 67, 610; P.A. 78-206.)
History: 1971 act added Subsec. (d) re use of terms “auditor” and “auditor's”; P.A. 77-614 replaced personnel commissioner and personnel policy board with commissioner of administrative services and personnel department with department of administrative services; P.A. 78-206 amended Subsec. (d) by adding exception to provisions.
Cited. 239 C. 638; 240 C. 246.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 5 - State Employees › Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act › Section 5-206a. - Establishment of position classification series for marital and family therapists.

The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall establish a job classification series for marital and family therapists licensed under chapter 383a and professional counselors licensed under chapter 383c.
(P.A. 03-64, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 5 - State Employees › Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act › Section 5-207. - Use of classification titles and codes.

The classification titles or codes of positions in the classified service shall be used in all records and communications of the Office of Policy and Management, the Department of Administrative Services, the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer, in all estimates submitted to the General Assembly or Office of Policy and Management requesting the appropriation of money to pay for personal services, in documents or accounts relating to allotments and in all vouchers or payrolls relating to obligations for personal services.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 16; P.A. 73-679, S. 25, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 38, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 36, 610.)
History: P.A. 73-679 replaced budget division with planning and budgeting division of the department of finance and control; P.A. 75-537 changed division name to budget and management division; P.A. 77-614 replaced finance and control department and its budget and management division with the office of policy and management and replaced personnel department with department of administrative services.
Cited. 240 C. 246.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 5 - State Employees › Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act › Section 5-207a. - Requirements for positions with exposure to federal tax information.

For each position of employment with the state of Connecticut that involves exposure to federal tax information, the employing agency shall, subject to the provisions of section 31-51i, require each applicant for, each employee applying for transfer to, and, at least every ten years, each current employee of such a position, to (1) state in writing whether such applicant or employee has been convicted of a crime or whether criminal charges are pending against such applicant or employee at the time of application for employment or transfer and, if so, to identify the charges and court in which such charges are pending, and (2) be fingerprinted and submit to state and national criminal history records checks. The criminal history records checks required by this section shall be conducted in accordance with section 29-17a.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 129.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 effective October 31, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 5 - State Employees › Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act › Section 5-208. - Compensation schedules.

(a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall establish compensation schedules or plans. For employees who are not members of any collective bargaining unit, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management such schedules or plans shall consist of sufficient salary grades to provide compensation rates determined to be necessary or desirable for all classes assigned to each compensation schedule.
(b) When the compensation of a class is raised, the salary of each incumbent in such class who is not a member of any collective bargaining unit shall be increased by an amount at least equal to one step or five per cent, whichever is less, in the higher salary grade, except managerial employees' salaries shall be increased by an amount equal to five per cent, up to the maximum of the new salary grade.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 17; P.A. 77-614, S. 67, 610; P.A. 78-231, S. 2, 10; P.A. 79-621, S. 8, 24; P.A. 13-247, S. 348.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced personnel policy board with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 78-231 allowed minimum and maximum salaries for managerial employees in Subsec. (a) and provided for increases of at least 5% for managerial employees in Subsec. (b) and added Subsec. (c) re approval of compensation schedules; P.A. 79-621 revised Subsecs. (a) and (b) to apply to schedules for employees not covered under collective bargaining and omitted Subsec. (c), incorporating approval provisions in Subsec. (a); P.A. 13-247 made a technical change in Subsec. (a) and amended Subsec. (b) to limit increase in managerial employees' salaries to maximum of new salary grade, effective July 1, 2013.
Cited. 240 C. 246.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 5 - State Employees › Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act › Section 5-208a. - Compensation by more than one agency restricted. Multiple job assignments within same agency restricted.

No state employee shall be compensated for services rendered to more than one state agency during a biweekly pay period unless the appointing authority of each agency or such authority's designee certifies that the duties performed are outside the responsibility of the agency of principal employment, that the hours worked at each agency are documented and reviewed to preclude duplicate payment and that no conflicts of interest exist between services performed. No state employee who holds multiple job assignments within the same state agency shall be compensated for services rendered to such agency during a biweekly pay period unless the appointing authority of such agency or his designee certifies that the duties performed are not in conflict with the employee's primary responsibility to the agency, that the hours worked on each assignment are documented and reviewed to preclude duplicate payment, and that there is no conflict of interest between the services performed. Any dual employment arrangement that results in the necessity to pay overtime shall be approved in advance by the Commissioner of Administrative Services.
(P.A. 80-278; P.A. 87-253, S. 3; P.A. 13-247, S. 349.)
History: P.A. 87-253 established restrictions for state employees who hold more than one job assignment from the same state agency, and removed retirement credit restrictions on employees working for more than one state agency, in accordance with the provisions of the state employees retirement act; P.A. 13-247 added provision re advance approval of dual employment arrangements that necessitate overtime pay and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 5 - State Employees › Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act › Section 5-209. - Compensation for performance of duties of higher job classification.

Any state employee, except an employee who has been designated managerial, who is assigned, by the employee's appointing authority, duties and responsibilities of a job classification higher than the class in which the employee is placed, which assignment has been approved by the Commissioner of Administrative Services, and who works in such assignment on a continuous basis for a period of more than sixty working days, shall be compensated for such time in excess of sixty days at a rate in the higher class which shall not be less than one step in that class above the employee's existing rate of pay. Service in a higher classification under this section shall not constitute permanent status in such class.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 18; P.A. 73-225; P.A. 77-614, S. 66, 610; P.A. 78-231, S. 3, 10; P.A. 00-68, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 73-225 reworded section to require personnel commissioner's approval for assignment rather than approval for payment at higher classification; P.A. 77-614 replaced personnel commissioner with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 78-231 excluded managerial employees from provisions of section and replaced commissioner with director of personnel and labor relations; P.A. 00-68 substituted “Commissioner of Administrative Services” for “Director of Personnel and Labor Relations” and made technical changes for the purpose of gender neutrality.
Cited. 175 C. 127.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 5 - State Employees › Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act › Section 5-209a. - General worker. Work experience credit for out-of-class work.

(a) Any person who is employed in state service as a general worker for program support or technical services, as determined by the Department of Administrative Services at the time of such employment, shall be credited with work experience equal to any time such person worked out of class performing work relevant to any full-time position in the state service for which such person subsequently applies.
(b) Any person who contests the amount of work experience for which such person is credited by a state agency pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be entitled to a hearing before a hearing officer of such agency. Such person may appeal any determination made by the hearing officer to the commissioner or other head of such agency. This subsection shall be governed by the provisions of chapter 54.
(P.A. 05-17, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 05-17 effective May 4, 2005.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 5 - State Employees › Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act › Section 5-210a, 5-210b and 5-211. - Employee anniversary dates for fiscal 1975-76. Payment of partial increments for fiscal 1975-76. Meritorious service award; exceptions.

Sections 5-210a, 5-210b and 5-211 are repealed.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 20; 1969, P.A. 658, S. 4; 1971, P.A. 289; 1972, P.A. 93, S. 1; P.A. 73-616, S. 50, 67; 73-679, S. 26, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 39, 55; 75-567, S. 20, 80; 75-581, S. 2, 6; P.A. 77-3, S. 1, 2; 77-614, S. 19, 67, 610; P.A. 78-231, S. 5, 10; P.A. 80-57, S. 4; P.A. 81-457, S. 13.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 5 - State Employees › Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act › Section 5-212. - Salary not to exceed salary range.

No portion of an annual salary increase under section 5-210 shall be given which will result in a salary in excess of the salary range established for the employee's class of position. The amount of any lump-sum payments made in accordance with the provisions of section 5-210 shall not be deemed an increase in salary.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 21; P.A. 81-457, S. 6; P.A. 03-19, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 81-457 required that no salary increase shall result in a salary which exceeds the established salary range, excluded lump sum payments made under Sec. 5-210(d) from consideration as salary increases and deleted reference to awards for outstandingly meritorious service; P.A. 03-19 made a technical change, effective May 12, 2003.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 5 - State Employees › Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act › Section 5-213a and 5-213b. - Salary increase for managerial employees in lieu of longevity payments. Conferring of benefits upon managerial or confidential employees and appointed officials not included in collective bargaining units.

Sections 5-213a and 5-213b are repealed.
(P.A. 78-231, S. 7, 10; 78-367, S. 2, 3; P.A. 79-621, S. 23, 24; P.A. 81-457, S. 13.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 5 - State Employees › Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act › Section 5-213c. - Salary increase upon termination of longevity payments to employees not included in any collective bargaining unit.

Effective the first pay period after July 1, 2013, the annual salary of any employee in state service who is not included in any collective bargaining unit, except those employees whose compensation is prescribed by statute, who received a longevity payment in April 2011, shall be increased by the annualized amount of the longevity payment paid on the last regular pay day of April 2013.
(Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 37.)
History: Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 effective December 21, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 5 - State Employees › Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act › Section 5-214. - Creation of new positions and filling of vacancies subject to certification by Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management or designee.

Except in emergencies, natural disasters or for the purpose of qualifying for federal funding, no new position shall be created and no vacancies shall be filled in the classified service until the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management has certified to the appointing authority that the position is necessary for carrying on the work of the state in an efficient and business-like manner and any necessary appropriation therefor has been made. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management may delegate his duties under this section to the Commissioner of Administrative Services.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 23; P.A. 73-679, S. 27, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 40, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 37, 610.)
History: P.A. 73-679 replaced budget director with managing director of planning and budgeting division of department of finance and control and included deputy commissioner of finance and control and personnel commissioner as delegates of finance and control commissioner; P.A. 75-537 changed division name to budget and management division; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with secretary of the office of policy and management, deleted reference to deputy commissioner of finance and control and managing director and replaced personnel commissioner with commissioner of administrative services, and provided exception concerning new positions sought in emergencies, natural disasters and qualifying for federal funds.
Cited. 175 C. 127.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 5 - State Employees › Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act › Section 5-215. - Study of need for existing positions.

The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall study and investigate the need for existing positions in the classified service and may cancel unfilled positions which are not needed in carrying on the work of the state.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 24; P.A. 73-679, S. 28, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 41, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 40, 610.)
History: P.A. 73-679 replaced budget director with managing director, planning and budgeting division, department of finance and control or his designee; P.A. 75-537 changed division name to budget and management division and deleted reference to designee; P.A. 77-614 replaced managing director with secretary of the office of policy and management, gave secretary power to cancel unfilled positions and deleted duties of personnel commissioner.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 5 - State Employees › Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act › Section 5-215a. - Filling of vacancies from candidate lists.

When the appointing authority receives approval to fill a vacancy in any permanent position in the classified service, the appointing authority shall request the Commissioner of Administrative Services to provide a candidate list. The candidate list certified by the commissioner shall contain the final earned rating of each candidate. The appointing authority shall fill the vacant position by selecting any candidate on the candidate list. In the event that fewer than five names are available on the candidate list to fill a position, the Commissioner of Administrative Services may authorize a new examination based on documented need. The appointing authority may fill the position from either the new or original candidate list in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(P.A. 92-165, S. 7, 32; P.A. 93-274, S. 1, 7; P.A. 96-168, S. 4, 34; P.A. 13-247, S. 350.)
History: P.A. 93-274 authorized commissioner to certify additional intervals of a candidate list when less than five names are available in the two highest intervals on a candidate list, to readminister an examination when fewer than five names are available on the candidate list, and for multiple phase examinations, to allow the candidate list certified to include the names of all candidates who have passed each phase of the examination, effective June 30, 1993; P.A. 96-168 deleted restrictions on the selection of candidates to fill vacant positions, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 13-247 replaced provision re when vacancy is to be filled with provision re when appointing authority receives approval to fill vacancy, effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 5 - State Employees › Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act › Section 5-217. - Effective period of candidate lists.

The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall specify, at the time any candidate list is promulgated, the period during which such list shall remain in force. In no case shall a candidate list remain in force for a period of less than three months or more than one year, except (1) such period may be extended not more than two years by the commissioner as appropriate based upon the needs of the state, and (2) candidate lists for continuous recruitment examinations shall be based on the needs of the service.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 26; P.A. 77-614, S. 112, 610; P.A. 92-165, S. 9, 32; P.A. 96-168, S. 6, 34; P.A. 13-247, S. 352; P.A. 15-182, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced personnel commissioner with commissioner of administrative services and deleted requirement for personnel policy board approval to extend the time list is in effect; P.A. 92-165 changed “employment list” to “candidate list”; P.A. 96-168 permitted the commissioner to extend continuous recruitment examinations for a period not to exceed five years, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 13-247 shortened minimum period for candidate list to remain in force from 6 months to 3 months, shortened extension period from 2 years to 1 year and changed maximum extension period for continuous recruitment from 5 years to as needed by service, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 15-182 changed extension period from 1 year to 2 years and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 5 - State Employees › Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act › Section 5-219a. - Volunteer experience considered.

It shall be the policy of all state agencies to consider volunteer experience as partial fulfillment of training and experience requirements for state employment.
(P.A. 79-183, S. 1; P.A. 13-247, S. 355; P.A. 14-187, S. 25.)
History: P.A. 13-247 deleted former Subsec. (b) re analysis of personnel hirings and made a conforming change, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 14-187 deleted provision requiring adoption of regulations to implement policy, effective June 11, 2014.
See Sec. 4-61ii et seq. re volunteers in state government.
See Sec. 4-61mm re annual evaluation of volunteer program.