Sec. 31-277. Salary of compensation commissioners. Longevity payments.
Sec. 31-277. Salary of compensation commissioners. Longevity payments. (a)
Each commissioner shall, during his first year of service as a commissioner, receive an
annual salary of six thousand dollars less than the highest step level of a Superior Court
judge; during his second year of service as a commissioner, each commissioner shall
receive an annual salary of five thousand dollars less than the highest step level of a
Superior Court judge; during his third year of service as a commissioner, he shall receive
an annual salary of four thousand dollars less than the highest step level of a Superior
Court judge; during his fourth year of service as a commissioner, he shall receive an
annual salary of three thousand dollars less than the highest step level of a Superior
Court judge; during his fifth year of service as a commissioner, he shall receive an annual
salary of two thousand dollars less than the highest step level of a Superior Court judge;
and during his sixth year of service as a commissioner, he shall receive an annual salary
of one thousand dollars less than the highest step level of a Superior Court judge, together
with his necessary clerical, office and travel expenses as approved by the Comptroller;
and the chairman of the Workers' Compensation Commission shall receive in addition
ten thousand dollars annually. Each commissioner shall devote his entire time to the
duties of his office and shall not be otherwise gainfully employed.
(b) Each commissioner, who has completed not less than ten years of service as a
commissioner, or other state service or service as an elected officer of the state, or any
combination of such service, shall receive semiannual longevity payments based on
service completed as of the first day of July and the first day of January of each year as
follows:
(1) A commissioner who has completed ten or more years but less than fifteen years
of service shall receive one-quarter of three per cent of the annual salary payable under
subsection (a) of this section.
(2) A commissioner who has completed fifteen or more years but less than twenty
years of service shall receive one-half of three per cent of the annual salary payable
under subsection (a) of this section.
(3) A commissioner who has completed twenty or more years but less than twenty-five years of service shall receive three-quarters of three per cent of the annual salary
payable under subsection (a) of this section.
(4) A commissioner who has completed twenty-five or more years of service shall
receive three per cent of the annual salary payable under subsection (a) of this section.
(1949 Rev., S. 3600; 1951, 1955, S. 1969d; 1958 Rev., S. 31-141; 1959, P.A. 428, S. 1; 1961, P.A. 491, S. 3; February,
1965, P.A. 331, S. 45; 1969, P.A. 696, S. 2; P.A. 76-436, S. 621, 681; P.A. 79-540, S. 10, 11; P.A. 84-399, S. 12, 17; P.A.
91-32, S. 3, 41; P.A. 93-379, S. 7, 8; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-1, S. 38, 46.)
History: 1959 act raised commissioners' salary from $13,500 to $15,000; 1961 act entirely replaced previous provisions;
1965 act increased commissioners' salary to $17,500; 1969 act replaced specific salary with provision calling for salaries
"in an amount equal to that paid to a judge of the court of common pleas"; P.A. 76-436 called for salaries of $6,000 less
than the "highest step level of a superior court judge", effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 79-540 replaced single salary figure
with schedule of salaries fixed according to years of service; P.A. 84-399 amended section by adding Subsec. (b) re
longevity payments; P.A. 91-32 deleted obsolete references to July 1, 1979, and made technical changes; P.A. 93-379
amended Subsec. (b) to permit credit for longevity purposes for other state service or service as an elected official of the
state or any combination of service, effective June 30, 1993; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-1 amended Subsec. (a) to increase
additional compensation of chairman from $1,000 annually to $10,000 annually, effective July 1, 2000.
See Sec. 51-47 re salaries of judges.