Sec. 5-253. Payment for extra hours of work and accumulated vacation allowance on death.
Sec. 5-253. Payment for extra hours of work and accumulated vacation allowance on death. Upon the death of any state employee, a lump sum payment shall be
made (a) for equivalent time off due him for authorized extra hours of work credited to
the employee in accordance with existing personnel regulations and (b) for all of the
employee's accumulated vacation allowance which shall be an amount equal to the
salary which he would have received had he remained in the service until the expiration
of such vacation period. Such payment shall be made upon the establishment of a valid
claim therefor, in the following order of precedence: First, to the surviving beneficiary
or beneficiaries, if any, lawfully designated by the employee under the state employees
retirement system; second, if there is no such designated beneficiary, to the estate of
the deceased.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 61; P.A. 74-65, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 74-65 specified that payment be lump sum payment.