Sec. 51-49c. Cost of living allowance for surviving spouses of judges, family support magistrates and compensation commissioners who commenced service on or after January 1, 1981.
Sec. 51-49c. Cost of living allowance for surviving spouses of judges, family
support magistrates and compensation commissioners who commenced service on
or after January 1, 1981. On January 1, 1982, and January first of each subsequent
year, each surviving spouse of a deceased judge, family support magistrate or of a compensation commissioner who first commenced service as a judge, family support magistrate or compensation commissioner on or after January 1, 1981, receiving an allowance
under the provisions of section 51-51, shall be entitled to an additional cost of living
allowance equal to the percentage which reflects the increase, if any, in the National
Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers for the previous
twelve-month period, provided such cost of living increase shall not exceed three per
cent. Such cost of living allowance shall be computed on the basis of the combined
retirement allowance and cost of living allowance, if any, to which such surviving spouse
was entitled as of the December thirty-first immediately preceding.
(P.A. 80-337, S. 6, 13; P.A. 92-226, S. 7, 28.)
History: P.A. 92-226 extended provisions of section to include family support magistrates.