Sec. 51-49f. Determination of retirement salary of judges and allowance to surviving spouses.
Sec. 51-49f. Determination of retirement salary of judges and allowance to
surviving spouses. (a) For purposes of determining both the retirement salary of judges
who first commenced service as judges prior to January 1, 1981, and the allowance
payable to their surviving spouses under subsection (a) of section 51-51, "salary for the
office" shall be composed of the total of the following amounts: The annual salary
payable pursuant to subsection (a) of section 51-47, as such salary may change from
time to time; and for judges to whom a longevity payment has been made or is due and
payable, in each instance under subsection (d) of section 51-47, (1) one and one-half
per cent of annual salary, as such salary may change from time to time, for those who
have completed ten or more but less than fifteen years of service as a judge or other
state service or service as an elected official of the state or any combination of such
service, (2) three per cent of annual salary, as such salary may change from time to time,
for those who have completed fifteen or more but less than twenty years of service as
a judge or other state service or service as an elected official of the state or any combination of such service, (3) four and one-half per cent of annual salary, as such salary may
change from time to time, for those who have completed twenty or more but less than
twenty-five years of service as a judge or other state service or service as an elected
official of the state or any combination of such service, and (4) six per cent of annual
salary, as such salary may change from time to time, for those who have completed
twenty-five or more years of service as a judge or other state service or service as an
elected official of the state or any combination of such service.
(b) For purposes of determining both the retirement salary of judges who first commenced service as judges on or after January 1, 1981, and the allowance payable to their
surviving spouses, under subsection (b) of section 51-51, "salary" shall be composed
of the total of the following amounts: The annual salary payable at the time of retirement
or death, fixed in accordance with subsection (a) of section 51-47; and for judges to
whom a longevity payment has been made or is due and payable, in each case under
subsection (d) of section 51-47, (1) one and one-half per cent of the annual salary the
judge was receiving at the time of retirement or death, for those who have completed
ten or more but less than fifteen years of service as a judge or other state service or
service as an elected official of the state or any combination of such service, (2) three
per cent of the annual salary the judge was receiving at the time of retirement or death,
for those who have completed fifteen or more but less than twenty years of service as
a judge or other state service or service as an elected official of the state or any combination of such service, (3) four and one-half per cent of the annual salary the judge was
receiving at the time of retirement or death, for those who have completed twenty or
more but less than twenty-five years of service as a judge or other state service or service
as an elected official of the state or any combination of such service, and (4) six per
cent of the annual salary the judge was receiving at the time of retirement or death, for
those who have completed twenty-five or more years of service as a judge or other state
service or service as an elected official of the state or any combination of such service.
(P.A. 84-399, S. 7, 17; P.A. 96-233.)
History: P.A. 96-233 included other state service or service as an elected official or any combination of such service
for purposes of longevity credit for determination of retirement salary.
Cited. 213 C. 54.