Sec. 52-434a. Powers of referees.
Sec. 52-434a. Powers of referees. (a) In addition to the powers and jurisdiction
granted to state referees under the provisions of section 52-434, a Chief Justice or judge
of the Supreme Court, a judge of the Appellate Court, a judge of the Superior Court or
a judge of the Court of Common Pleas, who has ceased to hold office as justice or judge
because of having retired and who has become a state referee and has been designated
as a trial referee by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall have and may exercise,
with respect to any civil matter referred by the Chief Court Administrator, the same
powers and jurisdiction as does a judge of the court from which the proceedings were
referred.
(b) In condemnation proceedings in which the assessment fixed by the condemning
authority exceeds the sum of two hundred thousand dollars the court may, at the request
of either party, or on its own motion, refer the proceedings to the Chief Court Administrator for referral to a committee of three such referees who, sitting together, shall hear
and decide the matter. In such matters in which the fees payable to a referee are to be
paid by the state, each such referee shall be reimbursed as provided in section 52-434.
(c) The power conferred by this section may be exercised by any such state referee,
whether acting in his capacity as a state referee, or as an auditor, or as a committee of
one, or by any committee composed of not more than three such state referees, with
respect to any civil matter referred to him or to it, the provisions of any general or special
law to the contrary notwithstanding.
(1967, P.A. 772; P.A. 74-309, S. 9, 17; P.A. 76-436, S. 10a, 408, 681; P.A. 82-160, S. 168; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29,
S. 58, 82.)
History: P.A. 74-309 amended Subsec. (a) to specify applicability to matters referred by chief court administrator rather
than by superior court or court of common pleas and amended Subsec. (b) to make chief court administrator rather than
court responsible for referral to committee of referees; P.A. 76-436 made no change, provisions of Sec. 10a cancelling
amendment called for by Sec. 408 of the act; P.A. 82-160 made minor technical changes; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29 included
reference to judge of the appellate court in Subsec. (a).
Cited. 158 C. 16; Id., 291. Cited. 162 C. 79. Cited. 163 C. 15; Id., 259. Cited. 164 C. 360. Cited. 172 C. 341; Id., 362.
Cited. 173 C. 161. Cited. 176 C. 391. Cited. 182 C. 193. Cited. 203 C. 364. Cited. 221 C. 736. Procedural provisions of
statutes that are inconsistent with this section are superseded by it insofar as such statutes limit authority of judge trial
referee to render judgment on his or his own findings. 263 C. 155.
Cited. 7 CA 136. Cited. 31 CA 723. Cited. 35 CA 9. Cited. 43 CA 397.
Cited. 30 CS 354.
Subsec. (a):
Cited. 20 CA 148. Cited. 21 CA 359.
Subsec. (b):
Cited. 172 C. 234. Judgment of a majority of a committee composed of three state referees is not invalid for lack of
unanimity. 176 C. 391. Cited. 181 C. 217. Cited. 192 C. 377.
Cited. 21 CA 359.
Subsec. (c):
In enacting subsec., legislature made clear its intention to vest judge trial referees with all powers of Superior Court
judges in civil matters referred to them. 263 C. 155.
Cited. 21 CA 359.