Sec. 7-292. Adoption of forty-hour week for policemen.
Sec. 7-292. Adoption of forty-hour week for policemen. (a) Any municipality
may, by ordinance, adopt an average work week of forty hours for permanent paid
policemen as provided in sections 7-293 and 7-294 and this section.
(b) The legislative body of such municipality may, by ordinance, or shall, upon
petition of the electors of such municipality in number not less than five per cent of
the total number of electors on the last-completed registry list, submit the question of
adopting the provisions of said sections to a vote of the electors thereof at the next
general election or at a special election or meeting called for such purpose. Any such
petition shall contain the ordinance to be voted upon by the electors. Such election or
meeting shall be called and held, and the vote on such question canvassed and the result
determined and certified, as nearly as may be in accordance with the provisions of the
laws governing the election of civil officers in such municipality. The notice or warning
for such election or meeting shall state that a purpose of such election or meeting is to
ascertain whether or not such municipality shall adopt an average work week of forty
hours for permanent paid policemen and that such election or meeting is called under
the provisions of this section. The vote on such question shall be by voting machine,
and the voting machine ballot label, which shall bear the words "For a forty-hour week
for policemen" and "Against a forty-hour week for policemen", shall be provided for
use in accordance with the provisions of section 9-250. If, upon the official determination
of the result of such vote, it appears that a majority of those voting on the question are
in favor of the adoption of the provisions of sections 7-293 and 7-294 and this section,
said sections shall take effect as to such municipality no later than ninety days thereafter,
provided, where the fiscal year of any such municipality begins within ninety days
thereafter, the effective date of said sections for such municipality shall not be later than
the first day of the fiscal year next following the expiration of the ninety-day period.
(1951, S. 431d; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 50.)