Sec. 51-49b. Cost of living allowance for retired judges, family support magistrates and compensation commissioners.

(a) On January 1, 1982, and January first of each subsequent year, each judge, family support magistrate or compensation commissioner who first commenced service as a judge, family support magistrate or compensation commissioner on or after January 1, 1981, and retired on or before October 1, 2011, shall be entitled, in addition to the retirement salary to which such judge, family support magistrate or commissioner was entitled under the provisions of section 51-49a, 51-50 or 51-50a, as of the December thirty-first immediately preceding, to an additional 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 allowance shall not exceed three per cent. Such cost of living allowance shall be computed on the basis of the combined retirement salary and cost of living allowances, if any, to which such judge, family support magistrate or compensation commissioner was entitled as of the December thirty-first immediately preceding.

(b) On January 1, 2012, and January first of each subsequent year, each judge, family support magistrate or compensation commissioner who retires as a judge, family support magistrate or compensation commissioner on or after October 2, 2011, shall receive, in addition to the retirement salary to which such judge, family support magistrate or compensation commissioner was entitled under the provisions of section 51-49a, 51-49i, 51-50 or 51-50a as of the December thirty-first immediately preceding, a cost of living allowance equivalent to the cost of living allowance applied to the retirement salary of members of the state employees retirement system who retired on or after October 2, 2011, for the same period.

(P.A. 80-337, S. 4, 13; P.A. 92-226, S. 6, 28; P.A. 11-61, S. 147; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 11-1, S. 12, 16; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 133.)

History: P.A. 92-226 extended provisions of section to include family support magistrates; P.A. 11-61 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same to make applicable to retirements “on or before September 2, 2011”, rather than “on or before the December thirty-first immediately preceding”, and added Subsec. (b) re amount of cost of living allowance to which judge, family support magistrate or compensation commissioner is entitled on January 1, 2012, and annually thereafter, effective upon approval by the General Assembly of the agreement between the state and the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition, signed by both parties on May 27, 2011, pursuant to P.A. 11-61, S. 165; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 11-1 provided that P.A. 11-61, S. 147, shall take effect upon approval by the General Assembly of an agreement between the state and the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition described in P.A. 11-61, S. 165, as amended by June Sp. Sess. P.A. 11-1, effective July 1, 2011, and further provided that P.A. 11-61, S. 147, is repealed, effective September 1, 2011, if an agreement between the state and the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition has not been approved pursuant to P.A. 11-61, S. 165, as amended by June Sp. Sess. P.A. 11-1, by September 1, 2011 (Revisor's note: The agreement between the state and the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition referenced in June Sp. Sess. P.A. 11-1, S. 12, 16, was deemed approved by the General Assembly on August 22, 2011, pursuant to P.A. 11-61, S. 165, as amended by June Sp. Sess. P.A. 11-1, S. 11); June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting “October 1, 2011” for “September 2, 2011” and substituting “compensation commissioner” for “commissioner” and amended Subsec. (b) by replacing provisions re cost of living allowance applicable to a judge, family support magistrate or compensation commissioner who was in service on or after September 1, 2011, with provisions re cost of living allowance applicable to a judge, family support magistrate or compensation commissioner who retires on or after October 2, 2011, effective June 15, 2012.