Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-50

Current with legislation from the 2024 Regular and Special Sessions.

Section 51-50 - Retirement at age seventy or for disability

(a) Each judge or administrative law judge who first commenced service as a judge or administrative law judge prior to January 1, 1981, and who attains the age of seventy while serving in his or her respective office or who is retired because of disability, shall receive the following retirement salary:

(1) A retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall receive, annually, two-thirds of the salary for the office of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court;

(2) A retired Chief Court Administrator who was a judge shall receive, annually, two-thirds of the salary for the office of Chief Court Administrator;

(3) A retired associate judge of the Supreme Court shall receive, annually, two-thirds of the salary for the office of associate judge of the Supreme Court;

(4) A retired Chief Judge of the Appellate Court shall receive, annually, two-thirds of the salary for the office of Chief Judge of the Appellate Court;

(5) A retired judge of the Appellate Court shall receive, annually, two-thirds of the salary for the office of judge of the Appellate Court;

(6) A retired Deputy Chief Court Administrator who was a judge shall receive, annually, two-thirds of the salary for the office of Deputy Chief Court Administrator;

(7) A retired judge of the Superior Court shall receive, annually, two-thirds of the salary for the office of judge of the Superior Court;

(8) A retired judge of the Court of Common Pleas, a retired judge of the Circuit Court or a retired judge of the Juvenile Court, shall receive, annually, two-thirds of the salary for the office of judge of the Superior Court;

(9) A retired administrative law judge shall receive, annually, two-thirds of the salary of a administrative law judge.

(b)

(1) Each judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge who first commences service as a judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge on or after January 1, 1981, and prior to July 1, 2014, and who attains the age of seventy while serving in his or her respective office or who is retired because of disability shall receive as retirement, annually, two-thirds of the salary the judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge was receiving at the time of his or her retirement.

(2) Each judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge who first commences service as a judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge on or after July 1, 2014, and who attains the age of seventy while serving in his or her respective office or who is retired because of disability shall receive as retirement, annually, two-thirds of the salary the judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge was receiving at the time of his or her retirement, except that if a judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge has fewer than ten years of state service credit under the provisions of chapter 66 at the time of his or her retirement under this subdivision, his or her retirement salary shall be a reduced amount determined as follows:

(A) Two-thirds of the salary the judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge was receiving at the time of his or her retirement, multiplied by

(B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of years of his or her completed state service, not to exceed ten, and the denominator of which is ten. In no event shall any judge receive more than one pension benefit as a result of his or her employment with the state.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-50

(1949 Rev., S. 3597; 1955, S. 1967d; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 90; 531, S. 21; February, 1965, P.A. 331, S. 47; 1967, P.A. 621, S. 3; 1971, P.A. 639, S. 4; P.A. 74-183, S. 31, 291; 74-309, S. 1, 17; P.A. 76-436, S. 10a, 63, 681; P.A. 77-576, S. 31, 65; P.A. 80-337, S. 2, 13; P.A. 82-248, S. 26; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-35, S. 2, 9; P.A. 84-399, S. 4, 17; P.A. 85-517, S. 2, 5; P.A. 87-198, S. 2, 6; P.A. 92-226, S. 11, 28; P.A. 14-217, S. 252.)

Amended by P.A. 21-0018,S. 1 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2021 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2021.

Amended by P.A. 14-0217, S. 252 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2014 Regular Session, eff. 6/13/2014.

Cited. 147 C. 656. Cited. 7 CA 136.

See Sec. 31-283e re compensation commissioners administrative law judges' right to elect benefits under this section.