Section 51-50c - Assignment of senior judges to judicial duties. Participation in alternative dispute resolution program approved by STA-FED ADR, Inc(a)(1) Any senior judge of the Supreme Court may be designated and assigned by the Chief Justice or the Chief Court Administrator to perform such judicial duties in the Supreme Court or by the Chief Court Administrator to perform such judicial duties in the Superior Court, as such senior judge is willing to undertake; (2) any senior judge of the Appellate Court may be designated by the Chief Judge of the Appellate Court or the Chief Court Administrator to perform such judicial duties in the Appellate Court or by the Chief Court Administrator to perform such judicial duties in the Superior Court, as such senior judge is willing to undertake.(b) Any senior judge of the Superior Court may be designated and assigned by the Chief Court Administrator to perform such judicial duties in the Superior Court as such senior judge is willing to undertake.(c) A senior judge shall not perform judicial duties unless such senior judge is so designated and assigned except as a state referee in the manner prescribed by law.(d) The Chief Court Administrator may designate, assign or summon any senior judge, in any matter in which the Chief Court Administrator may designate, assign or summon a judge or judges, to sit or act in any judicial capacity.(e) The Chief Court Administrator may make new designations and assignments in accordance with the provisions of this section and may revoke designations and assignments previously made by the Chief Court Administrator.(f) A senior judge may participate in an alternative dispute resolution program approved by STA-FED ADR, Inc. in any year commencing July first provided such judge performed the duties of a senior judge for at least seventy-five days during the preceding year, except that (1) for the year commencing July 1, 1993, a senior judge may participate in said alternative dispute resolution program without having performed the duties of a senior judge for seventy-five days during the preceding year and (2) a senior judge may participate in said alternative dispute resolution program from the date such judge assumes the status of a senior judge, through the completion of the year commencing July first following such date, without having satisfied the seventy-five-day requirement.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-50c
(1967, P.A. 621, S. 6-10; P.A. 74-183, S. 33, 291; 74-309, S. 3, 17; P.A. 76-436, S. 10a, 65, 681; P.A. 77-576, S. 34, 65; P.A. 82-248, S. 29; P.A. 93-108, S. 2, 6; P.A. 99-215, S. 7, 25, 29.)
Discussed; history of state referees. 164 Conn. 360. Cited. 199 C. 496; 226 Conn. 475. Cited. 41 CS 1.