Section 3-123 - Relief payments and wage replacement benefits under bylaws of Connecticut State Firefighters Association(a) Whenever a person, under the provisions of the constitution and bylaws of the Connecticut State Firefighters Association, is entitled to relief from said association, as a firefighter injured in the line of duty, or rendered sick by disease contracted while in the line of duty, or as the widow or child of a firefighter killed in the line of duty, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall, upon the delivery to said commissioner of proper proofs from said association of the right of such person to relief as aforesaid, process payment for such person or persons entitled to such relief, or their legal representative, for the amount to which such person or persons are entitled as relief as aforesaid, provided such orders shall be limited to available appropriations.(b) Whenever a firefighter, under the provisions of the constitution and bylaws of the Connecticut State Firefighters Association, is entitled to wage replacement benefits from said association pursuant to the firefighters cancer relief program established pursuant to section 7-313j, the State Treasurer shall, upon the delivery to the State Treasurer of proper proof from said association of the right of such firefighter to wage replacement benefits as aforesaid, process payment for such firefighter entitled to such wage replacement benefits, or his or her legal representative, for the amount to which such firefighter is entitled as wage replacement benefits as aforesaid, provided such orders shall be limited to available funds contained in the firefighters cancer relief account established pursuant to section 7-313h.(1949 Rev., S. 210; February, 1965, P.A. 104; P.A. 93-80, S. 42, 67; P.A. 98-263, S. 7, 21; P.A. 11-51, S. 139; P.A. 16-10, S. 8; P.A. 18-126, S. 1.)
Amended by P.A. 18-0126, S. 1 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2018 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2018.Amended by P.A. 16-0010, S. 8 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2016 Regular Session, eff. 2/1/2017.Amended by P.A. 11-0051, S. 139 of the the 2011 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2011.