2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 18-101. Disposition of compensation.

      Sec. 18-101. Disposition of compensation. (a) When any person to whom privileges have been granted under section 18-90b or 18-100 is employed for compensation, the Commissioner of Correction or his designee shall collect such compensation or require such person to deliver to him the full amount thereof when received. The commissioner or such designee shall deposit such funds in trust in an account and shall keep a record showing the status of the account of each person. Compensation received by such person during his term of imprisonment shall not be subject to levy or attachment.

      (b) On granting privileges to any person under section 18-90b or 18-100, the commissioner or his designee shall disburse any compensation earned by such person in accordance with the following priorities: (1) Federal taxes due; (2) restitution or payment of compensation to a crime victim ordered by any court of competent jurisdiction; (3) payment of a civil judgment rendered in favor of a crime victim by any court of competent jurisdiction; (4) victims compensation through the criminal injuries account administered by the Office of Victim Services; (5) state taxes due; (6) support of his dependents, if any; (7) his necessary travel expense to and from work and other incidental expenses; and (8) costs of such person's incarceration under section 18-85a and regulations adopted in accordance with said section, and the commissioner shall pay any balance remaining to such person upon his discharge. Each person gainfully self-employed shall pay to the commissioner the costs of such person's incarceration under section 18-85a and regulations adopted in accordance with said section, and on default in payment thereof his participation under section 18-100 shall be revoked.

      (c) The commissioner or his designee shall notify the Commissioner of Social Services and the welfare department of the town where the dependents of any person employed under the provisions of section 18-100 reside of the amounts of any payments being made to such dependents.

      (1967, P.A. 773, S. 5; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 521, 610; P.A. 79-560, S. 5, 39; P.A. 88-300, S. 3; P.A. 90-230, S. 85, 101; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-310, S. 27, 32; P.A. 04-234, S. 20.)

      History: P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of social services; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of social services with commissioner of human resources, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-560 replaced commissioner of human resources with commissioner of income maintenance; P.A. 88-300 amended Subsection (a) by adding reference to Sec. 18-90b and amended Subsec. (b) re disbursement of compensation by requiring disbursement in accordance with the following priorities: Federal taxes due, restitution or compensation to crime victim, payment of civil judgment, victims compensation, state taxes due, support of dependents, necessary travel expenses and costs of board; P.A. 90-230 added reference to Sec. 18-90b in Subsec. (b); P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-310 changed commission on victim services to office of victim services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 04-234 amended Subsec. (b) to replace "costs of his board as determined by said commissioner" with "costs of such person's incarceration under section 18-85a and regulations adopted in accordance with said section" where appearing, effective June 8, 2004.