2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 52-512. Preference in receivership proceedings to claims for wages and deposits for consumer goods and services.

      Sec. 52-512. Preference in receivership proceedings to claims for wages and deposits for consumer goods and services. (a) Every debt due to any laborer or mechanic for personal wages, from any corporation or partnership for which a receiver is appointed, for any labor performed for such corporation or partnership within three months next preceding the service of the application for the appointment of a receiver, shall be paid in full by the receiver, to the amount of six hundred dollars, before the general liabilities of such corporation or partnership are paid.

      (b) Every debt due to any individual from a corporation or partnership for which a receiver is appointed for a deposit made in connection with the purchase, lease or rental of goods or the purchase of services for the personal, family or household use of such individual, where such goods were not received or such services were not provided prior to the service of the application for the appointment of a receiver, shall be paid in full by the receiver, to the amount of nine hundred dollars, before the general liabilities, except taxes or wages, of the corporation or partnership are paid.

      (1949 Rev., S. 8248; 1957, P.A. 591, S. 3; P.A. 93-314, S. 2.)

      History: P.A. 93-314 added Subsec. (b) to give a preference to the claim of an individual for a deposit made in connection with the purchase, lease or rental of goods or the purchase of services for the personal, family or household use of such individual.

      See Sec. 52-400f re preference to claims for deposits for consumer goods and services in nonreceivership situations.

      Wages are given a preference over taxes. 4 CS 45. Laborer does not include bookkeeper. Id., 253.