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2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 31-89a. Civil action to collect past due payments to funds. Penalty.
Sec. 31-89a. Civil action to collect past due payments to funds. Penalty. (a)
Payments to employee welfare funds, as defined in subsection (h) of section 31-53,
which are past due under the terms of a written contract or rules and regulations adopted
by the trustees of such funds shall be considered as wages for the purpose of section
31-72.
(1961, P.A. 218; 1967, P.A. 797; P.A. 80-296.)
History: 1967 act replaced reference to Sec. 31-78 with reference to Sec. 31-53(h) and added reference to rules and regulations of fund trustees in Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) imposing penalty for failure to pay contributions when due; P.A. 80-296 clarified provisions of Subsec. (b) and stated that officers, proprietors, etc. who fail to make contributions when due are liable for payment in a civil action regardless of whether they were "made responsible by the corporation for the payment of such contributions".
Liability under this section is not extended because of failure to file notice of resignation required by Sec. 33-319a. 207 C. 639, 640, 642, 644, 645.
Statute intended to apply to situations involving labor organizations. 57 CA 419.
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