2013 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure
Chapter 801 - Probate Court: Administrative Provisions
Section 45a-85 - Probate Court Budget Committee. Duties. Reports.

(a) The Probate Court Administrator shall establish a Probate Court Budget Committee consisting of the Probate Court Administrator and two judges of probate appointed by the Connecticut Probate Assembly. The Probate Court Administrator shall serve as chairperson of the committee.

(b) Not later than June 30, 2010, and annually thereafter, the committee shall establish, in accordance with the criteria established in regulations issued pursuant to subsection (b) of section 45a-77: (1) A compensation plan, which plan shall include employee benefits, for employees of the courts of probate, (2) staffing levels for each court of probate, and (3) a miscellaneous office budget for each court of probate. Such compensation plan, staffing levels and office budgets shall be established within the expenditures and anticipated available funds in the proposed budget established pursuant to section 45a-84.

(c) Not later than June 30, 2010, and annually thereafter, the Probate Court Budget Committee shall report to the Governor and the General Assembly, after consultation with the Office of the Chief Court Administrator and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, on the committee’s efforts to reduce costs and any potential cost saving measures resulting from probate court mergers effective on or after June 9, 2009. Such report shall be submitted in accordance with section 11-4a.

(P.A. 09-114, S. 11.)

History: P.A. 09-114 effective June 9, 2009.