2018 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 3 - State Elective Officers
Chapter 34 - Comptroller
Section 3-122 - Relief payments under bylaws of Police Association of Connecticut.

When any person, under the provisions of the constitution and bylaws of the Police Association of Connecticut, is entitled to relief from said association as a police officer injured in the line of duty, or rendered sick by disease contracted while in the line of duty, or as the widow, child or dependent mother of a police officer killed in the line of duty, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall, upon the delivery to said commissioner of adequate proof from said association of the right of such person to such relief as aforesaid, process payment for such person or persons entitled to such relief, or their legal representatives, for the amount to which such person or persons may be entitled as relief as aforesaid, provided such orders shall be limited to available appropriations.

(1949 Rev., S. 209; 1967, P.A. 672; 1969, P.A. 475; P.A. 93-80, S. 41, 67; P.A. 98-263, S. 6, 21; P.A. 11-51, S. 138.)

History: 1967 act included sickness contracted in the line of duty as grounds for eligibility for relief; 1969 act required order for relief to be limited to available appropriations and deleted proviso prohibiting changes in allowances or benefits or changes in determinations of those eligible to receive them as of August 3, 1943; P.A. 93-80 deleted provision re relief payments to policemen injured in the line of duty or rendered sick by disease contracted in the line of duty, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 98-263 changed name from Connecticut State Police Association to Police Association of Connecticut and added provision re relief payments to police officers injured in the line of duty or rendered sick by disease contracted in the line of duty, effective July 1, 1998 (Revisor's note: In 1999 the phrase “... police officer killed in the line of his duty, ...” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “... police officer killed in the line of duty, ...” for consistency); P.A. 11-51 changed “Comptroller” to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, authorized commissioner to process payments rather than drawing order upon Treasurer and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2011.