Conn. Gen. Stat. § 3-119 (2025)

(a) The Comptroller shall pay all salaries and wages not less than ten calendar days or more than fifteen calendar days after the close of the payroll period in which the services were rendered, except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, but shall draw no order in payment for any service of which the payroll officer of the state has official knowledge without the signed statement of the latter that all employees listed on the payroll of each agency have been duly appointed to authorized positions and have rendered the services for which payment is to be made. The Comptroller is authorized to develop, install and operate a comprehensive fully documented electronic system for effective personnel data, for payment of compensation to all state employees and officers and for maintenance of a chronological and permanent record of compensation paid to each employee and officer for the state employees retirement system and other purposes. Such electronic system shall, within available appropriations, facilitate the electronic processing of an income withholding order entered by a state or federal court, including any withholding order transmitted to the Comptroller by means of the electronic income withholding order process implemented by the federal Office of Child Support Enforcement. The Comptroller is authorized to establish an accounting procedure to implement this section.

(b) Salaries of full-time permanent employees who are employed on a less than twelve-month basis shall be prorated and paid biweekly on a twelve-month basis.

(c) The Comptroller shall make payment of all compensation for overtime work as provided in sections 5-245 and 5-246, shift differential bonus and any other incentive or bonus benefits required or permitted by statute or regulations not less than ten calendar days nor more then twenty-five calendar days after the close of the payroll period in which the related services were rendered.

(1949 Rev., S. 195; 1953, S. 66d; 1967, P.A. 363, S. 1; P.A. 73-677, S. 7; P.A. 75-510, S. 1, 2; P.A. 78-302, S. 5, 11; P.A. 79-631, S. 18, 111; P.A. 05-288, S. 8; P.A. 17-98, S. 2.)

History: 1967 act changed time for payment of salaries from within two weeks to more than 10 but less than 15 days after end of payroll period and authorized institution of electronic payroll system; P.A. 73-677 deleted provision for payment adjustments delayed because of initiation of electronic system; P.A. 75-510 added Subsec. (b) regarding permanent employees employed on less than 12-month basis; P.A. 78-302 added Subsec. (c) regarding overtime and other special payments and specified calendar days in payment provisions of Subsec. (a); P.A. 79-631 made technical changes; P.A. 05-288 made technical changes in Subsec.(a), effective July 13, 2005; P.A. 17-98 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision re electronic system facilitating electronic processing of income withholding order entered by state or federal court, effective July 1, 2017.

Under the merit system, the right to compensation derives from the position and not from the services rendered. 15 CS 336. System adopted by state of paying salaries on biweekly basis held to result in underpayment of public officer on a statutory annual salary. 20 CS 417.

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