Connecticut § 2-55 Employees.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 2-55 — Employees.

Connecticut § 2-55

Title 2General Assembly and Legislative Agencies

Ch. 17Legislative Commissioners' Office

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 2-55 (2026).

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The legislative commissioners, with the approval of the Joint Committee on Legislative Management, may employ and fix the compensation of such assistants as are required to carry out the duties of their office; and the Legislative Commissioners' Office shall be considered a branch of the Legislative Department of the state government within the meaning of subdivision (2) of section 5-198. No such employee shall be demoted or dismissed by reason of economy, change in departmental administration or organization or abolition of position if any other employee with less service in the office is to be retained, or another employee engaged, to perform comparable duties. When the General Assembly is not in session, said committee may, with the approval of the commissioners, designate one or more e

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The legislative commissioners, with the approval of the Joint Committee on Legislative Management, may employ and fix the compensation of such assistants as are required to carry out the duties of their office; and the Legislative Commissioners' Office shall be considered a branch of the Legislative Department of the state government within the meaning of subdivision (2) of section 5-198. No such employee shall be demoted or dismissed by reason of economy, change in departmental administration or organization or abolition of position if any other employee with less service in the office is to be retained, or another employee engaged, to perform comparable duties. When the General Assembly is not in session, said committee may, with the approval of the commissioners, designate one or more employees of the Legislative Commissioners' Office to assist in the performance of the duties of said committee, legislative commissions and legislative interim committees. This section shall not apply to temporary employees engaged by the General Assembly to assist the legislative commissioners in connection with any session of the General Assembly.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 3525; 1957, P.A. 1, S. 15; 1959, P.A. 478, S. 5; February, 1965, P.A. 331, S. 38; 1969, P.A. 749, S. 7; P.A. 12-205, S. 18.) History: 1959 act made technical changes consistent with change from one to two commissioners; 1965 act changed department name from “legislative research department” to “legislative commissioners' office”; 1969 act replaced references to legislative council with references to legislative management committee, deleted reference to repealed Sec. 5-3 and included legislative commissions and interim committees as recipients of assistance from legislative commissioners' office; P.A. 12-205 made a technical change, effective July 1, 2012.