Connecticut · statute · Conn. Gen. Stat. ch. 53 · 32 active provisions
As used in this chapter: (1) “Claim” means a petition for the payment or refund of money by the state or for permission to sue the state; (2) “Just claim” means a claim which in equity and justice the state should pay, provided the state has caused damage or injury or has received a benefit; (3) “Person” means any indi…
(a) There shall be an Office of the Claims Commissioner which shall hear and determine all claims against the state except: (1) Claims for the periodic payment of disability, pension, retirement or other employment benefits; (2) claims upon which suit otherwise is authorized by law including suits to recover similar re…
(a)(1) The Claims Commissioner shall be nominated by the Governor with the advice and consent of the General Assembly to serve for a term of four years from the first day in July of the year of such appointment and until a successor has been appointed and has qualified. Each nomination for appointment as Claims Commiss…
The Office of the Claims Commissioner shall maintain a permanent office in Hartford County in such suitable space as the Commissioner of Administrative Services provides. All papers required to be filed with the Office of the Claims Commissioner shall be delivered to such office. The Claims Commissioner may assign a sp…
Any person who suffers damage or injury because of the defective condition of a building, park or ground owned or leased by the state shall, within a reasonable time after such damage or injury, notify the official having control of or the agency using such building, park or ground, stating the date, time, place and ci…
Any person wishing to present a claim against the state shall file with the Office of the Claims Commissioner a notice of claim containing the following information: (1) (A) The name, address, telephone number and electronic mail address, if any, of the claimant; (B) the name, address, telephone number and electronic m…
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section and section 4-165b, no claim shall be presented under this chapter but within one year after it accrues. Claims for injury to person or damage to property shall be deemed to accrue on the date when the damage or injury is sustained or discovered or in the exercis…
(a) The Attorney General shall review each claim filed under section 4-147. If such review discloses to the satisfaction of the Attorney General that protection of the state's interest does not reasonably require representation by the Attorney General before the Claims Commissioner, then such representation shall be pr…
(a) Any subpoena or other paper required to be served upon or delivered to the Office of the Claims Commissioner or to any person or official may be served or delivered in person or by certified mail. Service or delivery by certified mail shall be deemed complete upon the certification and deposit of such subpoena or p…
(a) Claims shall be considered as soon as practicable after they are filed. The following claims shall be privileged with respect to assignment for hearing: (1) Claims by persons who are sixty-five years or older or who reach such age during the pendency of the claim, (2) claims by persons who are terminally ill, as de…
Upon the motion of the Claims Commissioner, the Deputy Claims Commissioner or a special deputy, or at the request of the claimant or the representative for the state, which representative may in appropriate cases be the Attorney General, the Claims Commissioner, the Deputy Claims Commissioner or a special deputy may wa…
If in the course of any proceeding any person is guilty of misbehavior which obstructs such proceeding, such person may be excluded from further participation in such hearing. If the miscreant is the claimant or the claimant's attorney, the Claims Commissioner, the Deputy Claims Commissioner or a special deputy may sum…
The Claims Commissioner shall cause a record to be made of each claim. Such record shall be retained in the files of the Office of the Claims Commissioner until the sine die adjournment of the regular session of the General Assembly next succeeding the disposition of such claim, at which time it shall be disposed of as…
(a) Not later than ninety days after hearing a claim, the Claims Commissioner, the Deputy Claims Commissioner or a special deputy shall make all reasonable efforts to render a decision as provided in subsection (a) of section 4-158 and subject to the limitation prescribed in subsection (c) of section 4-160. The Claims…
Section 4-155 is repealed.
Upon the discovery of new evidence, any claimant aggrieved by an order of the Claims Commissioner rejecting or recommending the rejection of the claimant's claim, in whole or in part, may apply for rehearing. The claimant shall file with the Office of the Claims Commissioner an application for such rehearing, stating c…
The Claims Commissioner shall adopt rules of procedure, not inconsistent with the policy and provisions of this chapter, governing the proceedings of the Office of the Claims Commissioner. The rules shall avoid formal and technical requirements, but shall provide a simple, uniform, expeditious and economical procedure…
(a) The Claims Commissioner, the Deputy Claims Commissioner or a special deputy may (1) order that a claim be denied or dismissed, (2) order immediate payment of a just claim in an amount not exceeding thirty-five thousand dollars, (3) recommend to the General Assembly payment of a just claim in an amount exceeding thi…
(a) Not later than five days after the convening of each regular session and at such other times as the speaker of the House of Representatives and president pro tempore of the Senate may desire, the Office of the Claims Commissioner shall submit to the General Assembly (1) all claims for which the Claims Commissioner,…
(a)(1) Not later than five days after the convening of each regular session, the Claims Commissioner shall report to the General Assembly on all claims that have been filed with the Office of the Claims Commissioner pursuant to section 4-147 and have not been disposed of by the Office of the Claims Commissioner within…
(a) Whenever the Claims Commissioner deems it just and equitable, the Claims Commissioner, the Deputy Claims Commissioner or a special deputy may authorize suit against the state on any claim which, in the opinion of the Claims Commissioner, presents an issue of law or fact under which the state, were it a private pers…
No payment made by the state under sections 4-158, 4-159 and 4-160 shall be recoverable under any policy of insurance carried by the state.
(a) The Office of the Claims Commissioner shall not accept or pay any subrogated claim or any claim directly or indirectly paid by or assigned to a third party. (b) Any payment of claim made by the Office of the Claims Commissioner shall be reduced by the amount received by the claimant from any other source for such c…
Before payment of a judgment or order, the Comptroller shall require the claimant to certify on oath that no commission, discount, bonus, reward or present of any kind was promised or was given to or was received or is expected by any state officer or employee or any member of the General Assembly in respect to his cla…
If any appropriation made by the General Assembly for the payment of claims is insufficient for such purpose, the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Finance Advisory Committee, may add to such appropriation from the unappropriated resources of the fund from which the appropriation was made, the amounts estima…