(a) The Comptroller shall make available during the period of one year from the date a former Governor shall leave office, upon submission of proper vouchers, the sum of not more than ten thousand dollars, which is to be used by or on behalf of such former Governor, as he or, in the event he is unable to do so because of illness or death, the Comptroller deems proper and necessary, to meet the expenses applicable to the performance of public responsibilities related to his having held the office of Governor.
(b) To be eligible for the benefits of this section, a former Governor shall not, during the term for which he was elected, have been removed from office or have left office during the term for which he was elected for any reason other than physical or mental disability.
(c) Repealed by P.A. 75-567, S. 56, 80.
(1971, P.A. 28, S. 1–3; P.A. 75-567, S. 56, 80; P.A. 81-371, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 75-567 repealed Subsec. (c) which had provided an appropriation; P.A. 81-371, effective June 23, 1981, added provision authorizing the comptroller to determine the proper and necessary use of fund, on behalf of a former governor, if the former governor is unable to do so because of illness or death.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 3 - State Elective Officers
Section 3-1. - General powers and duties.
Section 3-1a. - Council on Gubernatorial Incapacity. Composition. Duties.
Section 3-2a. - Pensions for Governors and their spouses.
Section 3-3. - Governor's cabinet.
Section 3-4. - Executive secretary and clerk; executive journal.
Section 3-5. - Governor to institute lawsuits for state.
Section 3-6. - Investigatory authority of Governor.
Section 3-6d. - Highway safety programs. Securing of federal funds. Regulations.
Section 3-7. - Cancellation of uncollectible claims. Compromise of disputed claims.
Section 3-8. - Restoration and repair of state boundary marks.
Section 3-9. - Automobile for use of the Governor.
Section 3-10a. - Governor to take steps to assure federal aid for higher education.
Section 3-10c. - Appropriation to be used by or on behalf of former Governor.
Section 3-10d. - Reactivation of military units for parades, celebrations or other ceremonies.