Any high sheriff, chief deputy sheriff, deputy sheriff or special deputy sheriff who suffers death, disability or injury, while in performance of any duty for which he is compensated by the state, shall, for the purposes of section 5-142 and chapter 568, be presumed to be an employee of the state and shall be compensated by the state in accordance with said section and chapter.
(1967, P.A. 660.)
Cited. 175 C. 424; 221 C. 41.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 65 - Disability Compensation and Death Benefits
Section 5-142. - Disability compensation.
Section 5-142a. - Injury or death of sheriff.
Section 5-143. - Applicability of Workers' Compensation Act. Additional sick leave compensation.
Section 5-144. - Death benefits for state employees, state officers and members of General Assembly.
Section 5-145b. - Hypertension or heart disease in motor vehicle inspectors.
Section 5-147. - Payment of allowances of children.
Section 5-148. - Contributions.
Section 5-149. - State employee death benefits not payable, when.
Section 5-150. - Survivorship benefits for beneficiaries of members of Division of State Police.
Section 5-151. - Benefits for survivors of previously deceased police.