Conn. Gen. Stat. § 3-2a
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Sec. 3-2a. Pensions for Governors and their spouses.
Official statutory text
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the increase in the annual pension for Governors and in the compensation to surviving spouses of Governors, effective on January 1, 1979, shall not apply to the Governor in office on July 7, 1977, or to such Governor's spouse.
(c) On July 1, 1998, and on July first of each subsequent year, any person who has served as Governor of this state on and after January 6, 1999, having been elected to said office or having exercised the powers and authority of said office on the death or resignation of the Governor, and who has attained the age of fifty-five, shall be entitled, in addition to the annual pension to which such Governor is entitled under subsection (a) of this section, to an annual cost of living allowance which reflects the increase, if any, in the national consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers for the previous twelve-month period, provided such cost of living allowance shall not exceed three per cent. Such cost of living allowance shall be computed on the basis of the combined retirement salary and cost of living allowances, if any, to which such person was entitled as of the June thirtieth immediately preceding.
(c) On July 1, 1998, and on July first of each subsequent year, any person who has served as Governor of this state on and after January 6, 1999, having been elected to said office or having exercised the powers and authority of said office on the death or resignation of the Governor, and who has attained the age of fifty-five, shall be entitled, in addition to the annual pension to which such Governor is entitled under subsection (a) of this section, to an annual cost of living allowance which reflects the increase, if any, in the national consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers for the previous twelve-month period, provided such cost of living allowance shall not exceed three per cent. Such cost of living allowance shall be computed on the basis of the combined retirement salary and cost of living allowances, if any, to which such person was entitled as of the June thirtieth immediately preceding.
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