CGS § 4-142b. Office of the Claims Commissioner. Authority of Claims Commissioner to assign a special deputy to hear and decide claims.

History: P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of administrative services for public works commissioner; P.A. 82-167 changed required location of office from Hartford to Hartford county; P.A. 84-346 provided that the positions of clerk and assistant shall be in the unclassified service with compensation fixed pursuant to Sec. 4-40, rather than by the legislative management committee and deleted provision authorizing committee to approve appointment by the claims commissioner of such assistants; P.A. 87-496 replaced administrative services commissioner with public works commissioner; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7 deleted provisions re employment of clerk and other assistants and added provision requiring Department of Administrative Services to provide staff support, effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 11-51 changed “Commissioner of Public Works” to “Commissioner of Administrative Services”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 16-127 deleted provision re staff support provided by Department of Administrative Services, added provisions re authority of the Claims Commissioner to designate one or more magistrates to hear and determine claims and added provision re Claims Commissioner to establish rules, effective June 9, 2016; P.A. 19-182 replaced “hear and determine claims” with “hear a claim and issue a decision concerning the final disposition of a claim” in provision re magistrates' authority, deleted provision re Claims Commissioner solely responsible for making decision concerning final disposition of claim and made technical and conforming changes; P.A. 23-131 deleted provisions re appointment of magistrates and added provision re authority of the Claims Commissioner to assign a temporary deputy to hear a claim and issue a decision concerning final disposition of the claims or make recommendations to the Claims Commissioner concerning final disposition of a claim, effective July 1, 2023; P.A. 24-44 substituted “special deputy” for “temporary deputy”, effective July 1, 2024.