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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6382
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 2740
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
(LAB)
AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE PROBATE COURT S YSTEM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (g) of section 45a-8a of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 2
1, 2021): 3
(g) Each administrative judge for a Regional Children's Probate Court 4
may, if authorized by the Probate Court Budget Committee under 5
section 45a-85, employ such persons as may be required for the efficient 6
operation of the Regional Children's Probate Court. Such employees 7
shall be employees of the Regional Children's Probate Court and shall 8
be entitled to the benefits of Probate Court employees under this 9
chapter. Such employees shall [not] be deemed to be state employees for 10
purposes of chapter 68. 11
Sec. 2. Section 45a-21 of the general statutes is repealed and the 12
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2021): 13
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, Probate Court 14
employees shall not be deemed state employees and shall serve at the 15 Raised Bill No. 6382
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pleasure of the judge of the court of probate in which they are employed. 16
(b) On and after October 1, 2021, Probate Court employees shall be 17
deemed state employees for purposes of chapter 68. 18
Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2021) (a) On and after October 1, 19
2021, Probate Court employees shall have the right to bargain 20
collectively and shall have such other rights and obligations incident 21
thereto as are created by sections 5-270 to 5-280, inclusive, of the general 22
statutes. 23
(b) On and after October 1, 2021, for the purposes of sections 5-270 to 24
5-280, inclusive, of the general statutes, the Probate Court shall be 25
considered an employer. 26
(c) On and after October 1, 2021, for the purposes of subsection (a) of 27
section 5-278 of the general statutes, the Probate Court, as an employer, 28
shall be represented by the Probate Court Administrator or such 29
administrator's designated representative. 30
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2021 45a-8a(g)
Sec. 2 October 1, 2021 45a-21
Sec. 3 October 1, 2021 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To allow Probate Court employees to be recognized as state employees
for the purpose of collective bargaining.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]