Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes > Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act

• Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
• Agency: means a department, board, institution or commission established by statute, not a part of any other department, board, institution or commission. See Connecticut General Statutes 5-196
• Allocation: means the official assignment of a position in the classified service to the appropriate standard class of the classification plan. See Connecticut General Statutes 5-196
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
• another: may extend and be applied to communities, companies, corporations, public or private, limited liability companies, societies and associations. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Appointing authority: means a board, commission, officer, commissioner, person or group of persons or the designee of such board, commission, officer, commissioner, person or group of persons having the power to make appointments by virtue of a statute or by lawfully delegated authority. See Connecticut General Statutes 5-196
• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Candidate list: means a list of the names of persons based on merit as determined under the provisions of this chapter, which persons have been found qualified through suitable examinations for employment in positions allocated to a specified class, occupational group or career progression level. See Connecticut General Statutes 5-196
• Career progression level: means the following career levels in which each class of positions shall be categorized as determined by the Commissioner of Administrative Services based on general job characteristics and minimum requirements for knowledge, skill and ability, including, but not limited to, education, employment history and special skills: (A) Entry, (B) working, (C) lead, (D) supervisor, and (E) manager. See Connecticut General Statutes 5-196
• Classified service: means every office or position in the state service, whether full-time or part-time, for which compensation is paid, except those offices and positions specified in section 5-198 or otherwise expressly provided by statute. See Connecticut General Statutes 5-196
• Compensation: means the salary, wages, benefits and other forms of valuable consideration earned by and provided to an employee in remuneration for services rendered. See Connecticut General Statutes 5-196
• compensation plan: means a list or lists specifying a series of compensation steps and ranges. See Connecticut General Statutes 5-196
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• eligible person: means a person who has either (A) met the requirements of the class and been determined qualified by the Commissioner of Administrative Services, or (B) been placed on a candidate list by an examination administered by or at the direction of the Department of Administrative Services. See Connecticut General Statutes 5-196
• Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Examination: means an assessment device or technique yielding scores or ratings designed to determine the fitness of candidates for positions allocated to a specified class, occupational group or career progression level. See Connecticut General Statutes 5-196
• farm: includes farm buildings, and accessory buildings thereto, nurseries, orchards, ranges, greenhouses, hoophouses and other temporary structures or other structures used primarily for the raising and, as an incident to ordinary farming operations, the sale of agricultural or horticultural commodities. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Full-time employee: means an employee holding a position normally requiring thirty-five hours or more of service in each week. See Connecticut General Statutes 5-196
• Good standing: means the status of an employee whose employment in the state service has been terminated other than as a result of disciplinary action or during a period when disciplinary action was pending. See Connecticut General Statutes 5-196
• Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Minimum earned rating: means the lowest score or rating that entitles a candidate to pass the examination. See Connecticut General Statutes 5-196
• month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
• Occupational group: means broad occupational areas in which each class of positions shall be categorized as determined by the Commissioner of Administrative Services. See Connecticut General Statutes 5-196
• pay grade: means a relative level, numerically expressed, to which one or more classes may be assigned according to the degree of their complexity, importance and value, and which refers to a single pay range in the compensation schedule. See Connecticut General Statutes 5-196
• Permanent appointment: means appointment to a position in the classified service following successful completion of the required working test. See Connecticut General Statutes 5-196
• Permanent employee: means an employee holding a position in the classified service under a permanent appointment or an employee holding a position in unclassified service who has served in such a position for a period of more than six months, except employees in positions funded in whole or in part by the federal government as part of any public service employment program, on-the-job training program or work experience program. See Connecticut General Statutes 5-196
• Permanent position: means any position in the classified service which requires or which is expected to require the services of an incumbent without interruption for a period of more than six months, except positions funded in whole or in part by the federal government as part of any public service employment program, on-the-job training program or work experience program. See Connecticut General Statutes 5-196
• Position: means a group of duties and responsibilities currently assigned or designated by competent authority to require the services of one employee. See Connecticut General Statutes 5-196
• position classification: means a position or group of positions in the state classified service established under this chapter that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes. See Connecticut General Statutes 5-196
• Probate: Proving a will
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
• Reemployment list: means a list of names of persons arranged in the order prescribed by the provisions of this chapter and by regulations issued in accordance with this chapter, which persons have occupied positions allocated to any class in the classified service, and are no longer in such class and are entitled to have their names certified to appointing authorities when vacancies in such class are to be filled, in preference to those whose names are on the candidate list for such class. See Connecticut General Statutes 5-196
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• state employee: means any person holding a position in state service subject to appointment by an appointing authority. See Connecticut General Statutes 5-196
• state officer: means any person appointed to a state office established by statute, including appointing authorities. See Connecticut General Statutes 5-196
• State service: means occupancy of any office or position or employment in the service of the state, but not of local governmental subdivisions thereof, for which compensation is paid. See Connecticut General Statutes 5-196
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• succeeding: when used by way of reference to any section or sections, mean the section or sections next preceding, next following or next succeeding, unless some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Unclassified service: means any office or position in the state service which is not in the classified service. See Connecticut General Statutes 5-196
• Veteran: when used in this chapter and in section 5-180, has the same meaning as provided in section 27-103, and (B) who has performed such service in time of war, as defined in said section, except that the final date for service in time of war during World War II shall be December 31, 1947. See Connecticut General Statutes 5-196
• Working test: means a trial working period made a part of the selective process under the provisions of this chapter and by regulations issued in accordance with this chapter, during which the work and conduct of the employee shall be noted by the appointing authority or his authorized agent and reported upon to determine whether such employee merits permanent appointment. See Connecticut General Statutes 5-196