Section 7-314. – Definitions. Exemption from Freedom of Information Act.

(a) Wherever used in this section and sections 7-314a and 7-322a, the word “municipality” includes each town, consolidated town and city, consolidated town and borough, city, borough, school district, fire district, fire and sewer district, sewer district, lighting district, improvement association or any other municipal corporation or taxing district, upon which is placed the duty […]

Section 7-314a. – Death, disability and injury benefits. Presumption.

(a) Except as provided in subsections (e) and (f) of this section, active members of volunteer fire departments and active members of organizations certified as a volunteer ambulance service in accordance with section 19a-180 shall be construed to be employees of the municipality for the benefit of which volunteer fire services or such ambulance services […]

Section 7-314b. – Collection of workers' compensation benefits by volunteer firefighters and members of volunteer ambulance services.

(a) Any active member of a volunteer fire company or department engaged in volunteer fire duties or any active member of an organization certified as a volunteer ambulance service in accordance with section 19a-180 may collect benefits under the provisions of chapter 568 based on the salary of his employment or the amount specified in […]

Section 7-314c. – Assumption of liability by the state for volunteer firefighters.

The liability of a municipality shall not be affected by the implementation of sections 7-314a and 7-314b due to the assumption of liability by the state for benefits paid pursuant to the provisions of chapter 568 for volunteer firefighters. (P.A. 95-243, S. 3.)

Section 7-315 to 7-322. – Death benefits; payments for injuries, for treatment of injuries and occupational disease and for total disability; insurance to provide payments; notice of claim; investigation of claim; benefits exempt from attachment.

Sections 7-315 to 7-322, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 911–S. 918; 1949, 1953, S. 419d–S. 421d, S. 423d; 1955, S. 422d; 1957, P.A. 175; 1959, P.A. 567, S. 2–5; February, 1965, P.A. 353, 354, 387, 485; 1967, P.A. 892, S. 4.)

Section 7-322a. – Benefits for volunteers rendering service to another fire company.

Any active member of a volunteer fire company who offers his services to an officer or person in charge of another fire company which is actively engaged in fire duties, and whose services are accepted by such officer or person, shall be entitled to receive all benefits payable under the provisions of sections 7-314 and […]

Section 7-322b. – Volunteers serving in municipality where employed. Fire and ambulance leaves. Enactment by municipality. List of participating members. Benefits.

(a) Any active member of a volunteer fire company, as defined in section 7-314, or any emergency medical technician, as defined in section 19a-175, who is a member of an emergency medical service organization and employed between the hours of eight o'clock a.m. and five o'clock p.m. in a municipality other than the municipality in […]

Section 7-322c. – Employers prohibited from discharging or discriminating against employees who are volunteer firefighters or members of volunteer ambulance services due to volunteer service. Remedies.

(a) No employer shall discharge, or cause to be discharged, or in any manner discriminate against any employee who is an active volunteer firefighter or member of a volunteer ambulance service or company because such employee is late arriving to work or absent from work as a result of responding to a fire or ambulance […]

Section 7-322d. – Election of officers. Ballots exempt from Freedom of Information Act.

Nothing in chapter 14 shall be construed to require the disclosure of secret ballots used for the election of an officer of a volunteer fire department. (P.A. 11-220, S. 4.)

Section 7-323. – Application of part.

Section 7-323 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 919; 1967, P.A. 892, S. 4.)