All fees payable by statute to clerks of the Superior Court shall belong to the state and shall be collected by them for its use. The Superior Court, or any judge thereof, may tax in favor of the clerks such sums for expenses and assistance as may be necessary for the maintenance of the courts.

(P.A. 73-635, S. 3; P.A. 74-183, S. 60, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 38, 681; P.A. 77-576, S. 19, 48, 65; P.A. 78-377, S. 2, 4; P.A. 79-420, S. 1, 2; P.A. 80-201, S. 2, 9; 80-331, S. 1, 3; P.A. 82-248, S. 49; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-25, S. 2, 9; P.A. 84-441, S. 2, 4; P.A. 85-414, S. 2, 5; P.A. 86-403, S. 83, 132; P.A. 87-262, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 74-183 included deputy chief clerks of common pleas court in their respective salary categories and established chief clerk of common pleas court as salary group 31, effective December 31, 1974; P.A. 76-436 amended section to remove distinctions between common pleas and superior court clerks and to remove provision re salary of chief clerk of common pleas court, reflecting transfer of common pleas court functions to superior court, and added provision re salary of chief clerk for judicial district of Ansonia-Milford, effective July 1, 1978; Sec. 51-12a transferred to Sec. 51-51w in the 1977 Court Reorganization Supplement; P.A. 77-576 amended section to refer to judicial districts rather than counties and to raise salary groups in all cases by two levels, except that chief clerk of Ansonia-Milford judicial district rose from salary group 27 to group 31 and chief clerk for Litchfield judicial district rose from group 28 to group 31, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 78-377 changed effective date of P.A. 77-576, S. 48 from July 1, 1978, to January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-420 raised salary group for chief clerk of Hartford-New Britain judicial district from 27 to 31, effective June 12, 1979, and retroactive to January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-201 replaced chief clerk of judicial district of Fairfield with chief clerk of judicial district of Stamford-Norwalk in salary group 32; P.A. 80-331 raised chief clerks of New Haven and Fairfield from group 33 to group 35 and deputy chief clerks for those districts from group 32 to group 33 and included chief clerk for judicial district of Danbury in group 31; P.A. 82-248 reworded section, divided section into Subsecs. and added provisions formerly in Sec. 51-169 re salaries and traveling expenses of clerks and assistant clerks and collection of fees by clerks; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-25 amended Subsec. (a)(4) to include the chief clerk for the judicial district of New Haven at Meriden in salary group 31; P.A. 84-441 included the deputy chief clerk for the Stamford-Norwalk judicial district in salary group 30; P.A. 85-414 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting references to assistant clerks and included the chief clerk for the judicial district of New London at New London in salary group 31, effective December 2, 1985, upon certification by chief court administrator that courthouse at New London is operational; P.A. 86-403 revised effective date of P.A. 85-414 but without affecting this section; P.A. 87-262 deleted former Subsec. (a) re specific salary groups for the chief clerks and deputy chief clerks for the various judicial districts and court locations, deleted former Subsec. (b) re the salaries of the clerks and their assistants being in lieu of any other compensation for services required of them by law, and deleted former Subsec. (d) re receipt by clerks and assistant clerks of traveling expenses.