Unless otherwise specifically provided in the general statutes, any municipality or subdivision thereof, through its legislative body, may fix the compensation of its officials and employees, subject to the approval of its budget authority. Any proposed increase in the compensation of the members of the legislative body of any municipality shall be subject to confirmation by referendum at the next regular election of such municipality. The provisions of this section shall be applicable to any municipality, any provision of any special act to the contrary notwithstanding.
(1949 Rev., S. 920; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 90.)
History: 1961 act removed exception for municipal court judges and their appointees, municipal courts having been abolished in 1959.
Cited. 147 C. 401; 179 C. 140; 201 C. 377.
Salary increase for tax collector, voted by common council, held invalid because approval of board of finance and taxation was not secured. 25 CS 227. Cited. 40 CS 539.