Additional Pay for Active Service On or After September 11, 2001

As used in sections 27-61a-1 to 27-61a-3, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:

1. (1) “Active service” means active military service in the armed forces of the United States, or full-time National Guard duty, performed by members of any reserve component of said armed forces pursuant to a call or order to such service or duty during a war or during a national emergency declared by the President or Congress of the United States;
2. (2) “Call or order” means involuntary or voluntary mobilization of a member of any reserve component of the armed forces of the United States to active service in support of a named military operation;
3. (3) “Combat zone” means a geographical area designated by an executive order of the President of the United States in which the armed forces of the United States are or have engaged in combat;
4. (4) “Eligible member or veteran” has the same meaning as provided in section 27-61a(a) of the Connecticut General Statutes;
5. (5) “Major part thereof” means fifteen or more days of a month, or fourteen or more days of February.

(Effective December 30, 2016)