CT Gen Stat § 5-218 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 5 - State Employees|Chapter 67 - State Personnel Act|Section 5-218 - Examinations; notices.

 (a) Except for an examination that has been waived pursuant to section 5-227b, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall prepare lists of preliminary requirements and subjects of examination for positions in the classified service and publicize each such examination in such manner as the nature of the examination requires, including posting examination notices in state agencies in locations accessible to state employees at least two weeks prior to the application closing date. All competitive examinations shall be held at such times and places as in the judgment of the Commissioner of Administrative Services most nearly meet the convenience of applicants and needs of the service. In no event shall any other examination be given by an agency for a position subject to the examination procedure of the Department of Administrative Services.(b) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall give public notice of such examinations for positions in the classified service at least six business days in advance by posting, or causing to be posted, an appropriate notice on the Internet web site of the department and by submitting the notice to the director of the state employment service. Such notice shall set forth the time and place of the examination and shall be accompanied by a copy of the official description of the position, and provide the work location, salary and weights to be given for the weighted parts of the examination, if applicable, provided once such notice has been given, the weights established in the notice for the weighted parts of the examination shall not be altered in any manner.(1967, P.A. 657, S. 27; 1969, P.A. 658, S. 7; P.A. 77-614, S. 66, 610; P.A. 82-212, S. 2; P.A. 96-168, S. 7, 34; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7, S. 162; P.A. 13-247, S. 353; P.A. 18-130, S. 1.)History: 1969 act substituted “congressional district” for “county” in Subsec. (b); P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner and department of administrative services for personnel commissioner and department; P.A. 82-212 amended Subsec. (b) to provide that once notice has been given as to the relative weights assigned to each part of the examination, the weights shall not be altered or adjusted; P.A. 96-168 amended Subsec. (a) by making technical changes and permitting the publicizing of examination notices by posting them in accessible locations in state agencies two weeks before the closing date, effective July 1, 1996; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7 amended Subsec. (b) to replace requirement that notice of examinations be advertised once in at least 1 newspaper published in each congressional district with requirement that notice of examinations be posted on the Internet web site of department, effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 13-247 amended Subsec. (a) to provide exception for examination waived pursuant to Sec. 5-227b and to prohibit any other examination for position subject to examination procedure, and amended Subsec. (b) to add requirement that position description be included with notice and to remove requirements re content of notice, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 18-130 amended Subsec. (b) by decreasing minimum public notice of examinations for positions in classified service from two weeks to six business days.