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CT Gen Stat § 4-161 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4 - Management of State Agencies|Chapter 53 - Claims Against The State|Section 4-161 - Statement of claimant denying payment of commission or use of improper influence required.

 Before payment of a judgment or order, the Comptroller shall require the claimant to certify on oath that no commission, discount, bonus, reward or present of any kind was promised or was given to or was received or is expected by any state officer or employee or any member of the General Assembly in respect to his claim and that to the best of his knowledge and belief no state officer or employee and no member of the General Assembly used, offered to use or attempted to use his office or position to influence the decision on such claim.(1959, P.A. 685, S. 14.)Cited. 186 C. 300.
CT Gen Stat § 4-162 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4 - Management of State Agencies|Chapter 53 - Claims Against The State|Section 4-162 - Deficiency appropriation to cover payments.

 If any appropriation made by the General Assembly for the payment of claims is insufficient for such purpose, the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Finance Advisory Committee, may add to such appropriation from the unappropriated resources of the fund from which the appropriation was made, the amounts estimated to be required to make up the deficiency.(1959, P.A. 685, S. 15; 1967, P.A. 466.)History: 1967 act replaced “general fund” with “fund from which the appropriation was made”.Cited. 186 C. 300.
CT Gen Stat § 4-163 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4 - Management of State Agencies|Chapter 53 - Claims Against The State|Section 4-163 - Fraud in presentation of claim.

 (a) Any claimant who practices or attempts to practice fraud upon the state in the statement, proof or allowance of a claim shall forfeit such claim to the state. The tribunal before which such claim is pending shall specially find such fraud and it shall enter its judgment or order of forfeiture.(b) Any person who knowingly presents or attempts to present and any person who knowingly participates in the preparation, presentation or allowance of a false or fraudulent claim shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both. Any state officer or employee so convicted shall be subject to removal from his office or employment.(1959, P.A. 685, S. 24.)Cited. 186 C. 300.
CT Gen Stat § 4-164 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4 - Management of State Agencies|Chapter 53 - Claims Against The State|Section 4-164 - Appeal from forfeiture.

 (a) Any claimant aggrieved by an order of forfeiture of the Office of the Claims Commissioner made pursuant to subsection (a) of section 4-163 may appeal such order to the superior court for the judicial district in which he or she resides or, if he or she is not a resident of this state, to the superior court for the judicial district of New Britain.(b) The action of the Office of the Claims Commissioner in approving or rejecting payment of any claim or part thereof shall be final and conclusive on all questions of law and fact and shall not be subject to review except by the General Assembly.(1959, P.A. 685, S. 22; 1961, P.A. 476, S. 9; P.A. 75-605, S. 19, 27; P.A. 76-436, S. 250, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 2, 5, 127; P.A. 82-167, S. 6, 7; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; P.A. 99-215, S. 24, 29; P.A. 16-127, S. 21.)History: 1961 act restated and clarified Subsec. (b); P.A. 75-605 replaced commission with claims commissioner; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 78-280 deleted the words “county or” in the phrase “county or judicial district” and replaced “Hartford county” with “the judicial district of Hartford-New Britain”; P.A. 82-167 amended Subsec. (b) to provide that only review is by the general assembly; P.A. 88-230 replaced “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” with “judicial district of Hartford”, effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 99-215 replaced “judicial district of Hartford” with “judicial district of New Britain” in Subsec. (a), effective June 29, 1999; P.A. 16-127 amended Subsec. (a) by making technical changes and amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) by substituting “Office of the Claims Commissioner” for “Claims Commissioner”, effective June 9, 2016.Cited. 186 C. 300; 195 C. 534. P.A. 82-167, Sec. 6 of which amended this section, should be read as clarification of Superior Court's ongoing lack of jurisdiction to hear appeals from Claims Commissioner. 195 C. 534. Cited. 204 C. 259.Cited. 44 CS 297.Subsec. (b):Not repealed by Ch. 54 or Sec. 4-189; does not bar appeal from decision of claims commission in violation of constitutional or statutory provisions, in excess of statutory authority or made upon unlawful procedure, and such appeals are governed by Ch. 54. 172 C. 603. Cited. 211 C. 199.
CT Gen Stat § 4-164a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4 - Management of State Agencies|Chapter 53 - Claims Against The State|Section 4-164a - Office of the Claims Commissioner exempt from certain provisions of the Uniform Administrative Procedure Act.

 The Office of the Claims Commissioner is exempt from the provisions of sections 4-176e to 4-183, inclusive.(P.A. 82-167, S. 1, 7; P.A. 88-317, S. 47, 107; P.A. 16-127, S. 22.)History: P.A. 88-317 amended reference to Secs. 4-177 to 4-183 to include new sections added to Ch. 54, effective July 1, 1989, and applicable to all agency proceedings commencing on or after that date; P.A. 16-127 substituted “Office of the Claims Commissioner” for “Claims Commissioner”, effective June 9, 2016.Cited. 186 C. 300. P.A. 82-167, Sec. 1 of which became this section, should be read as a clarification of Superior Court's ongoing lack of jurisdiction to hear appeals from Claims Commissioner. 195 C. 534. Cited. 204 C. 259; 212 C. 415.
CT Gen Stat § 4-165a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4 - Management of State Agencies|Chapter 53 - Claims Against The State|Section 4-165a - Transitional provisions.

 Section 4-165a is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.(P.A. 75-605, S. 24, 27; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 4-165b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4 - Management of State Agencies|Chapter 53 - Claims Against The State|Section 4-165b - Claims against the state by inmates.

 (a) Any inmate, as defined in section 18-84, who suffers an injury may file a claim against the state. Such claim shall be heard and decided in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, provided no such claim shall be presented to the Office of the Claims Commissioner until the inmate has exhausted all administrative remedies provided by the Department of Correction. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, the legal representative of the estate of an inmate may present to the Office of the Claims Commissioner a claim against the state prior to having exhausted any administrative remedy provided by the Department of Correction.(b) In addition to the information required by section 4-147, an inmate's notice of claim shall include a description of the administrative remedies that have been exhausted. An inmate shall present such claim to the Office of the Claims Commissioner not later than one year after the date on which the inmate exhausted all administrative remedies.(c) The Claims Commissioner may not grant a waiver of the filing fee prescribed in section 4-147 to an inmate when, on three or more prior occasions, the inmate filed with the Office of the Claims Commissioner a claim that was dismissed on grounds that it was frivolous, duplicative, malicious or otherwise failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted.(P.A. 76-136, S. 1, 2, 4; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2.; P.A. 02-89, S. 6; P.A. 16-127, S. 23.)History: P.A. 93-91 substituted department of children and families for department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 02-89 deleted as obsolete former Subsec. (b) requiring that all matters pending on May 3, 1976, before a committee established pursuant to Sec. 18-95 be construed as pending with the same status with the claims commissioner on said date, and made a technical change; P.A. 16-127 designated existing provision re inmate who suffers injury as Subsec. (a) and substantially revised same to provide that inmate may file claim against the state after exhausting administrative remedies provided by Department of Correction, added Subsec. (b) re required information to be included in inmate's notice of claim and time period for presenting claim and added Subsec. (c) re limitation on Claims Commissioner's authority to grant waiver of filing fee to an inmate, effective June 9, 2016.Cited. 186 C. 300; 212 C. 415.
CT Gen Stat § 4-165c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4 - Management of State Agencies|Chapter 53 - Claims Against The State|Section 4-165c - Immunity of the state and its officials, employees and agents from certain actions.

 No cause of action or liability shall arise against the state, any of its agencies or subdivisions, or any state official, employee or agent, for failure to comply with the provisions of section 4-67y, 8-359b, 10-215h, 17b-4a, 17b-112i, 17b-790b or 19a-59g.(P.A. 10-133, S. 12; P.A. 11-18, S. 2; P.A. 17-13, S. 2.)History: P.A. 10-133 effective June 8, 2010; P.A. 11-18 deleted reference to Sec. 17b-749l, effective May 24, 2011; P.A. 17-13 deleted reference to Sec. 17b-112j, effective July 1, 2017.
CT Gen Stat § 4-168c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4 - Management of State Agencies|Chapter 54 - Uniform Administrative Procedure Act|Section 4-168c - Posting of proposed regulations and regulation-making record prior to certification date.

 Prior to the certification date, any provision of the general statutes that requires the posting of a proposed regulation or the regulation-making record associated with a proposed regulation on the eRegulations System shall be construed to require the agency to post such regulation or record on the agency's Internet web site and the Secretary of the State to post a link to such regulation or record on the Internet web site of the Secretary of the State.(P.A. 14-187, S. 53.)History: P.A. 14-187 effective June 11, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 4-168d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4 - Management of State Agencies|Chapter 54 - Uniform Administrative Procedure Act|Section 4-168d - Register of regulatory activity.

 The Secretary of the State may, in the Secretary's discretion and within available appropriations, periodically publish a register of regulatory activity. The content of the register may include, but shall not be limited to, the text of notices of intent to adopt regulations posted on the eRegulations System. If produced in electronic format, the register shall be posted on the eRegulations System. If produced as a print publication, the fee for furnishing copies of the register shall be such as will, in the judgment of the Secretary, cover the printing and mailing costs for the register. The Secretary may provide a sufficient number of printed registers free of charge to the Connecticut State Library for distribution to the depository library system provided for in section 11-9c and to the Chief Court Administrator for distribution to the system of law libraries established by section 11-19a.(P.A. 14-187, S. 9.)History: P.A. 14-187 effective June 11, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 4-170a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4 - Management of State Agencies|Chapter 54 - Uniform Administrative Procedure Act|Section 4-170a - Review of old regulations.

 Section 4-170a is repealed.(P.A. 73-512; P.A. 88-317, S. 106, 107.)
CT Gen Stat § 4-170b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4 - Management of State Agencies|Chapter 54 - Uniform Administrative Procedure Act|Section 4-170b - Agency submission to legislative regulation review committee upon failure to submit or resubmit required regulations.

 On or before December first of each year, each agency shall submit to the standing legislative regulation review committee:(1) A list of every section of the general statutes that requires the agency to adopt regulations on or before January first of such year if the agency (A) has not submitted the proposed regulations to the committee as provided in section 4-170 by said December first, or (B) submitted proposed regulations which were rejected without prejudice by the committee and the agency has not resubmitted the proposed regulations to the committee as provided in section 4-170 by said December first;(2) A date by which the agency proposes to submit or resubmit each of the proposed regulations; and(3) An explanation in writing by the administrative head of the agency of the reasons each such proposed regulation was not submitted or resubmitted to the committee on or before the date by which the agency is required by the general statutes to adopt the regulation.(P.A. 97-29, S. 1, 3.)History: P.A. 97-29 effective July 1, 1997.
CT Gen Stat § 4-173a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4 - Management of State Agencies|Chapter 54 - Uniform Administrative Procedure Act|Section 4-173a - Posting of implemented policies and procedures online.

 Section 4-173a is repealed, effective June 19, 2013.(P.A. 12-92, S. 11; P.A. 13-247, S. 388; 13-274, S. 12.)
CT Gen Stat § 4-174 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4 - Management of State Agencies|Chapter 54 - Uniform Administrative Procedure Act|Section 4-174 - Petition for regulation.

 Any interested person may petition an agency requesting the promulgation, amendment, or repeal of a regulation. Each agency shall prescribe by regulation the form for petitions and the procedure for their submission, consideration, and disposition. Within thirty days after submission of a petition, the agency either shall deny the petition in writing stating its reasons for the denials or shall initiate regulation-making proceedings in accordance with section 4-168.(1971, P.A. 854, S. 9.)Cited. 169 C. 344; 171 C. 691; 172 C. 263; 173 C. 462; 179 C. 111; 186 C. 153; 191 C. 173; 239 C. 32. Section not intended to grant right to petition for regulations to persons who have no specific, legally protectible interest that would be, or potentially could be, affected by the regulations. 278 C. 197.Cited. 1 CA 1.Cited. 32 CS 300.
CT Gen Stat § 4-176e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4 - Management of State Agencies|Chapter 54 - Uniform Administrative Procedure Act|Section 4-176e - Agency hearings.

 Except as otherwise required by the general statutes, a hearing in an agency proceeding may be held before (1) one or more hearing officers, provided no individual who has personally carried out the function of an investigator in a contested case may serve as a hearing officer in that case, or (2) one or more of the members of the agency.(P.A. 88-317, S. 11, 107.)History: P.A. 88-317 effective July 1, 1989, and applicable to all agency proceedings commencing on or after that date.Cited. 217 C. 130; 226 C. 105; 239 C. 32.
CT Gen Stat § 4-177a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4 - Management of State Agencies|Chapter 54 - Uniform Administrative Procedure Act|Section 4-177a - Contested cases. Party, intervenor status.

 (a) The presiding officer shall grant a person status as a party in a contested case if that officer finds that: (1) Such person has submitted a written petition to the agency and mailed copies to all parties, at least five days before the date of hearing; and (2) the petition states facts that demonstrate that the petitioner's legal rights, duties or privileges shall be specifically affected by the agency's decision in the contested case.(b) The presiding officer may grant any person status as an intervenor in a contested case if that officer finds that: (1) Such person has submitted a written petition to the agency and mailed copies to all parties, at least five days before the date of hearing; and (2) the petition states facts that demonstrate that the petitioner's participation is in the interests of justice and will not impair the orderly conduct of the proceedings.(c) The five-day requirement in subsections (a) and (b) of this section may be waived at any time before or after commencement of the hearing by the presiding officer on a showing of good cause.(d) If a petition is granted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, the presiding officer may limit the intervenor's participation to designated issues in which the intervenor has a particular interest as demonstrated by the petition and shall define the intervenor's rights to inspect and copy records, physical evidence, papers and documents, to introduce evidence, and to argue and cross-examine on those issues. The presiding officer may further restrict the participation of an intervenor in the proceedings, including the rights to inspect and copy records, to introduce evidence and to cross-examine, so as to promote the orderly conduct of the proceedings.(P.A. 88-317, S. 20, 107.)History: P.A. 88-317 effective July 1, 1989, and applicable to all agency proceedings commencing on or after that date.Cited. 233 C. 486; 234 C. 624; 239 C. 32.Cited. 30 CA 85; 35 CA 455; 37 CA 653; judgment reversed, see 238 C. 361.
CT Gen Stat § 4-177b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4 - Management of State Agencies|Chapter 54 - Uniform Administrative Procedure Act|Section 4-177b - Contested cases. Presiding officer. Subpoenas and production of documents.

 In a contested case, the presiding officer may administer oaths, take testimony under oath relative to the case, subpoena witnesses and require the production of records, physical evidence, papers and documents to any hearing held in the case. If any person disobeys the subpoena or, having appeared, refuses to answer any question put to him or to produce any records, physical evidence, papers and documents requested by the presiding officer, the agency may apply to the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford or for the judicial district in which the person resides, or to any judge of that court if it is not in session, setting forth the disobedience to the subpoena or refusal to answer or produce, and the court or judge shall cite the person to appear before the court or judge to show cause why the records, physical evidence, papers and documents should not be produced or why a question put to him should not be answered. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of the agency or any party as otherwise allowed by law.(P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; 88-317, S. 15, 107; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6.)History: P.A. 88-230 required substitution of “judicial district of Hartford” for “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain”, effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 88-317 effective July 1, 1989, and applicable to all agency proceedings commencing on or after that date; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995.Cited. 239 C. 32.Cited. 37 CA 653; judgment reversed, see 238 C. 361.
CT Gen Stat § 4-177c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4 - Management of State Agencies|Chapter 54 - Uniform Administrative Procedure Act|Section 4-177c - Contested cases. Documents. Evidence. Arguments. Statements.

 (a) In a contested case, each party and the agency conducting the proceeding shall be afforded the opportunity (1) to inspect and copy relevant and material records, papers and documents not in the possession of the party or such agency, except as otherwise provided by federal law or any other provision of the general statutes, and (2) at a hearing, to respond, to cross-examine other parties, intervenors, and witnesses, and to present evidence and argument on all issues involved.(b) Persons not named as parties or intervenors may, in the discretion of the presiding officer, be given an opportunity to present oral or written statements. The presiding officer may require any such statement to be given under oath or affirmation.(P.A. 88-317, S. 13, 107; P.A. 89-174, S. 1, 7.)History: P.A. 88-317 effective July 1, 1989, and applicable to all agency proceedings commencing on or after that date; P.A. 89-174 divided Subsec. (a) into Subdivs. and, in Subdiv. (1), added “except as otherwise provided by federal law or any other provision of the general statutes” and amended Subsec. (b) to allow, instead of require, presiding officer to require statements under Subsec. (b) to be given under oath or affirmation and to delete sentence re procedure for presiding officer to follow if he proposes to consider such statements as evidence.Cited. 223 C. 618; 226 C. 105; 239 C. 32.Cited. 37 CA 653; judgment reversed, see 238 C. 361.Cited. 44 CS 21.
CT Gen Stat § 4-178a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4 - Management of State Agencies|Chapter 54 - Uniform Administrative Procedure Act|Section 4-178a - Contested cases and declaratory ruling proceedings. Review of preliminary, procedural or evidentiary rulings.

 If a hearing in a contested case or in a declaratory ruling proceeding is held before a hearing officer or before less than a majority of the members of the agency who are authorized by law to render a final decision, a party, if permitted by regulation and before rendition of the final decision, may request a review by a majority of the members of the agency, of any preliminary, procedural or evidentiary ruling made at the hearing. The majority of the members may make an appropriate order, including the reconvening of the hearing.(P.A. 88-317, S. 22, 107.)History: P.A. 88-317 effective July 1, 1989, and applicable to all agency proceedings commencing on or after that date.Cited. 217 C. 130; 239 C. 32.