2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 46 - State Appointive Officers › Section 4-9a. - Appointment of chairpersons and executive directors of boards and commissions. Public members; proportion; definition; exception; online system. Members; terms.

(a) The Governor shall appoint the chairperson and executive director, if any, of all boards and commissions within the Executive Department, except the State Properties Review Board, the State Elections Enforcement Commission, the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, the Commission on Fire Prevention and Control, the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board and the Transportation Policy Advisory Council.
(b) (1) Public members shall constitute not less than one-third of the members of each board and commission within the Executive Department, except the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities. Public member means an elector of the state who has no substantial financial interest in, is not employed in or by, and is not professionally affiliated with, any industry, profession, occupation, trade or institution regulated or licensed by the relevant board or commission, and who has had no professional affiliation with any such industry, profession, occupation, trade or institution for three years preceding his appointment to the board or commission. Except as otherwise specifically provided by the general statutes, this section shall not apply to the Commission on Fire Prevention and Control, boards and commissions the membership of which is entirely composed of state department heads, elected officials or deputies appointed by such department heads or where the membership of such board or commission is determined in accordance with the provisions of any federal law.
(2) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall create, maintain and make accessible on the state Internet web site a system through which an individual may electronically submit a name to be considered for appointment as a public member to a board or commission within the Executive Department. Such system shall include information about each such board or commission and specify any requirements for membership on such board or commission.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision of law, the term of each member of each board and commission within the Executive Department, except the State Board of Education, the Board of Regents for Higher Education, the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, the State Elections Enforcement Commission, the State Properties Review Board, the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board, the Commission on Medicolegal Investigations, the Psychiatric Security Review Board, the Commission on Fire Prevention and Control, the E 9-1-1 Commission, and the board of trustees of each constituent unit of the state system of higher education, commencing on or after July 1, 1979, shall be coterminous with the term of the Governor or until a successor is chosen, whichever is later.
(d) Each member of each board and commission within the Executive Department shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority except where otherwise specifically provided by any provision of the general statutes.
(P.A. 77-614, S. 13, 587, 610; P.A. 79-404, S. 2, 45; 79-493, S. 8, 9; 79-560, S. 36, 39; P.A. 81-473, S. 2, 43; P.A. 82-218, S. 34, 46; P.A. 84-241, S. 2, 5; 84-416, S. 14, 15; 84-511, S. 1, 15; 84-546, S. 8, 173; P.A. 85-300, S. 2, 3; 85-506, S. 26, 32; P.A. 86-403, S. 7, 132; P.A. 93-219, S. 4, 14; 93-262, S. 27, 87; 93-435, S. 56, 95; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 3, 130; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 210(e); P.A. 04-20, S. 3; 04-205, S. 5; 04-234, S. 2; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 30; P.A. 05-183, S. 30; P.A. 06-196, S. 188; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7, S. 142; P.A. 11-48, S. 132; 11-61, S. 78; 11-233, S. 3; P.A. 13-299, S. 50; P.A. 17-192, S. 3; P.A. 21-49, S. 5; 21-193, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 79-404 deleted references to commission on special revenue in Subsecs. (a) and (c) and substituted gaming policy board for commission in Subsecs. (b) and (d); P.A. 79-493 included state ethics commission in Subsecs. (a), (c) and (d); P.A. 79-560 included state elections commission in Subsecs. (a), (c) and (d); P.A. 81-473 exempted the commission on medicolegal investigations from the general requirement that terms of members of boards and commissions be coterminous with that of the governor in Subsec. (d); P.A. 82-218 amended section to replace board of higher education with board of governors, to provide for appointment of initial chairman to board of governors by the governor and to establish staggered terms of office for the board of governors and the constituent unit boards of trustees, effective March 1, 1983; P.A. 84-241 added “of higher education” to board's title; P.A. 84-416 exempted E 9-1-1 commission from provision requiring terms of members be coterminous with governor's; P.A. 84-511 changed name of state elections commission to state elections enforcement commission; P.A. 84-546 repealed formed Subsec. (c) re termination of the terms of members on July 1, 1979, relettering former Subsecs. (d) and (e) accordingly; P.A. 85-300 amended Subsec. (c) to exempt the state commission on the arts from the requirement that members' terms be coterminous with that of the governor; P.A. 85-506 amended Subsec. (c) to exempt the psychiatric security review board from provision requiring terms of members to be coterminous with governor's; P.A. 86-403 made technical change in Subsec. (b); P.A. 93-219 amended Subsec. (c) to exempt the Board of Parole from the requirement that members' terms be coterminous with that of the governor, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 93-262 added commission on aging to the lists in Subsecs. (a) and (c) added the words “executive director of” before the words “state ethics commission”, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-435 made technical change re placement of phrase “executive director of” added by P.A. 93-262, effective June 28, 1993; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 amended Subsec. (a) by eliminating reference to the executive director of the Commission on Aging, effective July 1, 1994; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-20 replaced State Commission on the Arts with Connecticut Commission on Arts, Tourism, Culture, History and Film, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 04-205, effective June 3, 2004, and May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, effective May 12, 2004, both replaced Connecticut Commission on Arts, Tourism, Culture, History and Film with Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism; P.A. 04-234 replaced Board of Parole with Board of Pardons and Paroles, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 05-183 amended Subsecs. (a) and (c) to replace “State Ethics Commission” with “Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board”, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 06-196 eliminated reference to Board of Pardons and Paroles and made technical changes in Subsec. (c), effective June 7, 2006; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7 amended Subsecs. (a) and (c) to delete references to Commission on Aging, effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (a) to delete reference to Board of Governors of Higher Education and amended Subsec. (c) to make a technical change, replace “Governors of” with “Regents for”, delete “Connecticut Commission on”, and add “Advisory Committee”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-61 amended Subsec. (a) by eliminating Commission on Fire Prevention and Control from boards and commissions excepted from Governor's appointment authority, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-233 amended Subsec. (a) by adding Commission on Fire Prevention and Control to boards and commissions excepted from Governor's appointment authority, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-299 amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) to delete references to Gaming Policy Board, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 17-192 amended Subsec. (a) by adding reference to Transportation Policy Advisory Council to boards and made technical changes; P.A. 21-49 amended Subsec. (b) to designate existing provisions as Subdiv. (1) and add Subdiv. (2) re system for electronic submission of names for consideration for appointment and amended Subsecs. (c) and (d) to replace “executive branch” with “Executive Department”, effective July 1, 2021; P.A. 21-193 amended Subsec. (c) to delete reference to Culture and Tourism Advisory Committee, effective July 13, 2021.