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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 34 - Comptroller › Section 3-123j. - Plan re participation of nonstate public employees in Health Enhancement program.

The Comptroller may develop and implement a plan to allow nonstate public employees, as defined in section 3-123aaa, to participate in the Health Enhancement program established in accordance with the provisions of the Revised SEBAC Agreement, approved by the General Assembly on August 22, 2011, for state employees. The Comptroller may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to implement the provisions of this section.
(P.A. 13-247, S. 77.)
History: P.A. 13-247 effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 34 - Comptroller › Section 3-123k. - Funding for fringe benefit cost re community college employees.

For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the Comptroller shall fund the fringe benefit costs for employees of the community college system who are supported by resources other than the General Fund in an amount not to exceed $16,200,000 from the resources appropriated for State Comptroller-Fringe Benefits. Nothing in this section shall change the fringe benefit support provided to the community college system for General Fund supported employees from the resources appropriated for State Comptroller-Fringe Benefits.
(P.A. 18-81, S. 16.)
History: P.A. 18-81 effective July 1, 2018.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 34 - Comptroller › Section 3-123bb. - Powers of Comptroller re Connecticut Home Care Trust Fund.

The Comptroller, on behalf of the trust and for purposes of the trust, may:
(1) Receive and invest moneys in the trust in any instruments, obligations, securities or property in accordance with section 3-123cc;
(2) Procure insurance in connection with the trust's property, assets, activities, or deposits or contributions to the trust;
(3) Establish one or more funds within the trust and maintain separate accounts for each designated beneficiary; and
(4) Take any other actions necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 3-123aa to 3-123ff, inclusive, and incidental to the duties imposed on the Comptroller pursuant to said sections.
(P.A. 07-130, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 34 - Comptroller › Section 3-123cc. - Investment of amounts on deposit in Connecticut Home Care Trust Fund.

The Comptroller shall invest the amounts on deposit in the trust in a manner reasonable and appropriate to achieve the objectives of the trust, exercising the discretion and care of a prudent person in similar circumstances with similar objectives. The Comptroller shall give due consideration to rate of return, risk, term or maturity, diversification of the total portfolio within the trust, liquidity, the projected disbursements and expenditures, and the expected payments, deposits, contributions and gifts to be received. The Comptroller shall not require the trust to invest directly in obligations of the state or any political subdivision of the state or in any investment or other fund administered by the Comptroller. The assets of the trust shall be continuously invested and reinvested in a manner consistent with the objectives of the trust until disbursed for qualified home care expenses, expended on expenses incurred by the operations of the trust, or refunded to the depositor or designated beneficiary on the conditions provided in the participation agreement.
(P.A. 07-130, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 34 - Comptroller › Section 3-123dd. - Additional powers of Comptroller re Connecticut Home Care Trust Fund.

The Comptroller, on behalf of the trust and for purposes of the trust, may:
(1) Establish consistent terms for each participation agreement, bulk deposit, coupon or installment payments, including, but not limited to, (A) the method of payment into the trust by payroll deduction, transfer from bank accounts or otherwise, (B) the termination, withdrawal or transfer of payments under the trust, including transfers to an eligible home care provider, (C) penalties for distributions not used or made in accordance with this section, (D) changing the identity of the designated beneficiary, and (E) any charges or fees in connection with the administration of the trust;
(2) Enter into one or more contractual agreements, including contracts for legal, actuarial, accounting, custodial, advisory, management, administrative, advertising, marketing and consulting services for the trust and pay for such services from the gains and earnings of the trust;
(3) Apply for, accept and expend gifts, grants or donations from public or private sources to enable the trust to carry out its objectives;
(4) Adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement the purposes of sections 3-123aa to 3-123ff, inclusive;
(5) Sue and be sued; and
(6) Take any other action necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 3-123aa to 3-123ff, inclusive, and incidental to the duties imposed on the Comptroller pursuant to said sections.
(P.A. 07-130, S. 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 34 - Comptroller › Section 3-123ee. - Treatment of Connecticut Home Care Trust Fund participation, offering and solicitation under securities laws.

Participation in the trust and the offering and solicitation of the trust are exempt from sections 36b-16 and 36b-22. The Comptroller shall obtain written advice of counsel or written advice from the Securities Exchange Commission, or both, that the trust and the offering of participation in the trust are not subject to federal securities laws.
(P.A. 07-130, S. 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 34 - Comptroller › Section 3-123ff. - Pledge of state re Connecticut Home Care Trust Fund rights and obligations.

The state pledges to depositors, designated beneficiaries and with any party who enters into contracts with the trust, pursuant to the provisions of sections 3-123aa to 3-123ff, inclusive, that the state will not limit or alter the rights under said sections vested in the trust or contract with the trust until such obligations are fully met and discharged and such contracts are fully performed on the part of the trust, provided nothing contained in this section shall preclude such limitation or alteration if adequate provision is made by law for the protection of such depositors and designated beneficiaries pursuant to the obligations of the trust or parties who entered into such contracts with the trust. The trust, on behalf of the state, may include this pledge and undertaking for the state in participation agreements and such other obligations or contracts.
(P.A. 07-130, S. 6.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 34 - Comptroller › Section 3-123gg. - Connecticut Home Care Trust Fund constitutes an instrumentality of the state. Treatment of amounts on deposit in funds.

(a) The Connecticut Home Care Trust Fund shall constitute an instrumentality of the state and shall perform essential governmental functions, as provided in this section and sections 3-123aa to 3-123ff, inclusive. The trust shall receive and hold all payments and deposits or contributions intended for the trust, as well as gifts, bequests, endowments or federal, state or local grants and any other funds from any public or private source and all earnings until disbursed in accordance with section 3-123aa.
(b) The amounts on deposit in the trust as individual savings accounts shall not constitute property of the state and such amounts shall not be construed to be a department, institution or agency of the state. Amounts on deposit in the trust shall not be commingled with state funds and the state shall have no claim to or against, or interest in, such funds. Any contract entered into by or any obligation of the trust shall not constitute a debt or obligation of the state and the state shall have no obligation to any designated beneficiary or any other person on account of the trust and all amounts obligated to be paid from the trust shall be limited to amounts available for such obligation on deposit in the trust. The amounts on deposit in the trust may only be disbursed in accordance with the provisions of this section and sections 3-123aa to 3-123ff, inclusive. The trust shall continue in existence as long as it holds any deposits or has any obligations and until its existence is terminated by law. Upon termination any unclaimed assets shall return to the state.
(c) The Comptroller shall be responsible for the receipt, maintenance, administration, investing and disbursements of amounts from the trust. The trust shall not receive deposits in any form other than cash. No depositor or designated beneficiary may direct the investment of any contributions or amounts held in the trust other than in the specific fund options provided for by the trust.
(P.A. 08-140, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 08-140 effective July 1, 2008.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 34 - Comptroller › Section 3-123aaa. - Definitions.

As used in this section and sections 3-123bbb to 3-123hhh, inclusive:
(1) “Health Care Cost Containment Committee” means the committee established in accordance with the ratified agreement between the state and the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition pursuant to subsection (f) of section 5-278.
(2) “Nonprofit employee” means any employee of a nonprofit employer.
(3) “Nonprofit employer” means (A) a nonprofit corporation, organized under 26 USC 501, as amended from time to time, that (i) has a purchase of service contract, as defined in section 4-70b, or (ii) receives fifty per cent or more of its gross annual revenue from grants or funding from the state, the federal government or a municipality or any combination thereof, or (B) an organization that is tax exempt pursuant to 26 USC 501(c)(5), as amended from time to time.
(4) “Nonstate public employee” means any employee or elected officer of a nonstate public employer.
(5) “Nonstate public employer” means a municipality or other political subdivision of the state, including a board of education, quasi-public agency or public library. A municipality and a board of education may be considered separate employers.
(6) “Partnership plan” means a health care benefit plan offered by the Comptroller to (A) nonstate public employers or nonprofit employers pursuant to section 3-123bbb, (B) graduate assistants at The University of Connecticut and The University of Connecticut Health Center, (C) postdoctoral trainees at The University of Connecticut and The University of Connecticut Health Center, (D) graduate fellows at The University of Connecticut and The University of Connecticut Health Center, and (E) graduate students of The University of Connecticut participating in university-funded internships as part of their graduate program.
(7) “State employee plan” means a self-insured group health care benefits plan established under subsection (m) of section 5-259.
(P.A. 11-58, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 416.)
History: P.A. 11-58 effective July 1, 2011; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subdiv. (6) by redefining “partnership plan”, effective July 1, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 34 - Comptroller › Section 3-123fff. - Nonstate Public Health Care Advisory Committee. Nonprofit Health Care Advisory Committee.

(a) There is established a Nonstate Public Health Care Advisory Committee. The committee shall make advisory recommendations to the Health Care Cost Containment Committee concerning health care coverage for nonstate public employees. The advisory committee shall consist of nonstate public employers and employees participating in a partnership plan and shall include the following members appointed by the Comptroller: (1) Three municipal employer representatives, one of whom represents towns with populations of one hundred thousand or more, one of whom represents towns with populations of at least twenty thousand but under one hundred thousand, and one of whom represents towns with populations under twenty thousand; (2) three municipal employee representatives, one of whom represents employees in towns with populations of one hundred thousand or more, one of whom represents employees in towns with populations of at least twenty thousand but under one hundred thousand, and one of whom represents employees in towns with populations under twenty thousand; (3) three board of education employers, one of whom represents towns with populations of one hundred thousand or more, one of whom represents towns with populations of at least twenty thousand but under one hundred thousand, and one of whom represents towns with populations under twenty thousand; and (4) three board of education employee representatives, one of whom represents towns with populations of one hundred thousand or more, one of whom represents towns with populations of at least twenty thousand but under one hundred thousand, and one of whom represents towns with populations under twenty thousand.
(b) There is established a Nonprofit Health Care Advisory Committee. The committee shall make advisory recommendations to the Health Care Cost Containment Committee concerning health care coverage for nonprofit employees. The advisory committee shall consist of nonprofit employers and their respective employees participating in a partnership plan and shall include the following members appointed by the Comptroller: (1) Three nonprofit employer representatives; and (2) three nonprofit employee representatives.
(P.A. 11-58, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 11-58 effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 34 - Comptroller › Section 3-123ggg. - Regulations.

The Comptroller may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement and administer partnership plans and the provisions of sections 3-123aaa to 3-123fff, inclusive. The Comptroller may implement policies and procedures necessary to administer the provisions of sections 3-123aaa to 3-123fff, inclusive, while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures as regulation, provided the Comptroller prints notice of intent to adopt regulations in the Connecticut Law Journal not later than twenty days after the date of implementation. Policies and procedures implemented pursuant to this section shall be valid until the time final regulations are adopted.
(P.A. 11-58, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 11-58 effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 34 - Comptroller › Section 3-123hhh. - Health Care Cost Containment Committee and State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition approval.

(a) The Comptroller shall not offer coverage under a partnership plan pursuant to sections 3-123bbb to 3-123eee, inclusive, until the Health Care Cost Containment Committee has provided, in writing, its approval of sections 3-123aaa to 3-123fff, inclusive, to the Comptroller and until the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition has provided its written consent to the clerks of both houses of the General Assembly to incorporate the terms of sections 3-123aaa to 3-123fff, inclusive, into its collective bargaining agreement.
(b) Nothing in this section or sections 3-123aaa to 3-123ggg, inclusive, 19a-654, 19a-725, 19a-755a, 38a-513f or 38a-513g shall modify the state employee plan in any way without the written consent of the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.
(P.A. 11-58, S. 8; 11-61, S. 141; P.A. 13-247, S. 148; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 121.)
History: P.A. 11-58 effective July 2, 2011; P.A. 11-61 amended Subsec. (b) to insert cites to Secs. 19a-654, 19a-724, 19a-724a, 19a-725, 38a-513f and 38a-513g, effective June 21, 2011; P.A. 13-247 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting references to Secs. 19a-724 and 19a-724a and inserting reference to Sec. 38a-1091, effective June 19, 2013; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “38a-1091” with “19a-755a”, effective October 31, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 34 - Comptroller › Section 3-123rrr. - Definitions.

As used in this section and sections 3-123sss to 3-123vvv, inclusive, and section 3-123xxx:
(1) “Health Care Cost Containment Committee” means the committee established in accordance with the ratified agreement between the state and the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition pursuant to subsection (f) of section 5-278.
(2) “Nonstate public employee” means any employee or elected officer of a nonstate public employer.
(3) “Nonstate public employer” means a municipality or other political subdivision of the state, including a board of education, quasi-public agency or public library. A municipality and a board of education may be considered separate employers.
(4) “State employee plan” means the group hospitalization, medical, pharmacy and surgical insurance plan offered to state employees and retirees pursuant to section 5-259.
(5) “Health enhancement program” means the program established in accordance with the provisions of the Revised State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition agreement, approved by the General Assembly on August 22, 2011, for state employees, as may be amended by stipulated agreements.
(6) “Value-based insurance design” means health benefit designs that lower or remove financial barriers to essential, high-value clinical services.
(7) “Health care coverage type” means the type of health care coverage offered by nonstate public employers, including, but not limited to, coverage for a nonstate public employee, nonstate public employee plus spouse and nonstate public employee plus family.
(P.A. 15-93, S. 1; P.A. 16-169, S. 19; P.A. 19-117, S. 377.)
History: P.A. 15-93 effective June 23, 2015; P.A. 16-169 made a technical change in Subdiv. (1), effective June 6, 2016; P.A. 19-117 added Subdiv. (5) defining “health enhancement program”, added Subdiv. (6) defining “value-based insurance design” and added Subdiv. (7) defining “health care coverage type”, effective July 1, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 34 - Comptroller › Section 3-123ttt. - Coverage for retirees.

(a) Any nonstate public employer that is eligible to seek coverage under the state employee plan or a plan developed by the Comptroller pursuant to subsection (a) of section 3-123sss for its nonstate public employees may seek such coverage for such nonstate public employer's retirees in accordance with this section. Premium payments for such coverage shall be remitted by the nonstate public employer to the Comptroller and shall be the same as those paid by the state, inclusive of any premiums paid by retired state employees.
(b) (1) If a nonstate public employer seeks coverage for all of its retirees in accordance with this section and all of the nonstate public employees employed by such nonstate public employer in accordance with section 3-123sss, the Comptroller shall accept such application upon the terms and conditions applicable to the state employee plan or plan developed by the Comptroller pursuant to subsection (a) of section 3-123sss and shall provide coverage not later than the first day of the third calendar month following such application.
(2) If a nonstate public employer seeks coverage for fewer than all of its retirees, regardless of whether such nonstate public employer is seeking coverage for all of the nonstate public employees employed by such nonstate public employer, the Comptroller shall forward such application to the Health Care Cost Containment Committee not later than five business days after receiving such application. Said committee may, not later than thirty days after receiving such application, certify to the Comptroller that, with respect to such retirees, the application will shift a significantly disproportional part of such nonstate public employer's medical risks to the state employee plan.
(3) If the Health Care Cost Containment Committee certifies to the Comptroller that the application will shift a significantly disproportional part of a nonstate public employer's medical risks to the state employee plan, the Comptroller shall not provide coverage to such nonstate public employer's retirees. If the Health Care Cost Containment Committee does not certify to the Comptroller that the application will shift a significantly disproportional part of a nonstate public employer's medical risks to the state employee plan, the Comptroller shall provide coverage not later than the first day of the third calendar month following the deadline for receiving the certification.
(c) Nothing in sections 3-123rrr to 3-123vvv, inclusive, shall diminish any right to retiree health insurance pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement or to any other provision of the general statutes.
(P.A. 15-93, S. 3; P.A. 19-117, S. 379.)
History: P.A. 19-177 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) by adding references to plan developed by Comptroller pursuant to Sec. 3-123sss(a), effective July 1, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 34 - Comptroller › Section 3-123uuu. - State employee plan premium payment. Nonpayment of premium.

(a) Each nonstate public employer shall pay monthly the amount determined by the Comptroller for coverage of its nonstate public employees or its nonstate public employees and retirees, as appropriate, under the state employee plan. A nonstate public employer may require each nonstate public employee to contribute a portion of the cost of his or her coverage under the plan, subject to any collective bargaining obligation applicable to such nonstate public employer.
(b) The Comptroller shall establish accounting procedures to track claims and premium payments paid by nonstate public employers.
(c) If any payment due by a nonstate public employer under this section is not paid after the date such payment is due, interest to be paid by such nonstate public employer shall be added, retroactive to the date such payment was due, at the prevailing rate of interest as determined by the Comptroller.
(d) If a nonstate public employer fails to make premium payments, the Comptroller may direct the State Treasurer, or any other officer of the state who is the custodian of any moneys made available by grant, allocation or appropriation payable to such nonstate public employer at any time subsequent to such failure, to withhold the payment of such moneys until the amount of the premium or interest due has been paid to the Comptroller, or until the State Treasurer or such custodial officer determines that arrangements have been made, to the satisfaction of the State Treasurer, for the payment of such premium and interest. Such moneys shall not be withheld if such withholding will adversely affect the receipt of any federal grant or aid in connection with such moneys.
(P.A. 15-93, S. 4; P.A. 16-169, S. 20; P.A. 19-117, S. 380.)
History: P.A. 16-169 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective June 6, 2016; P.A. 19-117 deleted former Subsec. (a) re state employee plan premium account, redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as new Subsec. (a), added new Subsec. (b) re establishment of accounting procedures to track claims and premium payments and amended Subsec. (c) to make a technical change, effective July 1, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 34 - Comptroller › Section 3-123vvv. - State Employees' Bargaining Agent Coalition consent.

The Comptroller shall not offer coverage under the state employee plan pursuant to sections 3-123rrr to 3-123uuu, inclusive, until the State Employees' Bargaining Agent Coalition has provided its consent to the clerks of both houses of the General Assembly to incorporate the terms of sections 3-123rrr to 3-123uuu, inclusive, into its collective bargaining agreement.
(P.A. 15-93, S. 5; P.A. 19-117, S. 381.)
History: P.A. 15-93 effective June 23, 2015; P.A. 19-117 added references to Sec. 3-123sss, effective July 1, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 34 - Comptroller › Section 3-123www. - Enrollment in partnership plan prohibited.

On and after October 1, 2015, no nonstate public employer, as defined in section 3-123rrr, shall enroll any nonstate public employee, as defined in section 3-123rrr, in the partnership plan, as defined in section 3-123aaa. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any nonstate public employer enrolled in the partnership plan to enroll in the state employee plan, as defined in section 3-123rrr.
(P.A. 15-93, S. 6.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 34 - Comptroller › Section 3-123xxx. - Annual report by nonstate public employers.

Not later than October 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, each nonstate public employer shall submit a report to the Comptroller, Office of Policy and Management and Office of Fiscal Analysis, in a form and manner prescribed by the Comptroller. Such report shall contain (1) the total number of employees covered under a health care plan sponsored by such employer, (2) the coverage type selected by each covered employee, (3) the total premium for each coverage type, inclusive of employee and employer shares and medical and pharmacy coverage, (4) the amount of any contributions by such employer to health savings or health reimbursement accounts, (5) the number of participants in such health care plans, including employee dependents, (6) a summary of benefits and coverage for each health care plan offered by such employer and the number of employees enrolled in each such plan, and (7) information concerning retirement plans and benefits offered or provided by such employer and the total costs to such employer associated with the provision of such plans and benefits in the preceding year.
(P.A. 19-117, S. 382.)
History: P.A. 19-117 effective June 26, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 34 - Comptroller › Section 3-123yyy. - Annual report re plans developed by Comptroller.

Not later than January 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the Comptroller shall submit a report to the Health Care Cost Containment Committee, Office of Policy and Management and joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, concerning municipal group hospitalization, medical, pharmacy and surgical insurance plans developed by the Comptroller pursuant to subsection (a) of section 3-923sss. Such report shall include, but need not be limited to, the total number of contracts, members, plan costs and premium payments and other revenues associated with such plans and the corresponding profit loss ratio for the previous calendar year. Such report shall distinguish municipal health care plans from the state employee plan and demonstrate cost neutrality by individual municipal insurance plan and in total across all municipal insurance plans. If the profit loss ratio demonstrates inadequacy in premium payments, such report shall include a plan to ensure the fiscal adequacy of the premium rate structure for such individual municipal insurance plans and the associated benefit design to eliminate any prior year financial loss and prevent financial loss in the upcoming plan year.
(P.A. 19-117, S. 383.)
History: P.A. 19-117 effective June 26, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 35 - Attorney General › Section 3-125a. - Certain agreements or stipulations required to be approved by General Assembly.

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (m) of section 4-160, the Attorney General shall not enter into any agreement or stipulation in connection with a lawsuit to which the state is a party that contains any provision which requires an expenditure from the General Fund budget in an amount in excess of two million five hundred thousand dollars over the term of the agreement or stipulation, unless the General Assembly, by resolution, accepts the terms of such provision. The General Assembly may reject such provision by a three-fifths vote of each house. Such provision shall be deemed approved if the General Assembly fails to vote to approve or reject such provision within thirty days of the date of submittal pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
(b) Each such agreement or stipulation shall be submitted to the General Assembly by the Attorney General and shall be referred to the committees of cognizance which shall report thereon by resolution.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 165, 168; P.A. 98-76, S. 2; P.A. 21-91, S. 7.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 165 effective June 1, 1992; P.A. 98-76 amended Subsec. (a) to make a technical change in a statutory reference; P.A. 21-91 amended Subsec. (a) to replace reference to Sec. 4-160(h) with reference to Sec. 4-160(m), effective June 28, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 35 - Attorney General › Section 3-125b. - Delegation of labor relations matters to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.

The Attorney General may delegate to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management the authority to appoint an attorney employed by said office to represent the state of Connecticut in matters relating to certain appeals to the Superior Court from an arbitration, decision or determination or any other labor relations issue involving the Office of Labor Relations. The Attorney General may enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management which shall list the types of appeals which are the subject of such delegation.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 101.)
History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2 effective May 12, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 35 - Attorney General › Section 3-126. - Protection of interstate watercourses.

The Attorney General is authorized to investigate and, with the approval of the Governor, to take such action as is deemed necessary to protect the state from damage by diversion or other interference with water from streams without the state which enter or are tributary to streams flowing within the state. Any expenses incurred by the Attorney General in instituting or maintaining proceedings incident to such action shall be paid from the Treasury on the approval of the Comptroller.
(1949 Rev., S. 214.)
Contract between Connecticut and New York water companies to construct reservoir spanning state line not evasion of section. 145 C. 526.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 35 - Attorney General › Section 3-127. - Negotiations concerning interstate watercourses.

The Attorney General is authorized, with the approval of the Governor, to negotiate and contract, in the name of the state, with any commission appointed by another state, or with any authorized agent thereof, concerning the use, allocation or diversion of any waters from streams or tributaries without the state of streams which in their natural course flow through, into or across the state.
(1949 Rev., S. 215.)
Contract between Connecticut and New York water companies to construct reservoir spanning state line not evasion of section. 145 C. 526.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 35 - Attorney General › Section 3-128. - Signature machines.

The Attorney General may authorize the use of a signature machine by any officer or department of the state for the purpose of attaching signatures to any warrant, order or check in connection with the disbursement of money on behalf of the state.
(1949 Rev., S. 216; P.A. 10-32, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 10-32 made a technical change, effective May 10, 2010.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 35 - Attorney General › Section 3-129. To proceed - against healing arts practitioners accused of obtaining licenses through misrepresentation.

The Attorney General may, upon his own motion or upon the sworn complaint of any two electors within the county in which any person holding a certificate of registration to practice any of the healing arts resides, prefer charges to the superior court of such county against such person, alleging that he procured such certificate through fraud, and said court shall, within fourteen days thereafter, summon such person to appear before it at a given time and place to show cause why his certificate of registration should not be revoked. Such summons may be served by any proper officer by leaving a copy thereof with the accused or at his usual place of abode at least six days before the same is returnable. If such court, upon hearing, finds such charges to be sustained, it shall certify such finding to the Commissioner of Public Health, who shall thereupon revoke such certificate. The procedure authorized in this section shall be in addition to any procedure authorized by any other statutory provision.
(1949 Rev., S. 217; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of health services for commissioner of health, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
Public is protected even though the state department of health or the examining board fails or refuses to act properly. 15 CS 468.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 35 - Attorney General › Section 3-129a. - Suppression of criminally operated corporations.

(a) The Attorney General is authorized to institute civil proceedings in the Superior Court to forfeit the charter of any corporation organized under the laws of this state and to revoke the certificate of authority of any foreign corporation to carry on business in this state, when: (1) Any of the corporation officers or any other person controlling the management or operation of such corporation, with the knowledge of the president and a majority of the board of directors or under such circumstances that the president and a majority of the directors should have knowledge, is a person engaged in organized gambling, organized traffic in narcotics, organized extortion, organized bribery, organized embezzlement or organized prostitution, or who is connected directly or indirectly with organizations, syndicates or criminal societies engaging in such; or (2) a director, officer, employee, agent or stockholder acting for, through or on behalf of such corporation has, in conducting the corporation's affairs, purposely engaged in a persistent course of gambling, unlawful traffic in narcotics, extortion, embezzlement, intimidation and coercion, bribery, prostitution, or other such criminal conduct with the knowledge of the president and a majority of the board of directors or under such circumstances that the president and a majority of the directors should have such knowledge, with the intent to compel or induce other persons, firms or corporations to deal with such corporation or to engage in any such criminal conduct; and (3) for the prevention of future illegal conduct of the same character, the public interest requires the charter of the corporation to be forfeited and the corporation to be dissolved or the certificate of authority to be revoked.
(b) The proceedings authorized by subsection (a) of this section may be instituted against a corporation in the superior court for any county in which it is doing business and the proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with the rules of civil procedure and the applicable rules of court. Such proceedings shall be deemed additional to any other proceeding authorized by law for the purpose of forfeiting the charter of a corporation or revoking the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation.
(1971, P.A. 308, S. 1, 3 (a).)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 35 - Attorney General › Section 3-129b. - Suppression of criminally operated businesses other than corporations.

(a) The Attorney General is authorized to institute civil proceedings in the Superior Court to enjoin the operation of any business other than a corporation, including a partnership, limited partnership, unincorporated association, joint venture or sole proprietorship, when: (1) Any person in control of any such business, who may be a partner in a partnership, a participant in a joint venture, the owner of a sole proprietorship, an employee or agent of any such business, or a person who, in fact, exercises control over the operations of any such business, has, in conducting its business affairs, purposely engaged in a persistent course of gambling, unlawful traffic in narcotics, extortion, embezzlement, intimidation, bribery, prostitution, or other such illegal conduct with the intent to compel or induce other persons, firms or corporations to deal with such business or engage in any such illegal conduct, and (2) for the prevention of future illegal conduct of the same character, the public interest requires the operation of the business to be enjoined.
(b) The proceedings authorized by subsection (a) of this section may be instituted against a business other than a corporation in the superior court for any judicial district in which it is doing business and the proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with rules of civil procedure and the applicable rules of court.
(1971, P.A. 308, S. 2, 3 (b); P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 127.)
History: P.A. 78-280 deleted reference to county.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 35 - Attorney General › Section 3-129c. - Actions re imposition of income tax on state residents by New York City.

The Attorney General may bring an action, or intervene in an action, including a class action, as attorney for any persons residing in this state, or in the name of the state as parens patriae for persons residing in this state, with respect to the imposition of the New York City personal income tax on individuals who are residents of the state of Connecticut who earn income in New York City, which tax is not imposed on individuals who are residents of the state of New York who do not reside in New York City.
(P.A. 99-215, S. 28, 29.)
History: P.A. 99-215 effective June 29, 1999.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 35 - Attorney General › Section 3-129d. - Action to enforce the provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act.

The Attorney General may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction on behalf of the General Assembly and the state of Connecticut against the federal government to enforce the provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act, P.L. 107-110, as may be amended from time to time.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-2, S. 1.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-2 effective July 1, 2005.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 35 - Attorney General › Section 3-129e. - Action to enforce provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

The Attorney General may bring a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce any provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Public Law 111-203, that a state attorney general is authorized by said act to enforce and to seek any relief that a state attorney general is authorized by said act to seek.
(P.A. 11-119, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 11-119 effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 35 - Attorney General › Section 3-129f. - Investigation of allegations of intimidation based on bigotry or bias. Attorney General's authority to bring an action in the name of the state related to investigation.

(a) The Attorney General may investigate the facts and circumstances concerning any alleged violation of section 53a-181j, 53a-181k or 53a-181l, and in connection with such investigation, issue subpoenas and written interrogatories in the same manner and to the same extent as is provided in section 35-42. No information obtained pursuant to the provisions of this subsection may be used in a criminal proceeding.
(b) If the Attorney General finds that a person has committed an act that constitutes a violation of section 53a-181j, 53a-181k or 53a-181
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, the Attorney General may bring a civil action in the superior court for the judicial district in which such act occurred in the name of the state against such person.
(c) In any such action, the Attorney General may obtain, for the benefit of a person adversely affected by a violation of section 53a-181j, 53a-181k or 53a-181
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, any relief to which such person may be entitled by law, including treble damages; a civil penalty not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars, per violation, provided such violation has been established by clear and convincing evidence; and declaratory, injunctive or equitable relief that the Attorney General determines is necessary to vindicate the public's interests. Any civil penalty that is received pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited in the General Fund.
(d) Nothing in this section shall limit the right of a person adversely affected by a violation of section 53a-181j, 53a-181k or 53a-181
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to bring an action under section 52-571c or any other law that may entitle such person to relief, except that the Attorney General shall not bring an action under the provisions of this section during the pendency of a matter involving the same parties and the same alleged facts and circumstances before the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities.
(e) Nothing in this section shall permit the Attorney General to assert any claim against a state agency or a state officer or state employee in such officer's or employee's official capacity, regarding actions or omissions of such state agency, state officer or state employee. If the Attorney General determines that a state officer or state employee is not entitled to indemnification under section 5-141d, the Attorney General may, as relates to such officer or employee, take any action authorized under this section.
(P.A. 21-128, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 21-128 effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 35 - Attorney General › Section 3-129h. - Agreements concerning state-wide opioid claim.

(a) The Attorney General may, pursuant to the Attorney General's authority under section 3-125, enter into any agreement concerning any state-wide opioid claim, including an agreement to compromise, release, waive or otherwise settle such claim, on behalf of the state and any political subdivisions. For the purposes of this section, “state-wide opioid claim” means any claim the state asserts or could assert concerning the manufacturing, marketing, distributing or selling of opioids, or activities related thereto.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, no claimant may assert any state-wide opioid claim for which the state has entered into an agreement to compromise, release, waive or otherwise settle such claim pursuant to this section.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 39.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 effective June 23, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 35 - Attorney General › Section 3-130. - Proceedings to obtain reasonable transportation rates.

The Attorney General is authorized, when directed by the Governor, to institute legal proceedings in any court or before any commission or committee of any state or of the United States to obtain the establishment and maintenance of just and reasonable rates for transportation of fuel and other articles and commodities by railroad and by vessels and to compel common carriers to establish, apply and observe just and reasonable rules, classifications and practices in connection with such transportation.
(1949 Rev., S. 218.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 35 - Attorney General › Section 3-131. - Annual reports.

The Attorney General shall prepare and submit to the Governor a report of the doings of his office in accordance with the provisions of section 4-60 and shall account to the State Treasurer for all fees, bills of costs and moneys received and expended by him by virtue of his office.
(1949 Rev., S. 219; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 13.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 46 - State Appointive Officers › Section 4-1. - Appointed officers; term; compensation and expenses.

Unless otherwise specifically provided by law, each person appointed or nominated for appointment by the Governor, with or without the advice and consent of the General Assembly or either house thereof, and each person appointed or elected by the General Assembly or either house thereof, shall be sworn and shall hold office for the term prescribed by law and until his successor is appointed and has qualified. Such persons shall receive no compensation for services unless the same is prescribed by law, but shall receive their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.
(1949 Rev., S. 260.)
See Sec. 4-16 re payment of expenses by state.
See Sec. 4-40 re determination of salaries not prescribed by law.
Section is effective amendment of statutes not specifically providing for extension of term in case of failure of appointment of successor, and incumbent will hold over de jure. 133 C. 40. See 133 C. 50. Can be interpreted only as effective to fix a term of office ab initio. 135 C. 639. Is a remedial statute which should receive as liberal a construction as can reasonably be given to effectuate its beneficial purpose. 136 C. 312. The term of office of a municipal court judge is “otherwise specifically provided by law” by the twentieth amendment; doubtful that statute was intended to apply to judicial offices. 138 C. 153. Cited. 200 C. 91.
Declaratory judgment not appropriate to try title to office. 13 CS 430. Where General Assembly did not appoint a county commissioner, the incumbent held over and an interim appointment was invalid. 14 CS 225.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 46 - State Appointive Officers › Section 4-1a. - Appointed officers, unspecified terms.

Unless otherwise provided by law, any appointed official of the state, including any person appointed to a board, commission, council, authority, task force, committee or other body, shall serve at the pleasure of the person or body authorized to make the appointment but no longer than the term of office of such appointing authority or until such official's successor is appointed and qualified, whichever is longer.
(P.A. 73-659; P.A. 89-87, S. 3, 5.)
History: P.A. 89-87 added provision to include, as an appointed official of the state, any person appointed to a board, commission, council, authority, task force, committee or other body.
Cited. 201 C. 685; 224 C. 693.