2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319b - Department of Developmental Services › Section 17a-217a. - Camp Harkness Advisory Committee.

(a) There shall be a Camp Harkness Advisory Committee to advise the Commissioner of Developmental Services with respect to issues concerning the health and safety of persons who attend and utilize the facilities at Camp Harkness. The advisory committee shall be composed of twelve members as follows: (1) Six members appointed by the Governor, one of whom shall be the director of Camp Harkness, who shall serve ex officio, one of whom shall represent a mental health organization that uses the camp, one of whom shall represent the Southbury Training School, one of whom shall represent The Arc of Eastern Connecticut, one of whom shall be a person who uses the camp on a residential basis and one of whom shall be a relative or guardian of a person who uses the camp; and (2) six members appointed by the General Assembly, one of whom shall be a relative or guardian of a person who uses the camp, who shall be appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; one of whom shall be a special education director, who shall be appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; one of whom shall represent the board of selectmen of the town of Waterford, who shall be appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives; one of whom shall represent a private nonprofit corporation that is: (A) Tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time, and (B) established to promote and support Camp Harkness and its camping programs, who shall be appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; one of whom shall represent the Connecticut Institute for the Blind and the Oak Hill School, who shall be appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives; and one of whom shall represent Sunrise Northeast, Inc., who shall be appointed by the minority leader of the Senate.
(b) The advisory committee shall promote communication regarding camp services and develop recommendations for the commissioner regarding the use of Camp Harkness.
(P.A. 01-108, S. 1, 2; P.A. 03-94, S. 1; P.A. 07-73, S. 2(b); P.A. 08-7, S. 8; P.A. 10-93, S. 8; P.A. 11-16, S. 7; P.A. 13-20, S. 3; P.A. 18-32, S. 6; P.A. 19-56, S. 2; P.A. 21-135, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 01-108 effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 03-94 amended Subsec. (a)(1) to add representative of the Association for Retarded Citizens of New London County to membership; pursuant to P.A. 07-73 “Commissioner of Mental Retardation” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Developmental Services”, effective October 1, 2007; P.A. 08-7 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by changing reference to Southeastern Connecticut Association for the Retarded to Southeastern Connecticut Association for Developmental Disabilities and by making a technical change, effective April 29, 2008; P.A. 10-93 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting “Arc” for “Association for Retarded Citizens” in Subdiv. (1) and by replacing reference to Camp Harkness Booster Club with provision re tax exempt private nonprofit corporation in Subdiv. (5); P.A. 11-16 deleted former Subsec. (c) re annual report to the General Assembly, effective May 24, 2011; P.A. 13-20 amended Subsec. (a)(3) by substituting member of Family Support Council for consumer from Family Support Council; P.A. 18-32 amended Subsec. (a) by making technical changes, deleting Subdiv. (3) to (7) designators, and replacing references to parents or guardians with references to relative or guardian, effective July 1, 2018; P.A. 19-56 made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective June 28, 2019; P.A. 21-135 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “the Southeastern Connecticut Association for Developmental Disabilities” with “a mental health organization that uses the camp”, and replacing reference to Arc of New London County with reference to The Arc of Eastern Connecticut, reference to member of Family Support Council with “special education director” and “the United Cerebral Palsy Association” with “Sunrise Northeast, Inc.”, effective July 7, 2021.