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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 7a - Durable Power of Attorney Bank Accounts › Section 1-56a. - Definitions.

For the purposes of this section and section 1-56b:
(1) “Account” means any account at a financial institution which is in the name of one or more natural persons and into which deposits may be made;
(2) “Power of attorney account” means an account in the name of a natural person as principal and with respect to which one or more other natural persons have been designated as agents with the right to make deposits to and to withdraw funds from or draw checks on such account;
(3) “Financial institution” means any state bank and trust company, national banking association, state or federally chartered savings bank, state or federally chartered savings and loan association or state or federally chartered credit union.
(P.A. 89-67, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 7b - Springing Power of Attorney (Repealed) › Section 1-56h to 1-56k. - Springing power of attorney; effective upon written affidavit re occurrence of specified contingency. Form of written affidavit re occurrence of specified contingency. Power of attorney to cease if conservator of estate is appointed. Probate court to resolve disputes re provisions concerning springing power of attorney.

Sections 1-56h to 1-56k, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1, 2016.
(P.A. 93-203, S. 1–4; P.A. 98-52, S. 13; P.A. 15-240, S. 57; P.A. 16-40, S. 9.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 7c - Designation of Person for Decision-Making and Certain Rights and Obligations › Section 1-56r. - Designation of person for decision-making and certain rights and obligations.

(a) Any person eighteen years of age or older may execute a document that designates another person eighteen years of age or older to make certain decisions on behalf of the maker of such document and have certain rights and obligations with respect to the maker of such document under section 1-1k, subsection (b) of section 14-16, subsection (b) of section 17a-543, subsection (a) of section 19a-289h, section 19a-550, subsection (a) of section 19a-571, section 19a-580, subsection (b) of section 19a-578, sections 31-51jj, 46b-127, 54-85d, 54-91c and 54-126a, or chapter 968.
(b) Such document shall be signed, dated and acknowledged by the maker before a notary public or other person authorized to take acknowledgments, and be witnessed by at least two persons. Such document may be revoked at any time by the maker, or by a person in the maker's presence and at the maker's direction, burning, canceling, tearing or obliterating such document or by the execution of a subsequent document by the maker in accordance with subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Any person who is presented with a document executed in accordance with this section shall honor and give effect to such document for the purposes indicated in such document.
(P.A. 02-105, S. 3; P.A. 03-278, S. 3; P.A. 10-123, S. 25; P.A. 21-104, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 03-278 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective July 9, 2003; P.A. 10-123 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing reference to Sec. 19a-279c(a) with reference to Sec. 19a-289h(a); P.A. 21-104 amended Subsec. (a) to add reference to Sec. 46b-127 and made a technical change in Subsec. (c), effective June 28, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 8 - Uniform Recognition of Acknowledgments Act › Section 1-57. - Definitions. Authorized officers.

For the purposes of this chapter, “notarial acts” means acts which the laws and regulations of this state authorize notaries public of this state to perform, including the administering of oaths and affirmations, taking proof of execution and acknowledgments of instruments, and attesting documents. Notarial acts may be performed outside this state for use in this state with the same effect as if performed by a notary public of this state by the following persons authorized pursuant to the laws and regulations of other governments in addition to any other person authorized by the laws and regulations of this state: (1) A notary public authorized to perform notarial acts in the place in which the act is performed; (2) a judge, clerk, or deputy clerk of any court of record in the place in which the notarial act is performed; (3) an officer of the foreign service of the United States, a consular agent, or any other person authorized by regulation of the United States Department of State to perform notarial acts in the place in which the act is performed; (4) a commissioned officer in active service with the armed forces of the United States and any other person authorized by regulation of the armed forces to perform notarial acts if the notarial act is performed for one of the following or his dependents: A merchant seaman of the United States, a member of the armed forces of the United States, or any other person serving with or accompanying the armed forces of the United States; or (5) any other person authorized to perform notarial acts in the place in which the act is performed.
(1969, P.A. 270, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 8 - Uniform Recognition of Acknowledgments Act › Section 1-58. - Proof of authority to perform notarial act.

(a) If the notarial act is performed by any of the persons described in subdivisions (1) to (4), inclusive, of section 1-57, other than a person authorized to perform notarial acts by the laws or regulations of a foreign country, the signature, rank or title and serial number, if any, of the person are sufficient proof of the authority of a holder of that rank or title to perform the act. Further proof of his authority is not required.
(b) If the notarial act is performed by a person authorized by the laws or regulations of a foreign country to perform the act, there is sufficient proof of the authority of that person to act if: (1) A foreign service officer of the United States resident in the country in which the act is performed or a diplomatic or consular officer of the foreign country resident in the United States certifies that a person holding that office is authorized to perform the act; or (2) the official seal of the person performing the notarial act is affixed to the document; or (3) the title and indication of authority to perform notarial acts of the person appears either in a digest of foreign law or in a list customarily used as a source of such information.
(c) If the notarial act is performed by a person other than one described in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, there is sufficient proof of the authority of that person to act if the clerk of a court of record in the place in which the notarial act is performed certifies to the official character of that person and to his authority to perform the notarial act.
(d) The signature and title of the person performing the act are prima facie evidence that he is a person with the designated title and that the signature is genuine.
(1969, P.A. 270, S. 2; P.A. 05-288, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 05-288 made a technical change in Subsec. (c), effective July 13, 2005.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 8 - Uniform Recognition of Acknowledgments Act › Section 1-59. - Certification by person taking acknowledgment.

The person taking an acknowledgment shall certify that: (1) The person acknowledging appeared before him and acknowledged he executed the instrument; and (2) the person acknowledging was known to the person taking the acknowledgment or that the person taking the acknowledgment had satisfactory evidence that the person acknowledging was the person described in and who executed the instrument.
(1969, P.A. 270, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 8 - Uniform Recognition of Acknowledgments Act › Section 1-60. - Form of certificate.

The form of a certificate of acknowledgment used by a person whose authority is recognized under section 1-57 shall be accepted in this state if: (1) The certificate is in a form prescribed by the laws or regulations of this state; (2) the certificate is in a form prescribed by the laws or regulations applicable in the place in which the acknowledgment is taken; or (3) the certificate contains the words “acknowledged before me”, or their substantial equivalent.
(1969, P.A. 270, S. 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 8 - Uniform Recognition of Acknowledgments Act › Section 1-61. - “Acknowledged before me” defined.

The words “acknowledged before me” mean: (1) That the person acknowledging appeared before the person taking the acknowledgment; (2) that he acknowledged he executed the instrument; (3) that, in the case of: (A) A natural person, he executed the instrument for the purposes therein stated, (B) a corporation, the officer or agent acknowledged he held the position or title set forth in the instrument and certificate, he signed the instrument on behalf of the corporation by proper authority, and the instrument was the act of the corporation for the purpose therein stated, (C) a partnership, the partner or agent acknowledged he signed the instrument on behalf of the partnership by proper authority and he executed the instrument as the act of the partnership for the purposes therein stated, (D) a person acknowledging as principal by an attorney in fact, he executed the instrument by proper authority as the act of the principal for the purposes therein stated and (E) a person acknowledging as a public officer, trustee, administrator, guardian, or other representative, he signed the instrument by proper authority and he executed the instrument in the capacity and for the purposes therein stated; and (4) that the person taking the acknowledgment either knew or had satisfactory evidence that the person acknowledging was the person named in the instrument or certificate.
(1969, P.A. 270, S. 5.)
History: (Revisor's note: In 1995 the Revisors substituted editorially the letters (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) for (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) in Subdiv. (3) for consistency with statutory usage).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 8 - Uniform Recognition of Acknowledgments Act › Section 1-63. - Prior acts unaffected. Method additional.

A notarial act performed prior to October 1, 1969, is not affected by this chapter. This chapter provides an additional method of proving notarial acts. Nothing in this chapter diminishes or invalidates the recognition accorded to notarial acts by other laws or regulations of this state.
(1969, P.A. 270, S. 7.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 8b - Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act › Section 1-65aa. - Short title: Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act.

Sections 1-65aa to 1-65hh, inclusive, may be cited as the “Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act”.
(P.A. 10-33, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 8b - Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act › Section 1-65bb. - Definitions.

As used in sections 1-65aa to 1-65hh, inclusive, and section 53a-156:
(1) “Boundaries of the United States” means the geographic boundaries of the United States, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands and any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
(2) “Law” includes the United States Constitution or a state constitution, a federal or state statute, a judicial decision or order, a rule of court, an executive order or an administrative rule, regulation or order.
(3) “Record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
(4) “Sign” means, with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:
(A) To execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or
(B) To attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic symbol, sound or process.
(5) “State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
(6) “Sworn declaration” means a declaration in a signed record given under oath. “Sworn declaration” includes a sworn statement, verification, certificate or affidavit.
(7) “Unsworn declaration” means a declaration in a signed record that is not given under oath, but is given under penalty of perjury.
(P.A. 10-33, S. 2; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2, S. 32.)
History: June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2 made technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 8b - Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act › Section 1-65cc. - Applicability.

Sections 1-65aa to 1-65hh, inclusive, apply to an unsworn declaration by a declarant who at the time of making the declaration is physically located outside the boundaries of the United States whether or not the location is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Sections 1-65aa to 1-65hh, inclusive, do not apply to a declaration by a declarant who is physically located on property that is within the boundaries of the United States and subject to the jurisdiction of another country or a federally recognized Indian tribe.
(P.A. 10-33, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 8b - Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act › Section 1-65dd. - Effect of unsworn declaration.

If a law of this state requires or permits use of a sworn declaration, an unsworn declaration meeting the requirements of sections 1-65aa to 1-65hh, inclusive, has the same effect as a sworn declaration.
(P.A. 10-33, S. 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 8b - Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act › Section 1-65ff. - Form of unsworn declaration.

An unsworn declaration under sections 1-65aa to 1-65hh, inclusive, shall be in substantially the following form:
I declare under penalty of perjury under the law of Connecticut that the foregoing is true and correct, and that I am physically located outside the geographic boundaries of the United States, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
Executed on this .... day of .... (month), .... (year),
at .... (city or other location, state), .... (country).
.... (printed name)
.... (signature)
(P.A. 10-33, S. 6.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 8b - Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act › Section 1-65gg. - Uniformity of application and construction.

In applying and construing the provisions of sections 1-65aa to 1-65hh, inclusive, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact such uniform provisions.
(P.A. 10-33, S. 7.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 8b - Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act › Section 1-65hh. - Relation of act to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.

Sections 1-65aa to 1-65hh, inclusive, modify, limit and supersede the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 USC Section 7001, et seq., except that nothing in sections 1-65aa to 1-65hh, inclusive, modifies, limits or supersedes Section 101(c) of said act, 15 USC Section 7001(c), or authorizes electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of said act, 15 USC Section 7003(b).
(P.A. 10-33, S. 8.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 9 - Code of Ethics (See Chapter 10) › Section 1-67. - General Assembly member not to act on legislation in which he has interest.

Section 1-67 is repealed.
(1971, P.A. 822, S. 2; P.A. 77-600, S. 13, 15.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 9 - Code of Ethics (See Chapter 10) › Section 1-69 to 1-78. - Joint legislative ethics committee.

Sections 1-69 to 1-78, inclusive, are repealed.
(1971, P.A. 822, S. 4–13; P.A. 77-600, S. 13, 15; 77-605, S. 20, 21.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics › Section 1-79a. - Calculation of dollar limit on gifts.

For purposes of calculating the dollar limits under the exceptions to the term “gift” under sections 1-79 and 1-91 any expenditure provided by a lobbyist who is an individual shall be deemed to have also been provided by the business organization which he owns or by which he is employed, and any expenditure provided by a business organization shall be deemed to have also been provided by all owners and employees of the business organization who are lobbyists.
(P.A. 92-149, S. 6, 12; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-6, S. 9, 14.)
History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-6 deleted provision that, for purposes of calculating dollar limit, gifts costing less than $10 per occasion or transaction are not considered and added provision that, for purposes of calculating dollar limit, expenditures provided by a lobbyist shall be considered to be provided by the business organization by which he is employed and vice versa, effective January 1, 1998.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics › Section 1-80a. - Statements filed with commission. Restrictions on use.

Section 1-80a is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.
(P.A. 78-169, S. 1, 2; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics › Section 1-80b to 1-80d. - State Ethics Commission member serving as Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board member; Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board member appointment by Governor. Appointment of interim executive director. Transfer of State Ethics Commission staff.

Sections 1-80b to 1-80d, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1, 2021.
(P.A. 05-183, S. 35, 36; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 105; P.A. 06-196, S. 4; P.A. 21-164, S. 15.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics › Section 1-80e. - Designation of judge trial referees.

The Chief Court Administrator shall designate ten judge trial referees who shall be available to the Office of State Ethics to: (1) Preside over and rule at any hearing of the Office of State Ethics; and (2) make findings as to probable cause following any investigation conducted by the ethics enforcement officer of the Office of State Ethics.
(P.A. 05-183, S. 34.)
History: P.A. 05-183 effective July 1, 2005.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics › Section 1-81a. - Recommended appropriations. Allotments.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the appropriations recommended for the Office of State Ethics shall be the estimates of expenditure requirements transmitted to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management by the executive director of the Office of State Ethics and the recommended adjustments and revisions of such estimates shall be the recommended adjustments and revisions, if any, transmitted by said executive director to the Office of Policy and Management.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the Governor shall not reduce allotment requisitions or allotments in force concerning the Office of State Ethics.
(P.A. 04-204, S. 9; P.A. 05-183, S. 4; P.A. 11-48, S. 74; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 70.)
History: P.A. 04-204 effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 05-183 changed references from the State Ethics Commission to the Office of State Ethics, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (a) by adding language re separate line item within budget for Office of Governmental Accountability, by replacing language re director of Office of State Ethics with language re administrator of Office of Governmental Accountability and by making technical changes, effective July 1, 2011; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting references to Office of Governmental Accountability, deleting provision re separate line item within budget for said office and replacing reference to executive administrator of Office of Governmental Accountability with reference to executive director of Office of State Ethics, effective July 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics › Section 1-81b. - Summary of ethics laws re bidders, proposers and state contractors.

The Office of State Ethics shall develop a plain language summary of state ethics laws concerning (1) persons, firms and corporations submitting bids or proposals for state contracts, and (2) state contractors. The Office of State Ethics shall publish said summary on the Office of State Ethics' web site.
(P.A. 04-245, S. 7; P.A. 05-183, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 04-245 effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 05-183 changed references from the State Ethics Commission to the Office of State Ethics, effective July 1, 2005.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics › Section 1-81c. - Mandatory ethics training for public officials. Frequency. Exception.

Not later than December 31, 2010, the Office of State Ethics shall establish and administer a program of mandatory training on the code of ethics for public officials as set forth in chapter 10. Such program shall provide such training to members of the General Assembly upon first election to the General Assembly, and for all members of the General Assembly every four years beginning in 2011, except that, in the event there is a significant revision of the code of ethics for public officials, as determined by the Joint Committee on Legislative Management, said committee shall request that the Office of State Ethics conduct a training for all members of the General Assembly before the date of the next regularly scheduled training.
(June 11 Sp. Sess. P.A. 08-3, S. 8.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics › Section 1-82b. - Continuation of certain probable cause hearings.

Section 1-82b is repealed, effective October 1, 2021.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 107; P.A. 21-164, S. 15.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics › Section 1-84a. - Disclosure or use of confidential information by former official or employee.

No former executive or legislative branch or quasi-public agency public official or state employee shall disclose or use confidential information acquired in the course of and by reason of his official duties, for financial gain for himself or another person.
(P.A. 83-586, S. 5; P.A. 88-225, S. 4, 14.)
History: P.A. 88-225 applied provisions of section to quasi-public agency public officials and state employees.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics › Section 1-84c. - Donation of goods or services to state or quasi-public agencies. Reporting requirement.

(a) Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the donation of goods or services, as described in subparagraph (E) of subdivision (5) of section 1-79, to a state agency or quasi-public agency, the donation of the use of facilities to facilitate state agency or quasi-public agency action or functions or the donation of real property to a state agency or quasi-public agency.
(b) If a public official or state employee receives goods or services to support such official's or employee's participation at an event, as described in subparagraph (E) of subdivision (5) of section 1-79, and such goods or services (1) include lodging or out-of-state travel, or both, and (2) are not provided by the federal government or another state government, such official or employee shall, not later than thirty days after receipt of such goods or services, file a report with the Office of State Ethics. Such report shall be on an electronic form prescribed by the board and shall certify to the Office of State Ethics, under penalty of false statement, that the goods or services received in support of such official's or employee's participation at an event facilitated state action or functions. If a public official or state employee does not file a report within such thirty-day period, either intentionally or due to gross negligence on the official's or employee's part, the official or employee shall return to the donor the value of the goods or services received. Unless the failure to file such report is intentional or due to gross negligence, the public official or state employee shall not be subject to any penalty under this chapter for such failure.
(P.A. 07-1, S. 7; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4, S. 21; P.A. 13-244, S. 12; P.A. 18-64, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 07-1 effective February 8, 2007; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4 excluded donation of real property to state agency or quasi-public agency from prohibition of chapter, effective June 29, 2007; P.A. 13-244 replaced reference to Sec. 1-79(e)(5) with reference to Sec. 1-79(5)(E); P.A. 18-64 designated existing provisions re donation of goods or services as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re reporting requirement for public officials and state employees.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics › Section 1-84d. - Foundations or alumni associations established for the benefit of a constituent unit of public higher education or technical education and career school.

Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, for purposes of this chapter, no foundation or alumni association established for the benefit of a constituent unit of public higher education or technical education and career school shall be deemed to be doing business with or seeking to do business with such constituent unit of public higher education or technical education and career school.
(P.A. 07-1, S. 10; P.A. 12-116, S. 87; P.A. 17-237, S. 23.)
History: P.A. 07-1 effective February 8, 2007; pursuant to P.A. 12-116, “vocational-technical school” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “technical high school”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 17-237 replaced “technical high school” with “technical education and career school”, effective July 1, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics › Section 1-85. (Formerly Sec. 1-68). - Interest in conflict with discharge of duties.

A public official, including an elected state official, or state employee has an interest which is in substantial conflict with the proper discharge of his duties or employment in the public interest and of his responsibilities as prescribed in the laws of this state, if he has reason to believe or expect that he, his spouse, a dependent child, or a business with which he is associated will derive a direct monetary gain or suffer a direct monetary loss, as the case may be, by reason of his official activity. A public official, including an elected state official, or state employee does not have an interest which is in substantial conflict with the proper discharge of his duties in the public interest and of his responsibilities as prescribed by the laws of this state, if any benefit or detriment accrues to him, his spouse, a dependent child, or a business with which he, his spouse or such dependent child is associated as a member of a profession, occupation or group to no greater extent than any other member of such profession, occupation or group. A public official, including an elected state official or state employee who has a substantial conflict may not take official action on the matter.
(1971, P.A. 822, S. 3; P.A. 77-600, S. 7, 15; P.A. 84-546, S. 142, 173; P.A. 89-97, S. 5, 7.)
History: P.A. 77-600 changed “person subject to this chapter” to “public official or state employee”; in 1979 Sec. 1-68 transferred to Sec. 1-85; P.A. 84-546 made technical change; P.A. 89-97 amended section to specify applicability to elected state officials, state employees, their spouses and dependent children and businesses with which they are associated and to prohibit an official or employee who has substantial conflict from taking official action on the matter.
Cited. 229 C. 479.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics › Section 1-86e. - Consultants, independent contractors and their employees. Prohibited activities.

(a) No person hired by the state as a consultant or independent contractor, and no person employed by such consultant or independent contractor, shall:
(1) Use the authority provided under the contract, or any confidential information acquired in the performance of the contract, to obtain financial gain for the consultant or independent contractor, an employee of the consultant or independent contractor or a member of the immediate family of any such consultant, independent contractor or employee;
(2) Accept another state contract which would impair the independent judgment of the consultant, independent contractor or employee in the performance of the existing contract; or
(3) Accept anything of value based on an understanding that the actions of the consultant, independent contractor or employee on behalf of the state would be influenced.
(b) No person shall give anything of value to a person hired by the state as a consultant or independent contractor or an employee of a consultant or independent contractor based on an understanding that the actions of the consultant, independent contractor or employee on behalf of the state would be influenced.
(June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-1, S. 7; P.A. 21-145, S. 12; 21-164, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 21-145 and P.A. 21-164 made identical changes to add references to employees of consultants or independent contractors, replace references to “person” with “consultant, independent contractor or employee” and make technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics › Section 1-87. - Aggrieved persons. Appeals.

Any person aggrieved by any final decision of the board, made pursuant to this part, may appeal such decision in accordance with the provisions of section 4-175 or section 4-183.
(P.A. 77-600, S. 9, 15; P.A. 83-586, S. 8, 14; P.A. 05-183, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 83-586 added reference to appeals under Sec. 4-175; P.A. 05-183 replaced “commission” with “board”, effective July 1, 2005.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics › Section 1-89a. - Conferences on ethical issues.

Section 1-89a is repealed, effective October 1, 2021.
(June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-1, S. 21; P.A. 05-183, S. 14; P.A. 21-164, S. 15.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics › Section 1-90a. - Exemption re student public official or state employee of a public institution of higher education. Policies and procedures re standards of student conduct.

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 1-84, 1-84a, 1-85 and 1-86, a public official or state employee of a public institution of higher education whose employment is derived from such official's or employee's status as a student at such institution shall not be subject to the provisions of said sections, if (1) such institution has adopted written policies and procedures to regulate student conduct concerning conflicts of interest relating to student holding of public office or state employment, and (2) such policies and procedures have been approved by the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.
(b) Each public institution of higher education shall submit a written copy of its policies and procedures concerning standards of student conduct to the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board for approval. Such policies and procedures shall be submitted triennially, except that, in the event there is a significant revision of such standards of student conduct, the public institution of higher education shall submit such revision to the board not later than thirty days after adopting such revision.
(P.A. 10-101, S. 3; P.A. 11-70, S. 2; P.A. 21-164, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 11-70 made a technical change in Subsec. (b); P.A. 21-164 amended Subsec. (a) to add references to public official and holding of public office.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics › Section 1-94. - Lobbyist registration with the Office of State Ethics.

A lobbyist shall register with the Office of State Ethics pursuant to this part if it or he:
(1) Receives or agrees to receive compensation or reimbursement for actual expenses, or both, in a combined amount of three thousand dollars or more in a calendar year for lobbying, whether that receipt of compensation or reimbursement or agreement to receive such compensation or reimbursement is solely for lobbying or the lobbying is incidental to that person's regular employment; or
(2) Makes or incurs an obligation to make expenditures of three thousand dollars or more in a calendar year for lobbying.
(P.A. 77-605, S. 5, 21; P.A. 79-615, S. 4, 10; P.A. 81-339, S. 2, 7; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-1, S. 10, 22; P.A. 96-11, S. 3, 5; P.A. 05-183, S. 19; P.A. 15-15, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 79-615 changed emphasis of section to require registration as lobbyist prior to actually serving as such; P.A. 81-339 increased monetary thresholds from $300 to $500; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-1 substituted $1,000 for $500 and numbered the Subdivs. instead of lettering them; P.A. 96-11 changed registration threshold from $1,000 to $2,000, effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 05-183 replaced “commission” with “Office of State Ethics”, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 15-15 changed registration thresholds from $2,000 to $3,000, effective January 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics › Section 1-96a. - Maintenance of substantiating documents. Random audits of registrants.

(a) Each registrant shall obtain and preserve all accounts, bills, receipts and other documents necessary to substantiate the financial reports required by section 1-96 for a period of three years from the date of the filing of the report referring to such financial matters, provided this section shall apply to each expenditure for the benefit of a public official of ten dollars or more and all other expenditures of fifty dollars or more.
(b) The Office of State Ethics may require, on a random basis, any registrant to make all such documents substantiating financial reports concerning lobbying activities on and after October 1, 1991, available for inspection and copying by the Office of State Ethics for the purpose of verifying such financial reports, provided no registrant shall be subject to such requirement more than one time during any three consecutive years. The Office of State Ethics shall select registrants to be audited by lot in a ceremony which shall be open to the public. Nothing in this subsection shall require a registrant to make any documents concerning nonlobbying activities available to the Office of State Ethics for inspection and copying.
(P.A. 79-615, S. 7, 10; P.A. 81-339, S. 5, 7; P.A. 82-423, S. 4, 8; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-1, S. 13; P.A. 92-149, S. 4, 12; P.A. 05-183, S. 22.)
History: P.A. 81-339 increased amount of expenditures for which receipts must be kept from $25 to $35 or more; P.A. 82-423 increased amount from $35 to $50; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-1 added Subsec. (b) re commission authority to require registrant to make documents available for inspection and copying; P.A. 92-149 amended Subsec. (a) to specify applicability to expenditures for benefit of public official of $10 or more; P.A. 05-183 amended Subsec. (b) to replace “commission” with “Office of State Ethics” throughout the subsection, effective July 1, 2005.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics › Section 1-96b. - Filing of registrants' financial reports in electronic form.

Each registrant required to file any financial reports under section 1-96 shall do so in electronic form using the software created by the Office of State Ethics for that purpose or another software program which meets specifications prescribed by the Office of State Ethics.
(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-5, S. 5, 19; P.A. 02-89, S. 3; P.A. 05-183, S. 23.)
History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-5 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 02-89 deleted as obsolete former Subsec. (a) requiring the State Ethics Commission by July 1, 1998, to create a software program for the preparation of financial reports required by Sec. 1-96, and provide training in its use, and to prescribe specifications for other software programs created by vendors for such purpose, and made technical changes in the remaining provision; P.A. 05-183 replaced “commission” with “Office of State Ethics” throughout the section, effective July 1, 2005.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics › Section 1-96c. - Public access to computerized data from financial reports.

On and after January 1, 1999, the Office of State Ethics shall make all computerized data from financial reports required by section 1-96 available to the public through (1) a computer terminal in the office of the Office of State Ethics, and (2) the Internet or any other generally available on-line computer network.
(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-5, S. 6, 19; P.A. 05-183, S. 27.)
History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-5 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 05-183 replaced “State Ethics Commission” and “commission” with “Office of State Ethics”, effective July 1, 2005.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics › Section 1-96d. - Statement whether expenditures for legislative reception are reportable.

Each registrant or business organization that hosts a legislative reception to which all members are invited, or all members of a region in the state, as such term is used in subparagraph (K) of subdivision (7) of section 1-91, are invited, shall include in its invitation or any published notice of such reception whether the registrant or business organization reasonably expects such expenditures to be reportable pursuant to subsection (e) of section 1-96.
(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-6, S. 11, 14; P.A. 13-244, S. 29.)
History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-6 effective January 1, 1998; P.A. 13-244 replaced reference to Sec. 1-91(g)(11) with reference to Sec. 1-91(7)(K).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics › Section 1-96e. - Statements of necessary expenses paid or reimbursed by registrants.

Each registrant who pays or reimburses a public official or state employee ten dollars or more for necessary expenses, as defined in section 1-79, shall, within forty-five days, file a statement with the Office of State Ethics indicating the name of such individual and the amount of the expenses.
(P.A. 89-97, S. 4; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-1, S. 9; P.A. 92-149, S. 5, 12; P.A. 05-183, S. 28; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 122.)
History: June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-1 applied section to registrant paying or reimbursing a public official or state employee for necessary expenses instead of giving a fee or honorarium; P.A. 92-149 amended section to require registrants who pay or reimburse public officials or state employees $10 or more for necessary expenses to file a statement with the commission; P.A. 05-183 replaced “State Ethics Commission” with “Office of State Ethics”, effective July 1, 2005; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 replaced reference to 30 days with reference to 45 days in provision re filing statement, effective June 2, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics › Section 1-97. - Restrictions on activities of registrants and lobbyists. Contingent compensation prohibited. Report to recipient required.

(a) No registrant or anyone acting on behalf of a registrant shall knowingly give a gift, as defined in subdivision (7) of section 1-91, to any state employee, public official, candidate for public office or a member of any such person's staff or immediate family. Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit any activity prohibited under section 53a-147 or 53a-148.
(b) No person shall employ, or be employed as, a lobbyist for compensation that is contingent upon the outcome of any administrative or legislative action.
(c) No lobbyist may: (1) Do anything with the purpose of placing any public official under personal obligation; (2) attempt to influence any legislative or administrative action for the purpose of thereafter being employed to secure its defeat; (3) cause any communication to be sent to any public official in the name of any other individual except with the consent of such individual; or (4) be retained as a lobbyist by a state agency or quasi-public agency.
(d) Any person who gives to a public official, state employee or candidate for public office, or a member of any such person's staff or immediate family anything of value which is subject to the reporting requirements pursuant to subsection (e) of section 1-96 shall, not later than ten days thereafter, give such recipient a written report stating the name of the donor, a description of the item or items given, the value of such items and the cumulative value of all items given to such recipient during that calendar year. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a political contribution otherwise reported as required by law.
(P.A. 77-605, S. 8, 21; P.A. 81-339, S. 6, 7; P.A. 82-423, S. 5, 8; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-1, S. 4, 22; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-6, S. 8, 14; P.A. 13-244, S. 18; P.A. 18-137, S. 22; P.A. 21-164, S. 14.)
History: P.A. 81-339 increased aggregate gift limitation from $25 to $35; P.A. 82-423 amended Subsec. (a) to increase amount from $35 to $50; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-1 amended Subsec. (a) by inserting “knowingly” and making technical changes; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-6 amended Subsec. (a) to delete reference to gifts of $50 or more in value and added new Subsec. (d) re written reports by person who gives to a public official, state employee or candidate or a member of person's staff or family anything of value, effective January 1, 1998; P.A. 13-244 replaced reference to Sec. 1-91(g) with reference to Sec. 1-91(7) in Subsec. (a); P.A. 18-137 amended Subsec. (c) to add Subdiv. (4) re prohibition against retainer by state or quasi-public agency; P.A. 21-164 amended Subsec. (b) to add prohibition on employing lobbyist for compensation contingent on administrative or legislative action outcome and to make a technical change.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics › Section 1-98. - Appeal from board decision.

Any person aggrieved by any final decision of the board, made pursuant to this part, may appeal such decision in accordance with the provisions of section 4-175 or section 4-183.
(P.A. 77-605, S. 9, 21; P.A. 84-21, S. 4, 5; P.A. 05-183, S. 24.)
History: P.A. 84-21 added reference to Sec. 4-175; P.A. 05-183 replaced “commission” with “board”, effective July 1, 2005.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics › Section 1-100. - Violations; penalties.

(a) Any person who intentionally violates any provision of this part shall (1) for a first violation, be guilty of a class A misdemeanor, except that, if such person derives a financial benefit of one thousand dollars or more as a result of such violation, such person shall be guilty of a class D felony, and (2) for a second or subsequent violation, be guilty of a class D felony.
(b) Any fines, penalties or damages paid, collected or recovered under section 1-99 or this section for a violation of any provision of this part applying to the office of the Treasurer shall be deposited on a pro rata basis in any trust funds, as defined in section 3-13c, affected by such violation.
(P.A. 77-605, S. 11, 21; P.A. 79-615, S. 9, 10; P.A. 94-132, S. 9; P.A. 00-43, S. 9, 19; P.A. 04-38, S. 7; 04-198, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 79-615 made no substantive changes; P.A. 94-132 changed maximum fine from $1,000 to $2,000; P.A. 00-43 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re penalties for violations involving the Treasurer's office, effective May 3, 2000; P.A. 04-38 amended Subsec. (a) to change the penalty for an intentional violation from a term of imprisonment not to exceed one year or a fine not to exceed $2,000, or both, to a class D felony, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-198 amended Subsec. (a) by making first violation a class A misdemeanor and by designating second or subsequent violations and deriving financial benefit of $1,000 or more as result of first violation a class D felony, effective July 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics › Section 1-100b. - Suspension or revocation of communicator lobbyist's registration. Finding by Office of State Ethics.

(a) The Office of State Ethics, upon a finding that a communicator lobbyist has violated the provisions of subsection (h) of section 9-610, may suspend such lobbyist's registration for a period of not more than the remainder of the term of such registration and may prohibit such lobbyist from engaging in the profession of lobbyist for a period of not more than three years.
(b) The Office of State Ethics may revoke the registration of a communicator lobbyist upon a finding that the lobbyist has been convicted of a crime involving bribery, theft or moral turpitude, which the lobbyist committed in the course of lobbying.
(c) The Office of State Ethics shall make any finding under subsection (a) or (b) of this section in accordance with the same procedure set forth in section 1-93 for a finding by the board of a violation of part II of chapter 10.
(d) As used in this section, “communicator lobbyist”, “lobbyist” and “lobbying” have the same meanings as provided in section 1-91.
(Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 47; P.A. 13-244, S. 19, 20; 13-264, S. 5, 6.)
History: Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after that date; P.A. 13-244 amended Subsec. (a) to change “subsection (i)” to “subsection (h)” re Sec. 9-610 and make technical changes and amended Subsec. (c) to change “commission” to “board”; P.A. 13-264 changed “commission” to “board” in Subsec. (c), effective July 11, 2013, and changed “subsection (i)” to “subsection (h)” re Sec. 9-610 and made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective October 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics › Section 1-101. - Lobbyists to wear badges. Regulations.

Each individual who is a lobbyist shall, while engaged in lobbying, wear a distinguishing badge which shall identify him as a lobbyist. The size, color, material and other requirements of such badge shall be prescribed by regulation of the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board.
(P.A. 77-605, S. 17, 21; P.A. 84-546, S. 148, 173; P.A. 05-183, S. 26.)
History: P.A. 84-546 made technical change; P.A. 05-183 replaced “commission” with “Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board”, effective July 1, 2005.