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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-38. - Bill re person's service as teacher or public employee.

When any bill is introduced in the General Assembly on behalf of any person by reason of such person's service as a teacher or as an employee of the state or any political subdivision thereof, the Teachers' Retirement Board, if such service was as a teacher, or the State Employees Retirement Commission, if such service was as an employee of the state or such subdivision, shall prepare a record of pertinent facts regarding such person and such person's service, including any action previously taken by the General Assembly, and shall transmit such record to the chairman of the committee to which such bill has been referred.
(1949 Rev., S. 37; P.A. 10-32, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 10-32 made technical changes, effective May 10, 2010.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-39. - Time within which Senate shall act on nominations.

Except as provided in sections 4-5 to 4-8, inclusive, pertaining to department heads, including the State Board of Education, the Senate shall act finally upon each nomination or appointment made by the Governor and requiring the advice or consent of the Senate, within fifteen session days from the date on which such nomination or appointment has been communicated to it by the Governor, or before adjournment of the General Assembly sine die, whichever is sooner. If the Senate fails to act finally upon any such nomination or appointment within the time herein limited, the Governor may fill such office without Senate confirmation until the sixth Wednesday of the next session of the General Assembly and until a successor is elected or appointed and has qualified.
(1949 Rev., S. 4; P.A. 92-262, S. 1, 42.)
History: P.A. 92-262 added the description of the subject matter of Secs. 4-5 to 4-8, inclusive.
See Sec. 4-2 re time for making nominations.
Purpose is to permit Governor, if nomination is not confirmed, to name another person. 132 C. 535.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-40a. - Disclosure of performance evaluations of judges and judge trial referees.

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of section 1-210 and chapter 55, (1) any performance evaluation of any judge or judge trial referee made by the Judicial Department shall be made available to the members of the joint standing committee on judiciary prior to any public hearing on the nomination of any such judge or judge trial referee, and (2) any performance evaluation of any judge by the Judicial Department shall be made available to the members of the Judicial Selection Commission in the performance of their duties as set forth in section 51-44a. Any information disclosed to such members shall be used by such members only for the purpose for which it was given and shall not be disclosed to any other person.
(P.A. 86-211; P.A. 89-238, S. 3, 4; P.A. 12-133, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 89-238 required judicial department to make performance evaluation of judges available to members of judicial selection commission; P.A. 12-133 added Subdiv. (1) and (2) designators, required that performance appraisal of a judge trial referee be made available to joint standing committee on judiciary prior to any public hearing on the nomination of such judge trial referee in Subdiv. (1) and made a technical change in Subdiv. (2), effective July 1, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-42. - Appointment of judges.

Each appointment of the Chief Justice or a judge of the Supreme Court, Appellate Court or Superior Court shall be by concurrent resolution. The action on the passage of each such resolution in the House and in the Senate shall be by vote taken on the electrical roll-call device. No resolution shall contain the name of more than one nominee.
(1949 Rev., S. 73; 1953, S. 24d; 1963, P.A. 383; February, 1965, P.A. 5, S. 1; P.A. 74-183, S. 4, 291; P.A. 76-435, S. 69, 82; 76-436, S. 161, 681; P.A. 77-331; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29, S. 64, 82.)
History: 1963 act substituted “circuit court” for “town, city, borough or police court”; 1965 act added separate provision for votes taken in the house; P.A. 74-183 included nominations for chief justice and chief court administrator, deleted reference to circuit court and added juvenile court; P.A. 76-435 deleted special balloting for action on nominations in the senate; P.A. 76-436 deleted references to the chief court administrator, court of common pleas and juvenile court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-331 deleted provisions for balloting other than by roll call machine; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29 included reference to appellate court.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-43. - When further nomination required.

The Governor shall, within five days after he has notice that any judicial nomination made by him has failed to be approved by the affirmative concurrent action of both houses of the General Assembly, make another nomination to such office.
(1949 Rev., S. 74; P.A. 84-546, S. 151, 173.)
History: P.A. 84-546 made technical change, substituting “houses” for “branches” of general assembly.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-44. - Withdrawal of nomination by Governor.

The Governor may withdraw any nomination made by him for appointment by the General Assembly to any office at any time before a vote thereon has been taken in either house of the General Assembly.
(1949 Rev., S. 75; 1969, P.A. 375, S. 1; P.A. 84-546, S. 152, 173.)
History: 1969 act expanded section to apply to appointments to any office, removing previous limitation to judicial appointments; P.A. 84-546 made technical change, substituting “house” for “branch” of general assembly.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-44a. - Notice of appointments by president pro tempore, speaker or minority leaders. Vacancies; notice by chairman.

(a) Whenever the president pro tempore of the Senate or the speaker of the House of Representatives, or a minority leader of the Senate or House of Representatives, in accordance with the provisions of any public or special act or resolution of the General Assembly, makes an appointment other than to a standing committee of the General Assembly, he shall forthwith, in writing, notify the appointee of such appointment and of his term of office and shall forward a copy thereof to the Governor and the Secretary of the State, together with a statement of the authority under which such appointment was made. Each such officer shall fill any vacancy occurring in any office for which he has the original power of appointment.
(b) Whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of any such appointee, the chairman or acting chairman of the committee or commission of which he was a member shall forthwith notify, in writing, the Governor, the Secretary of the State, and the appointing officer, as the case may be.
(1967, P.A. 63, S. 1, 2; P.A. 73-616, S. 45.)
History: P.A. 73-616 included minority leaders of house and senate among those with power to make appointments.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-45. - Legislative appearances.

Section 2-45 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 40; 1955, S. 14d; 1969, P.A. 197; P.A. 75-272; P.A. 77-605, S. 20, 21.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-46. - Investigations by the General Assembly; powers; procedure. Witness' rights.

(a) The president of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, or a chairman of the whole, or of any committee of either house, of the General Assembly, shall have the power to compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses by subpoena and capias issued by any of them, require the production of any necessary books, papers or other documents and administer oaths to witnesses in any case under their examination. Any person, summoned as a witness by the authority of either house of the General Assembly to give testimony or to produce books, papers or other documents upon any matter under inquiry before either house, or any committee of either house, of the General Assembly, or a joint committee of both houses, who wilfully makes default or, having appeared, refuses to be sworn or to answer any question pertinent to the question under inquiry, shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(b) Any individual who is subpoenaed to appear and testify before a committee of the General Assembly shall have the right to review a copy of the transcript of his or her testimony and a reasonable amount of time to question its accuracy prior to the public release of such transcript or its permanent filing.
(1949 Rev., S. 51; 1957, P.A. 231; P.A. 73-397; P.A. 75-388, S. 8; P.A. 93-250, S. 2, 5; P.A. 12-80, S. 159; P.A. 17-60, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 73-397 added Subsec. (b) giving those who testify before committees in executive session the right to review testimony; P.A. 75-388 included the chairmen of the legislative program review and investigations committee among those with subpoena power; P.A. 93-250 amended Subsec. (a) to extend the power to compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses by subpoena and capias to include any program review or investigation, as defined in Sec. 2-53d, effective June 23, 1993; P.A. 12-80 amended Subsec. (a) to change penalty from a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 and imprisonment of not less than 1 month nor more than 12 months to a class A misdemeanor; P.A. 17-60 deleted references to Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-46a. - Investigations and inquiries pursuant to Article Ninth of the Constitution commenced after January 1, 2004. Disclosure of information obtained during investigation or inquiry.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, during any inquiry, investigation, impeachment or other proceeding conducted pursuant to Article Ninth of the Connecticut Constitution that is commenced on or after January 1, 2004, by the House of Representatives, all information, records of interviews, reports, statements, depositions, notes, memoranda or other data in the custody of or obtained or prepared by the House of Representatives, any committee established by the House of Representatives in furtherance of the purposes of said Article Ninth, the staff of the House of Representatives or the staff of any such committee shall not be subject to the provisions of section 1-210 until such committee transmits its final report to the House of Representatives, provided the committee shall have discretion to disclose any such information prior to the transmittal of the final report. Information provided to the committee by a public agency that is otherwise disclosable by the public agency pursuant to the provisions of section 1-210 shall at all times be disclosable by the originating public agency. Nothing in this section shall be construed to mean that any individual waives any privilege provided by law when providing a document or any other information to any such committee.
(b) Not later than ninety days after the conclusion of the last occurring inquiry, investigation, impeachment, trial or other proceeding conducted pursuant to Article Ninth of the Connecticut Constitution that is commenced on or after January 1, 2004, by the House of Representatives or the Senate, any document, recorded data, information or other tangible materials of any kind prepared, received, owned, used or retained in the course of said inquiry, investigation, impeachment, trial or other proceeding, except those items that have been exempted from disclosure pursuant to state or federal law, shall be delivered to the State Library for preservation and archiving, provided an electronic version of such materials shall be provided to the clerks of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
(P.A. 04-37, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 04-37 effective April 20, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-47. - Witness not privileged.

No witness shall be privileged to refuse to testify to any fact, or to produce any paper, respecting which he is examined by either house of the General Assembly, or by any committee of either house or any joint committee of both houses, upon the ground that his testimony to such fact or his production of such paper may tend to disgrace him or otherwise render him infamous.
(1949 Rev., S. 52; P.A. 75-388, S. 9; P.A. 93-250, S. 3, 5; P.A. 17-60, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 75-388 included the legislative program review and investigations committee among examining bodies listed; P.A. 93-250 amended section to provide that witnesses are not privileged when they are being examined by the legislative program review and investigations committee “in any program review or investigation, as defined in section 2-53d”, effective June 23, 1993; P.A. 17-60 deleted provision re Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee, effective July 1, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-48. - Prosecution of witness.

Whenever a witness summoned fails to testify and the fact is reported to either house, the president of the Senate or the speaker of the House, as the case may be, shall certify to the fact under the seal of the state to the state's attorney for the judicial district of Hartford, who shall prosecute therefor.
(1949 Rev., S. 53; P.A. 78-280, S. 6, 127; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6.)
History: P.A. 78-280 changed “Hartford county” to “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain”; P.A. 88-230 replaced “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” with “judicial district of Hartford”, effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-49. - Preparation, printing and distribution of assembly journals.

Not later than three months after the adjournment of each General Assembly, the clerk of the Senate and the clerk of the House of Representatives shall prepare a full and accurate alphabetical subject-index to the journals, and shall cause to be printed copies of each of said journals with the index, in sufficient numbers, as determined by the Joint Committee on Legislative Management, in consultation with the clerks of the Senate and the House. One copy of each journal so indexed shall be certified by the clerk of the Senate or the clerk of the House, as the case may be, to be a true record of the proceedings of such house and shall be deposited in the office of the Secretary as the official journal thereof. They shall cause to be transmitted directly to the Secretary and to the State Library copies of each journal, in sufficient numbers, as determined by the Joint Committee on Legislative Management, in consultation with the clerks of the Senate and the House, to each incorporated or associated library in the state, to each county bar library, to each state officer and to each member of the General Assembly requesting the same, one copy and to each town, at the request of the town clerk of such town, one copy, and the remainder shall be deposited with the Secretary, who, upon receiving the certified copies as above provided, shall certify to the Comptroller that said journals have been indexed and distributed in accordance with this section; and the Comptroller shall thereupon draw an order on the Treasurer in favor of the persons whose duty it is to index and distribute the same, for the sum of three hundred dollars each for their services and expenses.
(1949 Rev., S. 48; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 2; P.A. 76-306, S. 1, 2; P.A. 11-150, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 76-306 changed number of copies to be printed and to be distributed to state library and provided that journals be provided to towns at request of town clerk; P.A. 11-150 made technical changes, deleted requirements for a specific number of copies to be printed or distributed, required Joint Committee on Legislative Management, in consultation with clerks, to determine number of copies made and distributed to the State Library and provided that copies be distributed upon request, effective July 1, 2011.
See Sec. 3-86 re distribution of legislative documents to free public libraries.
See Sec. 7-35 re requirement that town clerks preserve certain legislative documents.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-50a. - Motor vehicle number plates for legislators.

The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall issue, in respect to not more than two motor vehicles owned or regularly used by each member of the General Assembly, on application by such member, on or before January fifteenth in the odd-numbered years, number plates bearing the assembly district number or the senatorial district number, as the case may be, of the member, and a distinguishing mark indicating his or her membership in either house of the General Assembly; and the commissioner shall issue a certificate of registration, as provided in section 14-12, in connection therewith. Such registration shall be valid, subject to renewal, as long as the member remains a member of the General Assembly, and thereafter the registration number and number plates, if any, which were assigned to such motor vehicle before a registration and number plates were issued under this section, shall be in effect. The provisions of this section shall apply to not more than two motor vehicles regularly used by a member who is the president or a vice president of a person, firm or corporation to which a license was issued in accordance with section 14-52, even if such member does not own a motor vehicle that is registered with the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles in accordance with section 14-12.
(1959, P.A. 68, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 58; 1971, P.A. 649, S. 6; P.A. 84-429, S. 47; P.A. 93-341, S. 37, 38; P.A. 06-196, S. 21.)
History: 1967 act replaced “seat” with “assembly district” number and deleted the words “in the house of representatives”; 1971 act limited the number of cars allowed special number plates to two per member; P.A. 84-429 substituted reference to Sec. 14-12 for reference to Sec. 14-13; P.A. 93-341 amended section by adding provision limiting applicability to not more than two motor vehicles regularly used by a member of the general assembly even if the member does not own the motor vehicles, provided the member is the president or vice president of a person, firm or corporation to which a license was issued in accordance with Sec. 14-52, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 06-196 made technical changes, effective June 7, 2006.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-51. - Admittance to floor of House and Senate.

No persons, except members of the General Assembly, its officers and employees, authorized members of the press and radio, and such other persons as either house of the General Assembly may authorize from time to time, shall be allowed upon the floor of either house of the General Assembly while such house is in session.
(June, 1955, S. 18d.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-52. - Display of United States and state flags at sessions of the General Assembly.

The United States flag and the state flag shall be displayed in the Senate chamber and in the hall of the House during each daily session of the General Assembly. The Joint Committee on Legislative Management shall provide for the installation of flagstaffs in said chamber and in said house for the display of said flags and defray the expense thereof from the appropriation for expenses of the General Assembly.
(1949 Rev., S. 2; March, 1950, S. 1d; P.A. 77-614, S. 73, 610; P.A. 82-472, S. 1, 183.)
History: P.A. 77-614 changed “public works commissioner” to “commissioner of administrative services”; P.A. 82-472 required joint committee on legislative management instead of commissioner of administrative services to provide for installation of flagstaffs.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-53. - Faith and credit of acts passed by General Assembly.

The official record of the acts passed by the General Assembly on file in the office of the secretary shall be presumptive evidence that all constitutional requirements essential to the valid enactment of the several acts therein contained have been complied with; and the faith and credit of such record shall not be attacked save by an action of mandamus against the secretary to compel him to correct the record.
(1949 Rev., S. 45.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-53a to 2-53c. - Legislative Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities.

Sections 2-53a to 2-53c, inclusive, are repealed.
(1967, P.A. 636, S. 1–3; P.A. 78-3; 78-280, S. 2, 127.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-53d to 2-53j. - “Program review” and “investigation” defined. Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee. Meetings of committee. Duties; confidentiality of information. Corrective action by agency officials; report to General Assembly. Studies by committee. Reports.

Sections 2-53d to 2-53j, inclusive, are repealed, effective July 1, 2017.
(1972, P.A. 90, S. 1–7; P.A. 75-388, S. 1–7; P.A. 79-31, S. 10, 17; P.A. 82-314, S. 3, 63; P.A. 82-472, S. 2, 183; P.A. 85-559, S. 7; P.A. 89-142, S. 1; P.A. 93-250, S. 1, 5; P.A. 11-150, S. 7–9; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2, S. 36; P.A. 17-60, S. 16.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-53l. - Electronic databases showing state and quasi-public agency expenditures.

(a) On or before July 1, 2011, until July 8, 2019, the legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis shall establish and maintain searchable online electronic databases on said office's Internet web site for purposes of posting state expenditures, including state contracts and grants. On and after July 8, 2019, said databases shall be maintained by the office of the Comptroller on said office's publicly accessible Internet web site for purposes of posting state and quasi-public agency expenditures, including disaggregated payments and data related to state and quasi-public agency contracts and grants, state and quasi-public agency employee payroll and state retiree pensions.
(b) Each budgeted agency, as defined in section 4-69, and quasi-public agency, as defined in section 1-120, shall submit, in a timely manner, any information requested by the Comptroller for the purpose of maintaining the electronic databases.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a state or quasi-public agency to: (1) Create unavailable financial or management data or an information technology system that does not exist, or (2) disclose consumer, client, patient, student or other information otherwise protected by law from disclosure.
(P.A. 10-155, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1, S. 71; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 97; P.A. 19-102, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 10-155 effective June 5, 2010; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective June 22, 2010; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (c) by changing reporting date from November 1, 2010, and quarterly thereafter to January 15, 2013, and annually thereafter, effective June 15, 2012; P.A. 19-102 added references to quasi-public agencies and substituted references to the Comptroller for references to the legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis, amended Subsec. (a) to make a technical change and to add provision re contracts, grants, payroll and pensions, deleted former Subsec. (c) re annual report by legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis, deleted former Subsec. (d) re review of procedures and report by the Auditors of Public Accounts, redesignated existing Subsec. (e) as new Subsec. (c) and amended same to add reference to other information and make a technical change, effective July 8, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 16 - General Assembly › Section 2-53n. - Quarterly report on overtime granted by state agencies.

For purposes of this section, “state agency” has the same meaning as provided in section 4-212. On or before January 1, 2016, and quarterly thereafter, the Office of Fiscal Analysis shall issue a report on the overtime granted by each state agency to its employees. Such report shall include an analysis of (1) how much overtime is granted by each state agency, and (2) how many employees received overtime pay. The Office of Fiscal Analysis shall submit such report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies.
(Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1, S. 21.)
History: Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1 effective December 29, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 17 - Legislative Commissioners' Office › Section 2-54. - Appointment, qualifications, and salary of legislative commissioners.

There shall be maintained a Legislative Commissioners' Office for the use and information especially of the members of the General Assembly, the officers of the several state agencies and the public. Said office shall be under the general direction of two legislative commissioners. Biennially one commissioner shall be appointed by the General Assembly to hold office for four years from the first day in July in the year of his appointment and until his successor has been appointed and has qualified. Said commissioners shall not be of the same political party. Each commissioner shall be an attorney at law and shall have been admitted to practice before the courts of the state of Connecticut for at least six years prior to his appointment. The salary of each commissioner shall be established by the Joint Committee on Legislative Management.
(1949 Rev., S. 3523; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 9; 1959, P.A. 478, S. 4; February, 1965, P.A. 331, S. 37; 1967, P.A. 657, S. 9a; P.A. 77-614, S. 68, 610; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2, S. 37.)
History: 1959 act provided for two commissioners, one from each political party, in lieu of one commissioner, reduced the qualifying period since admission to law practice from 10 to 6 years and provided a fixed salary rather than a salary to be determined by the personnel board; 1965 act changed name of office from “legislative research department,” raised the commissioners' salaries from $7,500 and deleted obsolete provisions regarding their terms of office; 1967 act changed commissioners' salaries from specific dollar amount to amounts established by personnel board or its successor personnel policy board; P.A. 77-614 made legislative management committee responsible for establishing salaries; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2 deleted “Standing” re Joint Committee on Legislative Management.
See Sec. 1-84(e) re prohibited activities.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 17 - Legislative Commissioners' Office › Section 2-54a. - Interim appointment of legislative commissioner.

When the General Assembly is not in session and there is a vacancy in the position of legislative commissioner, such vacancy may be filled by the Joint Committee on Legislative Management until the sixth Wednesday of the next session of the General Assembly and until a successor is appointed and has qualified pursuant to section 2-54.
(P.A. 76-302, S. 2, 3; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2, S. 38.)
History: June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2 deleted “Standing” re Joint Committee on Legislative Management.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 17 - Legislative Commissioners' Office › Section 2-55. - Employees.

The legislative commissioners, with the approval of the Joint Committee on Legislative Management, may employ and fix the compensation of such assistants as are required to carry out the duties of their office; and the Legislative Commissioners' Office shall be considered a branch of the Legislative Department of the state government within the meaning of subdivision (2) of section 5-198. No such employee shall be demoted or dismissed by reason of economy, change in departmental administration or organization or abolition of position if any other employee with less service in the office is to be retained, or another employee engaged, to perform comparable duties. When the General Assembly is not in session, said committee may, with the approval of the commissioners, designate one or more employees of the Legislative Commissioners' Office to assist in the performance of the duties of said committee, legislative commissions and legislative interim committees. This section shall not apply to temporary employees engaged by the General Assembly to assist the legislative commissioners in connection with any session of the General Assembly.
(1949 Rev., S. 3525; 1957, P.A. 1, S. 15; 1959, P.A. 478, S. 5; February, 1965, P.A. 331, S. 38; 1969, P.A. 749, S. 7; P.A. 12-205, S. 18.)
History: 1959 act made technical changes consistent with change from one to two commissioners; 1965 act changed department name from “legislative research department” to “legislative commissioners' office”; 1969 act replaced references to legislative council with references to legislative management committee, deleted reference to repealed Sec. 5-3 and included legislative commissions and interim committees as recipients of assistance from legislative commissioners' office; P.A. 12-205 made a technical change, effective July 1, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 17 - Legislative Commissioners' Office › Section 2-56a. - Codification of public act 77-614* and other public acts of 1977 and 1978. Statutory placements.

(a) The Legislative Commissioners' Office in consultation with the joint legislative committee on government administration and elections shall, in codifying the provisions of public act 77-614 and the public acts of 1977 and 1978, make name and title and such technical, grammatical and punctuation changes and statutory placements and classifications, including but not limited to the addition of newly enacted material to existing statute sections and the reclassification of entire existing statute sections or parts of such sections as are necessary to carry out the purposes of public act 77-614. The Legislative Commissioners' Office, in editing public act 77-614, shall treat an internal reference to any part of the general statutes in any section of public act 77-614 as a reference to that part of the general statutes as it was amended by any section of public act 77-614 when such a reading is required to accomplish the purposes of public act 77-614.
(b) Wherever in public act 77-614, the words “either house of” are bracketed following the words “the Governor shall with the advice and consent of” or other words giving the Governor the authority to make an appointment, such brackets shall be removed.
(P.A. 77-614, S. 587, 595, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 79-31, S. 11, 17.)
*Note: Public act 77-614 is entitled “An Act Concerning the Reorganization of the Executive Branch of State Government”. (See Reference Table captioned “Public Acts of 1977” in Volume 16 which lists the sections amended, created or repealed by the act.)
History: P.A. 78-303 extended scope of legislative commissioners' powers in codifying P.A. 77-614 to include name and title changes and statutory placements with regard to that act and 1977 and 1978 acts generally to effect the reorganization of the executive branch; P.A. 79-31 replaced the word “policy” with “elections” in committee's name.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 17 - Legislative Commissioners' Office › Section 2-56b. - Codification of certain sections in public act 77-614* concerning appeal procedure from administrative boards or commissions.

Whenever any section of the general statutes which contains provisions concerning appeal procedures from administrative boards or commissions to the Court of Common Pleas or the Superior Court is amended by any section of public act 77-614 so as to enclose in brackets any words in such sections of the general statutes, giving such appeals precedence over nonprivileged cases in respect to order of trial, the brackets shall be removed.
(P.A. 78-303, S. 88, 136.)
*Note: Public act 77-614 is entitled “An Act Concerning the Reorganization of the Executive Branch of State Government”. (See Reference Table captioned “Public Acts of 1977” in Volume 16 which lists the sections amended, created or repealed by the act.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 17 - Legislative Commissioners' Office › Section 2-56c. - Codification of public act 80-482* and other public acts of 1979 and 1980.

The Legislative Commissioners' Office shall, in codifying the provisions of public act 80-482 and the public acts of 1979 and 1980, make such technical, grammatical and punctuation changes as are necessary to carry out the purposes of public act 80-482.
(P.A. 80-482, S. 345, 348.)
*Note: Public act 80-482 is entitled “An Act to Eliminate the Department of Business Regulation and Reorganize the Divisions of said Department”. (See Reference Table captioned “Public Acts of 1980” in Volume 16 which lists the sections amended, created or repealed by the act.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 17 - Legislative Commissioners' Office › Section 2-56d. - Codification of public act 80-484*.

The Legislative Commissioners' Office in codifying the provisions of public act 80-484 may make such additions and deletions, or corrections in structure or form, as are necessary to carry out the purposes of public act 80-484 and which in no way alter the meaning or intent of public act 80-484.
(P.A. 80-484, S. 174, 176.)
*Note: Public act 80-484 is entitled “An Act Concerning the Functions of Licensing Boards and Commissions”. (See Reference Table captioned “Public Acts of 1980” in Volume 16 which lists the sections amended, created or repealed by the act.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 17 - Legislative Commissioners' Office › Section 2-56e. - Codification of public acts 93-262* and 93-381* and other public acts of 1993 and 1994. Statutory placements.

The Legislative Commissioners' Office shall, in codifying the provisions of public act 93-262 and public act 93-381 and the public acts of 1993 and 1994, make name and title and such technical, grammatical and punctuation changes and statutory placements and classifications, including, but not limited to, the addition of newly enacted material to existing statute sections and the reclassification of existing statute sections or parts of such sections as are necessary to carry out the purposes of said public act 93-262 and public act 93-381. The Legislative Commissioners' Office, in editing said public act 93-262 and public act 93-381, shall treat an internal reference to any part of the general statutes in any section of said public act 93-262 and public act 93-381 as a reference to that part of the general statutes as it was amended by any section of said public act 93-262 and public act 93-381 when such a reading is required to accomplish the purposes of said public act 93-262 and 93-381.
(P.A. 93-435, S. 59, 95.)
*Note: Public act 93-262 is entitled “An Act Concerning the Establishment of the Department of Social Services” and public act 93-381 is entitled “An Act Concerning the Establishment of the Department of Public Health and Addiction Services”. (See Reference Table captioned “Public Acts of 1993” in Volume 16 which lists the sections amended, created or repealed by these acts.)
History: P.A. 93-435 effective June 28, 1993.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 17 - Legislative Commissioners' Office › Section 2-56f. - Codification of public act 15-5 of the June special session*.

The Legislative Commissioners' Office shall, in codifying the provisions of public act 15-5 of the June special session, make such technical, grammatical and punctuation changes as are necessary to carry out the purposes of public act 15-5 of the June special session, including, but not limited to, correcting inaccurate internal references.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 471.)
*Note: Public act 15-5 of the June special session is entitled “An Act Implementing Provisions of the State Budget for the Biennium Ending June 30, 2017, Concerning General Government, Education, Health and Human Services and Bonds of the State”. (See Reference Table captioned “Public Acts of June, 2015” in Volume 16 which lists the sections amended, created or repealed by the act.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 effective June 30, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 17 - Legislative Commissioners' Office › Section 2-56g. - Codification of public act 17-2 of the June special session*.

The Legislative Commissioners' Office shall, in codifying the provisions of public act 17-2 of the June special session, make such technical, grammatical and punctuation changes as are necessary to carry out the purposes of public act 17-2 of the June special session, including, but not limited to, correcting inaccurate internal references.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 57.)
*Note: Public act 17-2 of the June special session is entitled “An Act Concerning the State Budget for the Biennium Ending June 30, 2019, Making Appropriations Therefor, Authorizing and Adjusting Bonds of the State and Implementing Provisions of the Budget”. (See Reference Table captioned “Public Acts of June 2017” in Volume 16 which lists the sections amended, created or repealed by the act.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 effective October 31, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 17 - Legislative Commissioners' Office › Section 2-56h. - Codification of public act 19-117*.

The Legislative Commissioners' Office shall, in codifying the provisions of public act 19-117, make such technical, grammatical and punctuation changes as are necessary to carry out the purposes of public act 19-117, including, but not limited to, correcting inaccurate internal references.
(P.A. 19-117, S. 190.)
*Note: Public act 19-117 is entitled “An Act Concerning the State Budget for the Biennium Ending June 30, 2021, and Making Appropriations Therefor, and Provisions Related to Revenue and Other Items to Implement the State Budget”. (See Reference Table captioned “Public Acts of 2019” in Volume 16 which lists the sections amended, created or repealed by the act.)
History: P.A. 19-117 effective June 26, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 17 - Legislative Commissioners' Office › Section 2-56i. - Codification of public act 21-2 of the June Special Session*.

The Legislative Commissioners' Office shall, in codifying the provisions of public act 21-2 of the June special session*, make such technical, grammatical and punctuation changes as are necessary to carry out the purposes of public act 21-2 of the June special session*, including, but not limited to, correcting inaccurate internal references.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 61.)
*Note: Public act 21-2 of the June special session is entitled “An Act Concerning Provisions Related to Revenue and Other Items to Implement the State Budget for the Biennium Ending June 30, 2023.” (See Reference Table captioned “Public Acts of June, 2021” in Volume 3 which lists the sections amended, created or repealed by the act.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 effective June 23, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 17 - Legislative Commissioners' Office › Section 2-56j. - Codification of public act 21-1 of the June special session*.

The Legislative Commissioners' Office shall, in codifying the provisions of public act 21-1 of the June special session, make such technical, grammatical and punctuation changes as are necessary to carry out the purposes of public act 21-1 of the June special session, including, but not limited to, correcting inaccurate internal references.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1, S. 151.)
*Note: Public act 21-1 of the June special session is entitled “An Act Concerning Responsible and Equitable Regulation of Adult-Use Cannabis.” (See Reference Table captioned “Public Acts of June, 2021” in Volume 3 which lists the sections amended, created or repealed by the act.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1 effective June 22, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 17 - Legislative Commissioners' Office › Section 2-56k. - Codification of public act 22-118*.

The Legislative Commissioners' Office shall, in codifying the provisions of public act 22-118, make such technical, grammatical and punctuation changes as are necessary to carry out the purposes of public act 22-118, including, but not limited to, correcting inaccurate internal references.
(P.A. 22-118, S. 148.)
*Note: Public act 22-118 is entitled “An Act Adjusting the State Budget for the Biennium Ending June 30, 2023, Concerning Provisions Related to Revenue, School Construction and Other Items to Implement the State Budget and Authorizing and Adjusting Bonds of the State”. (See Reference Table captioned “Public Acts of 2022” in Volume 16 which lists the sections amended, created or repealed by the act.)
History: P.A. 22-118 effective May 7, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 17 - Legislative Commissioners' Office › Section 2-56l. - Codification of public act 22-146*.

The Legislative Commissioners' Office shall, in codifying the provisions of public act 22-146, make such technical, grammatical and punctuation changes as are necessary to carry out the purposes of public act 22-146, including, but not limited to, correcting inaccurate internal references.
(P.A. 22-146, S. 26.)
*Note: Public act 22-146 is entitled “An Act Concerning Additional Adjustments to the State Budget for the Biennium Ending June 30, 2023, A Community Ombudsman Program, Certain Municipal-Related Provisions, School Building Project Grants and High-Deductible Health Plans”. (See Reference Table captioned “Public Acts of 2022” in Volume 16 which lists the sections amended, created or repealed by the act.)
History: P.A. 22-146 effective May 7, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 17 - Legislative Commissioners' Office › Section 2-57. - Printing of file bills and engrossed acts.

The legislative commissioners shall supervise the printing of bills reported favorably and of engrossed bills under the provisions of sections 2-27, 2-29 and 2-30.
(1949 Rev., S. 42; 1957, P.A. 1, S. 11; 1959, P.A. 478, S. 7.)
History: 1959 act made technical change consistent with change from one to two commissioners.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 17 - Legislative Commissioners' Office › Section 2-58. - Preparation and publication of public and special acts.

The legislative commissioners shall prepare as soon as possible after the adjournment of each regular session of the General Assembly an edition of the public and special acts passed at such regular session in the form of engrossed bills, in numerical order and with a suitable index. The Joint Committee on Legislative Management shall cause to be published such number of copies of such edition of engrossed bills as said committee deems adequate and shall fix the price at which the same shall be sold. The publication shall be under the supervision of said commissioners, who shall affix thereto their certificate that said public and special acts are correct copies of those engrossed and on file in the office of the Secretary of the State.
(1949 Rev., S. 3530; 1959, P.A. 478, S. 8; February, 1965, P.A. 382, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 562, S. 1; P.A. 76-328, S. 1, 3; P.A. 78-237, S. 3, 5; P.A. 90-17, S. 2, 4.)
History: 1959 act made technical change consistent with change from one to two commissioners; 1965 act provided comptroller rather than director of purchases cause acts to be published; 1969 act deleted sentence requiring that one copy be given to each legislator free of charge; P.A. 76-328 included special acts in publication requirements; P.A. 78-237 gave comptroller's duties under section to legislative management committee; P.A. 90-17 deleted requirement that public and special acts be published “as provided in section 2-25” to reflect repeal of Sec. 2-25 by said public act.
See Sec. 3-82 re requirement that Secretary of the State file statement of legislative action on resolutions for constitutional amendments and statements showing bills for acts vetoed by Governor.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies › Chapter 17 - Legislative Commissioners' Office › Section 2-59. - Supplements to the general statutes.

The legislative commissioners may prepare, after the adjournment of any regular session of the General Assembly, supplements to the revision of the general statutes, containing the public acts passed at such session, arranged substantially in the form of supplements to the United States Code Annotated, together with a suitable index. Said commissioners shall affix thereto their certificate that such supplements correctly embody the public acts and proposed amendments to the Constitution engrossed and on file in the office of the Secretary of the State.
(1949 Rev., S. 3526; 3527; 1957, S.A. 605, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 478, S. 9; P.A. 76-435, S. 29, 82.)
History: 1959 act made technical changes consistent with change from one to two commissioners; P.A. 76-435 made technical changes.
See Sec. 3-82 re requirement that Secretary of the State file statement of legislative action on resolutions for constitutional amendments and statements showing bills for acts vetoed by Governor.
Cited. 143 C. 280.