Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 92 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › II - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 1 - Scope and Construction of Rules › Section 1-92-12 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
The definitions provided by section 4-166 and chapter 10
						of the Connecticut General Statutes govern the interpretation and application
						of these rules. In addition, and except as otherwise required by the
						context:
(a) "Administrative hearing"
					 means a hearing held pursuant to chapter 54 of the Connecticut General Statutes
					 ("the Uniform Administrative Procedure Act") and includes any hearing held
					 pursuant to section 1-88(b), or section 1-99(b) of the Connecticut General
					 Statutes.
(b) "Board" means the
					 Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board.
(c) "Board hearing" means a hearing of the
					 Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board, pursuant to section 1-82(b) or 1-93(b) of the
					 Connecticut General Statutes, at which the board determines, after a finding of
					 probable cause, whether a violation of the Codes of Ethics has
					 occurred.
(d) "Board member " means
					 a person appointed to serve as a member of the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board
					 when acting as such.
(e)
					 "Evaluation" means an investigation conducted by the enforcement division prior
					 to the issuance of a complaint.
(f)
					 "Judge trial referee" means any judge trial referee appointed to preside at any
					 hearing.
(g) "Hearing" means that
					 portion of the Office of State Ethics' procedures in the disposition of matters
					 delegated to its jurisdiction by law wherein an opportunity for presentation of
					 evidence or argument occurs, which is preceded by due notice. Hearing means and
					 includes board hearings, probable cause hearings, and administrative
					 hearings.
(h) "Party" means each
					 person named or admitted by the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board as a party to a
					 case, or properly seeking and entitled as of right to be admitted as a party.
					 Each respondent shall be a party in all cases arising out of a complaint filed
					 against the respondent under chapter 10 of the Connecticut General
					 Statutes.
(i) "Person" includes any
					 individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental subdivision,
					 group of persons, or public or private organization of any character.
(j) "Complainant" refers to any person that
					 has filed a complaint with the Office of State Ethics.
(k) "Respondent" means any person against
					 whom a complaint has been filed with the Office of State Ethics or issued by
					 the Office of State Ethics.
(l)
					 "Preliminary investigation" means and includes all hearings, depositions,
					 issuance of subpoenas, receipt of oral or documentary evidence, compulsion of
					 attendance of witnesses, administration of oaths, or any other means of
					 gathering evidence conducted by the enforcement division of the Office of State
					 Ethics pursuant to section 1-82(a) or 1-93(a) of the Connecticut General
					 Statutes, following the filing of a valid complaint. The purpose of a
					 preliminary investigation is to gather sufficient evidence for the Office of
					 State Ethics to determine whether, and to what extent, there is probable cause
					 to believe a respondent has violated any provision of chapter 10 of the
					 Connecticut General Statutes, or any provision of these regulations, as alleged
					 in a complaint against the respondent, but does not include a probable cause
					 hearing or a board hearing.
(m)
					 "Probable cause hearing" means a hearing conducted pursuant to section 1-82
					 (a)(2) or 1-93 (a)(2) of the Connecticut General Statutes, wherein a judge
					 trial referee is charged with determining whether there is probable cause to
					 believe that a violation of the Codes of Ethics has occurred.
(n) "Third party" means any person or entity
					 other than a complainant or respondent, but shall not be deemed to include
					 other state or federal agencies.
(o) "Days" means calendar days, except as
					 otherwise provided by law.
(p)
					 "Petitioner" means any person who submits a request for an advisory opinion, a
					 declaratory ruling, or any affirmative action on the part of the Citizen's
					 Ethics Advisory Board or the Office of State Ethics.