Bill Text: CT HB05206 | 2010 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Providing An Individual An Earlier Release From The Jurisdiction Of The Commission On Human Rights And Opportunities To File A Civil Action In Superior Court.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-11 - Favorable Change of Reference, Senate to Committee on Judiciary [HB05206 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2010-HB05206-Comm_Sub.html
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February Session, 2010 |
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AN ACT PROVIDING AN INDIVIDUAL AN EARLIER RELEASE FROM THE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO FILE A CIVIL ACTION IN SUPERIOR COURT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 46a-101 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2010):
(a) No action may be brought in accordance with section 46a-100 unless the complainant has received a release from the commission in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(b) The complainant [and the respondent, by themselves or their attorneys] or the complainant's attorney, may [jointly] request that the complainant receive a release from the commission at any time [from the date of filing the complaint until the expiration of two hundred ten days from] after the date of filing of the complaint. [The complainant, or his attorney, may request a release from the commission if his complaint with the commission is still pending after the expiration of two hundred ten days from the date of its filing.]
(c) The executive director of the commission shall grant a release, allowing the complainant to bring a civil action, within ten business days after receipt of the request for the release, except that if a case is scheduled for public hearing, the executive director may decline to issue a release. The commission may defer acting on a request for a release for thirty days if the executive director of the commission, or his designee, certifies that he has reason to believe that the complaint may be resolved within that period.
(d) Upon granting a release, the commission shall dismiss or otherwise administratively dispose of the discriminatory practice complaint pending with the commission without cost or penalty assessed to any party.
(e) Any action brought by the complainant in accordance with section 46a-100 shall be brought within ninety days of the receipt of the release from the commission.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2010 |
46a-101 |
LAB |
Joint Favorable Subst. C/R |
JUD |