Bill Text: CT HB05245 | 2016 | General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: An Act Permitting Electronic Notification Of A Special Session Or A Reconvened Session.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2016-05-31 - Signed by the Governor [HB05245 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2016-HB05245-Chaptered.html
Substitute House Bill No. 5245
AN ACT PERMITTING ELECTRONIC NOTIFICATION OF A SPECIAL SESSION OR A RECONVENED SESSION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 2-7 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) Whenever the Governor, the members of the General Assembly or the president pro tempore of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives call a special session of the General Assembly, the Secretary of the State shall give notice thereof either by (1) mailing a true copy of the call of such special session, by first class mail, evidenced by a certificate of mailing, to each member of the House of Representatives and of the Senate at his or her address as it appears upon the records of said secretary not less than ten nor more than fifteen days prior to the date of convening of such special session, [or by] (2) causing a true copy of the call to be delivered to each member by a state marshal, constable, state policeman or indifferent person at least twenty-four hours prior to the time of convening of such special session, or (3) sending an electronic copy of the call of such special session to the official legislative electronic mail address of each member of the House of Representatives and of the Senate at least seventy-two hours prior to the time of convening of such special session.
(b) Whenever the Secretary of the State is required to reconvene the General Assembly pursuant to article third of the amendments to the Constitution of Connecticut, said secretary shall give notice thereof either by (1) mailing a true copy of the call of such reconvened session, by first class mail, evidenced by a certificate of mailing, to each member of the House of Representatives and of the Senate at his or her address as it appears upon the records of said secretary not less than five days prior to the date of convening of such reconvened session, [or by] (2) causing a true copy of the call to be delivered to each member by a state marshal, constable, state policeman or indifferent person at least twenty-four hours prior to the time of convening of such reconvened session, or (3) sending an electronic copy of the call of such reconvened session to the official legislative electronic mail address of each member at least seventy-two hours prior to the time of convening of such reconvened session.