Bill Text: CT SB00288 | 2010 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut Senate Bill 288 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Legislative Commissioners' Recommendations For Technical Corrections To The General Government Administration And Elections Statutes.

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-23 - File Number 91 [SB00288 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2010-SB00288-Comm_Sub.html


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 288*
*February Session, 2010*		LCO No. 1052
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Referred to Committee on Government Administration and Elections
Introduced by:
(GAE)

AN ACT CONCERNING THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS STATUTES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (g) of section 2-120 of the 2010 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(g) There shall be an executive director of the Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission. The executive director and any necessary staff shall be employed by the Joint [Standing] Committee on Legislative Management. The commission shall have no authority over staffing or personnel matters.

Sec. 2. Subsection (f) of section 2-121 of the 2010 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(f) There shall be an executive director of the African-American Affairs Commission. The executive director and any necessary staff shall be employed by the Joint [Standing] Committee on Legislative Management. The commission shall have no authority over staffing or personnel matters.

Sec. 3. Subsection (f) of section 2-122 of the 2010 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(f) There shall be an executive director of the Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission. The executive director and any necessary staff shall be employed by the Joint [Standing] Committee on Legislative Management. The commission shall have no authority over staffing or personnel matters.

Sec. 4. Section 3-110i of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

Charles Edward Ives is designated as the composer of the state of Connecticut. There shall be a "Charles Edward Ives Memorial Composer Laureate of the state of Connecticut". The board of directors of the Charles Ives Center for the Arts, in consultation with the panel established under this section, may designate from time to time a composer who was born or is living in Connecticut to serve in the position of composer laureate. There is established a panel that shall meet from time to time to advise said board of directors on the designation of the composer laureate. The panel shall be comprised of eight members, one of whom shall be a representative of the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, one of whom shall be a representative of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, one of whom shall be a representative of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, one of whom shall be a representative of the Yale University School of Music, one of whom shall be a representative of the Hartt School of Music of The University of Hartford, one of whom shall be a representative of The Charles Ives Society, Inc., one of whom shall be a representative of The University of Connecticut through its music department, and one of whom shall be a representative of the Connecticut State University System through the music department of Western Connecticut State University. Each member of the panel shall be selected by the entity that the member represents.

Sec. 5. Subsection (h) of section 9-612 of the 2010 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(h) (1) Not later than thirty days after February 8, 2007, each state agency and quasi-public agency shall prepare and forward to the State Elections Enforcement Commission, on a form prescribed by said commission, a list of the names of the state contractors and prospective state contractors with which such agency is a party to a contract, and any state contract solicitations or prequalification certificates issued by the agency. Not less than once per month, each state agency and quasi-public agency shall forward to said commission, on a form prescribed by the commission, any changes, additions or deletions to said lists, not later than the fifteenth day of the month.

(2) Not later than sixty days after February 8, 2007, the State Elections Enforcement Commission shall (A) compile a master list of state contractors and prospective state contractors for all state agencies and quasi-public agencies, based on the information received under subdivision (1) of this subsection, (B) publish the master list on the commission's Internet web site, and (C) provide copies of the master list to campaign treasurers upon request. The commission shall update the master list every month.

Sec. 6. Subsection (a) of section 17a-219c of the 2010 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(a) There is established a Family Support Council to assist the Department of Developmental Services and other state agencies that administer or fund family support services to act in concert and, within available appropriations, to (1) establish a comprehensive, coordinated system of family support services, (2) use existing state and other resources efficiently and effectively as appropriate for such services, (3) identify and address services that are needed for families of children with disabilities, and (4) promote state-wide availability of such services. The council shall consist of twenty-seven voting members including the Commissioners of Public Health, Developmental Services, Children and Families, Education and Social Services, or their designees, the Child Advocate, the executive director of the Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities, the chairperson of the State Interagency Birth-to-Three Coordinating Council, as established pursuant to section 17a-248b, the executive director of the Commission on Children, and family members of, or individuals who advocate for, children with disabilities. The family members or individuals who advocate for children with disabilities shall comprise two-thirds of the council and shall be appointed as follows: Six by the Governor, three by the president pro tempore of the Senate, two by the majority leader of the Senate, one by the minority leader of the Senate, three by the speaker of the House of Representatives, two by the majority leader of the House of Representatives and one by the minority leader of the House of Representatives. All appointed members serving on or after October 5, 2009, including members appointed prior to October 5, 2009, shall serve in accordance with the provisions of section 4-1a. Members serving on or after October 5, 2009, including members appointed prior to October 5, 2009, shall serve no more than eight consecutive years on the council. The council shall meet at least quarterly and shall select its own chairperson. Council members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred. The costs of administering the council shall be within available appropriations in accordance with this section and sections 17a-219a [to] and 17a-219b. [, inclusive.]

Sec. 7. Subsection (f) of section 17b-420 of the 2010 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(f) There shall be an executive director of the Commission on Aging. There may be additional staff within available appropriations. [The commission shall be within the Legislative Department.] The executive director and any necessary staff shall be employed by the Joint [Standing] Committee on Legislative Management. The commission shall have no authority over staffing or personnel matters.

Sec. 8. Subsection (b) of section 46a-1 of the 2010 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(b) There shall be an executive director of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women. The executive director and any necessary staff shall be employed by the Joint [Standing] Committee on Legislative Management. The commission shall have no authority over staffing or personnel matters.

Sec. 9. Subsection (b) of section 46a-126 of the 2010 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(b) There shall be an executive director of the Commission on Children. The executive director and any necessary staff shall be employed by the Joint [Standing] Committee on Legislative Management. The commission shall have no authority over staffing or personnel matters.


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	2-120(g)
Sec. 2	from passage	2-121(f)
Sec. 3	from passage	2-122(f)
Sec. 4	from passage	3-110i
Sec. 5	from passage	9-612(h)
Sec. 6	from passage	17a-219c(a)
Sec. 7	from passage	17b-420(f)
Sec. 8	from passage	46a-1(b)
Sec. 9	from passage	46a-126(b)