Bill Text: CT SB00341 | 2012 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut Senate Bill 341 (Prior Session Legislation)

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

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-04-30 - House Calendar Number 479 [SB00341 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2012-SB00341-Comm_Sub.html

General Assembly		*Substitute Bill No. 341*
*February Session, 2012*		_____SB00341GAE___033012____

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

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

Section 1. Subsection (m) of section 4b-23 of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(m) (1) Plans to construct, renovate or modify state-owned or occupied buildings shall provide for a portion of the total planned floor area of newly constructed state buildings or buildings constructed specifically for use by the state to be served by renewable sources of energy, including solar, wind, water and biomass sources, for use in space heating and cooling, domestic hot water and other applications. For the plan due December 1, 1979, the portion to be served by renewable energy sources shall be not less than five per cent of total planned new floor area. For each succeeding state facilities plan submitted after December 1, 1979, the portion of the total planned floor area of any additional newly constructed state buildings or buildings constructed specifically for use by the state to be served by renewable energy sources shall be increased by at least five per cent per year until a goal of fifty per cent of total planned floor area of any additional newly constructed state buildings or buildings constructed specifically for use by the state is reached. For any facility served by renewable energy sources in accordance with this subsection, not less than thirty per cent of the total energy requirements of any specific energy application, including, but not limited to, space heating or cooling and providing domestic hot water, shall be provided by renewable energy sources. The installation in newly constructed state buildings or buildings constructed specifically for use by the state of systems using renewable energy sources in accordance with this subsection, shall be subject to the life-cycle cost analysis provided for in section 16a-38. (2) The state shall fulfill the obligations imposed by subdivision (1) of this [section] subsection unless such action would cause an undue economic hardship to the state.

Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 17a-219c of 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 or the Child Advocate's designee, the executive director of the Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities or the executive director's designee, the chairperson of the State Interagency Birth-to-Three Coordinating Council, established pursuant to section 17a-248b, or the chairperson's designee, the executive director of the Commission on Children or the executive director's designee, 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. 3. Subsection (f) of section 17b-420 of the 2012 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 Committee on Legislative Management. The commission shall have no authority over staffing or personnel matters.

Sec. 4. Subdivision (1) of subsection (h) of section 9-612 of 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.

Sec. 5. Subdivision (6) of subsection (c) of section 9-608 of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2012):

(6) The commission shall post a link on the home page of the commission's Internet web site to a listing of all [organizational] organization expenditures reported by a party, legislative leadership or caucus committee under subdivision (5) of this subsection. Such information shall include reported information on the committee making the expenditure, the committee receiving the expenditure and the date and purpose for the expenditure.

Sec. 6. Subdivision (3) of subsection (c) of section 9-55 of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2012):

(3) A notice of primary is published for only one party and (A) unaffiliated electors are not authorized to vote, or (B) unaffiliated electors are authorized to vote for all offices to be contested at the primary, a registry list may be used as a checklist at the primary and the registrars of voters shall print [a supplementary or] an updated list indicating those electors who have become eligible to vote in the primary since the printing of the registry list.

Sec. 7. Subdivision (12) of section 9-372 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2012):

(12) "Registrar" means the registrar of voters in a municipality who is enrolled with the political party holding a primary; [and, in each municipality where there are different registrars for different voting districts, means the registrar so enrolled in the voting district in which, at the last-preceding regular election, the presiding officer for the purpose of declaring the result of the vote of the whole municipality was moderator;]

Sec. 8. Subsection (d) of section 9-235 of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2012):

(d) No candidate for an office in an election may be an unofficial checker at such election. [In municipalities divided into two voting districts in which registrars are elected for each district, such appointments may be made by the registrars in each district.] Such unofficial checkers may remain within the polling place for the purpose of checking their own copy of the registry list to indicate the names of electors who have voted, and may enter and leave the restricted area surrounding the polling place during the hours of election or referendum for the purpose of taking such information outside said area or may communicate such information from the polling place by means of telephones provided by the party for which such checkers were appointed. If any such unofficial checker interferes with the orderly process of voting or attempts to influence any elector, he shall be evicted by the moderator. An unofficial checker appointed pursuant to this section may receive compensation from the municipality in which the election is held.


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	4b-23(m)
Sec. 2	from passage	17a-219c(a)
Sec. 3	from passage	17b-420(f)
Sec. 4	from passage	9-612(h)(1)
Sec. 5	July 1, 2012	9-608(c)(6)
Sec. 6	July 1, 2012	9-55(c)(3)
Sec. 7	July 1, 2012	9-372(12)
Sec. 8	July 1, 2012	9-235(d)