Secs. 11-11 to 11-19. New Haven, New London, Fairfield, Middlesex, Hartford, Litchfield, Windham and Tolland County law libraries. Payments to law
libraries. Treasurer's bond. Sections 11-11 to 11-19, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1647-1655; 1949, 1951, 1953, 1955, S. 1013d, 1015d; 1949, S. 1017d, 1019d; 1951, S. 1014d, 1016d,
1018d; 1957, P.A. 6, S. 1; 7; 317; 335; 346; 1959, P.A. 152, S. 26-34; 167; 305, S. 1; 399; 402; 406; 1961, P.A. 554; 1963,
P.A. 621; 1967, P.A. 644, S. 1, 2; 1969, P.A. 745, S. 1; 1972, S.A. 53, S. 14; P.A. 73-471, S. 4, 5; P.A. 75-530, S. 33, 35.)
Sec. 11-19a. System of law libraries. There shall be a system of law libraries
within the state, under the supervision of the Office of the Chief Court Administrator.
(P.A. 76-368, S. 1, 9; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-7, S. 1, 3; P.A. 84-414, S. 8, 14; P.A. 90-234, S. 3, 8.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-7 amended Subsec. (a) to elevate Stamford from a Tier II to a Tier I library and to
provide Tier II libraries in New London and Danbury, and added Subsec. (c) re hours of operation of Tier I libraries, which
was formerly part of Sec. 11-1a; P.A. 84-414 amended Subsec. (a) removing Hartford from the Tier I libraries and amended
Subsec. (b) designating the law library in Hartford as the state's principal law library; P.A. 90-234 deleted provisions
detailing authority of the state library board over the state system of law libraries and substituted provision that the law
library system shall be under the supervision of the chief court administrator.
Sec. 11-19b. (Formerly Sec. 11-10). Law library use and regulation. Each such
library shall be for the use of the courts and citizens of the state, subject to such conditions
as may be prescribed by the Office of the Chief Court Administrator.
(1949 Rev., S. 1646; 1959, P.A. 152, S. 25; P.A. 73-471, S. 1, 5; P.A. 75-316, S. 7; P.A. 76-368, S. 4, 9; 76-436, S.
474, 681; P.A. 77-452, S. 2, 72; P.A. 90-234, S. 4, 8.)
History: 1959 act placed ownership of libraries in state rather than in counties; P.A. 73-471 made technical changes
and required approval of regulations by chief justice of supreme court, chief court administrator and chief judges of superior
and common pleas courts and required them to advise state library committee of their actions; P.A. 75-316 substituted
state library board for state library committee; P.A. 76-368 deleted provisions concerning management of libraries by law
library associations composed of attorneys in county and required establishment of regulations by state library board with
advice of law library advisory committee rather than by associations with approval of various officers of court; P.A. 76-436 required approval of regulations by chief administrative judge rather than chief court administrator and by two superior
court judges appointed by chief justice rather than chief judges of superior and common pleas courts, effective July 1,
1978, but provisions were not enacted because provisions of P.A. 76-368 took precedence as clarified in P.A. 77-452; Sec.
11-10 transferred to Sec. 11-19b in 1977; P.A. 90-234 deleted reference to the regulations of the state library board re use
of the state system of law libraries and substituted provision that use of the law library system shall be subject to conditions
prescribed by the chief court administrator.
See Sec. 11-19e re furnishing of legislative materials to law libraries.
See Sec. 51-215 re furnishing of Supreme Court case records and briefs to law libraries.
Sec. 11-19c. Law Library Advisory Committee. Section 11-19c is repealed.
(P.A. 76-368, S. 2, 9; P.A. 77-452, S. 1, 72; P.A. 90-234, S. 7, 8.)
Sec. 11-19d. Long term leases of law books to bar associations. The State Library Board shall, upon request of any local bar association, enter into a long-term
agreement with such association for the leasing of books within the area in which such
association is located, which prior to July 1, 1976, were in law libraries belonging to
the state and which the state no longer maintains. Such lease shall be for one dollar
per year.
(P.A. 77-270.)
Sec. 11-19e. (Formerly Sec. 11-4b). Furnishing of legislative materials to law
libraries. The State Library shall mail, upon request, to each law library established
pursuant to section 11-10b, a copy of each of the following legislative materials as they
become available: Photo offset copies of each bill; bulletins; list of bills; calendars;
journals; file copies; engrossed copies; the legislative record index; and microfiche copies of the House proceedings, the Senate proceedings, and the joint standing committee
public hearings for each legislative session, along with all appropriate indexing.
(1963, P.A. 264; P.A. 90-234, S. 5, 8.)
History: Sec. 11-4b transferred to Sec. 11-19e in 1987; P.A. 90-234 amended section to provide that the state library
shall mail legislative materials to each law library upon request and added list of bills and microfiche copies of house and
senate proceedings, committee hearings and appropriate indexing to the list of legislative materials.