Substitute House Bill No. 5820
AN ACT CONCERNING THE REVISOR'S TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS AND CERTAIN OTHER CHANGES TO THE GENERAL STATUTES, THE 2006 SUPPLEMENT TO THE GENERAL STATUTES AND CERTAIN PUBLIC ACTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 1-80 of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) There shall be an Office of State Ethics that shall be an independent state agency and shall constitute a successor agency to the State Ethics Commission, in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d and 4-39. [Such] Said office shall consist of an executive director, general counsel, ethics enforcement officer and such other staff as hired by [such] the executive director. Within the Office of State Ethics, there shall be the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board that shall consist of nine members, appointed as follows: One member shall be appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, one member by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one member by the majority leader of the Senate, one member by the minority leader of the Senate, one member by the majority leader of the House of Representatives, one member by the minority leader of the House of Representatives, and three members by the Governor. Members of the [commission] board shall serve for four-year terms which shall commence on October 1, 2005, except that members first appointed shall have the following terms: The Governor shall appoint two members for a term of three years and one member for a term of four years; the majority leader of the House of Representatives, minority leader of the House of Representatives and the speaker of the House of Representatives shall each appoint one member for a term of two years; the president pro tempore of the Senate, the majority leader of the Senate and the minority leader of the Senate shall each appoint one member for a term of four years. No individual shall be appointed to more than one four-year term as a member of [such] the board, provided, [that] members may not continue in office once their term has expired and members first appointed may not be reappointed. No more than five members shall be members of the same political party. The members appointed by the majority leader of the Senate and the majority leader of the House of Representatives shall be selected from a list of nominees proposed by a citizen group having an interest in ethical government. The majority leader of the Senate and the majority leader of the House of Representatives shall each determine the citizen group from which each will accept such nominations. One member appointed by the Governor shall be selected from a list of nominees proposed by a citizen group having an interest in ethical government. The Governor shall determine the citizen group from which the Governor will accept such nominations.
Sec. 2. Subsection (k) of section 1-80 of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(k) No member of the board may represent any business or person, other than [themselves] himself or herself, before the board for a period of one year following the end of such member's service on the board. No business or person that appears before the board shall employ or otherwise engage the services of a former member of the board for a period of one year following the end of such former member's service on the board.
Sec. 3. Subsection (m) of section 1-80 of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(m) Upon request of any aggrieved party, the board shall delay the effect of any decision rendered by [such] the board for a period not to exceed more than seven days following the rendering of such decision.
Sec. 4. Section 1-80d of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4-38d, not later than July 1, 2005, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall transfer all staff members of the State Ethics Commission in their current position, with existing funds allocated for such positions, to other agencies of the state. [Such] The commissioner shall not require the Office of State Ethics, as established in section 1-80, as amended, to employ any former employee of the State Ethics Commission. In transferring each such staff member, the commissioner shall: (1) Transfer each staff member to a position located not further than twenty miles from Hartford, and (2) retain such staff member's title, grade, benefits and union membership, as such staff member had while employed with the State Ethics Commission. No other state employee shall be laid off as a result of such transfers.
Sec. 5. Subsection (c) of section 1-81 of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(c) The executive director, described in subsection (b) of this section, shall be appointed by the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board for an open-ended term. Such appointment shall not be made until all the initial board members appointed to terms commencing on October 1, 2005, are appointed by their respective appointing authorities, pursuant to subsection (a) of section 1-80, as amended. The board shall annually evaluate the performance of [such] the executive director, in writing, and may remove the executive director, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 67.
Sec. 6. Subsection (f) of section 1-81 of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(f) There shall be an enforcement division within the Office of State Ethics. The enforcement division shall be responsible for investigating complaints brought to or by the board. The ethics enforcement officer, described in subsection (b) of this section, shall supervise [such] the enforcement division. [Such] The enforcement division shall employ such attorneys and investigators, as necessary, within available appropriations, and may refer matters to the office of the Chief State's Attorney, as appropriate.
Sec. 7. Subsection (d) of section 1-82a of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(d) If a judge trial referee makes a finding of no probable cause, the complaint and the record of the Office of State Ethics' investigation shall remain confidential, except upon the request of the respondent and except that some or all of the record may be used in subsequent proceedings. No complainant, respondent, witness, designated party, or board or staff member of the Office of State Ethics shall disclose to any third party any information learned from the investigation, including knowledge of the existence of a complaint, which the disclosing party would not otherwise have known. If such a disclosure is made, the judge trial referee may, after consultation with the respondent if the respondent is not the source of the disclosure, publish [its] the judge trial referee's finding and a summary of [its] the judge trial referee's reasons therefor.
Sec. 8. Subsection (k) of section 1-84 of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(k) No public official or state employee shall accept a fee or honorarium for an article, appearance or speech, or for participation at an event, in the public official's or state employee's official capacity, provided a public official or state employee may receive payment or reimbursement for necessary expenses for any such activity in his or her official capacity. If a public official or state employee receives such a payment or reimbursement for lodging or out-of-state travel, or both, the public official or state employee shall, not later than thirty days thereafter, file a report of the payment or reimbursement with the [commission] Office of State Ethics, unless the payment or reimbursement is provided by the federal government or another state government. If a public official or state employee does not file such report within such period, either intentionally or due to gross negligence on the public official's or state employee's part, the public official or state employee shall return the payment or reimbursement. If any failure to file such report is not intentional or due to gross negligence on the part of the public official or state employee, the public official or state employee shall not be subject to any penalty under this chapter. When a public official or state employee attends an event in this state in the public official's or state employee's official capacity and as a principal speaker at such event and receives admission to or food or beverage at such event from the sponsor of the event, such admission or food or beverage shall not be considered a gift and no report shall be required from such public official or state employee or from the sponsor of the event.
Sec. 9. Subsection (m) of section 1-84 of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(m) No public official or state employee shall knowingly accept, directly or indirectly, any gift, as defined in subsection (e) of section 1-79, as amended, from any person the public official or state employee knows or has reason to know: (1) Is doing business with or seeking to do business with the department or agency in which the public official or state employee is employed; (2) is engaged in activities which are directly regulated by such department or agency; or (3) is prequalified under section 4a-100. No person shall knowingly give, directly or indirectly, any gift or gifts in violation of this provision. For the purposes of this subsection, the exclusion to the term "gift" in subdivision (12) of subsection (e) of section 1-79, as amended, for a gift for the celebration of a major life event shall not apply. Any person prohibited from making a gift under this subsection shall report to the [State Ethics Commission] Office of State Ethics any solicitation of a gift from such person by a state employee or public official.
Sec. 10. Subsection (o) of section 1-84 of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(o) If (1) any person (A) is doing business with or seeking to do business with the department or agency in which a public official or state employee is employed, or (B) is engaged in activities which are directly regulated by such department or agency, and (2) such person or a representative of [said] such person gives to such public official or state employee anything of value which is subject to the reporting requirements pursuant to subsection (e) of section 1-96, as amended, such person or representative shall, not later than ten days thereafter, give such recipient and the executive head of the recipient's department or agency a written report stating the name of the donor, a description of the item or items given, the value of such items and the cumulative value of all items given to such recipient during that calendar year. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a political contribution otherwise reported as required by law.
Sec. 11. Section 1-92 of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) The Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of this part. Such regulations shall not be deemed to govern the conduct of any judge trial referee in the performance of such judge trial referee's duties pursuant to this chapter. Not later than January 1, 1992, the board shall adopt regulations which further clarify the meaning of the terms "directly and personally received" and "major life event", as used in subsection (e) of section 1-79, as amended, and subsection (g) of section 1-91, as amended. [; ]
(b) The general counsel and staff of the Office of State Ethics shall compile and maintain an index of all reports and statements filed with the Office of State Ethics under the provisions of this part and advisory opinions and informal staff letters issued by the board with regard to the requirements of this part, to facilitate public access to such reports, statements, letters and advisory opinions promptly upon the filing or issuance thereof. [; ]
(c) The general counsel and staff of the Office of State Ethics shall prepare quarterly and annual summaries of statements and reports filed with the Office of State Ethics and advisory opinions and informal staff letters issued by the Office of State Ethics. [; ]
(d) The general counsel and staff of the Office of State Ethics shall preserve advisory opinions and informal staff letters permanently [; ] and shall preserve memoranda, [filed under subsection (f) of section 1-93a,] statements and reports filed by and with the Office of State Ethics for a period of five years from the date of receipt. [; ]
(e) Upon the concurring vote of a majority of its members present and voting, the board shall issue advisory opinions with regard to the requirements of this part, upon the request of any person, subject to the provisions of this part, and publish such advisory opinions in the Connecticut Law Journal. Advisory opinions rendered by the board, until amended or revoked, shall be binding on the board and shall be deemed to be final decisions of the board for purposes of appeal to the superior court, in accordance with the provisions of section 4-175 or 4-183. Any advisory opinion concerning any person subject to the provisions of this part who requested the opinion and who acted in reliance thereon, in good faith, shall be binding upon the board, and it shall be an absolute defense in any criminal action brought under the provisions of this part that the accused acted in reliance upon such advisory opinion. [; ]
(f) [Report] The Office of State Ethics shall report annually, prior to February fifteenth, to the Governor summarizing the activities of the [commission; and] Office of State Ethics.
(g) The Office of State Ethics shall employ necessary staff within available appropriations.
Sec. 12. Subsection (a) of section 1-93a of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) Unless a judge trial referee makes a finding of probable cause, a complaint alleging a violation of this part shall be confidential except upon the request of the respondent. [A] An Office of State Ethics evaluation of a possible violation of this part undertaken prior to a complaint being filed shall be confidential except upon the request of the subject of the evaluation. If the evaluation is confidential, any information supplied to or received from the Office of State Ethics shall not be disclosed to any third party by a subject of the evaluation, a person contacted for the purpose of obtaining information or by a board or staff member of the Office of State Ethics. No provision of this subsection shall prevent the board or the Office of State Ethics from reporting the possible commission of a crime to the Chief State's Attorney or other prosecutorial authority.
Sec. 13. Subsection (e) of section 1-93a of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(e) The judge trial referee shall make public a finding of probable cause not later than five business days after any such finding. At such time, the entire record of the investigation shall become public, except that the Office of State Ethics may postpone examination or release of such public records for a period not to exceed fourteen days for the purpose of reaching a stipulation agreement pursuant to subsection (c) of section 4-177. Any stipulation agreement or settlement entered into for a violation of this part shall be approved by a majority [if] of its members present and voting.
Sec. 14. Subsection (d) of section 1-95 of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(d) In addition to the requirements of subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of this section, the registration of a: (1) Client lobbyist, as defined in section 1-91, as amended, shall include: (A) The name of such company or association, (B) the nature of such company or association, (C) the primary business address of such company or association, (D) the name of the person responsible for oversight of such client lobbyist's lobbying activities, (E) the job title of such person and any applicable contact information for such person, including, but not limited to, phone number, facsimile number, electronic mail address and business mailing address; and (2) communicator lobbyist, as defined in section 1-91, as amended, shall include the name of the person with whom such communicator lobbyist has primary contact for each client of such communicator lobbyist and any applicable contact information for such person, including, but not limited to, phone number, facsimile number, electronic mail address and business mailing address.
Sec. 15. Section 1-101mm of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
As used in this section [, sections 1-82, 1-101pp and 1-101qq, subsection (e) of section 1-79 and subsection (a) of section 1-82a] and sections 1-101nn to 1-101rr, inclusive:
(1) "Business with which the person is associated" means any sole proprietorship, partnership, firm, corporation, trust or other entity through which business for-profit or not-for-profit is conducted in which the person or member of the immediate family of any person who is an individual is a director, officer, owner, limited or general partner, beneficiary of a trust or holder of stock constituting five per cent or more of the total outstanding stock of any class, provided, a person who is an individual or a member of the immediate family of such individual shall not be deemed to be associated with a not-for-profit entity solely by virtue of the fact that such individual or immediate family member is an unpaid director or officer of the not-for-profit entity. "Officer" refers only to the president, executive or senior vice president or treasurer of such business.
(2) "Immediate family" means any spouse, children or dependent relatives who reside in an individual's household.
(3) "Large state construction or procurement contract" means any contract, having a cost of more than five hundred thousand dollars, for (A) the remodeling, alteration, repair or enlargement of any real asset, (B) the construction, alteration, reconstruction, improvement, relocation, widening or changing of the grade of a section of a state highway or a bridge, (C) the purchase or lease of supplies, materials or equipment, as defined in section 4a-50, or (D) the construction, reconstruction, alteration, remodeling, repair or demolition of any public building.
(4) "Person" has the same meaning as provided in section 1-79, as amended.
(5) "Public official" has the same meaning as provided in section 1-79, as amended.
(6) "Quasi-public agency" has the same meaning as provided in section 1-79, as amended.
(7) "State employee" has the same meaning as provided in section 1-79, as amended.
Sec. 16. Section 1-101oo of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) In addition to its jurisdiction over persons who are residents of this state, the [State Ethics Commission] Office of State Ethics may exercise personal jurisdiction over any nonresident person, or the agent of such nonresident person, who makes a payment of money or gives anything of value to a public official or state employee in violation of section 1-101nn, or who is, or is seeking to be, prequalified under section 4a-100.
(b) Where personal jurisdiction is based solely upon this section, an appearance does not confer personal jurisdiction with respect to causes of action not arising from an act enumerated in this section.
(c) Any nonresident person or the agent of such person over whom the [State Ethics Commission] Office of State Ethics may exercise personal jurisdiction, as provided in subsection (a) of this section, who does not otherwise have a registered agent in this state for service of process, shall be deemed to have appointed the Secretary of the State as the person's or agent's attorney and to have agreed that any process in any complaint, investigation or other matter conducted pursuant to section 1-82, as amended, or 1-82a, as amended, concerning an alleged violation of section 1-101nn and brought against the nonresident person, or [said] such person's agent, may be served upon the Secretary of the State and shall have the same validity as if served upon such nonresident person or agent personally. The process shall be served upon the Secretary of the State by the officer to whom the same is directed by leaving with or at the office of the Secretary of the State, at least twelve days before any required appearance day of such process, a true and attested copy of such process, and by sending to the nonresident person or agent so served, at the person's or agent's last-known address, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, a like and attested copy with an endorsement thereon of the service upon the Secretary of the State. The Secretary of the State shall keep a record of each such process and the day and hour of service.
Sec. 17. Section 1-101pp of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
Any commissioner, deputy commissioner, state agency or quasi-public agency head or deputy, or person in charge of state agency procurement and contracting who has reasonable cause to believe that a person has violated the provisions of the Code of Ethics for Public Officials set forth in part I of this chapter or any law or regulation concerning ethics in state contracting shall report such belief to the [State Ethics Commission] Office of State Ethics, which may further report such information to the Auditor of Public Accounts, the Chief State's Attorney or the Attorney General.
Sec. 18. Subsection (a) of section 1-101qq of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) A state agency or institution or quasi-public agency that is seeking a contractor for a large state construction or procurement contract shall provide the summary of state ethics laws developed by the [State Ethics Commission] Office of State Ethics pursuant to section 1-81b, as amended, to any person seeking a large state construction or procurement contract. Such person shall promptly affirm to the agency or institution, in writing, (1) receipt of such summary, and (2) that key employees of such person have read and understand the summary and agree to comply with the provisions of state ethics law. No state agency or institution or quasi-public agency shall accept a bid for a large state construction or procurement contract without such affirmation.
Sec. 19. Subsection (b) of section 1-101rr of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(b) Each other state agency and quasi-public agency shall designate an agency officer or employee as a liaison to the [State Ethics Commission] Office of State Ethics. The liaison shall coordinate the development of ethics policies for the agency and work with the [State Ethics Commission] Office of State Ethics on training on ethical issues for agency personnel involved in contracting.
Sec. 20. Subsection (c) of section 2-1a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(c) Rules or regulations may be adopted with respect to the following matters, among others, without limitation by reason of such specification: (1) Regulating admission to the legislative chambers, galleries, lobbies, offices and other areas of the buildings wherein they are located which provide access thereto; (2) limiting the size of groups of persons permitted within such areas, for reasons of health and safety and in case of fire or other emergency; (3) prohibiting or restricting the bringing of signs, banners, placards or other display materials into any such areas, or possessing them therein, without proper authorization; (4) prohibiting or restricting the bringing of radio or television equipment, recording equipment, sound-making or amplifying equipment and photographic equipment into any such areas, or possessing them therein, without proper authorization; (5) prohibiting or restricting the bringing of packages, bags, baggage or briefcases into any such areas, or possessing them therein, without proper authorization; (6) establishing rules of conduct for visitors to the galleries; (7) authorizing the clearing of the public from the chambers, lobbies and galleries, or from any room in which a public legislative hearing or meeting is being conducted, in the event of any disturbance therein which disrupts legislative proceedings or endangers any member, officer or employee of the General Assembly or the general public, except that duly accredited representatives of the news media not participating in any such disturbance shall be permitted to remain therein. The closing of such areas to the public shall continue only [so] as long as necessary to avoid disruption of the legislative proceedings or to preserve and protect the safety of the members, officers or employees of the General Assembly or the general public; (8) authorizing the construction of safety barriers and other protective measures for the galleries and other areas under the jurisdiction of the General Assembly and the acquisition of security equipment, all from the funds made available therefor; (9) protecting the records and property of the General Assembly from unlawful damage or destruction; and (10) any and all other matters which may be necessary or appropriate to the orderly conduct of the affairs of the General Assembly and the protection of the health, safety and welfare of the members, officers and employees of the General Assembly and the general public in connection therewith.
Sec. 21. Section 2-50a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall issue, in respect to not more than two motor vehicles owned or regularly used by each member of the General Assembly, on application by such member, on or before January fifteenth in the odd-numbered years, number plates bearing the assembly district number or the senatorial district number, as the case may be, of the member, and a distinguishing mark indicating his or her membership in either house of the General Assembly; and the commissioner shall issue a certificate of registration, as provided in section 14-12, as amended, in connection therewith. Such registration shall be valid, subject to renewal, [so] as long as the member remains a member of the General Assembly, and thereafter the registration number and number plates, if any, which were assigned to such motor vehicle before a registration and number plates were issued under this section, shall be in effect. The provisions of this section shall apply to not more than two motor vehicles regularly used by a member who is the president or a vice president of a person, firm or corporation to which a license was issued in accordance with section 14-52, even if such member does not own a motor vehicle that is registered with the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles in accordance with section 14-12, as amended.
Sec. 22. Subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of section 3-13l of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(3) "Investment professional" means an individual or firm whose primary business is bringing together institutional funds and investment opportunities and who (A) is a broker-dealer or investment adviser agent licensed or registered (i) under the Connecticut Uniform Securities Act; (ii) in the case of an investment adviser agent, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in accordance with the Investment Advisors' Act of 1940; or (iii) in the case of a broker-dealer, with the National Association of Securities Dealers in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or (B) is licensed under section 20-312, as amended, or under a comparable statute of the jurisdiction in which the subject property is located, or (C) (i) furnishes an investment manager with marketing services including, but not limited to, developing an overall marketing strategy focusing on more than one institutional fund, designing or publishing marketing brochures or other presentation material such as logos and brands for investment products, responding to requests for proposals, completing due diligence questionnaires, identifying a range of potential investors, or such other services as may be identified in regulations adopted under [subparagraph] clause (ii) of this subparagraph; and (ii) meets criteria prescribed (I) by the Treasurer until regulations are adopted under this subparagraph, or (II) by the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board, in consultation with the Treasurer, in regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. Prior to adopting such regulations, the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board shall transmit the proposed regulations to the Treasurer not later than one hundred twenty days before any period for public comment on such regulations commences and shall consider any comments or recommendations the Treasurer may have regarding such regulations. In developing such regulations, the [commission] Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board shall ensure that the state will not be competitively disadvantaged by such regulations relative to any legitimate financial market.
Sec. 23. Subsection (e) of section 3-14b of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (b) and (d) of this section, if the state thereafter proposes to sell such land to any person upon terms different [than] from those offered to the municipality, the state shall first notify the municipality of such proposal, in the manner provided in subsection (a) of this section, and of the terms of such proposed sale, and such municipality shall have the option to purchase such land upon such terms and may thereupon, in the same manner and within the same time limitations as are provided in subsections (a) and (c) of this section, proceed to purchase such land.
Sec. 24. Subsection (a) of section 3-21 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) No bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness for borrowed money payable from General Fund tax receipts of the state shall be authorized by the General Assembly or issued except such as shall not cause the aggregate amount of the total amount of bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness payable from General Fund tax receipts authorized by the General Assembly but which have not been issued and the total amount of such indebtedness which has been issued and remains outstanding to exceed one and six-tenths times the total General Fund tax receipts of the state for the fiscal year in which any such authorization will become effective or in which such indebtedness is issued, as estimated for such fiscal year by the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of finance, revenue and bonding in accordance with section 2-35. In computing such aggregate amount of indebtedness at any time, there shall be excluded or deducted, as the case may be, (1) the principal amount of all such obligations as may be certified by the Treasurer (A) as issued in anticipation of revenues to be received by the state during the period of twelve calendar months next following their issuance and to be paid by application of such revenue, or (B) as having been refunded or replaced by other indebtedness the proceeds and projected earnings on which or other funds are held in escrow to pay and are sufficient to pay the principal, interest and any redemption premium until maturity or earlier planned redemption of such indebtedness, or (C) as issued and outstanding in anticipation of particular bonds then unissued but fully authorized to be issued in the manner provided by law for such authorization, provided, [so] as long as any of [said] such obligations are outstanding, the entire principal amount of such particular bonds thus authorized shall be deemed to be outstanding and be included in such aggregate amount of indebtedness, or (D) as payable solely from revenues of particular public improvements, (2) the amount which may be certified by the Treasurer as the aggregate value of cash and securities in debt retirement funds of the state to be used to meet principal of outstanding obligations included in such aggregate amount of indebtedness, (3) every such amount as may be certified by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management as the estimated payments on account of the costs of any public work or improvement thereafter to be received by the state from the United States or agencies thereof and to be used, in conformity with applicable federal law, to meet principal of obligations included in such aggregate amount of indebtedness, (4) all authorized and issued indebtedness to fund any budget deficits of the state for any fiscal year ending on or before June 30, 1991, (5) all authorized indebtedness to fund the program created pursuant to section 32-285, as amended, (6) all authorized and issued indebtedness to fund any budget deficits of the state for any fiscal year ending on or before June 30, 2002, (7) all indebtedness authorized and issued pursuant to section 1 of public act 03-1 of the September 8 special session, (8) all authorized indebtedness issued pursuant to section 3-62h, and (9) any indebtedness represented by any agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) of section 3-20a as certified by the Treasurer, provided the indebtedness in connection with which such agreements were entered into shall be included in such aggregate amount of indebtedness. In computing the amount of outstanding indebtedness, only the accreted value of any capital appreciation obligation or any zero coupon obligation which has accreted and been added to the stated initial value of such obligation as of the date of any computation shall be included.
Sec. 25. Section 3-38 of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) Prior to July 1, 2005, the Treasurer is directed to hold the fund known as the posthumous fund of Fitch's Home for the Soldiers in trust, to credit the income from [such] said fund to the Department of Veterans' Affairs to be used for the welfare and entertainment of the patients of the Veterans' Home or any other home established by the state for the care of veterans and to pay from the principal thereof any claim which may be lawfully established against the same.
(b) Effective July 1, 2005, the Treasurer shall consolidate the posthumous fund of Fitch's Home for the Soldiers and the Fitch Fund. The name of the consolidated fund shall be the Fitch Fund. On and after July 1, 2005, the Treasurer shall hold the Fitch Fund in trust, to credit the income from [such] said fund to the Department of Veterans' Affairs to be used for the welfare and entertainment of the residents of the Veterans' Home or any other home established by the state for the care of veterans and to pay from the principal thereof any claim that may be lawfully established against [such] said fund.
Sec. 26. Subsection (b) of section 4-61dd of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(b) (1) No state officer or employee, as defined in section 4-141, no quasi-public agency officer or employee, no officer or employee of a large state contractor and no appointing authority shall take or threaten to take any personnel action against any state or quasi-public agency employee or any employee of a large state contractor in retaliation for such employee's or contractor's disclosure of information to (A) an employee of [(i)] the Auditors of Public Accounts or the Attorney General under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section; [(ii)] (B) an employee of the state agency or quasi-public agency where such state officer or employee is employed; [(iii)] (C) an employee of a state agency pursuant to a mandated reporter statute; or [(iv)] (D) in the case of a large state contractor, [to] an employee of the contracting state agency concerning information involving the large state contract. agency concerning information involving the large state contract.
(2) If a state or quasi-public agency employee or an employee of a large state contractor alleges that a personnel action has been threatened or taken in violation of subdivision (1) of this subsection, the employee may notify the Attorney General, who shall investigate pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(3) (A) Not later than thirty days after learning of the specific incident giving rise to a claim that a personnel action has been threatened or has occurred in violation of subdivision (1) of this subsection, a state or quasi-public agency employee, an employee of a large state contractor or the employee's attorney may file a complaint concerning such personnel action with the Chief Human Rights Referee designated under section 46a-57. The Chief Human Rights Referee shall assign the complaint to a human rights referee appointed under [said] section 46a-57, who shall conduct a hearing and issue a decision concerning whether the officer or employee taking or threatening to take the personnel action violated any provision of this section. If the human rights referee finds such a violation, the referee may award the aggrieved employee reinstatement to the employee's former position, back pay and reestablishment of any employee benefits [to] for which the employee would otherwise have been eligible if such violation had not occurred, reasonable attorneys' fees, and any other damages. For the purposes of this subsection, such human rights referee shall act as an independent hearing officer. The decision of a human rights referee under this subsection may be appealed by any person who was a party at such hearing, in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183.
(B) The Chief Human Rights Referee shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, establishing the procedure for filing complaints and noticing and conducting hearings under subparagraph (A) of this subdivision.
(4) As an alternative to the provisions of subdivisions (2) and (3) of this subsection: (A) [a] A state or quasi-public agency employee who alleges that a personnel action has been threatened or taken may file an appeal not later than thirty days after learning of the specific incident giving rise to such claim with the Employees' Review Board under section 5-202, or, in the case of a state or quasi-public agency employee covered by a collective bargaining contract, in accordance with the procedure provided by such contract; [,] or (B) an employee of a large state contractor alleging that such action has been threatened or taken may, after exhausting all available administrative remedies, bring a civil action in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) of section 31-51m.
(5) In any proceeding under subdivision (2), (3) or (4) of this subsection concerning a personnel action taken or threatened against any state or quasi-public agency employee or any employee of a large state contractor, which personnel action occurs not later than one year after the employee first transmits facts and information concerning a matter under subsection (a) of this section to the Auditors of Public Accounts or the Attorney General, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the personnel action is in retaliation for the action taken by the employee under subsection (a) of this section.
(6) If a state officer or employee, as defined in section 4-141, a quasi-public agency officer or employee, an officer or employee of a large state contractor or an appointing authority takes or threatens to take any action to impede, fail to renew or cancel a contract between a state agency and a large state contractor, or between a large state contractor and its subcontractor, in retaliation for the disclosure of information pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to any agency listed in subdivision (1) of this subsection, such affected agency, contractor or subcontractor may, not later than ninety days [from] after learning of such action, threat or failure to renew, bring a civil action in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to recover damages, attorney's fees and costs.
Sec. 27. Subsection (g) of section 4-67x of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(g) Not later than July 1, 2006, the Office of Policy and Management shall, within available appropriations, develop a protocol requiring state contracts for programs aimed at reducing poverty for children and families to include performance-based standards and outcome measures related to the child poverty reduction goal specified in subsection (a) of this section. Not later than July 1, 2007, the Office of Policy and Management shall, within available appropriations, require such state contracts to include such performance-based standards and [outcomes] outcome measures. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management may consult with the Commission on Children to identify academic, private and other available funding sources and may accept and utilize funds from private and public sources to implement the provisions of this section.
Sec. 28. Subsection (d) of section 4-124l of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(d) If at any time after the establishment within a planning region of a regional council of governments the members of the council shall constitute less than forty per cent of all eligible towns, cities and boroughs within such planning region, the council shall thereafter be deemed a regional council of elected officials without the rights and duties of a regional planning agency for [so] as long as and until the membership of the council shall again constitute not less than sixty per cent of all such eligible cities, towns and boroughs within the planning region. Whenever the members of the council shall constitute less than forty per cent of all such eligible towns, cities and boroughs within the planning region, a regional council of elected officials and a regional planning agency may be established within such region under the general statutes, as amended.
Sec. 29. Subsection (a) of section 4-124hh of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) The Office of Workforce Competitiveness shall, within available appropriations, establish a grant program to provide a flexible source of funding for the creation and generation of talent in institutions of higher education and, with appropriate connections to vocational-technical schools and other secondary schools, for student outreach and development. Grants pursuant to this subsection shall be awarded to institutions of higher education and may be used to:
(1) Upgrade instructional laboratories to meet specific industry-standard laboratory and instrumentation skill requirements;
(2) Develop new curriculum and certificate and degree programs at the [level of] associate, [bachelor] bachelor's, master's and doctorate levels, tied to industry identified needs;
(3) Develop seamlessly articulated career development programs in workforce shortage areas forecasted pursuant to subdivision (9) of subsection (b) of section 4-124w in collaboration with vocational-technical schools and other secondary schools and institutions of higher education; and
(4) Support undergraduate and graduate student research projects and experimental learning activities.
Sec. 30. Subsection (c) of section 4-124hh of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(c) The Office of Workforce Competitiveness shall, within available appropriations, establish a grant program to provide funding for the promotion of collaborative research applications between industry and institutions of higher education. Grants pursuant to this subsection shall be awarded to institutions of higher education, technology-focused organizations and business entities and may be used:
(1) To improve technology infrastructure by advancing the development of shared use between institutions of higher education and business entities of laboratories and equipment, including, but not limited to, technology purchase, lease and installation, operating and necessary support personnel and maintenance; and
(2) As matching grants for joint projects between an industry, a technology-focused organization or a university. The office shall structure the matching grants to provide two rounds of funding annually and shall do outreach to companies. The matching grant part of the program shall include, but not be limited to, (A) one-to-one matching grants not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars, with in-kind match allowed for small and mid-sized companies, (B) involvement of a competitive process with outside reviewers using as key criteria (i) the demonstration of commercial relevance, and (ii) a clear path to the marketplace for any innovations developed in the course of the research, and (C) an aggressive marketing campaign through business organizations to raise industry awareness of resources from universities or technology-focused organizations.
Sec. 31. Subsection (a) of section 4a-59a of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) No state agency may extend a contract for the purchase of supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services which expires on or after October 1, 1990, and is subject to the competitive bidding requirements of subsection (a) of section 4a-57, without complying with such requirements, unless (1) the Commissioner of Administrative Services makes a written determination, supported by documentation, that (A) soliciting competitive bids for such purchase would cause a hardship for the state, (B) such solicitation would result in a major increase in the cost of such supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services, or (C) the contractor is the sole source for such supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services, (2) [such] the commissioner solicits at least three competitive quotations in addition to the contractor's quotation, and (3) the commissioner makes a written determination that no such competitive quotation which complies with the existing specifications for the contract is lower than or equal to the contractor's quotation. Any such contract extension shall be based on the contractor's quotation. No contract may be extended more than two times under this section.
Sec. 32. Subsection (b) of section 4b-57 of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(b) In the case of a project, the responses received shall be considered by the selection panel. The panel shall select from among those responding no fewer than three firms, which [it] such panel determines in accordance with criteria established by the commissioner are most qualified to perform the required consultant services. In the case of any project that requires consultant services by an architect or professional engineer, additional criteria to be considered by such panel in selecting a list of the most qualified firms shall include: (1) Such firm's knowledge of this state's building and fire codes, and (2) the geographic location of such firm in relation to the geographic location of the proposed project. The selection panel shall submit a list of the most qualified firms to the commissioner for [his] the commissioner's consideration unless fewer than three responses for a particular project have been received, in which case [,] the panel shall submit the names of all firms who have submitted responses.
Sec. 33. Subsection (d) of section 5-142 of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(d) Commencing on May 8, 1984, or the date of disability, if later, each such disabled member of the Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety shall receive a monthly allowance payable by the state employees retirement system, [so] as long as the member remains so disabled, as follows: (1) To a disabled member, a monthly allowance of three hundred dollars for [his] such disabled member's lifetime; (2) if such disabled member is married, an additional monthly allowance of two hundred fifty dollars payable to the member and payable for the member's lifetime or until the spouse's divorce from the member; (3) if there are less than three dependent children, a monthly allowance of two hundred fifty dollars payable to the member for each child until each such child reaches the age of eighteen or until the child's marriage if such occurs earlier; (4) if there are three or more dependent children, a monthly allowance of five hundred and seventy-five dollars payable to the member but deemed to be divided equally among them. As each such dependent child reaches the age of eighteen years, or marries, if such occurs earlier, the child's share shall be deemed divided equally among the remaining surviving children, provided each child's share shall not exceed two hundred fifty dollars; when the shares payable on behalf of all but one of such dependent children have ceased, the disability benefit payable on behalf of the remaining child shall be two hundred fifty dollars. These benefits shall be integrated with the benefits of section 5-169, as amended, or 5-192p, as amended, as if they were federal Social Security disability benefits in order to determine the maximum benefits payable to such disabled member. These benefits shall be subject to increases as provided in subsection (e) of this section. All benefits provided under this subsection shall be discontinued at the earlier of the member's recovery from disability or the member's death. If a disabled member dies, the survivor benefits provided under sections 5-146 to 5-150, inclusive, shall be payable.
Sec. 34. Subsection (a) of section 5-248a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) Each permanent employee, as defined in subdivision [(21)] (20) of section 5-196, shall be entitled to the following: (1) A maximum of twenty-four weeks of family leave of absence within any two-year period upon the birth or adoption of a child of such employee, or upon the serious illness of a child, spouse or parent of such employee; and (2) a maximum of twenty-four weeks of medical leave of absence within any two-year period upon the serious illness of such employee or in order for such employee to serve as an organ or bone marrow donor. Any such leave of absence shall be without pay. Upon the expiration of any such leave of absence, the employee shall be entitled (A) to return to the employee's original job from which the leave of absence was provided or, if not available, to an equivalent position with equivalent pay, except that in the case of a medical leave, if the employee is medically unable to perform the employee's original job upon the expiration of such leave, the Personnel Division of the Department of Administrative Services shall endeavor to find other suitable work for such employee in state service, and (B) to all accumulated seniority, retirement, fringe benefit and other service credits the employee had at the commencement of such leave. Such service credits shall not accrue during the period of the leave of absence.
Sec. 35. Subsection (d) of section 5-257 of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(d) The insurance of any employee insured under this section shall cease on termination of employment, and of any member of the General Assembly at the end of [his] such member's term of office, subject to any conversion privilege provided in the group life insurance policy or policies. Notwithstanding [anything to the contrary in] any provision of this section, the amounts of life insurance of insured employees retired in accordance with any retirement plan for state employees shall be as follows: The amount of life insurance of an insured employee retired before, on or after July 1, 1998, with twenty-five or more years of state service, as defined in subdivision (25) of section 5-196, or a member of the General Assembly who is retired on or after July 1, 1988, with twenty-five or more years of service, shall be one-half of the amount of life insurance for which the employee was insured immediately before retirement, provided in no case shall the amount be less than ten thousand dollars, those with less than twenty-five years of service shall receive the proportionate amount that such years of service is to twenty-five years rounded off to the nearest hundred dollars of coverage, except that the amount of life insurance of an insured employee who is retired on or after July 1, 1982, under the provisions of section 5-173 shall be one-half of the amount of life insurance for which the employee was insured immediately before retirement, regardless of the number of years of service by such employee. In no case shall a retired employee be required to contribute to the cost of any such reduced insurance. For the purposes of this section, no employee shall be deemed to be retired [so] as long as [his] such employee's employment continues under subsections (b) and (e) of section 5-164, as amended.
Sec. 36. Subsection (a) of section 5-276a of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) In the event that either the employer, as defined in subsection (a) of section 5-270, or a designated employee organization, as defined in subsection (d) of said section, may desire negotiations with respect to an original or successor collective bargaining agreement, such party, not more than three hundred thirty days prior to the expiration of the existing collective bargaining agreement [nor] or less than one hundred fifty days prior thereto, shall serve written notice thereof upon the other party. Negotiations shall commence within thirty days of such service. Negotiations as to wage reopeners shall commence within twenty days of receipt by one party of a written notice with respect thereto, served in accordance with the provisions of any such reopener in the affected contract or, if none is stated therein, not more than sixty days [nor] or less than thirty days prior to the effective date of such reopener.
Sec. 37. Subsection (a) of section 7-130g of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) The authority may issue bonds from time to time in its discretion, subject to the approval of the legislative body when required by the provisions of sections 7-130a to 7-130w, inclusive, for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of acquiring, purchasing, constructing, reconstructing, improving or extending any project and acquiring necessary land and equipment therefor. The authority may issue such types of bonds as it may determine, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, bonds payable as to principal and interest: (1) From its revenues generally; (2) exclusively from the income and revenues of a particular project; or (3) exclusively from the income and revenues of certain designated projects, whether or not they are financed in whole or in part from the proceeds of such bonds. Any such bonds may be additionally secured by a pledge of any grant or contribution from a participating municipality, the state or any political subdivision, agency or instrumentality thereof, any federal agency or any private corporation, copartnership, association or individual, or a pledge of any income or revenues of the authority, or a mortgage on any project or other property of the authority. Whenever and for [so] as long as any authority has issued and has outstanding bonds pursuant to sections 7-130a to 7-130w, inclusive, the authority shall fix, charge and collect rates, rents, fees and other charges in accordance with the second sentence of section 7-130i. Neither the commissioners of the authority nor any person executing the bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. The bonds and other obligations of the authority, and such bonds and obligations shall so state on their face, shall not be a debt of the state or any political subdivision thereof, except when the authority or a participating municipality which in accordance with section 7-130s has guaranteed payment of principal and of interest on the same, and no person other than the authority or such a public body shall be liable thereon, nor shall such bonds or obligations be payable out of any funds or properties other than those of the authority or such a participating municipality. Except to the extent and for the purpose therein expressly provided by other laws, such bonds shall not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any statutory limitation on the indebtedness of any participating municipality. Bonds of the authority are declared to be issued for an essential public and governmental purpose. In anticipation of the sale of such revenue bonds the authority may issue negotiable bond anticipation notes and may renew the same from time to time, but the maximum maturity of any such note, including renewals thereof, shall not exceed five years from the date of issue of the original note. Such notes shall be paid from any revenues of the authority available therefor and not otherwise pledged, or from the proceeds of sale of the revenue bonds of the authority in anticipation of which they were issued. The notes shall be issued in the same manner as the revenue bonds. Such notes and the resolution or resolutions authorizing the same may contain any provisions, conditions or limitations which a bond resolution of the authority may contain.
Sec. 38. Subsection (a) of section 7-136n of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) Two or more municipalities may jointly issue bonds from time to time at their discretion, subject to the approval of the legislative body of each municipality for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of any project or activity, including acquisition of necessary land and equipment therefor, entered into jointly. The municipalities may issue such types of bonds as they may determine, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, bonds payable as to principal and interest: (1) From their revenues generally; (2) exclusively from the income and revenues of a particular project; or (3) exclusively from the income and revenues of certain designated projects, whether or not they are financed in whole or in part from the proceeds of such bonds. Any such bonds may be additionally secured by a pledge of any grant or contribution from a participating municipality, the state or any political subdivision, agency or instrumentality thereof, any federal agency or any private corporation, copartnership, association or individual, or a pledge of any income or revenues of the municipalities, or a mortgage on any project or other property of the municipalities. Whenever and for [so] as long as the municipalities have issued and have outstanding bonds pursuant to sections 7-136n to 7-136s, inclusive, the municipalities shall fix, charge and collect rates, rents, fees and other charges. No person executing the bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. The bonds and other obligations of the municipalities, and such bonds and obligations shall so state on their face, shall not be a debt of the state or any political subdivision thereof except the municipalities issuing such bonds, and no person other than the municipalities shall be liable thereon, nor shall such bonds or obligations be payable out of any funds or properties other than those of a participating municipality. Except to the extent and for the purpose therein expressly provided by other laws, such bonds shall not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any statutory limitation on the indebtedness of any participating municipality. Bonds of participating municipalities are declared to be issued for an essential public and governmental purpose. In anticipation of the sale of such revenue bonds the municipalities may issue negotiable bond anticipation notes and may renew the same from time to time, but the maximum maturity of any such note, including renewals thereof, shall not exceed five years from the date of issue of the original note. Such notes shall be paid from any revenues of the municipalities available therefor and not otherwise pledged, or from the proceeds of sale of the revenue bonds of the municipalities in anticipation of which they were issued. The notes shall be issued in the same manner as the revenue bonds. Such notes and the resolution or resolutions authorizing the same may contain any provisions, conditions or limitations which a bond resolution of the municipalities may contain.
Sec. 39. Subsection (b) of section 7-147k of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(b) The provisions of this part shall not apply to any property owned by a nonprofit institution of higher education, for [so] as long as a nonprofit institution of higher education owns such property.
Sec. 40. Subsection (a) of section 7-329g of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) The port authority may issue bonds from time to time in its discretion, subject to the approval of the legislative body when required by the provisions of sections 7-329a to 7-329u, inclusive, for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of acquiring, purchasing, constructing, reconstructing, improving or extending any project and acquiring necessary land and equipment therefor. The port authority may issue such types of bonds as it may determine, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, bonds payable as to principal and interest: (1) From its revenues generally; (2) exclusively from the income and revenues of a particular project; or (3) exclusively from the income and revenues of certain designated projects, whether or not they are financed in whole or in part from the proceeds of such bonds. Any such bonds may be additionally secured by a pledge of any grant or contribution from a participating municipality, the state or any political subdivision, agency or instrumentality thereof, any federal agency or any private corporation, copartnership, association or individual, or a pledge of any income or revenues of the port authority, or a mortgage on any project or other property of the port authority, provided such pledge shall not create any liability on the entity making such grant or contribution beyond the amount of such grant or contribution. Whenever and for [so] as long as any port authority has issued and has outstanding bonds pursuant to sections 7-329a to 7-329f, inclusive, the port authority shall fix, charge and collect rates, rents, fees and other charges in accordance with section 7-329i. Neither the members of the port authority nor any person executing the bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. The bonds and other obligations of the port authority, and such bonds and obligations shall so state on their face, shall not be a debt of the state or any political subdivision thereof, except when the port authority or a participating municipality which in accordance with section 7-329r, has guaranteed payment of principal and of interest on the same, and no person other than the port authority or such a public body shall be liable thereon, nor shall such bonds or obligations be payable out of any funds or properties other than those of the port authority or such a participating municipality. Except to the extent and for the purpose therein expressly provided by other laws, such bonds shall not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any statutory limitation on the indebtedness of any participating municipality. Bonds of the port authority are declared to be issued for an essential public and governmental purpose. In anticipation of the sale of such revenue bonds the port authority may issue negotiable bond anticipation notes and may renew the same from time to time, but the maximum maturity of any such note, including renewals thereof, shall not exceed five years from the date of issue of the original note. Such notes shall be paid from any revenues of the port authority available therefor and not otherwise pledged, or from the proceeds of sale of the revenue bonds of the port authority in anticipation of which they were issued. The notes shall be issued in the same manner as the revenue bonds. Such notes and the resolution or resolutions authorizing the same may contain any provisions, conditions or limitations which a bond resolution of the port authority may contain.
Sec. 41. Subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of section 7-374c of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(2) [So] As long as the pension deficit funding bonds or any bond refunding such bonds are outstanding, the municipality shall (A) meet any actuarially recommended contribution in each fiscal year of the municipality commencing with the fiscal year in which the bonds are issued, and (B) notify the secretary annually, who shall in turn notify the Treasurer, of the amount and the rate of any such actuarially recommended contribution and the amount and the rate, if any, of the actual annual contribution by the municipality to the pension plan to meet such actuarially recommended contribution.
Sec. 42. Subsection (c) of section 7-450a of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(c) Any municipality subject to the requirements in subsection (a) of this section shall have prepared, within six months following the adoption of any amendment to such system increasing benefits to any extent, in addition to such evaluations as required under subsection (a) of this section, a revision of the last preceding evaluation reflecting the increase in potential municipal liability under such system. If such amendment is adopted within one year preceding a date on which an actuarial evaluation is required under subsection (a) of this section, an additional evaluation shall not be required.
Sec. 43. Subsection (b) of section 7-489 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(b) In order to assure that development property is developed or used in accordance with the purposes of this chapter, a municipality, upon the sale, lease or other disposition of such property, shall obligate purchasers, lessees or other users (1) to use such property for the purposes of this chapter, (2) to begin the building or installation of their improvements on any such property, and to complete the same, within such periods of time as the municipality may fix as reasonable, and (3) to comply with such other conditions as are necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Any such obligations imposed on a purchaser of real property shall be covenants and conditions running with the land for [so] as long as any bonds issued in connection with such development property are outstanding.
Sec. 44. Subsection (b) of section 7-601 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(b) The neighborhood revitalization planning committee shall develop a strategic plan for short-term and long-term revitalization of the neighborhood. The plan shall be designed to promote self-reliance in the neighborhood and home ownership, property management, sustainable economic development, effective relations between landlords and tenants, coordinated and comprehensive delivery of services to the neighborhood and creative leveraging of financial resources and shall build neighborhood capacity for self-empowerment. The plan shall consider provisions for obtaining funds from public and private sources. The plan shall consider provisions for property usage, neighborhood design, traditional and nontraditional financing of development, marketing and outreach, property management, utilization of municipal facilities by communities, recreation and the environment. The plan may contain an inventory of abandoned, foreclosed and deteriorated property, as defined in section 7-600, located within the revitalization zone and may analyze federal, state and local environmental, health and safety codes and regulations that impact revitalization of the neighborhood. The plan shall include recommendations for waivers of state and local environmental, health and safety codes that unreasonably jeopardize implementation of the plan, provided any waiver shall be in accordance with section 7-605 and shall not create a substantial threat to the environment, public health, safety or welfare of residents or occupants of the neighborhood. The plan may include components for public safety, education, job training, [youth] youths, the elderly and the arts and culture. The plan may contain recommendations for the establishment by the municipality of multiagency collaborative delivery teams, including code enforcement teams. The plan shall assign responsibility for implementing each aspect of the plan and may have recommendations for providing authority to the chief executive official to enter into tax agreements and to allocate municipal funds to achieve the purposes of the plan. The plan shall include a list of members and the bylaws of the committee.
Sec. 45. Subsection (a) of section 8-73 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) A tenant in a moderate rental housing project shall vacate the dwelling unit occupied by [him] such tenant not later than sixty days after the housing authority or developer has mailed to such tenant, properly addressed, postage prepaid, written notice that the annual income of such tenant's family, determined under section 8-72, is in excess of that permitted for continued occupancy of such dwelling unit under said section. Upon the failure of such tenant to vacate such dwelling unit on or before the expiration of such sixty-day period and [so] as long as such tenant continues to occupy such dwelling unit after the expiration thereof, such tenant shall be obligated, notwithstanding the provisions of section 8-72, to pay to the authority or developer monthly as rent for such dwelling unit an amount equal to the going rental therefor as fixed by the authority or developer plus an amount equal to two per cent of the excess of the annual income of such family over that permitted for continued occupancy of such dwelling unit under section 8-72.
Sec. 46. Subsection (a) of section 8-216 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, may enter into a contract with a municipality for state financial assistance for housing, or any part thereof, solely for low or moderate-income persons or families, or for housing or any part thereof, on property classified by the municipality pursuant to section 8-215, for use for housing solely for low or moderate-income persons or families, in the form of reimbursement for tax abatements under said section, provided the construction or rehabilitation of such housing shall have been commenced after July 1, 1967, or, in the case of apartment buildings containing three or more stories, under construction on July 1, 1967. Such contract shall provide for state financial assistance in the form of a state grant-in-aid to the municipality not to exceed the amount of taxes abated by the municipality pursuant to section 8-215, provided no payment shall be made to any municipality under any contract entered into on or after October 1, 1973, unless the assessment on such housing or part thereof is determined as provided in section 8-216a except when such contract is a modification, amendment, or replacement of a contract already in existence on or before October 1, 1973. In such contract, the commissioner may require assurances that the amount of tax abatement will be used for the purposes stated in section 8-215, and that the commissioner shall have the right of inspection to determine that [said] such purposes are being achieved. With respect to housing for which tax abatement has been provided pursuant to said section 8-215, such grant-in-aid shall be paid to the municipality each year, in an amount not to exceed the tax abatement for such year, [so] as long as the housing continues to fulfill the purposes stated in said section, but in no case shall payments of such state financial assistance continue for more than forty consecutive fiscal years of the municipality.
Sec. 47. Section 8-248 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
The authority shall have perpetual succession as constituted in section 8-244 and shall adopt procedures for the conduct of its affairs in accordance with the provisions of section 1-121, provided regulation-making proceedings commenced before January 1, 1989, shall be governed by chapter 54. Such succession shall continue until the existence of the authority is terminated by law, but no such law shall take effect [so] as long as the authority shall have bonds, notes or other obligations outstanding. Upon termination of the authority, its rights and properties shall pass to the state.
Sec. 48. Subsection (c) of section 8-265i of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(c) The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority shall not foreclose on any home with respect to which a loan has been made pursuant to this section [so] as long as the homeowner to whom such loan was made continues to reside in such home. The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority shall, from its own resources, repay loans on properties not sold at the termination of the loan agreement with the owner due to the continued residence of such owner in such property.
Sec. 49. Subsection (a) of section 8-269 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) In addition to payments otherwise authorized by this chapter, the state agency shall make an additional payment not in excess of fifteen thousand dollars to any displaced person who is displaced from a dwelling actually owned and occupied by such displaced person for not less than one hundred and eighty days prior to the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of the property. Such additional payment shall include the following elements: (1) The amount, if any, which when added to the acquisition cost of the dwelling acquired, equals the reasonable cost of a comparable replacement dwelling which is a decent, safe and sanitary dwelling adequate to accommodate such displaced person, reasonably accessible to public services and places of employment and available on the private market. All determinations required to carry out this [subparagraph] subdivision shall be made by the applicable regulations issued pursuant to section 8-273; (2) the amount, if any, which will compensate such displaced person for any increased interest cost which such person is required to pay for financing the acquisition of any such comparable replacement dwelling. Such amount shall be paid only if the dwelling acquired was encumbered by a bona fide mortgage which was a valid lien on such dwelling for not less than one hundred and eighty days prior to the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of such dwelling. Such amount shall be equal to the excess in the aggregate interest and other debt service costs of that amount of the principal of the mortgage on the replacement dwelling which is equal to the unpaid balance of the mortgage on the acquired dwelling, over the remainder term of the mortgage on the acquired dwelling, reduced to discounted present value. The discount rate shall be the prevailing interest rate on savings deposits by commercial banks in the general area in which the replacement dwelling is located; (3) reasonable expenses incurred by such displaced person for evidence of title, recording fees and other closing costs incident to the purchase of the replacement dwelling, but not including prepaid expenses.
Sec. 50. Subdivision (36) of section 8-430 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(36) "Mutual housing" means housing provided by an eligible developer, owned and managed by a nonprofit mutual housing association or by an entity controlled by a nonprofit mutual housing association, in which residents (A) participate in ongoing operation and management; (B) have the right to continue residing in such housing [so] as long as they comply with the terms of their respective occupancy agreement; and (C) have an ownership interest in such occupancy agreement, conditional upon compliance with its terms, but do not possess an equity interest in such housing.
Sec. 51. Subdivision (4) of subsection (b) of section 9-31l of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(4) The commission shall hear such appeal not later than twenty-one days after notice of appeal is filed with the commission. [and] Such hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-176e to 4-180a, inclusive, and section 4-181a. The commission may consider the record of the hearing delivered by the registrars or the board and may examine witnesses, documents and any other evidence that it determines may have a bearing on the proper determination of the issues brought on appeal. The commission's hearing shall be recorded.
Sec. 52. Section 9-38 of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
The registrars of all towns shall, on the second Friday preceding a regular election, deposit in the town clerk's office the final registry list arranged as provided in section 9-35 and certified by them to be correct, and shall retain a sufficient number of copies to be used by them at such election for the purpose of checking the names of those who vote. They shall place on such final list, in the order provided in section 9-35, the names of all persons who have been admitted as electors. In each municipality said registrars shall also cause to be prepared and printed and deposited in the town clerk's office a supplementary or updated list containing the names and addresses of electors to be transferred, restored or added to such list prior to the fourth day before such election, provided in municipalities having a population of less than twenty-five thousand, such additional names may be inserted in writing in such final list. Such final registry list and supplementary or updated list deposited in the town clerk's office shall be on file in such office for public inspection for a period of two years, and any elector may make copies thereof.
Sec. 53. Subsection (e) of section 9-46a of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(e) The Commissioner of Correction shall, on or before the fifteenth day of each month, transmit to the Secretary of the State a list of all persons convicted of a felony and committed to the custody of said commissioner [and] who, during the preceding calendar month, have been released from confinement in a correctional institution or facility or a community residence and, if applicable, discharged from parole. Such lists shall include the names, birth dates and addresses of such persons, with the dates of their convictions and the crimes of which such persons have been convicted. The Secretary of the State shall transmit such lists to the registrars of the municipalities in which such convicted persons resided at the time of their convictions and to the registrars of any municipalities where the secretary believes such persons may be electors.
Sec. 54. Subsection (b) of section 9-192a of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(b) The committee shall adopt criteria for the training, examination and certification requirements of registrars, deputies and permanent assistants. In the adoption of [said] such criteria, the committee (1) shall consider whether the prescribed training leading to certification may, in part, be satisfied through participation in the required two conferences a year called by the Secretary of the State, pursuant to section 9-6, for purposes of discussing the election laws, procedures or matters related to election laws and procedures, and (2) may recommend programs at one or more institutions of higher education that satisfy [said] such criteria. Any registrar of voters, deputy or permanent assistant may participate in the course of training prescribed by the committee and, upon completing such training and successfully completing any examination or examinations prescribed by the committee, shall be recommended by the committee [,] to the Secretary of the State as a candidate for certification as a certified Connecticut registrar of voters. The Secretary of the State shall certify any such qualified, recommended candidate as a certified Connecticut registrar of voters. The Secretary of the State may rescind any such certificate only upon a finding, by a majority of the committee, of sufficient cause as defined by the criteria adopted pursuant to this subsection. No provision of this subsection shall require any registrar of voters, deputy or permanent assistant to be a certified registrar of voters.
Sec. 55. Subsection (b) of section 9-333w of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after said date):
(b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a) of this section:
(1) No candidate or candidate committee or exploratory committee established by a candidate shall make or incur any expenditure for television advertising or Internet video advertising, which promotes the success of [said] such candidate's campaign for nomination at a primary or election or the defeat of another candidate's campaign for nomination at a primary or election, unless (A) at the end of such advertising there appears simultaneously, for a period of not less than four seconds, (i) a clearly identifiable photographic or similar image of the candidate making such expenditure, (ii) a clearly readable printed statement identifying [said] such candidate, and indicating that [said] such candidate has approved the advertising, and (iii) a simultaneous, personal audio message, in the following form: "I am . . . . (candidate's name) and I approved this message", and (B) the candidate's name and image appear in, and the candidate's voice is contained in, the narrative of the advertising, before the end of such advertising;
(2) No candidate or candidate committee or exploratory committee established by a candidate shall make or incur any expenditure for radio advertising or Internet audio advertising, which promotes the success of [said] such candidate's campaign for nomination at a primary or election or the defeat of another candidate's campaign for nomination at a primary or election, unless (A) the advertising ends with a personal audio statement by the candidate making such expenditure (i) identifying [said] such candidate and the office [said] such candidate is seeking, and (ii) indicating that [said] such candidate has approved the advertising in the following form: "I am . . . . (candidate's name) and I approved this message", and (B) the candidate's name and voice are contained in the narrative of the advertising, before the end of such advertising; and
(3) No candidate or candidate committee or exploratory committee established by a candidate shall make or incur any expenditure for automated telephone calls which promote the success of [said] such candidate's campaign for nomination at a primary or election or the defeat of another candidate's campaign for nomination at a primary or election, unless the candidate's name and voice are contained in the narrative of the call, before the end of such call.
Sec. 56. Subdivision (4) of subsection (b) of section 9-333y of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after said date):
(4) The penalty for any violation of section 9-333e, as amended, 9-333f, as amended, or 9-333j, as amended, or subsection (g) of section 9-333l, as amended, shall be a fine of not less than two hundred dollars [nor] or more than two thousand dollars or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
Sec. 57. Section 9-358 of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
Any person who, upon oath or affirmation, legally administered, wilfully and corruptly testifies or affirms, before any registrar of voters, any moderator of any election, primary or referendum, any board for admission of electors or the State Elections Enforcement Commission, falsely, to any material fact concerning the identity, age, residence or other qualifications of any person whose right to be registered or admitted as an elector or to vote at any election, primary or referendum [for the purpose of] is being passed upon and decided, shall be guilty of a class D felony and shall be disfranchised.
Sec. 58. Section 9-360 of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
Any person not legally qualified who fraudulently votes in any town meeting, primary, election or referendum in which the person is not qualified to vote, and any legally qualified person who, at such meeting, primary, election or referendum, fraudulently votes more than once at the same meeting, primary, election or referendum, shall be fined not less than three hundred dollars [nor] or more than five hundred dollars and shall be imprisoned not less than one year [nor] or more than two years and shall be disfranchised. Any person who votes or attempts to vote at any election, primary, referendum or town meeting by assuming the name of another legally qualified person shall be guilty of a class D felony and shall be disfranchised.
Sec. 59. Subdivisions (4) and (5) of section 9-700 of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(4) "Eligible minor party candidate" means a candidate for election to an office who is nominated by a minor party pursuant to subpart B of part III [B] of chapter 153.
(5) "Eligible petitioning party candidate" means a candidate for election to an office pursuant to subpart C of part III [C] of chapter 153 whose nominating petition has been approved by the Secretary of the State pursuant to section 9-453o.
Sec. 60. Section 9-710 of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after said date):
(a) The candidate committee for a candidate who intends to participate in the Citizens' Election Program may borrow moneys on behalf of a campaign for a primary or a general election from one or more financial institutions, as defined in section 36a-41, in an aggregate amount not to exceed one thousand dollars. The amount borrowed shall not constitute a qualifying contribution under section 9-704. No individual, political committee or party committee, except the candidate or, in a general election, the state central committee of a political party, shall endorse or guarantee such a loan in an aggregate amount in excess of five hundred dollars. An endorsement or guarantee of such a loan shall constitute a contribution by such individual or committee for [so] as long as the loan is outstanding. The amount endorsed or guaranteed by such individual or committee shall cease to constitute a contribution upon repayment of the amount endorsed or guaranteed.
(b) All such loans shall be repaid in full prior to the date such candidate committee applies for a grant from the Citizens' Election Fund pursuant to section 9-706. A candidate who fails to repay such loans or fails to certify such repayment to the State Elections Enforcement Commission shall not be eligible to receive and shall not receive grants from the fund.
(c) A candidate who intends to participate in the Citizens' Election Program may provide personal funds for such candidate's campaign for nomination or election in an amount not exceeding: (1) For a candidate for the office of Governor, twenty thousand dollars; (2) for a candidate for the office of Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Comptroller, State Treasurer [,] or Secretary of the State, ten thousand dollars; (3) for a candidate for the office of state senator, two thousand dollars; or (4) for a candidate for the office of state representative, one thousand dollars. Such personal funds shall not constitute a qualifying contribution under section 9-704.
Sec. 61. Subsection (a) of section 9-711 of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after said date):
(a) If an expenditure in excess of the applicable expenditure limit set forth in subsection (c) of section 9-702 is made or incurred by a qualified candidate committee that receives a grant from the Citizens' Election Fund pursuant to section 9-706, (1) the candidate and campaign treasurer of said committee shall be jointly and severally liable for paying for the excess expenditure, (2) the committee shall not receive any additional grants or moneys from the fund for the remainder of the election cycle if the State Elections Enforcement Commission determines that the candidate or campaign treasurer of said committee had knowledge of the excess expenditure, (3) the campaign treasurer shall be subject to penalties under section 9-7b, as amended, and (4) the candidate of said candidate committee shall be deemed to be a nonparticipating candidate for the purposes of sections 9-700 to 9-716, inclusive, if the commission determines that the candidate or campaign treasurer of said committee had knowledge of the excess expenditure. The commission may waive the provisions of this subsection upon determining that an excess expenditure is de [minimus] minimis. The commission shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, establishing standards for making such determinations. Such standards shall include, but not be limited to, a finding by the commission that the candidate or campaign treasurer has, from the candidate's or campaign treasurer's personal funds, either paid the excess expenditure or reimbursed the qualified candidate committee for its payment of the excess expenditure.
Sec. 62. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 10-19m of the general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) For the purposes of this section, "youth" [shall mean] means a person from birth to eighteen years of age. Any one or more municipalities or any one or more private [youth serving] youth-serving organizations, designated to act as agents of one or more municipalities, may establish a multipurpose youth service bureau for the purposes of evaluation, planning, coordination and implementation of services, including prevention and intervention programs for delinquent, predelinquent, pregnant, parenting and troubled [youth] youths referred to such bureau by schools, police, juvenile courts, adult courts, local youth-serving agencies, parents and self-referrals. A youth service bureau shall be the coordinating unit of community-based services to provide comprehensive delivery of prevention, intervention, treatment and follow-up services.
(b) A youth service bureau established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section may provide, but shall not be limited to the delivery of, the following services: (1) Individual and group counseling; (2) parent training and family therapy; (3) work placement and employment counseling; (4) alternative and special educational opportunities; (5) recreational and youth enrichment programs; (6) outreach programs to insure participation and planning by the entire community for the development of regional and community-based youth services; (7) preventive programs, including youth pregnancy, youth suicide, violence, alcohol and drug prevention; and (8) programs that develop positive youth involvement. Such services shall be designed to meet the needs of [youth] youths by the diversion of troubled [youth] youths from the justice system as well as by the provision of opportunities for all [youth] youths to function as responsible members of their communities.
Sec. 63. Section 10-156 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
Each professional employee certified by the State Board of Education and employed by a local or regional board of education shall be entitled to a minimum of sick leave with full pay of fifteen school days in each school year. Unused sick leave shall be accumulated from year to year, [so] as long as the employee remains continuously in the service of the same board of education, and as authorized by such board, but such authorized accumulation of sick leave shall not be less than one hundred and fifty school days.
Sec. 64. Subsection (e) of section 10-221 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(e) Not later than July 1, 1990, each local and regional board of education shall adopt a written policy and procedures for dealing with youth suicide prevention and youth suicide attempts. Each such board of education may establish a student assistance program to identify risk factors for youth suicide, procedures to intervene with such [youth] youths, referral services and training for teachers and other school professionals and students who provide assistance in the program.
Sec. 65. Section 10-262r of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
The Department of Education may establish, within available appropriations, a pilot program for the use of technology in providing computer-assisted writing, instruction and testing, in the ninth and tenth grades in the public schools, including the regional vocational-technical schools. The Commissioner of Education for purposes of the program may award grants to local and regional boards of education and regional vocational-technical schools for demonstration projects. Boards of education and vocational-technical schools seeking to participate in the pilot program shall apply to the department at such time and in such form as the commissioner prescribes. The commissioner shall select a diverse group of participants based on the population, geographic location and economic characteristics of the school district or school. Local and regional [board of educations] boards of education and regional vocational-technical schools awarded grants under the program may use grant funds for expenses for computer hardware, computer software, professional development, technical consulting assistance and other related activities.
Sec. 66. Section 10-311a of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
The case records of the Board of Education and Services for the Blind maintained for the purposes of this chapter shall be confidential and the names and addresses of recipients of assistance under this chapter shall not be published [nor] or used for purposes not directly connected with the administration of this chapter, except as necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 10-298, as amended, and 17b-6.
Sec. 67. Section 10a-12a of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
There shall be a Technical Education Coordinating Council. The council shall consist of the following members: The chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and commerce, or their designees; the Commissioners of Higher Education and Economic and Community Development and the Labor Commissioner or their designees; the chief executive officers of each constituent unit of the state system of higher education, or their designees; the president of the Connecticut Conference of Independent Colleges; the superintendent of the vocational-technical school system; one member who is a teacher at a regional vocational-technical school designated by the exclusive representative of the vocational-technical school teachers' bargaining unit; two members who are parents of students enrolled in vocational-technical schools designated by the vocational-technical schools parents' association; one member representing each of the economic clusters identified pursuant to section 32-1m designated by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development; one member designated by the Connecticut Business and Industry Association; one member designated by the Manufacturing Assistance Council; and one member designated by the Connecticut Technology Council. The [cochairperson] cochairpersons of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, or their designees, shall jointly convene a meeting of the council not later than October 1, 1998. The council shall meet at least six times a year to review and evaluate the coordinated delivery of technical and technological education to meet the employment needs of business and industry. The council shall also explore ways to: (1) Encourage students to pursue technical careers, including the development or expansion of alternative training methods that may improve the delivery and accessibility of vocational-technical training; (2) ensure a successful transition for students from the regional vocational-technical schools to post secondary education; and (3) improve public awareness regarding manufacturing careers. On or before January 1, 1999, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Education shall report, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and commerce on the activities of the council in the prior year.
Sec. 68. Subdivisions (3) and (4) of section 10a-29 of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(3) Upon moving to this state, an emancipated person employed full-time who provides evidence of domicile may apply for in-state classification for [his] such person's spouse and unemancipated children after six consecutive months of residency and, provided such person is not himself or herself in this state primarily as a full-time student, [his] such person's spouse and unemancipated children may at once be so classified, and may continue to be so classified [so] as long as such person continues [his] such person's domicile in this state;
(4) Any unemancipated person who remains in this state when [his] such person's parent, having theretofore been domiciled in this state, removes from this state, shall be entitled to classification as an in-state student until attainment of the degree for which [he] such person is currently enrolled, [so] as long as [his] such person's attendance at a school or schools in this state shall be continuous.
Sec. 69. Section 10a-102 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
The University of Connecticut shall remain an institution for the education of [youth] youths whose parents are citizens of this state. The leading object of said university shall be, without excluding scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the General Assembly prescribes, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in accordance with the provisions of an Act of Congress, approved July 2, 1862, entitled "An Act donating public lands to the several states and territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts", and also in accordance with an Act of Congress, approved August 30, 1890, entitled "An Act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts established under the provisions of an Act of Congress, approved July 2, 1862". The number of students who are to reside in university dormitories shall be determined by the board of trustees, preference in enrollment in the university being given to qualified students taking the full agricultural course. Said university is authorized to confer the academic and professional degrees appropriate to the courses prescribed by its board of trustees. The board shall establish policies which protect academic freedom and the content of course and degree programs, provided such policies shall be consistent with state-wide policy and guidelines established by the Board of Governors of Higher Education.
Sec. 70. Section 10a-103 of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
There shall continue to be a Board of Trustees for The University of Connecticut to consist of twenty-one persons, twelve to be appointed by the Governor, who shall reflect the state's geographic, racial and ethnic diversity; two to be elected by the university alumni; two to be elected by the students enrolled at the institutions under the jurisdiction of said board; and five members ex officio. On or before July 1, 1983, the Governor shall appoint members to the board as follows: Four members for a term of two years from said date; four members for a term of four years from said date; and four members for a term of six years from said date. Thereafter, the Governor shall appoint trustees of said university to succeed those appointees whose terms expire, and each trustee so appointed shall hold office for a period of six years from the first day of July in the year of his or her appointment, provided two of the trustees appointed for terms commencing July 1, 1995, and their successors shall be alumni of the university, one of the trustees appointed for a term commencing July 1, 1997, and his or her successors shall be such alumni and one of the members appointed for a term commencing July 1, 1999, and his or her successors shall be such alumni. The Commissioner of Agriculture, the Commissioner of Education, the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development and the chairperson of The University of Connecticut Health Center Board of Directors shall be, ex officio, members of the board of trustees. The Governor shall be, ex officio, president of said board. The graduates of all of the schools and colleges of said university shall, prior to September first in the odd-numbered years, elect one trustee, who shall be a graduate of the institution and who shall hold office for four years from the first day of September succeeding his or her election. Not less than two [nor] or more than four nominations for each such election shall be made by the alumni association of said university, provided no person who has served as an alumni trustee for the two full consecutive terms immediately prior to the term for which such election is to be held shall be nominated for any such election. Such election shall be conducted by mail prior to September first under the supervision of a canvassing board consisting of three members, one appointed by the board of trustees, one by the board of directors of the alumni association of the university and one by the president of the university. No ballot in such election shall be opened until the date by which ballots must be returned to the canvassing board. In such election, all graduates shall be entitled to vote by signed ballots which have been circulated to them by mail and which shall be returned by mail. Vacancies occurring by death or resignation of either of such alumni trustees