History: P.A. 79-404 deleted references to commission on special revenue in Subsecs. (a) and (c) and substituted gaming
policy board for commission in Subsecs. (b) and (d); P.A. 79-493 included state ethics commission in Subsecs. (a), (c)
and (d); P.A. 79-560 included state elections commission in Subsecs. (a), (c) and (d); P.A. 81-473 exempted the commission
on medicolegal investigations from the general requirement that terms of members of boards and commissions be coterminous with that of the governor in Subsec. (d); P.A. 82-218 amended section to replace board of higher education with board
of governors, to provide for appointment of initial chairman to board of governors by the governor and to establish staggered
terms of office for the board of governors and the constituent unit boards of trustees, effective March 1, 1983; P.A. 84-241 added "of higher education" to board's title; P.A. 84-416 exempted E 9-1-1 commission from provision requiring
terms of members be coterminous with governor's; P.A. 84-511 changed name of state elections commission to state
elections enforcement commission; P.A. 84-546 repealed formed Subsec. (c) re termination of the terms of members on
July 1, 1979, relettering former Subsecs. (d) and (e) accordingly; P.A. 85-300 amended Subsec. (c) to exempt the state
commission on the arts from the requirement that members' terms be coterminous with that of the governor; P.A. 85-506
amended Subsec. (c) to exempt the psychiatric security review board from provision requiring terms of members to be
coterminous with governor's; P.A. 86-403 made technical change in Subsec. (b); P.A. 93-219 amended Subsec. (c) to
exempt the Board of Parole from the requirement that members' terms be coterminous with that of the governor, effective
July 1, 1994; P.A. 93-262 added commission on aging to the lists in Subsecs. (a) and (c) added the words "executive
director of" before the words "state ethics commission", effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-435 made technical change re
placement of phrase "executive director of" added by P.A. 93-262, effective June 28, 1993; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1
amended Subsec. (a) by eliminating reference to the executive director of the Commission on Aging, effective July 1,
1994; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-20 replaced State Commission on the Arts with Connecticut Commission
on Arts, Tourism, Culture, History and Film, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 04-205, effective June 3, 2004, and May Sp.
Sess. P.A. 04-2, effective May 12, 2004, both replaced Connecticut Commission on Arts, Tourism, Culture, History and
Film with Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism; P.A. 04-234 replaced Board of Parole with Board of Pardons
and Paroles, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 05-183 amended Subsecs. (a) and (c) to replace "State Ethics Commission" with
"Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board", effective July 1, 2005.
Sec. 4-9b. Membership of boards, commissions, committees and councils:
Qualifications, gender and racial diversity required considerations. Report. Right
of action. (a) Appointing authorities, in cooperation with one another, shall make a
good faith effort to ensure that, to the extent possible, the membership, except the ex-officio membership, of each state appointive board, commission, committee and council
having members appointed by the Governor or appointed by members of the General
Assembly is qualified and closely reflects the gender and racial diversity of the state.
If there are multiple appointing authorities for a board, commission, committee or council, the appointing authorities shall inform each other of their appointees or planned
appointees in order to facilitate compliance with this section.
(b) The executive officer or chairperson of each state appointive board, commission,
committee and council having members appointed by the Governor or appointed by
members of the General Assembly, except committees whose membership consists
solely of members of the General Assembly, shall report in writing to the Secretary of
the State on or after September first, but not later than October 1, 1993, and biennially
thereafter, (1) the number of members of such body and (2) the composition of the body
according to the term "race/sex", as defined in the regulations of the Commission on
Human Rights and Opportunities. Such report shall not include the names of the individual members of the board, commission, committee or council. The Secretary of the State
shall receive and maintain the reports submitted pursuant to this subsection as public
records.
(c) No provision of this section shall (1) prohibit an individual from completing a
term as a member of a state appointive board, commission, committee or council being
served on July 2, 1993, or (2) create a private right of action.
(P.A. 93-424, S. 1, 2; P.A. 05-288, S. 212.)
History: P.A. 93-424 effective July 2, 1993; P.A. 05-288 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective July 13, 2005.
Sec. 4-20. Bonding of state officers and employees. (a) The State Insurance and
Risk Management Board shall, not later than October 1, 1974, and quadrennially thereafter, set the penalties of the bonds of the following officers, having due regard for the
duties and responsibilities of said officers, for four-year terms concurrent with their
respective terms of office: The Secretary of the State and those department heads listed
in section 4-5. Said officers shall, before entering upon the performance of the duties
of their office, give their official bonds in the penalty fixed by the board. The premium
for said bonds shall be paid by the state.
(b) All state officers, state employees and other persons, other than those listed in
subsection (a) of this section, who in the opinion of the board should be bonded, shall
be bonded, the amount, condition and form to be determined by the board. Bonds taken
pursuant to this subsection shall be purchased by the board, at the request of the Comptroller at state expense from a company or companies authorized to issue such bonds
and having an office and licensed to do business in this state. The Comptroller may, at any
time, request that any such bond be cancelled or terminated and any rebate of premium
thereon shall be returned to the Comptroller for deposit in the General Fund.
(c) All bonds required by this section shall be approved as to form by the Attorney
General and shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of the State, except that bonds
of the Secretary of the State and his deputy and subordinates shall be kept by the Treasurer. A record shall be made in the office of the Secretary of the State, giving the name
of the officer, employee, agency or person for whom each bond is issued, the name of
the company issuing the same and the number, date and time of expiration thereof, and
of any certificate renewing such bond.
(June, 1955, S. 102d; 1972, P.A. 241, S. 1; P.A. 77-563, S. 1, 5; P.A. 99-51, S. 3, 9; 99-145, S. 16, 23; P.A. 05-288, S. 10.)
History: 1972 act deleted former Subsec. (a), relettered remaining Subsecs. accordingly, replaced committee on bonding
of state officers and employees with state insurance purchasing board and changed deadline from October 1, 1966, to
October 1, 1974; P.A. 77-563 made board rather than comptroller responsible for purchasing bonds and made provision
for placing refunds of cancelled bonds in general fund; P.A. 99-51, effective May 27, 1999, and P.A. 99-145, effective
June 8, 1999, both amended Subsec. (a) to substitute "State Insurance and Risk Management Board" for "State Insurance
Purchasing Board"; P.A. 05-288 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective July 13, 2005.