Plaintiff determined to have no statutory right of appeal from decision of Department of Social Services with respect
to liens imposed pursuant to Secs. 17b-93 and 17b-94 which provide for reimbursement of Medicaid and public assistance
benefits previously paid by state to plaintiff, and therefore hearing is not a "contested case" as defined under Uniform
Administrative Procedure Act. Trial court judgment reversed and case remanded with direction to dismiss plaintiff's
administrative appeal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. 273 C. 434.
Sec. 4-168. Notice prior to action on regulations. Fiscal notes. Hearings. Adoption procedure. Emergency regulations. (a) Except as provided in subsection (g) of
this section, an agency, prior to adopting a proposed regulation, shall: (1) Give at least
thirty days' notice by publication in the Connecticut Law Journal of its intended action.
The notice shall include (A) either a statement of the terms or of the substance of the
proposed regulation or a description sufficiently detailed so as to apprise persons likely
to be affected of the issues and subjects involved in the proposed regulation, (B) a
statement of the purposes for which the regulation is proposed, (C) a reference to the
statutory authority for the proposed regulation, and (D) when, where and how interested
persons may present their views on the proposed regulation; (2) give notice by mail to
each joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of the subject
matter of the proposed regulation; (3) give notice by mail to all persons who have made
requests to the agency for advance notice of its regulation-making proceedings. The
agency may charge a reasonable fee for such notice based on the estimated cost of
providing the service; (4) provide a copy of the proposed regulation to persons requesting
it. The agency may charge a reasonable fee for copies in accordance with the provisions
of section 1-212; (5) following publication of the notice in the Connecticut Law Journal,
prepare a fiscal note, including (A) an estimate of the cost or of the revenue impact on
the state or any municipality of the state, and (B) if applicable, the regulatory flexibility
analysis prepared under section 4-168a. The governing body of any municipality, if
requested, shall provide the agency, within twenty working days, with any information
that may be necessary for analysis in preparation of such fiscal note; (6) afford all interested persons reasonable opportunity to submit data, views or arguments, orally at a
hearing granted under subdivision (7) of this subsection or in writing, and to inspect
and copy the fiscal note prepared pursuant to subdivision (5) of this subsection; (7) grant
an opportunity to present oral argument if requested by fifteen persons, by a governmental subdivision or agency or by an association having not less than fifteen members, if
notice of the request is received by the agency within fourteen days after the date of
publication of the notice; and (8) consider fully all written and oral submissions respecting the proposed regulation and revise the fiscal note in accordance with the provisions
of subdivision (5) of this subsection to indicate any changes made in the proposed regulation. No regulation shall be found invalid due to the failure of an agency to give notice
to each committee of cognizance pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection, provided
one such committee has been so notified.
(b) If an agency is required by a public act to adopt regulations, the agency, within
five months after the effective date of the public act or by the time specified in the public
act, shall publish in the Connecticut Law Journal the notice required by subsection (a)
of its intent to adopt regulations. If the agency fails to publish the notice within such
five-month period or by the time specified in the public act, the agency shall submit a
written statement of its reasons for failure to do so to the Governor, the joint standing
committee having cognizance of the subject matter of the regulations and the standing
legislative regulation review committee. The agency shall submit the required regulations to the standing legislative regulation review committee, as provided in subsection
(b) of section 4-170, not later than one hundred eighty days after publication of the
notice of its intent to adopt regulations, or submit a written statement of its reasons for
failure to do so to the committee.
(c) An agency may begin the regulation-making process under this chapter before
the effective date of the public act requiring or permitting the agency to adopt regulations,
but no regulation may take effect before the effective date of such act.
(d) Upon reaching a decision on whether to proceed with the proposed regulation
or to alter its text from that initially proposed, the agency, at least twenty days before
submitting the proposed regulation to the standing legislative regulation review committee, shall mail to all persons who have made submissions pursuant to subdivision (6)
of subsection (a) of this section or who have made statements or oral arguments concerning the proposed regulation and who have requested notification, notice that it has decided to take action on the proposed regulation and that it has made available for copying
and inspection pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200:
(1) The final wording of the proposed regulation; (2) a statement of the principal reasons
in support of its intended action; and (3) a statement of the principal considerations in
opposition to its intended action as urged in written or oral comments on the proposed
regulation and its reasons for rejecting such considerations.
(e) Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section, no regulation may be
adopted, amended or repealed by any agency until it is (1) approved by the Attorney
General as to legal sufficiency, as provided in section 4-169, (2) approved by the standing
legislative regulation review committee, as provided in section 4-170 and (3) filed in
the office of the Secretary of the State, as provided in section 4-172.
(f) (1) An agency may proceed to adopt an emergency regulation in accordance
with this subsection without prior notice or hearing or upon any abbreviated notice and
hearing that it finds practicable if (A) the agency finds that adoption of a regulation
upon fewer than thirty days' notice is required (i) due to an imminent peril to the public
health, safety or welfare or (ii) by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection in
order to comply with the provisions of interstate fishery management plans adopted by
the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission or to meet unforeseen circumstances
or emergencies affecting marine resources, (B) the agency states in writing its reasons
for that finding and (C) the Governor approves such finding in writing.
(2) The original of such emergency regulation and eighteen copies shall be submitted to the standing legislative regulation review committee in the form prescribed in
subsection (b) of section 4-170, together with a statement of the terms or substance of
the intended action, the purpose of the action and a reference to the statutory authority
under which the action is proposed, not later than ten days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays
and holidays, prior to the proposed effective date of such regulation. The committee
may approve or disapprove the regulation, in whole or in part, within such ten-day period
at a regular meeting, if one is scheduled, or may upon the call of either chairman or any
five or more members hold a special meeting for the purpose of approving or disapproving the regulation, in whole or in part. Failure of the committee to act on such regulation
within such ten-day period shall be deemed an approval. If the committee disapproves
such regulation, in whole or in part, it shall notify the agency of the reasons for its action.
An approved regulation, filed in the office of the Secretary of the State, may be effective
for a period of not longer than one hundred twenty days renewable once for a period of
not exceeding sixty days, provided notification of such sixty-day renewal is filed in the
office of the Secretary of the State and a copy is given to the committee, but the adoption
of an identical regulation in accordance with the provisions of subsections (a), (b) and
(d) of this section is not precluded. The sixty-day renewal period may be extended an
additional sixty days for emergency regulations described in subparagraph (A)(ii) of
subdivision (1) of this subsection, provided the Commissioner of Environmental Protection requests of the standing legislative regulation review committee an extension of
the renewal period at the time such regulation is submitted or not less than ten days
before the first sixty-day renewal period expires and said committee approves such
extension. Failure of the committee to act on such request within ten days shall be
deemed an approval of the extension.
(3) If the necessary steps to adopt a permanent regulation, including publication of
notice of intent to adopt, preparation and submission of a fiscal note in accordance with
the provisions of subsection (b) of section 4-170 and approval by the Attorney General
and the standing legislative regulation review committee, are not completed prior to the
expiration date of an emergency regulation, the emergency regulation shall cease to be
effective on that date.
(g) If an agency finds (1) that technical amendments to an existing regulation are
necessary because of (A) the statutory transfer of functions, powers or duties from the
agency named in the existing regulation to another agency, (B) a change in the name
of the agency, (C) the renumbering of the section of the general statutes containing
the statutory authority for the regulation, or (D) a correction in the numbering of the
regulation, and no substantive changes are proposed, or (2) that the repeal of a regulation
is necessary because the section of the general statutes under which the regulation has
been adopted has been repealed and has not been transferred or reenacted, it may elect
to comply with the requirements of subsection (a) of this section or may proceed without
prior notice or hearing. Any such amendments to or repeal of a regulation shall be
submitted in the form and manner prescribed in subsection (b) of section 4-170, to the
Attorney General, as provided in section 4-169, and to the standing legislative regulation
review committee, as provided in section 4-170, for approval and upon approval shall
be filed in the office of the Secretary of the State with, in the case of renumbering of
sections only, a correlated table of the former and new section numbers.
(h) No regulation adopted after October 1, 1985, is valid unless adopted in substantial compliance with this section. A proceeding to contest any regulation on the ground
of noncompliance with the procedural requirements of this section shall be commenced
within two years from the effective date of the regulation.
(1971, P.A. 854, S. 3; P.A. 73-616, S. 3; 73-620, S. 5, 19; P.A. 77-604, S. 82, 84; P.A. 78-283, S. 1; P.A. 79-623, S. 4,
5, 8; P.A. 80-471, S. 2; P.A. 83-277, S. 1, 3; P.A. 84-132; P.A. 85-608, S. 1; P.A. 86-250, S. 1, 4; P.A. 88-317, S. 3, 107;
P.A. 90-124, S. 1; P.A. 94-179, S. 2; P.A. 96-16; P.A. 97-47, S. 26; P.A. 99-90, S. 2-4; P.A. 00-62; P.A. 05-288, S. 15, 16.)
History: P.A. 73-616 made technical changes; P.A. 73-620 required that requests to present arguments be made within
ten days of proposed regulation's publication and deleted provisions requiring publication of a defense of any regulation's
adoption; P.A. 77-604 clarified procedure for adopting emergency regulations by requiring notice to and approval or
rejection by regulation review committee at regular or special meeting; P.A. 78-283 allowed disapproval of emergency
regulations in whole or in part, required notice to review committee of regulation's renewal and added provisions regarding
adoption of emergency regulation as permanent regulation; P.A. 79-623 amended section to include provisions concerning
fiscal notes, effective with respect to fiscal year ending June 30, 1980; P.A. 80-471 substantially amended section, in
Subsec. (a), changing notice requirement from twenty to thirty days, clarifying contents of notice statement and providing
for mailing to interested persons and in Subsec. (b) requiring governor's approval of emergency regulations, changing
date of notice to review committee from five to ten days prior to regulation's effective date and requiring regulations to
be filed in secretary of the state's office; P.A. 83-277 inserted new Subsec. (c) which sets forth the procedure governing
the adoption of technical amendments to agency regulations, relettering former Subsec. (c) accordingly; P.A. 84-132 added
requirement that agencies submit proposed regulations to committee within one hundred eighty days after publication of
notice and permitted technical amendment of regulations without hearing when general statute under which regulations
were adopted is repealed; P.A. 85-608 changed publication of notice requirement in Subsec. (a) from one year to five
months or by the first day of November following the passage of the act, whichever is earlier; P.A. 86-250 made technical
changes including relettering of subsections and deleted requirement that agencies publish notice of intent to adopt regulations by November first following passage of act requiring adoption; P.A. 88-317 relettered subsections and renumbered
subdivisions, rearranged and rephrased provisions, made other technical revisions and amended Subsec. (c) to allow agency
to begin regulation-making process before effective date of act requiring or authorizing regulations, effective July 1, 1989,
and applicable to agency proceedings commenced on or after that date; P.A. 90-124 amended Subsec. (a) to require an
agency, prior to adopting a regulation, to give notice of its intended action to each committee of the general assembly
having cognizance of the subject of the regulation and provided that no regulation shall be found invalid due to an agency's
failure to give such notice to each such committee if one such committee has been so notified; (Revisor's note: In 1993
the reference in Subsec. (d) to "subdivision (5) of subsection (a)" was changed editorially to "subdivision (6) of subsection
(a)" to reflect renumbering of subdivisions in P.A. 90-124, S. 1); P.A. 94-179 amended Subdiv. (5) of Subsec. (a) to require
regulatory flexibility analysis to be included in fiscal note, if applicable (Revisor's note: Language newly designated as
Subparas. (1) and (2) within Subdiv. (5) was redesignated by the Revisors as Subparas. (A) and (B) for statutory conformity);
P.A. 96-16 amended Subsec. (f) to authorize emergency regulations by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection re
fishery management and to make technical changes; P.A. 97-47 amended Subsec. (d) by substituting "the Freedom of
Information Act, as defined in section 1-18a" for "chapter 3"; P.A. 99-90 amended Subsec. (b) by inserting "as provided
in subsection (b) of section 4-170", amended Subsec. (f)(2) by requiring eighteen copies, instead of seventeen copies, to
be submitted to regulation review committee and amended Subsec. (g) by inserting "or (D) a correction in the numbering
of the regulation,"; P.A. 00-62 amended Subsec. (f)(2) by adding provision allowing additional sixty days for emergency
fisheries regulations; P.A. 05-288 made technical changes in Subsecs. (a) and (g), effective July 13, 2005.
Sec. 4-170. Legislative regulation review committee. Filing requirements for
regulations. Fiscal notes required. (a) There shall be a standing legislative committee
to review all regulations of the several state departments and agencies following the
proposal thereof, which shall consist of eight members of the House of Representatives,
four from each major party, to be appointed on the first Wednesday after the first Monday
in January in the odd-numbered years, by the speaker of said House, and six members
of the Senate, three from each major party, to be appointed on or before said dates by
the president pro tempore of the Senate. The members shall serve for the balance of
the term for which they were elected. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment by the
authority making the appointment. The members of the committee shall elect from
among their members two cochairpersons, one of whom shall be a member of the Senate
and one of whom shall be a member of the House of Representatives, and either of
whom may call meetings of the committee for the performance of its duties.
(b) (1) No adoption, amendment or repeal of any regulation, except a regulation
issued pursuant to subsection (f) of section 4-168, shall be effective until (A) the original
of the proposed regulation approved by the Attorney General, as provided in section 4-169, and eighteen copies thereof are submitted to the standing legislative regulation
review committee at the designated office of the committee, in a manner designated by
the committee, by the agency proposing the regulation, (B) the regulation is approved
by the committee, at a regular meeting or a special meeting called for the purpose, and
(C) the regulation is filed in the office of the Secretary of the State by the agency, as
provided in section 4-172. (2) The date of submission for purposes of subsection (c) of
this section shall be the first Tuesday of each month. Any regulation received by the
committee on or before the first Tuesday of a month shall be deemed to have been
submitted on the first Tuesday of that month. Any regulation submitted after the first
Tuesday of a month shall be deemed to be submitted on the first Tuesday of the next
succeeding month. (3) The form of proposed regulations which are submitted to the
committee shall be as follows: New language added to an existing regulation shall be
in capital letters or underlining, as determined by the committee; language to be deleted
shall be enclosed in brackets and a new regulation or new section of a regulation shall
be preceded by the word "(NEW)" in capital letters. Each proposed regulation shall
have a statement of its purpose following the final section of the regulation. (4) The
committee may permit any proposed regulation, including, but not limited to, a proposed
regulation which by reference incorporates in whole or in part, any other code, rule,
regulation, standard or specification, to be submitted in summary form together with a
statement of purpose for the proposed regulation. On and after October 1, 1994, if the
committee finds that a federal statute requires, as a condition of the state exercising
regulatory authority, that a Connecticut regulation at all times must be identical to a
federal statute or regulation, then the committee may approve a Connecticut regulation
that by reference specifically incorporates future amendments to such federal statute or
regulation provided the agency that proposed the Connecticut regulation shall submit
for approval amendments to such Connecticut regulations to the committee not later
than thirty days after the effective date of such amendment, and provided further the
committee may hold a public hearing on such Connecticut amendments. (5) The agency
shall prepare a fiscal note, including an estimate of the cost or of the revenue impact on
the state and any municipality, and shall append a copy of the note to each copy of the
proposed regulation. At the time of submission to the committee, the agency shall mail
or submit a copy of the proposed regulation and the fiscal note, prepared in accordance
with subsection (a) of section 4-168, to (A) the Office of Fiscal Analysis which, within
seven days of receipt, shall submit an analysis of the fiscal note to the committee; and
(B) each joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of the
subject matter of the proposed regulation. No regulation shall be found invalid due to
the failure of an agency to submit a copy of the proposed regulation and the fiscal note
to each committee of cognizance, provided such regulation and fiscal note has been
submitted to one such committee.
(c) The committee shall review all proposed regulations and, in its discretion, may
hold public hearings thereon, and may approve, disapprove or reject without prejudice,
in whole or in part, any such regulation. If the committee fails to so approve, disapprove
or reject without prejudice a proposed regulation, within sixty-five days after the date
of submission as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the committee shall be
deemed to have approved the proposed regulation for purposes of this section.
(d) If the committee disapproves a proposed regulation in whole or in part, it shall
give notice of the disapproval and the reasons for the disapproval to the agency, and no
agency shall thereafter issue any regulation or directive or take other action to implement
such disapproved regulation or part thereof, as the case may be, except that the agency
may adopt a substantively new regulation in accordance with the provisions of this
chapter, provided the General Assembly may reverse such disapproval under the provisions of section 4-171. If the committee disapproves any regulation proposed for the
purpose of implementing a federally subsidized or assisted program, the General Assembly shall be required to either sustain or reverse the disapproval.
(e) If the committee rejects a proposed regulation without prejudice, in whole or in
part, it shall notify the agency of the reasons for the rejection and the agency shall
resubmit the regulation in revised form, if the adoption of such regulation is required
by the general statutes or any public or special act, not later than the first Tuesday of
the second month following such rejection without prejudice and may so resubmit any
other regulation, in the same manner as provided in this section for the initial submission
with a summary of revisions identified by paragraph. The committee shall review and
take action on such revised regulation no later than thirty-five days after the date of
submission, as provided in subsection (b) of this section. Publication of the notice in
the Connecticut Law Journal pursuant to the provisions of section 4-168 shall not be
required in the case of such resubmission.
(f) If an agency fails to file any regulation approved in whole or in part by the
standing legislative regulation review committee in the office of the Secretary of the
State as provided in section 4-172, within fourteen days after the date of approval, the
agency shall notify the committee, within five days after such fourteen-day period, of
its reasons for not so filing. If any agency fails to comply with the time limits established
under subsection (b) of section 4-168 or under subsection (e) of this section, the administrative head of such agency shall submit to the committee a written explanation of the
reasons for such noncompliance. The committee, upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds
of its members, may grant an extension of the time limits established under subsection
(b) of section 4-168 and under subsection (e) of this section. If no such extension is
granted, the administrative head of the agency shall personally appear before the standing legislative regulation review committee, at a time prescribed by the committee, to
explain such failure to comply. After any such appearance, the committee may, upon
the affirmative vote of two-thirds of its members, report such noncompliance to the
Governor. Within fourteen days thereafter the Governor shall report to the committee
concerning the action the Governor has taken to ensure compliance with the provisions
of section 4-168 and with the provisions of this section.
(1971, P.A. 854, S. 5; 1972, P.A. 258, S. 2; P.A. 73-396, S. 1, 2; P.A. 76-297, S. 2; 76-434, S. 3, 12; P.A. 78-283, S.
2; P.A. 79-623, S. 2, 8; P.A. 80-471, S. 4; P.A. 83-322, S. 1, 2; P.A. 85-608, S. 2; P.A. 86-250, S. 2, 4; 86-403, S. 9, 132;
P.A. 88-317, S. 5, 107; P.A. 90-124, S. 2; P.A. 94-76; P.A. 95-41; P.A. 99-90, S. 5; P.A. 01-195, S. 75, 181; P.A. 05-288,
S. 17.)
History: 1972 act specified the form of proposed regulations to be presented to regulation review committee; P.A. 73-396 changed date of appointment from July 1 to the first Wednesday after the first Monday in January of odd-numbered
years and required seventeen copies rather than one copy to be given the review committee; P.A. 76-297 allowed submission
of regulations in summary form and included procedure for course of action if committee rejects resolution without prejudice; P.A. 76-434 deleted provision providing per diem and reimbursement for expenses; P.A. 78-283 required that regulations be filed in secretary of the state's office and required notification of review committee if filing not performed; P.A.
79-623 added provisions concerning fiscal notes; P.A. 80-471 revised form of submitted regulations and permitted summary
form; P.A. 83-322 specified the date of submission of proposed regulations for the purposes of Subsec. (c), and required
that the proposed regulations be submitted at the designated office of the legislative regulation review committee; P.A.
85-608 upon disapproval of a proposed regulation, mandated adoption of a substantively new regulation, when required
by public act and permitted adoption of any other regulation, mandated resubmission of revised regulation, if the adoption
of such regulation is required by public act and permitted resubmission of any other regulation and provided procedures
upon failure to comply with time limits imposed by Sec. 4-168; P.A. 86-250 made technical changes, deleted requirement
that agency adopt a substantively new regulation in case of disapproval by committee and specified time for resubmittal
of regulation rejected without prejudice; P.A. 86-403 made technical change; P.A. 88-317 made technical changes, effective
July 1, 1989, and applicable to agency proceedings commencing on or after that date; P.A. 90-124 amended Subsec. (b)
to require that agency, at the time of submission of a proposed regulation to the regulation review committee, submit such
regulation to each committee of the general assembly having cognizance of the subject of the regulation and provided no
regulation shall be found invalid due to an agency's failure to submit such regulation to each such committee if such
submission has been made to one such committee; P.A. 94-76 in Subsec. (b) authorized the approval of a Connecticut
regulation which specifically incorporates future amendments to a federal statute or regulation; P.A. 95-41 amended Subsec.
(e) to change date by which committees shall review and take action on revised regulation from "within" to "no later than"
thirty-five days after date of submission; P.A. 99-90 amended Subsec. (b) by dividing the Subsec. into Subdivs. and
Subparas., substituting "eighteen copies" for "seventeen copies" and inserting ", in a manner designated by the committee,"
in Subdiv. (1), and allowing new language in a regulation to be underlined as an alternative to capital letters, as determined
by the committee, in Subdiv. (2) and made technical changes; P.A. 01-195 made technical changes in Subsec. (f), effective
July 11, 2001; P.A. 05-288 made a technical change in Subsec. (c), effective July 13, 2005.
Sec. 4-173. Publication of compilation of regulations and supplements. (a) The
Commission on Official Legal Publications shall publish and distribute a compilation
of all effective regulations adopted by all state agencies subsequent to October 27, 1970,
except regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (f) of section 4-168. Such publication
may be a supplement to or revision of the most current compilation, and shall be published at least semiannually. The Commission on Official Legal Publications may omit
from such compilation (1) any regulation that is incorporated by reference into a Connecticut regulation and published by or otherwise available in printed form from a federal
agency, a government agency of another state or a commercial publishing company,
(2) any regulation that is too expensive to publish, or (3) any regulation the publication
of which would be unduly cumbersome. If the commission omits a regulation from the
compilation, it shall publish in the compilation a notice identifying the omitted regulation, stating the general subject matter of the regulation and stating an address, telephone
number and any other information needed to obtain a copy of the regulation. Such
address and telephone number shall be kept current in each semiannual publication of
the compilation. The commission shall publish any regulation that has been omitted
from publication under subdivision (2) of this subsection as soon as the commission
has sufficient funds.
(b) The Commission on Official Legal Publications shall in addition cause to be
published in the Connecticut Law Journal at least monthly the text of all regulations
received by the commission from the office of the Secretary of the State pursuant to
section 4-172 during the preceding month. The commission may omit from the Connecticut Law Journal (1) any regulation submitted in accordance with subsection (g) of
section 4-168, for the purposes of renumbering sections only, if a correlated table of the
former and new section numbers is published in lieu of the full text, (2) any regulation
that is incorporated by reference into a Connecticut regulation and published by or
otherwise available in printed form from a federal agency, a government agency of
another state or a commercial publishing company, and (3) any regulation the publication
of which would be too expensive or unduly cumbersome. If the commission omits a
regulation from publication in the Connecticut Law Journal under subdivision (2) or
(3) of this subsection, the commission shall publish in the Connecticut Law Journal a
notice identifying the omitted regulation, stating the general subject matter of the regulation and stating an address, telephone number and any other information needed to
obtain a copy of the regulation.
(c) Each agency which adopts a regulation shall make the regulation available for
inspection and copying at its main office.
(d) Any publication made pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall
be made available upon request to agencies and officials of this state free of charge, and
to other persons at prices fixed by the Commission on Official Legal Publications, in
accordance with section 51-216b.
(e) The compilation of regulations published under subsection (a) of this section
and all Connecticut regulations omitted from the compilation under subsection (a) shall
be maintained in the reference collection of each law library described in section 11-19a.
(1971, P.A. 854, S. 8; P.A. 76-297, S. 4; P.A. 80-471, S. 6; P.A. 83-277, S. 2, 3; P.A. 88-133; P.A. 05-288, S. 18.)
History: P.A. 76-297 deleted previous Subsec. (a) requiring publication of regulations and index by October 27, 1970,
and relettered remaining Subsecs. accordingly, deleting provision for periodic publication of revised index by commission
on official legal publications in current Subsec. (a) (formerly Subsec. (b)); P.A. 80-471 deleted reference to regulations
adopted pursuant to Subsec. (b) of Sec. 4-168 in Subsec. (b) of section; P.A. 83-277 amended Subsec. (b) by allowing the
publication of a correlated table of former and new section numbers for those regulations submitted with technical changes;
P.A. 88-133 replaced exceptions to publication of regulations in Subsec. (c) with enumerated exceptions in Subsecs. (a)
and (b), added a requirement in Subsecs. (a) and (b) for publication of notice of omitted regulations, inserted new Subsec.
(c) requiring agencies to make regulations available for inspection and copying, added new Subsec. (e) requiring all
regulations to be maintained in law libraries and made technical changes; P.A. 05-288 made technical changes in Subsecs.
(a) and (b), effective July 13, 2005.
Sec. 4-183. Appeal to Superior Court.
Subsec. (a):
Trial court lacked jurisdiction because plaintiff had no statutory right to appeal from board's refusal to hold commutation
hearing. 272 C. 647.