Senate Bill No. 219
Senate Bill No. 219
PUBLIC ACT NO. 98-30
AN ACT CONCERNING SUNSET LEGISLATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 2c-2b of the general
statutes, as amended by section 161 of public act
97-2 of the June 18 special session and section 22
of public act 97-11 of the June 18 special
session, is repealed and the following is
substituted in lieu thereof:
(a) The following governmental entities and
programs are terminated, effective July 1, [2000]
2003, unless reestablished in accordance with the
provisions of section 2c-10:
(1) Regulation of hearing aid dealers
pursuant to chapter 398;
(2) Connecticut Osteopathic Examining Board,
established under section 20-15;
(3) Connecticut Homeopathic Medical Examining
Board, established under section 20-8;
(4) State Board of Natureopathic Examiners,
established under section 20-35;
(5) Board of Examiners of Hypertrichologists,
established under section 20-268;
(6) Connecticut State Board of Examiners for
Nursing, established under section 20-88;
(7) Connecticut Board of Veterinary Medicine,
established under section 20-196;
(8) Liquor Control Commission, established
under section 30-2;
(9) Connecticut State Board of Examiners for
Optometrists, established under section 20-128a;
(10) Board of Examiners of Psychologists,
established under section 20-186;
(11) Regulation of speech pathologists and
audiologists pursuant to chapter 399;
(12) Connecticut Examining Board for Barbers
and Hairdressers and Cosmeticians established
under section 20-235a;
(13) Board of Examiners of Embalmers and
Funeral Directors established under section
20-208;
(14) Regulation of nursing home
administrators pursuant to chapter 368v;
(15) Board of Examiners for Opticians
established under section 20-139a;
(16) Medical Examining Board established
under section 20-8a;
(17) Board of Examiners in Podiatry,
established under section 20-51;
(18) Board of Chiropractic Examiners,
established under section 20-25;
(19) The agricultural lands preservation
program, established under section 22-26cc;
(20) Nursing Home Ombudsmen Office,
established under section 17a-405;
(21) Mobile Manufactured Home Advisory
Council established under section 21-84a;
(22) Repealed by P.A. 93-262, S. 86, 87;
(23) The Child Day Care Council established
under section 17b-748;
(24) The Connecticut Advisory Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations established under
section 2-79a;
(25) The Commission on Children established
under section 46a-126;
(26) The task force on the development of
incentives for conserving energy in state
buildings established under section 16a-39b;
(27) The estuarine embayment improvement
program established by sections 22a-113 to
22a-113c, inclusive;
(28) The State Dental Commission, established
under section 20-103a;
(29) The Connecticut Economic Information
Steering Committee, established under section
32-6i;
(30) Repealed by P.A. 95-257, S. 57, 58; and
(31) The registry established under section
17a-247b.
(b) The following governmental entities and
programs are terminated, effective July 1, [2001]
2004, unless reestablished in accordance with the
provisions of section 2c-10:
(1) Program of regulation of sanitarians,
established under chapter 395;
(2) Program of regulation of subsurface
sewage disposal system installers and cleaners,
established under chapter 393a;
(3) Program of regulation of bedding and
upholstered furniture established by sections
21a-231 to 21a-236, inclusive;
(4) Regional mental health boards,
established under section 17a-484;
(5) Repealed by P.A. 88-285, S. 34, 35;
(6) All advisory boards for state hospitals
and facilities, established under section 17a-470;
(7) Repealed by P.A. 85-613, S. 153, 154;
(8) State Board of Examiners for Physical
Therapists, established under section 20-67;
(9) Commission on Medicolegal Investigations,
established under subsection (a) of section
19a-401;
(10) Board of Mental Health and Addiction
Services, established under section 17a-456;
(11) Repealed by P.A. 95-257, S. 57, 58;
(12) Commission on Prison and Jail
Overcrowding established under section 18-87j; and
(13) The residential energy conservation
service program authorized under sections 16a-45a,
16a-46 and 16a-46a.
(c) The following governmental entities and
programs are terminated, effective July 1, [2002]
2005, unless reestablished in accordance with the
provisions of section 2c-10:
(1) Board of Firearms Permit Examiners,
established under section 29-32b;
(2) State Board of Landscape Architects,
established under section 20-368;
(3) Repealed by P.A. 89-364, S. 6, 7;
(4) Police Officer Standards and Training
Council, established under section 7-294b;
(5) State Board of Examiners for Professional
Engineers and Land Surveyors, established under
section 20-300;
(6) State boards for occupational licensing,
established under section 20-331;
(7) Commission of Pharmacy, established under
section 20-572;
(8) Connecticut Real Estate Commission,
established under section 20-311a;
(9) State Codes and Standards Committee,
established under section 29-251;
(10) Commission on Fire Prevention and
Control, established under section 7-323k;
(11) Program of regulation of building
demolition, established under section 29-401;
(12) Repealed by P.A. 93-262, S. 86, 87 and
P.A. 93-423, S. 7; and
(13) Connecticut Food Policy Council,
established under section 22-456.
(d) The following governmental entities and
programs are terminated, effective July 1, [2003]
2006, unless reestablished in accordance with the
provisions of section 2c-10:
(1) State Insurance Purchasing Board,
established under section 4a-19;
(2) Connecticut Marketing Authority,
established under section 22-63;
(3) Occupational Safety and Health Review
Commission, established under section 31-376;
(4) Connecticut Siting Council, established
under section 16-50j;
(5) Connecticut Public Transportation
Commission, established under section 13b-11a;
(6) State Board of Accountancy, established
under section 20-280;
(7) State Board of Television and Radio
Service Examiners, established under section
20-343;
(8) Repealed by P.A. 85-613, S. 153, 154;
(9) State Milk Regulation Board, established
under section 22-131;
(10) State Tree Protection Examining Board,
established under section 23-61a;
(11) Council on Environmental Quality,
established under section 22a-11;
(12) Repealed by P.A. 85-613, S. 153, 154;
(13) Repealed by P.A. 83-487, S. 32, 33;
(14) Employment Security Board of Review,
established under section 31-237c;
(15) Repealed by P.A. 85-613, S. 153, 154;
(16) Connecticut Energy Advisory Board,
established under section 16a-3;
(17) Connecticut Solid Waste Management
Advisory Council, established under subsection (a)
of section 22a-279;
(18) Investment Advisory Council, established
under section 3-13b;
(19) State Properties Review Board,
established under subsection (a) of section 4b-3;
(20) Commission on Human Rights and
Opportunities, established under section 46a-52;
(21) The coastal management program,
established under chapter 444;
(22) Department of Economic and Community
Development, established under sections 4-38c and
8-37r;
(23) Family support grant program of the
Department of Social Services, established under
section 17b-616;
(24) Program of regulation of occupational
therapists, established under chapter 376a;
(25) Repealed by P.A. 85-613, S. 153, 154;
(26) Architectural Licensing Board,
established under section 20-289; and
(27) Bradley International Airport
Commission, established under section 15-101r.
(e) The following governmental entities and
programs are terminated, effective July 1, [2004]
2007, unless reestablished in accordance with the
provisions of section 2c-10:
(1) Regional advisory councils for children
and youth center facilities, established under
section 17a-30;
(2) Repealed by P.A. 93-262, S. 86, 87;
(3) Advisory Council on Children and
Families, established under section 17a-4;
(4) Board of Education and Services for the
Blind, established under section 10-293;
(5) Repealed by P.A. 84-361, S. 6, 7;
(6) Commission on the Deaf and Hearing
Impaired, established under section 46a-27;
(7) Advisory and planning councils for
regional centers for the mentally retarded,
established under section 17a-273;
(8) Board for State Academic Awards,
established under section 10a-143;
(9) Repealed by P.A. 94-245, S. 45, 46;
(10) Repealed by P.A. 85-613, S. 153, 154;
(11) State Library Board, established under
section 11-1;
(12) Advisory Council for Special Education,
established under section 10-76i;
(13) State Commission on the Arts,
established under section 10-369;
(14) Connecticut Historical Commission,
established under section 10-321;
(15) Repealed by P.A. 89-362, S. 4, 5;
(16) Repealed by June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14,
S. 28, 30;
(17) Repealed by P.A. 90-230, S. 100, 101;
(18) State Commission on Capitol Preservation
and Restoration, established under section 4b-60;
(19) Repealed by P.A. 90-230, S. 100, 101;
AND
(20) Examining Board for Crane Operators,
established under section 29-222.
Sec. 2. The Legislative Program Review and
Investigations Committee shall conduct a study of
the sunset law contained in title 2c of the
general statutes. The study shall address the need
for and benefits of the sunset law and the
alternative ways of addressing those needs and
benefits. The study shall include recommendations
on whether there should be a sunset law and, if
the recommendation is affirmative, on the form the
law should take, the method to select entities and
programs for examination and the criteria for
evaluating the entities and programs. The
committee shall report its findings and
recommendations to the General Assembly not later
than January 15, 1999.
Approved May 19, 1998