General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5323
February Session, 2010 LCO No. 1585
*01585_______GAE*
Referred to Committee on Government Administration and Elections
Introduced by:
(GAE)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 5323
February Session, 2010
LCO No. 1585
*01585_______GAE*
Referred to Committee on Government Administration and Elections
Introduced by:
(GAE)
AN ACT ELIMINATING A DUPLICATIVE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PLAN.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 46a-68 of the 2010 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2010):
(a) Each state agency, department, board and commission shall develop and implement, in cooperation with the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, an affirmative action plan that commits the agency, department, board or commission to a program of affirmative action in all aspects of personnel and administration. [Such] Except as provided in section 2 of this act, such plan shall be developed pursuant to regulations adopted by the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities in accordance with chapter 54 to ensure that affirmative action is undertaken as required by state and federal law to provide equal employment opportunities and to comply with all responsibilities under the provisions of sections 4-61u to 4-61w, inclusive, sections 46a-54 to 46a-64, inclusive, section 46a-64c and sections 46a-70 to 46a-78, inclusive. The executive head of each such agency, department, board or commission shall be directly responsible for the development, filing and implementation of such affirmative action plan. The Metropolitan District of Hartford County shall be deemed to be a state agency for purposes of this section.
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2010) For purposes of complying with the requirement for submitting an affirmative action plan in accordance with subsection (a) of section 46a-68 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, the Department of Transportation may submit the affirmative action plan that the department is required to file every three years with the Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration, and the annual updates to such plan, to the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities not later than thirty days after such plan or each update is approved by the Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration. The commission may approve such plan or update without further review.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2010 46a-68(a)
Sec. 2 July 1, 2010 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2010
46a-68(a)
Sec. 2
July 1, 2010
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To allow the Department of Transportation to submit the affirmative action plan the department prepares for the federal government to the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities rather than being required to submit a duplicative state affirmative action plan.
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