General Assembly Raised Bill No. 330 February Session, 2010 LCO No. 1699 *01699_______HED* Referred to Committee on Higher Education and Employment Advancement Introduced by: (HED) General Assembly Raised Bill No. 330 February Session, 2010 LCO No. 1699 *01699_______HED* Referred to Committee on Higher Education and Employment Advancement Introduced by: (HED) AN ACT CONCERNING STUDENT EMPLOYEES AND WORKFORCE COMPETITIVENESS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. Subsection (m) of section 1-79 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2010): (m) "State employee" means any employee in the executive, legislative or judicial branch of state government, whether in the classified or unclassified service and whether full or part-time, and any employee of a quasi-public agency, but shall not include a judge of any court, either elected or appointed, or a student at a public institution of higher education whose employment is derived from such student's status as a student at such public institution of higher education. Sec. 2. Subsection (s) of section 1-91 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2010): (s) "State employee" means any employee in the executive, judicial or legislative branch of state government, whether in the classified or unclassified service and whether full or part-time, but shall not include a student at a public institution of higher education whose employment is derived from such student's status as a student at such public institution of higher education. This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 July 1, 2010 1-79(m) Sec. 2 July 1, 2010 1-91(s) This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 July 1, 2010 1-79(m) Sec. 2 July 1, 2010 1-91(s) Statement of Purpose: To ensure that student employees at public institutions of higher education do not leave Connecticut to work outside this state because they are classified as state employees and subject to the post-state employment rules set forth in the Code of Ethics for Public Officials, section 1-79, et seq., of the general statutes. [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]