Connecticut 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00919 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Raised Bill No. 919
22 January Session, 2013 LCO No. 3360
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2424 AN ACT CONCERNING THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR CANDIDATES SEEKING ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
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2626 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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2828 Section 1. Section 3-124 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2013):
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3030 There shall be an Attorney General to be elected in the same manner as other state officers in accordance with the provisions of section 9-181. The Attorney General shall be an elector of this state and an attorney at law [of at least ten years' active practice at] who has been a member of the bar of this state for a continuous period of at least ten years immediately prior to taking office. [The office of the Attorney General shall be at the Capitol.] The Attorney General shall receive an annual salary of one hundred ten thousand dollars. The Attorney General shall devote full time to the duties of the office and shall give bond in the sum of ten thousand dollars.
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3535 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
3636 Section 1 October 1, 2013 3-124
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3838 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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4848 To clarify that the qualification for election to the office of the Attorney General be admission to the bar of this state for a continuous period of at least ten years immediately prior to taking office, and to delete an obsolete reference to the location of the office of the Attorney General.
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5050 [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.]