General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 1048
January Session, 2013 *_____SB01048PD____040213____*
General Assembly
Substitute Bill No. 1048
January Session, 2013
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AN ACT AUTHORIZING REGIONAL COUNCILS OF GOVERNMENTS TO ESTABLISH REGIONAL ETHICS COMMISSIONS OR BOARDS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 4-124m of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2013):
Except as otherwise provided in sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive, any regional council of governments shall be entitled to exercise all of the rights and authority and shall be subject to all of the responsibilities and duties provided for in the general statutes, as amended, pertaining to regional councils of elected officials and regional planning agencies. In addition to exercising such rights and authority, any regional council of governments may establish a regional ethics commission or board that may be empowered to: (1) Enact a code of ethics, (2) investigate and adjudicate any ethics complaints referred to it by member municipalities, and (3) provide advisory opinions and recommendations for sanctions for ethical violations to member municipalities.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2013 4-124m
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2013
4-124m
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