Connecticut 2016 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00329 Compare Versions

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1	1	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 329
2	2	February Session, 2016 LCO No. 1951
3	3	01951_______PD_
4	4	Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
5	5	Introduced by:
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8	8	General Assembly
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10	10	Raised Bill No. 329
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12	12	February Session, 2016
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14	14	LCO No. 1951
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16	16	01951_______PD_
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18	18	Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
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20	20	Introduced by:
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22	22	(PD)
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24	24	AN ACT CONCERNING THE POLITICAL COMPOSITION OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL BODIES.
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26	26	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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28	28	Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 9-167a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2016):
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30	30	(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, the maximum number of members of any board, commission, legislative body, committee or similar body of the state or any political subdivision thereof, whether elective or appointive, who may be members of the same political party, shall be as specified in the following table:
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35	35	T1 COLUMN I COLUMN II
36	36	T2 Total Membership Maximum from One Party
37	37	T3 3 ……………………………………… 2
38	38	T4 4 ……………………………………… 3
39	39	T5 5 ……………………………………… 4
40	40	T6 6 ……………………………………… 4
41	41	T7 7 ……………………………………… 5
42	42	T8 8 ……………………………………… 5
43	43	T9 9 ……………………………………… 6
44	44	T10 More than 9 ………….……………… Two-thirds of
45	45	T11 total membership
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47	47	T1
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49	49	COLUMN I
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51	51	COLUMN II
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53	53	T2
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55	55	Total Membership
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57	57	Maximum from One Party
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59	59	T3
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61	61	3 ……………………………………… 2
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63	63	T4
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65	65	4 ……………………………………… 3
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67	67	T5
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69	69	5 ……………………………………… 4
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71	71	T6
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73	73	6 ……………………………………… 4
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75	75	T7
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77	77	7 ……………………………………… 5
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79	79	T8
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81	81	8 ……………………………………… 5
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83	83	T9
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85	85	9 ……………………………………… 6
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87	87	T10
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89	89	More than 9 ………….……………… Two-thirds of
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91	91	T11
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93	93	total membership
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95	95	(2) The provisions of this section shall not apply (A) to any such board, commission, committee or body whose members are elected wholly or partially on the basis of a geographical division of the state or political subdivision, (B) to a legislative body of a municipality (i) having a town meeting as its legislative body or (ii) for which the charter or a special act, on January 1, 1987, provided otherwise, [or] (C) to the city council of an unconsolidated city within a town and the town council of such town if the town has a town council and a representative town meeting, the town charter provides for some form of minority representation in the election of members of the representative town meeting, and the city has a city council and a body having the attributes of a town meeting, [or] (D) to the board of directors and other officers of any district, as defined in section 7-324, having annual receipts from all sources not in excess of two hundred fifty thousand dollars, or (E) to a municipal board, commission, committee or body that is advisory in nature and does not have regulatory powers.
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100	100	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
101	101	Section 1 July 1, 2016 9-167a(a)
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103	103	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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105	105	Section 1
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107	107	July 1, 2016
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109	109	9-167a(a)
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111	111	Statement of Purpose:
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113	113	To exempt municipal bodies that are advisory in nature and do not have regulatory powers from political composition requirements.
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115	115	[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.]