General Assembly Raised Bill No. 458
February Session, 2016 LCO No. 3191
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 458
February Session, 2016
LCO No. 3191
*03191_______JUD*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE OFFICE OF THE CLAIMS COMMISSIONER.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) Not later than December 1, 2016, the Claims Commissioner shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary on all claims, filed with the Office of the Claims Commissioner pursuant to section 4-147 of the general statutes or section 54-102uu of the general statutes, on or before December 1, 2014, that have not been disposed of. Such report shall delineate by calendar year the number of such claims (1) that have not been disposed of, (2) in which a hearing was held but for which the Claims Commissioner failed to render a timely decision as provided for in section 4-154 of the general statutes, and (3) in which a motion that would be dispositive of the claim was filed and subsequently heard but for which the Claims Commissioner has not rendered a decision or rendered a decision more than one hundred twenty days after the date of the hearing on such motion. In addition, the Claims Commissioner shall report to said committee on any reforms undertaken by said office to promote the simple, expeditious and economical processing of claims, including, but not limited to, technology reforms relating to the establishment of any electronic docket management system and revisions made to the rules of procedure for the processing of claims.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require the Claims Commissioner to report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary on (1) the number of claims that have not been disposed of within two years of the date of filing, and (2) reforms that have been initiated to improve the processing and disposition of claims.
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