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1 | 1 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6451 | |
2 | 2 | January Session, 2017 LCO No. 3031 | |
3 | 3 | *03031* | |
4 | 4 | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY | |
5 | 5 | Introduced by: | |
6 | 6 | REP. MORRIS, 140th Dist. | |
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8 | 8 | General Assembly | |
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10 | 10 | Proposed Bill No. 6451 | |
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12 | 12 | January Session, 2017 | |
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14 | 14 | LCO No. 3031 | |
15 | 15 | ||
16 | 16 | *03031* | |
17 | 17 | ||
18 | 18 | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY | |
19 | 19 | ||
20 | 20 | Introduced by: | |
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22 | 22 | REP. MORRIS, 140th Dist. | |
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24 | 24 | AN ACT CONCERNING THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES. | |
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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 | That chapter 814c of the general statutes be amended to: (1) Permit the presiding officer of a commission hearing to order nonmonetary sanctions if a party to the hearing fails to comply with an order to produce records, papers or documents; (2) allow commission legal counsel to intervene as a matter of right in any suit or other proceeding in which civil or human rights are at issue; and (3) implement reforms that expedite the scheduling of hearings conducted by the commission. | |
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30 | 30 | Statement of Purpose: | |
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32 | 32 | To implement reforms that alleviate the backlog of cases at the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities and to permit commission legal counsel to intervene as a matter of right in any suit or other proceeding in which civil or human rights are at issue. |