Connecticut 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06451 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6451
22 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 3031
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44 Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
55 Introduced by:
66 REP. MORRIS, 140th Dist.
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88 General Assembly
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1010 Proposed Bill No. 6451
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1212 January Session, 2017
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1414 LCO No. 3031
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1818 Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
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2020 Introduced by:
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2222 REP. MORRIS, 140th Dist.
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2424 AN ACT CONCERNING THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES.
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2626 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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2828 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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3232 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.