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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5149
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 4905
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)
AN ACT CONCERNING ME ETINGS OF BOARDS OF POLICE
COMMISSIONERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 7-275 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019): 2
(a) The board of police commissioners shall elect one of its number 3
to be chairman and one member to be clerk and shall hold regular 4
meetings and keep records of the same. Meetings shall be held upon 5
the call of the chairman or of a majority of the members of the board. A 6
majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum. In the 7
event of any vacancy upon the board, the board of selectmen shall 8
have authority by majority vote to fill such vacancy until the next town 9
election, at which election a member shall be elected for the unexpired 10
portion of the term. 11
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of a municipal charter or 12
ordinance or special act, no town, city or borough may place 13
requirements on the time or place of a meeting of a board of police 14
commissioners other than as provided in the Freedom of Information 15
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Act, as defined in section 1-200. 16
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 7-275
Statement of Purpose:
To prohibit nonstatutory restrictions on meetings of boards of police
commissioners.
[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.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. SREDZINSKI, 112th Dist.; REP. ALLIE-BRENNAN, 2nd
Dist.
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