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3 | 3 | LCO No. 263 1 of 1 | |
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5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5354 | |
6 | 6 | January Session, 2019 | |
7 | 7 | LCO No. 263 | |
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10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT | |
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13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
14 | 14 | REP. PALM, 36th Dist. | |
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18 | 18 | AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONDUCT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT | |
19 | 19 | MEETINGS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS. | |
20 | 20 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
21 | 21 | Assembly convened: | |
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23 | 23 | That title 7 of the general statutes be amended to provide that (1) for 1 | |
24 | 24 | each meeting of any board, commission, legislative body, committee or 2 | |
25 | 25 | similar body of any political subdivision of the state, each member of 3 | |
26 | 26 | such body wishing to be heard on an item of business shall be 4 | |
27 | 27 | recognized and permitted to speak prior to action taken on such item, 5 | |
28 | 28 | and (2) for each public hearing of any such body, each member of the 6 | |
29 | 29 | public and each public official wishing to testify on an item being 7 | |
30 | 30 | heard shall be permitted to do so prior to the conclusion of such 8 | |
31 | 31 | hearing. 9 | |
32 | 32 | Statement of Purpose: | |
33 | 33 | To require that (1) all members of local boards, commissions or bodies | |
34 | 34 | be permitted to speak during meetings of such body, and (2) all | |
35 | 35 | members of the public and public officials be permitted to testify | |
36 | 36 | during public hearings of any such body. |