House Bill No. 6122
Public Act No. 19-104
AN ACT CONCERNING BO ARDS OF POLICE COMMI SSIONERS
ESTABLISHED BY SPECI AL ACT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 7-274 of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019):
(a) Any town may, by ordinance, establish a board of police
commissioners to be elected, in accordance with the provisions of
section 9-201 or to be appointed by the council or board of directors of
a town, the common council or other body empowered to make
ordinances of a city, the board of burgesses of a borough or the board
of selectmen of a town not having a council or board of directors,
provided in a town having both a board of selectmen and a
representative town meeting such ordinance may designate the
representative town meeting as the appointing authority, for the
purpose of organizing and maintaining a police department in such
town. Such board shall consist of three, five or seven electors, all of
whom shall be resident taxpayers of such town. Such commissioners
shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their duties and shall
serve without compensation, but their actual expenses and
disbursements incurred in the performance of their duties shall be paid
from the town treasury. House Bill No. 6122
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(b) For any town in which a board of police commissioners has been
established pursuant to a special act, such town may, by ordinance,
adopt the provisions of such special act and any amendment to such
act.