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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 7220
January Session, 2019
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A RIGHT TO APPEAL THE DECISION OF A
MUNICIPAL ETHICS BOA RD TO THE SUPERIOR COURT U NDER THE
UNIFORM ADMINISTRATI VE PROCEDURES ACT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 4-183 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 2
October 1, 2019): 3
(a) A person who has exhausted all administrative remedies 4
available within the agency and who is aggrieved by a final decision 5
may appeal to the Superior Court as provided in this section. The filing 6
of a petition for reconsideration is not a prerequisite to the filing of 7
such an appeal. As used in this section, "agency" also includes a 8
municipal board, commission, council, committee or other agency, that 9
is established under section 7-148h, as amended by this act, to 10
investigate allegations of unethical conduct, corrupting influence or 11
illegal activities levied against any official, officer or employee of the 12
municipality. 13
Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 7-148h of the general statutes is 14
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 15
October 1, 2019): 16
(a) Any town, city, district, as defined in section 7-324, or borough 17
may, by charter provision or ordinance, establish a board, commission, 18 Substitute Bill No. 7220
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council, committee or other agency to investigate allegations of 19
unethical conduct, corrupting influence or illegal activities levied 20
against any official, officer or employee of such town, city, district or 21
borough. The provisions of subsections (a) to (e), inclusive, of section 22
1-82a shall apply to allegations before any such agency of such 23
conduct, influence or activities, to an investigation of such allegations 24
conducted prior to a probable cause finding, and to a finding of 25
probable cause or no probable cause. Any board, commission, council, 26
committee or other agency established pursuant to this section may 27
issue subpoenas or subpoenas duces tecum, enforceable upon 28
application to the Superior Court, to compel the attendance of persons 29
at hearings and the production of books, documents, records and 30
papers. Any person aggrieved by a decision of a board, commission, 31
council, committee or other agency established pursuant to this section 32
shall have a right of appeal pursuant to section 4-183, as amended by 33
this act. 34
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 4-183(a)
Sec. 2 October 1, 2019 7-148h(a)
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Section 1(a), "'agency' has the same meaning as provided in section
4-166 and" was changed to "'agency' also" for accuracy and clarity.
JUD Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO