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7	6		General Assembly Committee Bill No. 521
8	7		January Session, 2019
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12	11		Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
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20	19		AN ACT CONCERNING MI DDLETOWN AREA TRANSIT.
21	20		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
22	21		Assembly convened:
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24	23		Section 1. Section 7-273c of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
25	24		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2
26	25		(a) The affairs of the district shall be managed by a board of 3
27	26		directors chosen from among the electors of the constituent 4
28	27		municipalities as follows: Each municipality shall have at least one 5
29	28		director. Municipalities with a population, according to the most 6
30	29		recent federal census, from twenty-five thousand to one hundred 7
31	30		thousand, inclusive, shall have two directors. Municipalities with a 8
32	31		population over one hundred thousand shall have four directors. The 9
33	32		directors shall be appointed for terms of four years, except that, in 10
34	33		municipalities having more than one director, one-half of those first 11
35	34		appointed shall serve for two years and one-half for four years, their 12
36	35		successors to serve for four years each. Any municipality in respect to 13
37	36		which a vacancy on the board occurs shall fill it for the unexpired 14
38	37		portion of the term. Section 9-167a shall apply to the appointment of 15
39		-	the directors representing each municipality. The directors shall be 16 Committee Bill No. 521
	38	+	the directors representing each municipality. The directors shall be 16
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46	44		appointed by the elected chief executive of a city or borough, the board 17
47	45		of selectmen in the case of a municipality in which the legislative body 18
48	46		is a town meeting or by the board of selectmen of a town with the 19
49	47		approval of the legislative body. Notwithstanding the provisions of 20
50	48		this section, directors appointed from any municipality which is a 21
51	49		member, or becomes a member, of any transit district in existence on 22
52	50		May 18, 1972, shall be appointed by the legislative body of each 23
53	51		municipality or the board of selectmen in the case of a municipality in 24
54	52		which the legislative body is a town meeting. The population of each 25
55	53		municipality according to the most recent federal census shall be 26
56	54		divided by the number of directors representing such municipality. 27
57	55		Each member of the board of directors shall be entitled to cast that 28
58	56		number of voting units which is the multiple the population he 29
59	57		represents, rounded to the nearest one hundred, is of the smallest 30
60	58		population represented by a member, rounded to the nearest one 31
61	59		hundred. The directors shall meet at least four times annually or more 32
62	60		often on the call of the chairman and shall elect officers from among 33
63	61		their number. They may adopt bylaws and rules for the conduct of the 34
64	62		affairs of the district. They shall appoint and fix the salary of a district 35
65	63		manager, who shall be the chief executive officer of the district, and 36
66	64		such other employees as are required for district purposes. Each officer 37
67	65		or employee of such district who is the repository or custodian of any 38
68	66		funds of such district shall give such bond as is required by the board 39
69	67		of directors, with sufficient surety, conditioned on the faithful 40
70	68		discharge of his duties. The premium upon such bond shall be paid by 41
71	69		the district. 42
72	70		(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, any director of 43
73	71		the Middletown Area Transit district may be removed prior to the 44
74	72		expiration of such director's term by the appointing authority specified 45
75	73		in this section for such director, which removal shall create a vacancy 46
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	74	+	to be filled pursuant to this section. 47
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83	80		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
84	81		sections:
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86	83		Section 1 from passage 7-273c
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88		-	PD Joint Favorable
	85	+	Statement of Purpose:
	86	+	To permit the respective municipal appointing authorities for
	87	+	Middletown Area Transit to remove directors prior to the expiration of
	88	+	such directors' terms.
	89	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	90	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	91	+	not underlined.]
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	93	+	Co-Sponsors: SEN. LESSER, 9th Dist.; SEN. DAUGHERTY ABRAMS, 13th
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	95	+	REP. SERRA, 33rd Dist.; REP. PHIPPS, 100th Dist.
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