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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 522
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 6024
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT CONCERNING AL TERNATE MEMBERS OF MUNICIPAL
PLANNING COMMISSIONS .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 8-19a of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 2
Any municipality, in addition to such powers as it has under the 3
provisions of the general statutes or any special act, shall have the 4
power to provide by ordinance for the appointment or election of 5
alternate members to its planning commission. Such alternate 6
members shall be electors, and, when seated as herein provided, have 7
all the powers and duties set forth in the general statutes or any special 8
act relating to such municipality for such commission and its members. 9
Such [alternate members shall be electors and shall not be members of 10
the zoning commission or zoning board of appeals. Such alternates] 11
alternate members may attend all meetings and executive sessions of 12
said commission. Such ordinance shall provide for the manner of 13
designating alternates to act. 14
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 8-19a
Statement of Purpose:
To permit members of municipal zoning commissions and municipal
zoning boards of appeals to serve as alternate members of municipal
planning commissions.
[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: SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist.
S.B. 522