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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6193
January Session, 2021
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
AN ACT SUBJECTING CE RTAIN NONSTATE ENTIT IES THAT SERVE
A GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTION TO THE FREE DOM OF
INFORMATION ACT AND THE CODES OF ETHICS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subdivision (11) of section 1-79 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 2
1, 2021): 3
(11) "Public official" means any state-wide elected officer, any 4
member or member-elect of the General Assembly, any person 5
appointed to any office of the legislative, judicial or executive branch of 6
state government by the Governor or an appointee of the Governor, 7
with or without the advice and consent of the General Assembly, any 8
public member or representative of the teachers' unions or state 9
employees' unions appointed to the Investment Advisory Council 10
pursuant to subsection (a) of section 3-13b, any person appointed or 11
elected by the General Assembly or by any member of either house 12
thereof, any member or director of a quasi-public agency, [and] the 13
spouse of the Governor and any person appointed by a member of the 14
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General Assembly, a state-wide elected officer, the Governor or an 15
appointee of the Governor to serve on the board of an entity that is not 16
a state or quasi-public agency but serves a governmental function, but 17
does not include a member of an advisory board, a judge of any court 18
either elected or appointed or a senator or representative in Congress. 19
Sec. 2. Subdivision (1) of section 1-200 of the general statutes is 20
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 21
1, 2021): 22
(1) "Public agency" or "agency" means: 23
(A) Any executive, administrative or legislative office of the state or 24
any political subdivision of the state and any state or town agency, any 25
department, institution, bureau, board, commission, authority or official 26
of the state or of any city, town, borough, municipal corporation, school 27
district, regional district or other district or other political subdivision of 28
the state, including any committee of, or created by, any such office, 29
subdivision, agency, department, institution, bureau, board, 30
commission, authority or official, and also includes any judicial office, 31
official, or body or committee thereof but only with respect to its or their 32
administrative functions, and for purposes of this subparagraph, 33
"judicial office" includes, but is not limited to, the Division of Public 34
Defender Services; 35
(B) Any person to the extent such person is deemed to be the 36
functional equivalent of a public agency pursuant to law, including, but 37
not limited to, any person described in section 3 of this act; or 38
(C) Any "implementing agency", as defined in section 32-222. 39
Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2021) Any person appointed by a 40
member of the General Assembly, a state-wide elected officer, the 41
Governor or an appointee of the Governor to serve on the board of an 42
entity that (1) is not a state agency or quasi-public agency, as such terms 43
are defined in section 1-79 of the general statutes, as amended by this 44
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act, and (2) serves a governmental function, shall be deemed the 45
functional equivalent of a public agency, as defined in section 1-200 of 46
the general statutes, as amended by this act. 47
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2021 1-79(11)
Sec. 2 October 1, 2021 1-200(1)
Sec. 3 October 1, 2021 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To subject certain nonstate entities that serve a governmental function
to the Freedom of Information Act and the codes of ethics.
[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: REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.; REP. DEVLIN, 134th Dist.
REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist.; REP. PERILLO, 113th Dist.
REP. REBIMBAS, 70th Dist.; REP. ZUPKUS, 89th Dist.
REP. ZAWISTOWSKI, 61st Dist.; REP. FISHBEIN, 90th Dist.
REP. WINKLER, 56th Dist.; REP. MASTROFRANCESCO, 80th
Dist.
SEN. SAMPSON, 16th Dist.
H.B. 6193