Connecticut 2021 2021 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06579 Comm Sub / Bill

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General Assembly  Raised Bill No. 6579  
January Session, 2021 
LCO No. 3552 
 
 
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT 
ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS 
 
 
Introduced by:  
(GAE)  
 
 
 
AN ACT REVISING CERTAIN STATUTES CONCERNING VOTER 
REGISTRATION AND ELE CTION ADMINISTRATION .  
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section 1. Section 9-16 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2 
The registrars of voters in each town shall give notice of the time and 3 
place of each session for the admission of electors held pursuant to 4 
section 9-17 by publication in a newspaper published or circulated in 5 
such town, or on the town's Internet web site, not more than fifteen nor 6 
less than five days before each such session. Nothing [herein] in this 7 
section shall require that such publication be in the form of a legal 8 
advertisement.  9 
Sec. 2. Section 9-17a of the general statutes is repealed and the 10 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 11 
As used in sections [9-17, 9-19b,] 9-19c, 9-20, [9-23a, 9-24,] 9-31a [, 9-12 
31b] and 9-31l, as amended by this act, unless otherwise provided, the 13  Raised Bill No. 6579 
 
 
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term "admitting official" means a town clerk, assistant town clerk, 14 
registrar of voters, deputy registrar of voters or assistant registrar of 15 
voters. [or the board for admission of electors.]  16 
Sec. 3. Section 9-31l of the general statutes is repealed and the 17 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 18 
(a) (1) A person who is denied admission as an elector may appeal a 19 
decision of an admitting official of a town, other than a registrar of 20 
voters, concerning the right of such person to be or remain an elector. 21 
Any such appeal shall be made to the registrars of voters of such town. 22 
[, except that if the admitting official who made such decision is a 23 
registrar of voters, the appeal shall be made to the board for admission 24 
of electors of such town.] 25 
(2) Notice of an appeal shall be in writing and delivered to the 26 
registrars. [or to the board for admission of electors. Within] Not later 27 
than seven days after receipt of a notice of appeal, the registrars [or the 28 
board, as the case may be,] shall give written notice of the time and place 29 
where such appeal will be heard to the appellant and to the admitting 30 
official whose decision is the subject of the appeal. Such appeal shall be 31 
heard [within] not later than twenty-one days after notice of the appeal 32 
is delivered to the registrars. [or the board. Neither a registrar whose 33 
decision is the subject of the appeal nor a registrar who is an appellant 34 
shall be a voting member of the board which hears the appeal.] 35 
(3) The registrars [or the board] may receive sworn testimony and any 36 
other evidence relating to the qualifications of such person to be or 37 
remain an elector. 38 
(4) [Within] Not later than seven days after hearing an appeal, the 39 
registrars [or the board] shall render a decision and shall send written 40 
notice of the decision to the appellant and the admitting official whose 41 
decision was the subject of the appeal.  42 
(b) (1) The person whose right to be or remain an elector is in dispute 43 
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of electors] under subsection (a) of this section to the State Elections 45 
Enforcement Commission. If an appeal is not made to the commission 46 
as provided in this subsection, the decision of the registrars [or the 47 
board] shall be final.  48 
(2) Any such appeal shall be in writing and filed with the State 49 
Elections Enforcement Commission at its principal offices not later than 50 
fourteen days [following] after the decision of the registrars. [or the 51 
board.] A copy of any such notice of appeal shall also be delivered 52 
within such time to the registrars [or the board] that rendered the 53 
decision under subsection (a) of this section.  54 
(3) The registrars [or the board] shall, not later than ten days after 55 
receipt of a copy of the notice of appeal, deliver the record of the hearing 56 
of the registrars [or board] under subsection (a) of this section to the 57 
commission.  58 
(4) The commission shall hear such appeal not later than twenty-one 59 
days after notice of appeal is filed with the commission. Such hearing 60 
shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-176e 61 
to 4-180a, inclusive, and section 4-181a. The commission may consider 62 
the record of the hearing delivered by the registrars [or the board] and 63 
may examine witnesses, documents and any other evidence that it 64 
determines may have a bearing on the proper determination of the 65 
issues brought on appeal. The commission's hearing shall be recorded.  66 
(5) The commission shall render its decision not later than sixty days 67 
after the close of its hearing, except that an extension of time may be 68 
granted by the commission upon application of any party that sets forth 69 
circumstances that the commission determines is appropriate to 70 
granting an extension of time. The commission may also initiate an 71 
extension of time for rendering its decision, after written notice to the 72 
parties, provided all of the parties before the commission give their prior 73 
written consent.  74 
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to be or remain an elector. If any such decision is adverse to such 76 
individual's right, the commission shall order both registrars to remove 77 
the elector's name from the town's active and inactive registry list and 78 
any enrollment list. Any person whose name has been so removed may 79 
reapply for admission as an elector with the registrars of voters of the 80 
same town at any time. If such application is made within four years 81 
after the commission's decision, both registrars may approve such 82 
application only after they find that there has been a substantial change 83 
in the circumstances that provided the basis for the commission's 84 
decision and that the individual is eligible to be an elector. Registrars 85 
who approve an individual's application for admission within this time 86 
period without a substantial change in circumstances may be subject to 87 
a civil penalty imposed by the commission in accordance with 88 
subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 9-7b if the commission 89 
determines, following a written complaint filed with the commission 90 
pursuant to said section 9-7b, that the registrars' action was without 91 
good cause and constitutes a wilful violation of a prior order of the 92 
commission.  93 
Sec. 4. Section 9-358 of the general statutes is repealed and the 94 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 95 
Any person who, upon oath or affirmation, legally administered, 96 
wilfully and corruptly testifies or affirms, before any registrar of voters, 97 
any moderator of any election, primary or referendum [, any board for 98 
admission of electors] or the State Elections Enforcement Commission, 99 
falsely, to any material fact concerning the identity, age, residence or 100 
other qualifications of any person whose right to be registered or 101 
admitted as an elector or to vote at any election, primary or referendum 102 
is being passed upon and decided, shall be guilty of a class D felony and 103 
shall be disfranchised.  104 
Sec. 5. Section 9-362 of the general statutes is repealed and the 105 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 106 
The decision [of the board for admission of electors or] of the 107  Raised Bill No. 6579 
 
 
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registrars or of a moderator, as to a person's right to be admitted to the 108 
elector's oath, to registration or to cast his vote, shall, in no case, be a bar 109 
to a criminal prosecution for procuring himself to be made an elector or 110 
to be registered or for voting, without the qualifications required by law. 111 
Sec. 6. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 9-35 of the general statutes 112 
are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 113 
from passage): 114 
(a) The registrars, [on the Tuesday of the fifth week] before each 115 
regular election, shall [be in session for the purpose of completing] 116 
complete a correct list of all electors who will be entitled to vote at such 117 
election. Such registry list shall consist of an active registry list and an 118 
inactive registry list. [Such session shall be held during such hours 119 
between nine o'clock a.m. and five o'clock p.m. as the registrars find 120 
necessary to complete the list. Notice of such session shall be given at 121 
least five days before the session by publication in a newspaper having 122 
a circulation in such municipality, if any, and by posting on the signpost 123 
therein, if any, or at some other exterior place near the office of the town 124 
clerk. Such publication shall not be required to be in the form of a legal 125 
advertisement.] 126 
(b) [At such session and on] On any day except on the day of an 127 
election or primary, the registrars shall remove from the list the name of 128 
each elector who has died, who has been disfranchised or who has 129 
confirmed in writing that the elector has moved out of the municipality, 130 
except electors entitled to remain on such list under the provisions of 131 
this chapter. An elector shall be deemed to have confirmed in writing 132 
that the elector has moved out of the municipality if (1) the elector has 133 
submitted a change of address form for purposes of a state motor vehicle 134 
operator's license, unless the elector states on the form that the change 135 
of address is not for voter registration purposes, (2) the elector has 136 
submitted a change of address form to a voter registration agency, as 137 
defined in section 9-23n, and such agency has provided such change of 138 
address to the registrars of voters, or (3) the registrars of voters have 139 
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official indicating that such elector has registered as an elector outside 141 
such municipality.  142 
Sec. 7. Section 9-35a of the general statutes is repealed and the 143 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 144 
Immediately after the [close of the session or immediately after the] 145 
sending of notice of intended removal provided for in section 9-35, as 146 
amended by this act, the registrars of voters shall post at the town hall 147 
or municipal building in the municipality in which they serve, in a place 148 
readily accessible to the public, a list of the names of the electors whose 149 
names were removed from the registry list [at such session] or will be 150 
removed on the date specified in section 9-35, as amended by this act, 151 
together with the address of each such elector as it appeared on the 152 
registry list at the time the name was so removed. Together with such 153 
list, and as a part thereof, such registrars shall also cause to be posted a 154 
statement that complete information as to such removal and as to the 155 
privileges and remedies of those whose names were removed from the 156 
registry list is available from such registrars, specifying when and where 157 
such registrars are available for such purpose and, in the case of 158 
registrars of voters having office hours, specifying such office hours. 159 
Sec. 8. Section 9-39 of the general statutes is repealed and the 160 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 161 
[The] For the purposes of section 9-234, the registrars of voters of each 162 
municipality shall print copies of the final registry list for distribution 163 
[in such municipality and] in all the voting districts located [therein] 164 
within such municipality. The registrars shall, upon request, produce 165 
for any candidate for election the final registry list for each voting 166 
district for which such person is a candidate and shall maintain such list, 167 
either on paper or in electronic format, for a period of two years.  168 
Sec. 9. Section 9-172b of the general statutes is repealed and the 169 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 170 
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election or referendum is to be held, the registrars of voters shall prepare 172 
an updated list of the names and addresses of those persons who 173 
acquired voting privileges after the completion of the revised registry 174 
list and prior to the day of such special election or referendum. In each 175 
such municipality or political subdivision, not later than the day before 176 
such special election or referendum, such registrars of voters shall cause 177 
to be completed [and printed] such list arranged as provided in section 178 
9-35, as amended by this act, and certified by them to be correct, and 179 
shall [retain] print a sufficient number of copies to be used by them at 180 
such special election or referendum for the [purpose of checking the 181 
names of those who vote] purposes of section 9-234, provided the names 182 
of any persons who acquired such voting privileges within thirty days 183 
before such special election or referendum may be inserted in writing 184 
on such printed list. [in writing.] 185 
(b) In the case of a special election or referendum, no person admitted 186 
as an elector on the day of [the] such special election or referendum shall 187 
be entitled to vote in [that] such special election or referendum.  188 
Sec. 10. Subsection (d) of section 9-192a of the general statutes is 189 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 190 
passage): 191 
(d) The advisory committee shall also [(1)] develop a training 192 
program in election procedures for poll workers. [, and (2) develop an 193 
election law and procedures training program and guide for registrars, 194 
deputy registrars and assistant registrars. The training program 195 
developed under subdivision (2) of this subsection shall provide for 196 
training to be conducted by trained registrars or former registrars hired 197 
for such purpose by the Secretary of the State.] The committee shall 198 
submit such training [programs and training guide] program to the 199 
Secretary of the State, who shall approve or modify [the programs and 200 
guide] such program.  201 
Sec. 11. Subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 9-192a of the 202 
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thereof (Effective from passage): 204 
(3) Once certified, pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, each 205 
registrar shall participate each year in not less than eight hours of 206 
training [, not including any training described under subdivision (2) of 207 
subsection (d) of this section,] in order to maintain such certification. 208 
Such training shall be as prescribed by the Secretary of the State and 209 
shall be conducted by said Secretary or a third party approved by said 210 
Secretary to conduct such training. Any registrar who fails to satisfy 211 
such annual training requirement shall be directed by the Secretary of 212 
the State to take remedial measures prescribed by said Secretary.  213 
Sec. 12. Subsection (b) of section 9-249 of the general statutes is 214 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 215 
passage): 216 
(b) The election officials of such voting districts shall attend the 217 
elections training program developed under [subdivision (1) of] 218 
subsection (d) of section 9-192a, as amended by this act, and any other 219 
meeting or meetings as are called for the purpose of receiving such 220 
instructions concerning their duties as are necessary for the proper 221 
conduct of the election. 222 
Sec. 13. Section 9-233 of the general statutes is repealed and the 223 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 224 
Prior to each election, the registrars of voters of each town shall 225 
appoint, for each voting tabulator to be used at such election, at least 226 
one and not more than two electors of [such town as a voting tabulator 227 
tender] the state to be voting tabulator tenders, unless the registrars of 228 
voters have established two shifts for election officials under the 229 
provisions of section 9-258a, in which case the registrars shall appoint at 230 
least one and not more than two such electors to be voting tabulator 231 
tenders, for each voting tabulator, for each shift.  232 
Sec. 14. Section 9-232n of the general statutes is repealed and the 233 
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Immediately after the close of the polls, the moderator shall seal the 235 
provisional ballot depository envelope and deliver such envelope to the 236 
registrars of voters of the town. The registrars of voters shall forthwith 237 
verify the information contained with each provisional ballot. If the 238 
registrars of voters determine that the applicant is eligible to vote, they 239 
shall note their decision on the outer envelope of the ballot and open 240 
and count the provisional ballot in accordance with the provisions of 241 
sections 9-232i to 9-232o, inclusive, and procedures prescribed by the 242 
Secretary of the State. If the registrars of voters are unable to determine 243 
that the applicant is eligible to vote or determine that the applicant is 244 
not eligible to vote, the [applicant’s] applicant's provisional ballot sealed 245 
envelope shall be marked "rejected", along with the reason for such 246 
rejection, and signed by the registrars of voters. The registrars of voters 247 
shall verify and count all provisional ballots in their town not later than 248 
six days after the election or primary. The registrars of voters shall 249 
forthwith prepare and sign in duplicate a report showing the number of 250 
provisional ballots received from electors, the number rejected and the 251 
number counted, and showing the additional votes counted for each 252 
candidate for federal office on the provisional ballots. The registrars of 253 
voters shall file one report with the town clerk and shall seal one in the 254 
depository envelope with the provisional ballots and file such 255 
depository envelope with the town clerk. The depository envelope shall 256 
be preserved by the town clerk for the period of time required to 257 
preserve counted absentee ballots for federal elections. The head 258 
moderator shall forthwith electronically file with the Secretary, and 259 
deliver to the town clerk, a corrected return for federal offices [with the 260 
town clerk and the Secretary] showing (1) the final votes after any 261 
recanvass, pursuant to sections 9-311 to 9-311b, inclusive, as amended 262 
by this act, the votes on provisional ballots and the totals, and (2) the 263 
number of provisional ballots received from electors, the number 264 
rejected and the number counted, as reported by the registrars of voters. 265 
Sec. 15. Subsection (c) of section 9-311 of the general statutes is 266 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 267 
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(c) (1) The votes shall be announced and recorded in the manner 269 
prescribed in section 9-309 on return forms provided by the registrars of 270 
voters and appended thereto shall be a statement signed by the 271 
moderator indicating the time and place of the recanvass and the names, 272 
addresses, titles and party affiliations of the recanvass officials. The 273 
write-in ballots shall be replaced in a properly secured sealed package. 274 
Upon the completion of such recanvass, any tabulator used in such 275 
recanvass shall be locked and sealed, the keys thereof shall immediately 276 
be returned to such registrars of voters and such tabulator shall remain 277 
so locked until the expiration of fourteen days after such election or for 278 
such longer period as is ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction. 279 
The absentee ballots shall be replaced in their wrappers and be resealed 280 
by the moderator in the presence of the recanvass officials. Upon the 281 
completion of such recanvass, such moderator and at least two of the 282 
recanvass officials of different political parties shall forthwith prepare 283 
and sign such return forms which shall contain a written statement 284 
giving the result of such recanvass for each tabulator and each package 285 
of absentee ballots whose returns were so recanvassed, setting forth 286 
whether or not the original canvass was correctly made and stating 287 
whether or not the discrepancy still remains unaccounted for. Such 288 
return forms containing such statement shall forthwith be filed by the 289 
moderator in the office of such clerk. If such recanvass reveals that the 290 
original canvass of returns was not correctly made, such return forms 291 
containing such statement so filed with the clerk shall constitute a 292 
corrected return. In the case of a state election, a recanvass return shall 293 
be made in duplicate on a form prescribed and provided by the 294 
Secretary of the State, and the moderator shall electronically file with 295 
the Secretary, and deliver to the town clerk one copy [with the Secretary 296 
of the State and one copy with the town clerk] each of such recanvass 297 
return not later than ten days after the election. Such recanvass return 298 
shall be substituted for the original return and shall have the same force 299 
and effect as an original return. 300 
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (1) of this 301 
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return required under said subdivision to be filed by the moderator with 303 
the Secretary of the State and the town clerk shall be so filed not later 304 
than twelve days after the election. 305 
Sec. 16. Section 9-314 of the general statutes is repealed and the 306 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 307 
(a) As used in this subsection, "moderator" means the moderator of 308 
each state election in each town not divided into voting districts and the 309 
head moderator in each town divided into voting districts. The 310 
moderator shall make a preliminary list of the votes given for each of 311 
the following officers: Presidential electors, Governor, Lieutenant 312 
Governor, Secretary of the State, Treasurer, Comptroller, Attorney 313 
General, United States senator, representative in Congress, state 314 
senator, judge of probate, state representative and registrars of voters 315 
when said officers are to be chosen, as reported solely by the tabulator, 316 
as provided in section 9-309, in the moderator's town and shall 317 
immediately transmit such preliminary list to the Secretary of the State 318 
by electronic means as prescribed by the Secretary not later than 319 
midnight on election day. Once the preliminary list has been transmitted 320 
to the Secretary, [of the State,] the moderator shall make a duplicate list 321 
of the votes given in the moderator's town for each of the following 322 
officers: Presidential electors, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary 323 
of the State, Treasurer, Comptroller, Attorney General, United States 324 
senator, representative in Congress, state senator, judge of probate, state 325 
representative and registrars of voters when said officers are to be 326 
chosen. Such duplicate list shall indicate the total number of names on 327 
the official check list of such town and the total number of names 328 
checked as having voted. The moderator shall transmit such duplicate 329 
list to the Secretary [of the State] by electronic means as prescribed by 330 
the Secretary [of the State] not later than forty-eight hours after the close 331 
of the polls on election day. The moderator shall also seal and deliver 332 
one of such duplicate lists to the [Secretary of the State] town clerk not 333 
later than the third day after the election. Any such moderator who fails 334 
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duplicate list [to the Secretary of the State] by the time required shall 336 
pay a late filing fee of fifty dollars. [The moderator shall also deliver one 337 
of such duplicate lists to the clerk of such town.] The Secretary of the 338 
State shall enter the returns in tabular form in books kept by the 339 
Secretary for that purpose and present a printed report of the same, with 340 
the name of, and the total number of votes received by, each of the 341 
candidates for said offices, to the General Assembly at its next session. 342 
(b) As used in this subsection, "moderator" means the moderator of 343 
each municipal election in each town not divided into voting districts, 344 
and the head moderator in each town divided into voting districts. The 345 
moderator shall make a preliminary list of the votes given for each 346 
municipal office elected at such municipal election, as reported solely 347 
by the tabulator, as provided in section 9-309, in the moderator's town 348 
and shall immediately transmit such preliminary list to the Secretary of 349 
the State by electronic means as prescribed by the Secretary not later 350 
than midnight on election day. Once the preliminary list has been 351 
transmitted to the Secretary, [of the State,] the moderator shall make a 352 
duplicate list of the votes given in the moderator's town for each 353 
municipal office elected at such municipal election. Such duplicate list 354 
shall indicate the total number of names on the official check list of such 355 
town and the total number of names checked as having voted and shall 356 
be on a form prescribed by the Secretary. [of the State.] The moderator 357 
shall transmit such duplicate list to the Secretary [of the State] by 358 
electronic means as prescribed by the Secretary [of the State] not later 359 
than forty-eight hours after the close of the polls on election day. The 360 
moderator shall also seal and deliver one of such duplicate lists to the 361 
[Secretary of the State] town clerk not later than the third day after the 362 
election. Any such moderator who fails to so transmit [or] to the 363 
Secretary, and deliver to the town clerk, such duplicate list [to the 364 
Secretary of the State] by the time required shall pay a late filing fee of 365 
fifty dollars. [The moderator shall also deliver one of such duplicate lists 366 
to the clerk of such town.] 367 
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section, for the state election in 2020, (1) the duplicate list required under 369 
said subsections to be transmitted by electronic means to the Secretary 370 
by such moderator shall be so transmitted not later than ninety-six 371 
hours after the close of the polls on election day, and (2) the duplicate 372 
list required under said subsections to be sealed and delivered to the 373 
Secretary shall be so delivered not later than the fifth day after the 374 
election. 375 
Sec. 17. Subsection (a) of section 9-322a of the general statutes is 376 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 377 
passage): 378 
(a) (1) Not later than forty-eight hours following each regular 379 
election, the registrars of voters shall provide the results of the votes cast 380 
at such election to the town clerk. Not later than nine o'clock a.m. on the 381 
third day following each regular election, the head moderator, registrars 382 
of voters and town clerk for each town divided into voting districts shall 383 
meet to identify any error in the returns. Not later than one o'clock p.m. 384 
on the third day following each regular election, the head moderator 385 
shall (1) correct any error identified, [and] (2) electronically file an 386 
amended return with the Secretary of the State, and (3) deliver to the 387 
town clerk and the registrars of voters each a duplicate of such amended 388 
return. 389 
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (1) of this 390 
subsection, for the state election in 2020, (A) the results of the votes cast 391 
at the election required under said subdivision to be provided to the 392 
town clerk by the registrars of voters shall be so provided not later than 393 
ninety-six hours following the election, (B) the meeting to identify any 394 
error in the returns required under said subdivision among the head 395 
moderator, registrars of voters and town clerk for each town divided 396 
into voting districts shall occur not later than nine o'clock a.m. on the 397 
fifth day following the election, and (C) any identified error required 398 
under said subdivision to be corrected, and any amended return 399 
required under said subdivision to be filed with the Secretary of the 400 
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shall be so corrected or filed, as applicable, not later than one o'clock 402 
p.m. on the fifth day following the election. 403 
Sec. 18. Subsection (b) of section 9-1 and sections 9-15a and 9-192b of 404 
the general statutes are repealed. (Effective from passage) 405 
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following 
sections: 
 
Section 1 from passage 9-16 
Sec. 2 from passage 9-17a 
Sec. 3 from passage 9-31l 
Sec. 4 from passage 9-358 
Sec. 5 from passage 9-362 
Sec. 6 from passage 9-35(a) and (b) 
Sec. 7 from passage 9-35a 
Sec. 8 from passage 9-39 
Sec. 9 from passage 9-172b 
Sec. 10 from passage 9-192a(d) 
Sec. 11 from passage 9-192a(a)(3) 
Sec. 12 from passage 9-249(b) 
Sec. 13 from passage 9-233 
Sec. 14 from passage 9-232n 
Sec. 15 from passage 9-311(c) 
Sec. 16 from passage 9-314 
Sec. 17 from passage 9-322a(a) 
Sec. 18 from passage Repealer section 
 
GAE Joint Favorable