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7	6		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5458
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12		-	Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT
13		-	~~ADMINISTRATION~~ AND ELECTIONS
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21	21		AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO THE FREEDOM OF
22	22		INFORMATION ACT RECOMMENDED BY THE FREEDOM OF
23	23		INFORMATION COMMISSION.
24	24		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
25	25		Assembly convened:
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27	27		Section 1. Section 1-200 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 1
28	28		is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 2
29	29		October 1, 2022): 3
30	30		As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases have the 4
31	31		following meanings, except where such terms are used in a context 5
32	32		which clearly indicates the contrary: 6
33	33		(1) "Public agency" or "agency" means: 7
34	34		(A) Any executive, administrative or legislative office of the state or 8
35	35		any political subdivision of the state and any state or town agency, any 9
36	36		department, institution, bureau, board, commission, authority or official 10
37	37		of the state or of any city, town, borough, municipal corporation, school 11
38	38		district, regional district or other district or other political subdivision of 12 Raised Bill No. 5458
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45	44		the state, including any committee of, or created by, any such office, 13
46	45		subdivision, agency, department, institution, bureau, board, 14
47	46		commission, authority or official, and also includes any judicial office, 15
48	47		official, or body or committee thereof but only with respect to its or their 16
49	48		administrative functions, and for purposes of this subparagraph, 17
50	49		"judicial office" includes, but is not limited to, the Division of Public 18
51	50		Defender Services; 19
52	51		(B) Any person to the extent such person is deemed to be the 20
53	52		functional equivalent of a public agency pursuant to law; or 21
54	53		(C) Any "implementing agency", as defined in section 32-222. 22
55	54		(2) "Meeting" means any hearing or other proceeding of a public 23
56	55		agency, any convening or assembly of a quorum of a multimember 24
57	56		public agency, and any communication by or to a quorum of a 25
58	57		multimember public agency, whether in person or by means of 26
59	58		electronic equipment, to discuss or act upon a matter over which the 27
60	59		public agency has supervision, control, jurisdiction or advisory power. 28
61	60		"Meeting" does not include: Any meeting of a personnel search 29
62	61		committee for executive level employment candidates; any chance 30
63	62		meeting, or a social meeting neither planned nor intended for the 31
64	63		purpose of discussing matters relating to official business; strategy or 32
65	64		negotiations with respect to collective bargaining; a caucus of members 33
66	65		of a single political party notwithstanding that such members also 34
67	66		constitute a quorum of a public agency; an administrative or staff 35
68	67		meeting of a single-member public agency; and communication limited 36
69	68		to notice of meetings of any public agency or the agendas thereof. A 37
70	69		quorum of the members of a public agency who are present at any event 38
71	70		which has been noticed and conducted as a meeting of another public 39
72	71		agency under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act shall not 40
73	72		be deemed to be holding a meeting of the public agency of which they 41
74	73		are members as a result of their presence at such event. 42
75	74		(3) "Caucus" means (A) a convening or assembly of the enrolled 43
76	75		members of a single political party who are members of a public agency 44 Raised Bill No. 5458
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83	81		within the state or a political subdivision, or (B) the members of a 45
84	82		multimember public agency, which members constitute a majority of 46
85	83		the membership of the agency, or the other members of the agency who 47
86	84		constitute a minority of the membership of the agency, who register 48
87	85		their intention to be considered a majority caucus or minority caucus, as 49
88	86		the case may be, for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act, 50
89	87		provided (i) the registration is made with the office of the Secretary of 51
90	88		the State for any such public agency of the state, in the office of the clerk 52
91	89		of a political subdivision of the state for any public agency of a political 53
92	90		subdivision of the state, or in the office of the clerk of each municipal 54
93	91		member of any multitown district or agency, (ii) no member is 55
94	92		registered in more than one caucus at any one time, (iii) no such 56
95	93		member's registration is rescinded during the member's remaining term 57
96	94		of office, and (iv) a member may remain a registered member of the 58
97	95		majority caucus or minority caucus regardless of whether the member 59
98	96		changes his or her party affiliation under chapter 143. 60
99	97		(4) "Person" means a natural person, partnership, corporation, limited 61
100	98		liability company, association or society. 62
101	99		(5) "Public records or files" means any recorded data or information 63
102	100		relating to the conduct of the public's business prepared, owned, used, 64
103	101		received or retained by a public agency, or to which a public agency is 65
104	102		entitled to receive a copy by law or contract under section 1-218, as 66
105	103		amended by this act, whether such data or information be handwritten, 67
106	104		typed, tape-recorded, videotaped, printed, photostated, photographed 68
107	105		or recorded by any other method. 69
108	106		(6) "Executive sessions" means a meeting of a public agency at which 70
109	107		the public is excluded for one or more of the following purposes: (A) 71
110	108		Discussion concerning the appointment, employment, performance, 72
111	109		evaluation, health or dismissal of a public officer or employee, provided 73
112	110		that such individual may require that discussion be held at an open 74
113	111		meeting; (B) strategy and negotiations with respect to pending claims or 75
114	112		pending litigation to which the public agency or a member thereof, 76
115	113		because of the member's conduct as a member of such agency, is a party 77 Raised Bill No. 5458
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122	119		until such litigation or claim has been finally adjudicated or otherwise 78
123	120		settled; (C) matters concerning security strategy or the deployment of 79
124	121		security personnel, or devices affecting public security; (D) discussion 80
125	122		of the selection of a site or the lease, sale or purchase of real estate by the 81
126	123		state or a political subdivision of the state when publicity regarding such 82
127	124		site, lease, sale, purchase or construction would adversely impact the 83
128	125		price of such site, lease, sale, purchase or construction until such time as 84
129	126		all of the property has been acquired or all proceedings or transactions 85
130	127		concerning same have been terminated or abandoned; and (E) 86
131	128		discussion of any matter which would result in the disclosure of public 87
132	129		records or the information contained therein described in subsection (b) 88
133	130		of section 1-210, as amended by this act. 89
134	131		(7) "Personnel search committee" means a body appointed by a public 90
135	132		agency, whose sole purpose is to recommend to the appointing agency 91
136	133		a candidate or candidates for an executive-level employment position. 92
137	134		Members of a "personnel search committee" shall not be considered in 93
138	135		determining whether there is a quorum of the appointing or any other 94
139	136		public agency. 95
140	137		(8) "Pending claim" means a written notice to an agency which sets 96
141	138		forth a demand for legal relief or which asserts a legal right stating the 97
142	139		intention to institute an action in an appropriate forum if such relief or 98
143	140		right is not granted. 99
144	141		(9) "Pending litigation" means (A) a written notice to an agency which 100
145	142		sets forth a demand for legal relief or which asserts a legal right stating 101
146	143		the intention to institute an action before a court if such relief or right is 102
147	144		not granted by the agency; (B) the service of a complaint against an 103
148	145		agency returnable to a court which seeks to enforce or implement legal 104
149	146		relief or a legal right; or (C) the agency's consideration of action to 105
150	147		enforce or implement legal relief or a legal right. 106
151	148		(10) "Freedom of Information Act" means this chapter. 107
152		-	[(11) "Governmental function" means the administration or 108 Raised Bill No. 5458
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160	156		authorized by law to be administered or managed by a person, where 110
161	157		(A) the person receives funding from the public agency for 111
162	158		administering or managing the program, (B) the public agency is 112
163	159		involved in or regulates to a significant extent such person's 113
164	160		administration or management of the program, whether or not such 114
165	161		involvement or regulation is direct, pervasive, continuous or day-to-115
166	162		day, and (C) the person participates in the formulation of governmental 116
167	163		policies or decisions in connection with the administration or 117
168	164		management of the program and such policies or decisions bind the 118
169	165		public agency. "Governmental function" shall not include the mere 119
170	166		provision of goods or services to a public agency without the delegated 120
171	167		responsibility to administer or manage a program of a public agency.] 121
172	168		[(12)] (11) "Electronic equipment" means any technology that 122
173	169		facilitates real-time public access to meetings, including, but not limited 123
174	170		to, telephonic, video or other conferencing platforms. 124
175	171		[(13)] (12) "Electronic transmission" means any form or process of 125
176	172		communication not directly involving the physical transfer of paper or 126
177	173		another tangible medium, which (A) is capable of being retained, 127
178	174		retrieved and reproduced by the recipient, and (B) is retrievable in paper 128
179	175		form by the recipient. 129
180	176		Sec. 2. Section 1-218 of the general statutes is repealed and the 130
181	177		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2022): 131
182	178		(a) For purposes of this section, "governmental function" means the 132
183	179		administration or management of a program of a public agency, which 133
184	180		program has been authorized by law to be administered or managed by 134
185	181		a person, where (1) the person receives funding from the public agency 135
186	182		for administering or managing the program, (2) the public agency is 136
187	183		involved in or regulates to a significant extent such person's 137
188	184		administration or management of the program, whether or not such 138
189	185		involvement or regulation is direct, pervasive, continuous or day-to-139
190		-	day, and (3) the person participates in the formulation of governmental 140 Raised Bill No. 5458
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198	193		management of the program and such policies or decisions bind the 142
199	194		public agency. "Governmental function" does not include the mere 143
200	195		provision of goods or services to a public agency without the delegated 144
201	196		responsibility to administer or manage a program of a public agency. 145
202	197		(b) Each contract in excess of two million five hundred thousand 146
203	198		dollars between a public agency and a person for the performance of a 147
204	199		governmental function shall (1) provide that the public agency is 148
205	200		entitled to receive a copy of records and files related to the performance 149
206	201		of the governmental function, and (2) indicate that such records and files 150
207	202		are subject to the Freedom of Information Act and may be disclosed by 151
208	203		the public agency pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. No 152
209	204		request to inspect or copy such records or files shall be valid unless the 153
210	205		request is made to the public agency in accordance with the Freedom of 154
211	206		Information Act. Any complaint by a person who is denied the right to 155
212	207		inspect or copy such records or files shall be brought to the Freedom of 156
213	208		Information Commission in accordance with the provisions of sections 157
214	209		1-205, as amended by this act, and 1-206. 158
215	210		Sec. 3. Subsection (b) of section 1-211 of the general statutes is 159
216	211		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 160
217	212		1, 2022): 161
218	213		(b) Except as otherwise provided by state statute, no public agency 162
219	214		shall enter into a contract with, or otherwise obligate itself to, any person 163
220	215		if such contract or obligation impairs the right of the public under the 164
221	216		Freedom of Information Act to inspect or copy the agency's nonexempt 165
222	217		public records existing on-line in, or stored on a device or medium used 166
223	218		in connection with, a computer system owned, leased or otherwise used 167
224	219		by the agency. [in the course of its governmental functions.] 168
225	220		Sec. 4. Subsection (e) of section 1-205 of the general statutes is 169
226	221		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 170
227		-	1, 2022): 171 Raised Bill No. 5458
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	223	+	(e) The Freedom of Information Commission shall conduct training 172
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234		-	~~(e) The Freedom~~ of ~~Information Commission shall conduct training 172~~
235		-	~~sessions, at least annually, for members of public agencies for the 173~~
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236	230		purpose of educating such members as to the requirements of this 174
237	231		section and sections [1-7 to 1-14, inclusive, 1-16 to 1-18, inclusive,] 1-200 175
238	232		to 1-202, inclusive, [1-205,] as amended by this act, 1-206, 1-210 to [1-217] 176
239	233		1-219, inclusive, as amended by this act, 1-225 to 1-232, inclusive, as 177
240	234		amended by this act, 1-240 [, 1-241] and [19a-342] 1-242. 178
241	235		Sec. 5. Subdivision (17) of subsection (b) of section 1-210 of the 2022 179
242	236		supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is 180
243	237		substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2022): 181
244	238		(17) [Educational] Education records which are not subject to 182
245	239		disclosure under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 183
246	240		USC 1232g; 184
247	241		Sec. 6. Subsection (g) of section 1-212 of the general statutes is 185
248	242		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 186
249	243		1, 2022): 187
250	244		(g) Any individual may copy a public record through the use of a 188
251	245		hand-held scanner. A public agency may establish a fee structure not to 189
252	246		exceed twenty dollars for an individual to pay each time the individual 190
253	247		copies records at the agency with a hand-held scanner. As used in this 191
254	248		section, "hand-held scanner" means a battery operated electronic 192
255	249		scanning device the use of which (1) leaves no mark or impression on 193
256	250		the public record, and (2) does not unreasonably interfere with the 194
257	251		operation of the public agency. "Hand-held scanner" includes, but is not 195
258	252		limited to, a mobile telephone or camera. 196
259	253		Sec. 7. Subsection (d) of section 1-225 of the general statutes is 197
260	254		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 198
261	255		1, 2022): 199
262	256		(d) Notice of each special meeting of every public agency, except for 200
263	257		the General Assembly, either house thereof or any committee thereof, 201
264		-	shall be posted not less than twenty-four hours before the meeting to 202 Raised Bill No. 5458
	258	+	shall be posted not less than twenty-four hours before the meeting to 202
	259	+	which such notice refers on the public agency's Internet web site, if 203
	260	+	available, and given not less than twenty-four hours prior to the time of 204 Raised Bill No. 5458
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271		-	~~which such notice refers on the public agency's Internet web site, if 203~~
272		-	~~available, and given not less than twenty-four hours prior to the time of 204~~
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273	266		such meeting by filing a notice of the time and place thereof in the office 205
274	267		of the Secretary of the State for any such public agency of the state, in 206
275	268		the office of the clerk of such subdivision for any public agency of a 207
276	269		political subdivision of the state and in the office of the clerk of each 208
277	270		municipal member for any multitown district or agency. The secretary 209
278	271		or clerk shall cause any notice received under this section to be posted 210
279	272		in [his] the secretary's or clerk's office. Such notice shall be given not less 211
280	273		than twenty-four hours prior to the time of the special meeting; 212
281	274		provided, in case of emergency, except for the General Assembly, either 213
282	275		house thereof or any committee thereof, any such special meeting may 214
283	276		be held without complying with the foregoing requirement for the filing 215
284	277		of notice but a copy of the minutes of every such emergency special 216
285	278		meeting adequately setting forth the nature of the emergency and the 217
286	279		proceedings occurring at such meeting shall be filed with the Secretary 218
287	280		of the State, the clerk of such political subdivision, or the clerk of each 219
288	281		municipal member of such multitown district or agency, as the case may 220
289	282		be, not later than seventy-two hours following the holding of such 221
290	283		meeting. The notice shall specify the time and place of the special 222
291	284		meeting and the business to be transacted. No other business shall be 223
292	285		considered at such meetings by such public agency. In addition, such 224
293	286		written notice shall be delivered by electronic transmission or by mail 225
294	287		to the usual place of abode of each member of the public agency so that 226
295	288		the same is received prior to such special meeting. The requirement of 227
296	289		delivery of such written notice may be dispensed with as to any member 228
297	290		who at or prior to the time the meeting convenes files with the clerk or 229
298	291		secretary of the public agency a written waiver of delivery of such 230
299	292		notice. Such waiver may be given by [telegram] electronic transmission 231
300	293		or by mail. The requirement of delivery of such written notice may also 232
301	294		be dispensed with as to any member who is actually present at the 233
302	295		meeting at the time it convenes. Nothing in this section shall be 234
303	296		construed to prohibit any agency from adopting more stringent notice 235
304		-	requirements. 236 Raised Bill No. 5458
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	298	+	Sec. 8. Subdivision (1) of section 4d-30 of the general statutes is 237
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311		-	~~Sec~~. ~~8. Subdivision (1)~~ of ~~section 4d-30 of the general statutes is 237~~
312		-	~~repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 238~~
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313	305		1, 2022): 239
314	306		(1) "Contract" means a contract for state agency information system 240
315	307		or telecommunication system facilities, equipment or services, which is 241
316	308		awarded pursuant to this chapter, [or subsection (e) of section 1-205,] 242
317	309		subsection (c) of section 1-211, [subsection (b) of section 1-212, section 4-243
318	310		5,] subsection (a) of section 10a-151b, or subsection (a) of section 19a-244
319	311		110. 245
320	312		Sec. 9. Section 4d-47 of the general statutes is repealed and the 246
321	313		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2022): 247
322	314		With respect to any state employee whose position is eliminated or 248
323	315		who is laid off as a result of any contract or amendment to a contract 249
324	316		which is subject to the provisions of this chapter and [subsection (e) of 250
325	317		section 1-205,] subsection (c) of section 1-211, [subsection (b) of section 251
326	318		1-212, section 4-5,] section 4a-50, 4a-51, subsection (b) of section 4a-57, 252
327	319		subsection (a) of section 10a-151b, or subsection (a) of section 19a-110, 253
328	320		or any subcontract for work under such contract or amendment, (1) the 254
329	321		contractor shall hire the employee, upon application by the employee, 255
330	322		unless the employee is hired by a subcontractor of the contractor, or (2) 256
331	323		the employee may transfer to any vacant position in state service for 257
332	324		which such employee is qualified, to the extent allowed under the 258
333	325		provisions of existing collectively bargained agreements and the general 259
334	326		statutes. If the contractor or any such subcontractor hires any such state 260
335	327		employee and does not provide the employee with fringe benefits which 261
336	328		are equivalent to, or greater than, the fringe benefits that the employee 262
337	329		would have received in state service, the state shall, for two years after 263
338	330		the employee terminates from state service, provide to the employee 264
339	331		either (A) the same benefits that such employee received from the state, 265
340	332		or (B) compensation in an amount which represents the difference in the 266
341	333		value of the fringe benefits that such employee received when in state 267
342	334		service and the fringe benefits that such employee receives from the 268
343		-	contractor or subcontractor. 269 Raised Bill No. 5458
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351	342		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2022): 271
352	343		No contract or subcontract for state agency information system or 272
353	344		telecommunication system facilities, equipment or services may be 273
354	345		awarded to any business entity or individual pursuant to this chapter, 274
355	346		[or subsection (e) of section 1-205,] subsection (c) of section 1-211, 275
356	347		[subsection (b) of section 1-212, section 4-5,] subsection (a) of section 10a-276
357	348		151b, or subsection (a) of section 19a-110 if such business entity or 277
358	349		individual previously had a contract with the state or a state agency to 278
359	350		provide information system or telecommunication system facilities, 279
360	351		equipment or services and such prior contract was finally terminated by 280
361	352		the state or a state agency within the previous five years for the reason 281
362	353		that such business entity or individual failed to perform or otherwise 282
363	354		breached a material obligation of the contract related to information 283
364	355		system or telecommunication system facilities, equipment or services. If 284
365	356		the termination of any such previous contract is contested in an 285
366	357		arbitration or judicial proceeding, the termination shall not be final until 286
367	358		the conclusion of such arbitration or judicial proceeding. If the fact-287
368	359		finder determines, or a settlement stipulates, that the contractor failed 288
369	360		to perform or otherwise breached a material obligation of the contract 289
370	361		related to information system or telecommunication system facilities, 290
371	362		equipment or services, any award of a contract pursuant to said chapter 291
372	363		or sections during the pendency of such arbitration or proceeding shall 292
373	364		be rescinded and the bar provided in this section shall apply to such 293
374	365		business entity or individual. 294
375	366		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
376	367		sections:
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378	369		Section 1 October 1, 2022 1-200
379	370		Sec. 2 October 1, 2022 1-218
380	371		Sec. 3 October 1, 2022 1-211(b)
381	372		Sec. 4 October 1, 2022 1-205(e)
382	373		Sec. 5 October 1, 2022 1-210(b)(17)
383		-	Sec. 6 October 1, 2022 1-212(g) Raised Bill No. 5458
	374	+	Sec. 6 October 1, 2022 1-212(g)
	375	+	Sec. 7 October 1, 2022 1-225(d)
	376	+	Sec. 8 October 1, 2022 4d-30(1) Raised Bill No. 5458
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390		-	~~Sec~~. ~~7 October 1,~~ ~~2022 1-225(d)~~
391		-	~~Sec. 8 October 1, 2022 4d-30(1)~~
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392	382		Sec. 9 October 1, 2022 4d-47
393	383		Sec. 10 October 1, 2022 4d-48
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395		-	GAE Joint Favorable
	385	+	Statement of Purpose:
	386	+	To revise the Freedom of Information Act as recommended by the
	387	+	Freedom of Information Commission to modify the application of the
	388	+	definition of governmental function, revise commission training
	389	+	requirements, amend the education records exemption, modify the
	390	+	definition of hand-held scanner and permit electronic transmission of
	391	+	special meeting notices.
	392	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	393	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	394	+	underlined.]
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