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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 1059
January Session, 2023
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE
OPERATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force 1
to study the operations of the Department of Consumer Protection. 2
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 3
(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; 4
(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; 5
(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 6
Representatives; 7
(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 8
(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 9
Representatives; 10
(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; and 11
(7) The Commissioner of C onsumer Protection, or the 12
commissioner's designee. 13
(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), 14 Substitute Bill No. 1059
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(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member 15
of the General Assembly. 16
(d) All initial appointments to the task force shall be made not later 17
than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy 18
shall be filled by the appointing authority. 19
(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president 20
pro tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force 21
from among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall 22
schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not 23
later than sixty days after the effective date of this section. 24
(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 25
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to consumer 26
protection shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 27
(g) Not later than January 1, 2024, the task force shall submit a 28
report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing 29
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 30
relating to consumer protection, in accordance with the provisions of 31
section 11-4a of the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on 32
the date that it submits such report or January 1, 2024, whichever is 33
later. 34
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
GL Joint Favorable Subst.