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2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 17b-615. (Formerly Sec. 17-627). Independent Living Advisory Council.
Sec. 17b-615. (Formerly Sec. 17-627). Independent Living Advisory Council.
(a) The Governor shall appoint a state-wide Independent Living Council, in accordance
with Title VII of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 USC 701 et seq., as amended from
time to time.
(c) Council members who are consumers shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as council members.
(P.A. 87-563, S. 3, 5; P.A. 89-144, S. 3; 89-354, S. 3, 21; P.A. 90-325, S. 12, 32; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 95-355, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 89-144 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting the office of protection and advocacy for persons with disabilities for the office of protection and advocacy for handicapped and developmentally disabled persons; P.A. 89-354 changed responsibility of section from the director of division of rehabilitation services to the commissioner of human resources, effective July 1, 1990; P.A. 90-325 changed the effective date of P.A. 89-354 from July 1, 1990, to sixty days after the determination by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services of the United States Department of Education that (1) the department of human resources meets all applicable federal statutory and regulatory requirements to be designated as the sole state agency to administer the state plan for vocational rehabilitation services and (2) the proposed bureau of rehabilitation services within the department of human resources meets all applicable federal statutory and regulatory requirements as a vocational rehabilitation organizational unit, i.e. July 1, 1991; Sec. 10-4k transferred to Sec. 17-627 in 1993 and reference to Sec. 10-4i changed to 17-625 to reflect its transfer; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-627 transferred to Sec. 17b-615 in 1995; P.A. 95-355 replaced the Independent Living Advisory Council with a state-wide Independent Living Council to be appointed by the Governor in accordance with Title VII of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 USC 701 et seq., as amended from time to time.
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