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2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 17b-886. (Formerly Sec. 17-636). Agency board.
Sec. 17b-886. (Formerly Sec. 17-636). Agency board. (a) Each community action agency shall administer its program through a community action board which shall
consist of not more than fifty-one and not less than fifteen members and shall be so
constituted that:
(2) At least one-third of the members of the board are persons chosen in accordance with democratic selection procedures adequate to assure that they are representative of the poor in the area served; and
(3) The remainder of the members of the board are officials or members of business, industry, labor, religious, welfare, education or other major groups and interests in the community.
(b) Each member of the board selected to represent a specific geographic area within a community shall reside in the area he represents.
(P.A. 82-84, S. 2, 12; P.A. 83-20, S. 2, 6; P.A. 00-158, S. 1, 3.)
History: P.A. 83-20 amended Subsec. (a) by changing from eighteen to fifteen the minimum number of members for the board; Sec. 17-461 transferred to Sec. 17-636 in 1991; Sec. 17-636 transferred to Sec. 17b-886 in 1995; P.A. 00-158 deleted provision in Subsec. (b) that had limited terms for certain board members, effective May 26, 2000.
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