2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 7-294b. Members of council. Holding of other office.
Sec. 7-294b. Members of council. Holding of other office. (a) There shall be a
Police Officer Standards and Training Council which shall be within the Division of
State Police of the Department of Public Safety for administrative purposes only and
which shall consist of the following members appointed by the Governor: (1) A chief
administrative officer of a town or city in Connecticut; (2) the chief elected official or
chief executive officer of a town or city in Connecticut with a population under twelve
thousand which does not have an organized police department; (3) a member of the
faculty of The University of Connecticut; (4) eight members of the Connecticut Police
Chiefs Association who are holding office or employed as chief of police or the highest
ranking professional police officer of an organized police department of a municipality
within the state; (5) the Chief State's Attorney; (6) a member of the Connecticut Coalition
of Police and Corrections Officers; and (7) five public members. The Commissioner
of Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent-in-charge in
Connecticut or their designees shall be voting ex-officio members of the council. Any
nonpublic member of the council shall immediately upon the termination of his holding
the office or employment which qualified him for appointment cease to be a member
of the council. A member appointed to fill a vacancy shall be appointed for the unexpired
term of the member whom he is to succeed in the same manner as the original appointment. The Governor shall appoint a chairperson and the council shall appoint a vice-chairperson and a secretary from among the members. The members of the council shall
serve without compensation but shall be entitled to actual expenses involved in the
performance of their duties.
(February, 1965, P.A. 575, S. 2, 4; P.A. 77-290; 77-614, S. 487, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 9, 136; P.A. 79-560, S. 34, 39; P.A. 82-357, S. 2, 8; P.A. 87-477, S. 3; P.A. 89-376, S. 2; P.A. 93-43; P.A. 95-108, S. 3; P.A. 97-5.)
History: P.A. 77-290 added to provision concerning appointment the phrase calling for service until successors are appointed in Subsec. (a); P.A. 77-614 placed council within the department of public safety for administrative purposes, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 substituted commissioner of public safety for commissioner of state police to fulfill requirements of P.A. 77-614, S. 486; P.A. 79-560 added requirement that there be five public members; P.A. 82-357 put the council within the division of state police for administrative purposes only and made provisions for the appointment of a chairperson, vice-chairperson and secretary; P.A. 87-477 added chief state's attorney as member of council; P.A. 89-376 amended Subsec. (a) to permit public safety commissioner and FBI special agent-in-charge to have designees and to be voting ex-officio members of council; P.A. 93-43 amended Subsec. (a) to insert new Subdiv. (3) extending membership to chief elected official or chief executive officer of a town with a population under twelve thousand which does not have an organized police department; P.A. 95-108 amended Subsec. (a) to rename Municipal Police Training Council as Police Officer Standards and Training Council; P.A. 97-5 amended Subsec. (a) to insert new Subdiv. (6) extending membership on council to a member of the Connecticut Coalition of Police and Corrections Officers, and renumbered the remaining Subdiv. accordingly.
See title 2c re termination under "Sunset Law".
See Sec. 4-38f for definition of "administrative purposes only".
Cited. 13 CA 124, 128.
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