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      Sec. 54-240l. Secretary of the State as agent for program participant. Service on program participant. (a) The Secretary of the State shall be a program participant's agent upon whom any summons, writ, notice, demand or process in any action, proceeding or other matter involving the program participant shall be served.

      (b) A program participant may be served by any proper officer or other person lawfully empowered to make service by leaving two true and attested copies of such summons, writ, notice, demand or process, together with the required fee, at the office of the Secretary of the State or depositing the same in the United States mail, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the Secretary of the State's office and marked "Address Confidentiality Program". The Secretary of the State shall file one copy of the summons, writ, notice, demand or process and keep a record of the date and hour of receipt. The Secretary of the State shall, not later than two business days after such service, forward by registered or certified mail the copy of such summons, writ, notice, demand or process to the program participant at the confidential address shown on the records of the Secretary of the State.

      (c) Service is effective pursuant to this section as of the date and hour received by the Secretary of the State as shown on the records of the Secretary of the State.

      (P.A. 03-200, S. 13.)

      History: P.A. 03-200 effective January 1, 2004.