2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 4-168b. Regulation-making record.

      Sec. 4-168b. Regulation-making record. (a) Each agency shall maintain an official regulation-making record for the period required by law for each regulation it proposes in accordance with the provisions of section 4-168. The regulation-making record and materials incorporated by reference in the record shall be available for public inspection and copying.

      (b) The agency regulation-making record shall contain: (1) Copies of all publications in the Connecticut Law Journal with respect to the regulation or the proceeding upon which the regulation is based; (2) a copy of any written analysis prepared for the proceeding upon which the regulation is based; (3) all written petitions, requests, submissions, and comments received by the agency and considered by the agency in connection with the formulation, proposal or adoption of the regulation or the proceeding upon which the regulation is based; (4) the official transcript, if any, of proceedings upon which the regulation is based or, if not transcribed, any tape recording or stenographic record of such proceedings, and any memoranda prepared by any member or employee of the agency summarizing the contents of the proceedings; (5) a copy of all official documents relating to the regulation, including the regulation filed in the office of the Secretary of the State, a statement of the principal considerations in opposition to the agency's action, and the agency's reasons for rejecting such considerations, as required pursuant to section 4-168 and the fiscal note prepared pursuant to subsection (a) of said section 4-168 and section 4-170; (6) a copy of any petition for the regulation filed pursuant to section 4-174; and (7) copies of all comments or communications between the agency and the legislative regulation review committee.

      (c) The agency regulation-making record need not constitute the exclusive basis for agency action on that regulation or for judicial review thereof.

      (P.A. 88-317, S. 8, 107.)

      History: P.A. 88-317 effective July 1, 1989, and applicable to all agency proceedings commenced on or after that date.

      Cited. 239 C. 32.