2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 4-9a. Appointment of chairpersons and executive directors of boards and commissions. Public members; proportion; definitions; exception. Members; terms.

      Sec. 4-9a. Appointment of chairpersons and executive directors of boards and commissions. Public members; proportion; definitions; exception. Members; terms. (a) The Governor shall appoint the chairperson and executive director, if any, of all boards and commissions within the Executive Department, except the Board of Governors of Higher Education, provided the Governor shall appoint the initial chairman of said board as provided in section 10a-2, the State Properties Review Board, the State Elections Enforcement Commission, the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, the State Ethics Commission, the Commission on Aging and the Commission on Fire Prevention and Control.

      (b) Public members shall constitute not less than one-third of the members of each board and commission within the Executive Department, except the Gaming Policy Board and the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities. Public member means an elector of the state who has no substantial financial interest in, is not employed in or by, and is not professionally affiliated with, any industry, profession, occupation, trade or institution regulated or licensed by the relevant board or commission, and who has had no professional affiliation with any such industry, profession, occupation, trade or institution for three years preceding his appointment to the board or commission. Except as otherwise specifically provided by the general statutes, this section shall not apply to the Commission on Fire Prevention and Control, boards and commissions the membership of which is entirely composed of state department heads, elected officials or deputies appointed by such department heads or where the membership of such board or commission is determined in accordance with the provisions of any federal law.

      (c) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the term of each member of each board and commission within the executive branch, except the State Board of Education, the Board of Governors of Higher Education, the Gaming Policy Board, the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, the State Elections Enforcement Commission, the State Properties Review Board, the State Ethics Commission, the Commission on Medicolegal Investigations, the Psychiatric Security Review Board, the Commission on Fire Prevention and Control, the E 9-1-1 Commission, the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, the Commission on Aging, the board of trustees of each constituent unit of the state system of higher education and the Board of Pardons and Paroles, commencing on or after July 1, 1979, shall be coterminous with the term of the Governor or until a successor is chosen whichever is later.

      (d) Each member of each board and commission within the executive branch shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority except where otherwise specifically provided by any provision of the general statutes.

      (P.A. 77-614, S. 13, 587, 610; P.A. 79-404, S. 2, 45; 79-493, S. 8, 9; 79-560, S. 36, 39; P.A. 81-473, S. 2, 43; P.A. 82-218, S. 34, 46; P.A. 84-241, S. 2, 5; 84-416, S. 14, 15; 84-511, S. 1, 15; 84-546, S. 8, 173; P.A. 85-300, S. 2, 3; 85-506, S. 26, 32; P.A. 86-403, S. 7, 132; P.A. 93-219, S. 4, 14; 93-262, S. 27, 87; 93-435, S. 56, 95; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 3, 130; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 210(e); P.A. 04-20, S. 3; 04-205, S. 5; 04-234, S. 2; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 30.)

      History: P.A. 79-404 deleted references to commission on special revenue in Subsecs. (a) and (c) and substituted gaming policy board for commission in Subsecs. (b) and (d); P.A. 79-493 included state ethics commission in Subsecs. (a), (c) and (d); P.A. 79-560 included state elections commission in Subsecs. (a), (c) and (d); P.A. 81-473 exempted the commission on medicolegal investigations from the general requirement that terms of members of boards and commissions be coterminous with that of the governor in Subsec. (d); P.A. 82-218 amended section to replace board of higher education with board of governors, to provide for appointment of initial chairman to board of governors by the governor and to establish staggered terms of office for the board of governors and the constituent unit boards of trustees, effective March 1, 1983; P.A. 84-241 added "of higher education" to board's title; P.A. 84-416 exempted E 9-1-1 commission from provision requiring terms of members be coterminous with governor's; P.A. 84-511 changed name of state elections commission to state elections enforcement commission; P.A. 84-546 repealed formed Subsec. (c) re termination of the terms of members on July 1, 1979, relettering former Subsecs. (d) and (e) accordingly; P.A. 85-300 amended Subsec. (c) to exempt the state commission on the arts from the requirement that members' terms be coterminous with that of the governor; P.A. 85-506 amended Subsec. (c) to exempt the psychiatric security review board from provision requiring terms of members to be coterminous with governor's; P.A. 86-403 made technical change in Subsec. (b); P.A. 93-219 amended Subsec. (c) to exempt the Board of Parole from the requirement that members' terms be coterminous with that of the governor, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 93-262 added commission on aging to the lists in Subsecs. (a) and (c) added the words "executive director of" before the words "state ethics commission", effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-435 made technical change re placement of phrase "executive director of" added by P.A. 93-262, effective June 28, 1993; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 amended Subsec. (a) by eliminating reference to the executive director of the Commission on Aging, effective July 1, 1994; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-20 replaced State Commission on the Arts with Connecticut Commission on Arts, Tourism, Culture, History and Film, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 04-205, effective June 3, 2004, and May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, effective May 12, 2004, both replaced Connecticut Commission on Arts, Tourism, Culture, History and Film with Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism; P.A. 04-234 replaced Board of Parole with Board of Pardons and Paroles, effective July 1, 2004.

      See Sec. 28-25 et seq. re state-wide emergency 9-1-1 telephone system.

      Subsec. (b):

      Cited. 22 CA 181, 185.