2015 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 2c - Review and Termination of Governmental Entities and Programs
Chapter 28 - Connecticut Sunset Law
Section 2c-2h - Schedule for review of governmental entities and programs by committees of cognizance.

(a) Not later than July 1, 2014, and not later than every ten years thereafter, the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of any of the following governmental entities or programs shall conduct a review of the applicable entity or program in accordance with the provisions of section 2c-3:

(1) Connecticut Examining Board for Barbers and Hairdressers and Cosmeticians, established under section 20-235a;

(2) Board of Chiropractic Examiners, established under section 20-25;

(3) Board of Examiners of Electrologists, established under section 20-268;

(4) Liquor Control Commission, established under section 30-2;

(5) State Insurance and Risk Management Board, established under section 4a-19;

(6) State Milk Regulation Board, established under section 22-131; and

(7) State Codes and Standards Committee, established under section 29-251.

(b) Not later than July 1, 2015, and not later than every ten years thereafter, the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of any of the following governmental entities or programs shall conduct a review of the applicable entity or program in accordance with the provisions of section 2c-3:

(1) Board of Examiners of Embalmers and Funeral Directors, established under section 20-208;

(2) Board of Examiners in Podiatry, established under section 20-51;

(3) Mobile Manufactured Home Advisory Council, established under section 21-84a;

(4) Family support grant program of the Department of Social Services, established under section 17b-616;

(5) State Commission on Capitol Preservation and Restoration, established under section 4b-60;

(6) Council on Environmental Quality, established under section 22a-11; and

(7) Police Officer Standards and Training Council, established under section 7-294b.

(c) Not later than July 1, 2016, and not later than every ten years thereafter, the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of any of the following governmental entities or programs shall conduct a review of the applicable entity or program in accordance with the provisions of section 2c-3:

(1) Medical Examining Board, established under section 20-8a;

(2) Program of regulation of bedding and upholstered furniture, established under sections 21a-231 to 21a-236, inclusive;

(3) Board of Education and Services for the Blind, established under section 10-293;

(4) Connecticut Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, established under section 2-79a;

(5) State Properties Review Board, established under subsection (a) of section 4b-3;

(6) Employment Security Board of Review, established under section 31-237c;

(7) State Board of Naturopathic Examiners, established under section 20-35;

(8) Coastal management program, established under chapter 444; and

(9) Examining Board for Crane Operators, established under section 29-222.

(d) Not later than July 1, 2017, and not later than every ten years thereafter, the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of any of the following governmental entities or programs shall conduct a review of the applicable entity or program in accordance with the provisions of section 2c-3:

(1) Connecticut State Board of Examiners for Nursing, established under section 20-88;

(2) Advisory and planning councils for regional centers for persons with intellectual disability, established under section 17a-273;

(3) Automotive Glass Work and Flat Glass Work Board, established under section 20-331;

(4) Electrical Work Board, established under section 20-331;

(5) Commission on the Deaf and Hearing Impaired, established under section 46a-27;

(6) Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, established under section 31-376; and

(7) Connecticut Marketing Authority, established under section 22-63.

(e) Not later than July 1, 2018, and not later than every ten years thereafter, the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of any of the following governmental entities or programs shall conduct a review of the applicable entity or program in accordance with the provisions of section 2c-3:

(1) Board of Examiners for Opticians, established under section 20-139a;

(2) Connecticut State Board of Examiners for Optometrists, established under section 20-128a;

(3) Connecticut Board of Veterinary Medicine, established under section 20-196;

(4) State Board of Landscape Architects, established under section 20-368;

(5) Elevator Installation, Repair and Maintenance Board, established under section 20-331;

(6) Regional advisory councils for children and youth center facilities, established under section 17a-30; and

(7) State Library Board, established under section 11-1.

(f) Not later than July 1, 2019, and not later than every ten years thereafter, the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of any of the following governmental entities or programs shall conduct a review of the applicable entity or program in accordance with the provisions of section 2c-3:

(1) Board of Examiners of Psychologists, established under section 20-186;

(2) State Dental Commission, established under section 20-103a;

(3) State Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, established under section 20-300;

(4) Heating, Piping, Cooling and Sheet Metal Work Board, established under section 20-331;

(5) Advisory Council on Children and Families, established under section 17a-4;

(6) Regulation of speech and language pathologists pursuant to chapter 399;

(7) Connecticut Siting Council, established under section 16-50j; and

(8) Advisory Council for Special Education, established under section 10-76i.

(g) Not later than July 1, 2020, and not later than every ten years thereafter, the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of any of the following governmental entities or programs shall conduct a review of the applicable entity or program in accordance with the provisions of section 2c-3:

(1) Office of Long Term Care Ombudsman, established under section 17a-400;

(2) Regulation of nursing home administrators pursuant to chapter 368v;

(3) Regulation of hearing aid dealers pursuant to chapter 398;

(4) Plumbing and Piping Work Board, established under section 20-331;

(5) Commission on Children, established under section 46a-126; and

(6) Connecticut Public Transportation Commission, established under section 13b-11c.

(h) Not later than July 1, 2021, and not later than every ten years thereafter, the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of any of the following governmental entities or programs shall conduct a review of the applicable entity or program in accordance with the provisions of section 2c-3:

(1) State Board of Examiners for Physical Therapists, established under section 20-67;

(2) Commission on Medicolegal Investigations, established under subsection (a) of section 19a-401;

(3) Program of regulation of occupational therapists, established under chapter 376a;

(4) Commission of Pharmacy, established under section 20-572;

(5) Architectural Licensing Board, established under section 20-289; and

(6) Board of Firearms Permit Examiners, established under section 29-32b.

(i) Not later than July 1, 2022, and not later than every ten years thereafter, the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of any of the following governmental entities or programs shall conduct a review of the applicable entity or program in accordance with the provisions of section 2c-3:

(1) Program of regulation of sanitarians, established under chapter 395;

(2) Program of regulation of subsurface sewage disposal system installers and cleaners, established under chapter 393a;

(3) Regulation of audiologists under sections 20-395a to 20-395g, inclusive;

(4) Connecticut Real Estate Commission, established under section 20-311a;

(5) State Board of Accountancy, established under section 20-280;

(6) Agricultural lands preservation program, established under section 22-26cc; and

(7) Commission on Fire Prevention and Control, established under section 7-323k.

(j) Not later than July 1, 2023, and not later than every ten years thereafter, the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of any of the following governmental entities or programs shall conduct a review of the applicable entity or program in accordance with the provisions of section 2c-3:

(1) Board of Mental Health and Addiction Services, established under section 17a-456;

(2) Advisory boards for state hospitals and facilities, established under section 17a-470;

(3) Regional mental health boards, established under section 17a-484;

(4) Investment Advisory Council, established under section 3-13b;

(5) Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, established under section 46a-52;

(6) Criminal Justice Policy Advisory Commission, established under section 18-87;

(7) Connecticut Food Policy Council, established under section 22-456; and

(8) Program of regulation of building demolition, established under section 29-401.

(P.A. 12-143, S. 1; P.A. 13-208, S. 18; 13-264, S. 7; 13-277, S. 73; 13-298, S. 33; 13-299, S. 38, 39.)

History: P.A. 12-143 effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-208 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting former Subdiv. (2) re Connecticut Homeopathic Medical Examining Board and redesignating existing Subdivs. (3) to (8) as Subdivs. (2) to (7); P.A. 13-264 made a technical change in Subsec. (g)(5), effective July 11, 2013; P.A. 13-277 amended Subsec. (g) by adding new Subdiv. (6) re Connecticut Public Transportation Commission, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 13-298 amended Subsec. (h) to delete former Subdiv. (6) re Connecticut Energy Advisory Board, to redesignate existing Subdiv. (7) as Subdiv. (6) and to make a conforming change, effective July 8, 2013; P.A. 13-299 amended Subsec. (a) to delete former Subdiv. (5) re Child Day Care Council and redesignate existing Subdivs. (6) to (8) as Subdivs. (5) to (7) and amended Subsec. (g) to delete former Subdiv. (6) re Connecticut Public Transportation Commission, effective July 1, 2013.