Sec. 16-4. Employees of public service companies, certified telecommunications providers and electric suppliers ineligible to serve on authority or in department. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 16-4. Employees of public service companies, certified telecommunications providers and electric suppliers ineligible to serve on authority or in department. No officer, employee, attorney or agent of any public service company, of any certified telecommunications provider or of any electric supplier shall be a member of the Public Utilities Control Authority or an employee of the Department of Public Utility Control.

      (1949 Rev., S. 5393; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 79, 136; P.A. 84-342, S. 6, 13; P.A. 94-74, S. 3, 11; P.A. 98-28, S. 80, 117; P.A. 99-286, S. 5, 19.)

      History: P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 would have replaced public utilities control authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979, except for action of P.A. 78-303 which retained reference to authority in this section; P.A. 84-342 added reference to the department of public utility control; P.A. 94-74 added provision re persons, firms or corporations certified to provide intrastate telecommunication services, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 98-28 rearranged language, deleted an obsolete provision and added electric suppliers, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 99-286 changed reference to person, firm or corporation certified by the department to "certified telecommunications provider", effective July 19, 1999.