Sec. 46a-55. (Formerly Sec. 31-125a). Commission legal counsel. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 46a-55. (Formerly Sec. 31-125a). Commission legal counsel. The executive director, through the supervising attorney, shall assign a commission legal counsel to represent the commission in any proceeding wherein any state agency or state officer is an adversary party and in such other matters as the commission and the Attorney General may jointly prescribe.

      (1967, P.A. 715, S. 2; P.A. 80-422, S. 4; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 93; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 191; P.A. 05-201, S. 2.)

      History: P.A. 80-422 rephrased provisions and authorized counsel to represent commission in proceeding where state officers are adversary parties; Sec. 31-125a transferred to Sec. 46a-55 in 1981; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7 required commission counsel to report to the executive director on a day-to-day basis and required executive director to evaluate the performance of the commission counsel, effective August 15, 2002; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced "The commission counsel shall represent the commission" with "The executive director shall assign a commission legal counsel to represent the commission", replaced "The commission counsel" with "Each commission legal counsel" and deleted provision requiring the executive director to evaluate the performance of the commission counsel, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 05-201 added provision re assignment through the supervising attorney and deleted provisions re representation of commission, bar membership and reports, effective July 6, 2005.