General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6649
January Session, 2021 LCO No. 5465
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
AN ACT CONCERNING GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
1 Section 1. Section 2-35a of the general statutes is repealed and the
2 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2021):
3 The joint standing committee of the General Assembly having
4 cognizance of matters relating to government administration,
5 organization and reorganization shall be charged with the duty and
6 responsibility of overseeing all government organization and
7 reorganization and in particular any transfer, allocation or consolidation
8 of any state department or agency. The committee shall [have
9 responsibility] be responsible for continuing review of the organization
10 and reorganization of state departments and agencies and may from
11 time to time make recommendations to the General Assembly with
12 regard to government organization and reorganization.
13 Sec. 2. Section 4-38j of the general statutes is repealed and the
14 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2021):
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15 The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and each
16 department head, as defined [by] in section 4-5, shall (1) submit to the
17 joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of
18 matters relating to government administration, organization and
19 reorganization upon request (A) a report [upon request,] on the progress
20 and implementation of reorganization, and [upon request shall also
21 furnish to the committee] (B) any information concerning
22 reorganization, or (2) appear before the committee to provide such
23 information as may be determined by the chairpersons of said
24 committee.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2021 2-35a
Sec. 2 October 1, 2021 4-38j
Statement of Purpose:
To make technical changes to provisions concerning government
administration.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]
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Statutes affected:
Raised Bill: 2-35a, 4-38j