Any public agency may petition the Freedom of Information Commission before establishing a committee of the public agency which is to be composed entirely of individuals who are not members of the agency, to determine whether such committee may be exempted from the application of any provision of the Freedom of Information Act. If the commission, in its judgment, finds by reliable, probative and substantial evidence that the public interest in exempting the committee from the application of any such provision clearly outweighs the public interest in applying the provision to the committee, the commission shall issue an order, on appropriate terms, exempting the committee from the application of the provision.
(P.A. 93-195, S. 2; P.A. 97-47, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 97-47 substituted “the Freedom of Information Act” for list of sections; Sec. 1-20e transferred to Sec. 1-202 in 1999.
Annotation to former section 1-20e:
Cited. 37 CA 589; 42 CA 402; 43 CA 133.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 1 - Provisions of General Application
Chapter 14 - Freedom of Information Act
Section 1-200. (Formerly Sec. 1-18a). - Definitions.
Section 1-205. (Formerly Sec. 1-21j). - Freedom of Information Commission.
Section 1-205a. - Recommended appropriations. Allotments.
Section 1-210. (Formerly Sec. 1-19). - Access to public records. Exempt records.
Section 1-212. (Formerly Sec. 1-15). - Copies and scanning of public records. Fees.
Section 1-215a. - Liability for disclosure of law enforcement records.
Section 1-219. - Veterans' military records.
Section 1-225a. - Meetings of public agencies conducted by electronic equipment.
Section 1-226. (Formerly Sec. 1-21a). - Recording, broadcasting or photographing meetings.
Section 1-228. (Formerly Sec. 1-21d). - Adjournment of meetings. Notice.
Section 1-229. (Formerly Sec. 1-21e). - Continued hearings. Notice.
Section 1-231. (Formerly Sec. 1-21g). - Executive sessions.
Section 1-232. (Formerly Sec. 1-21h). - Conduct of meetings.