Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 1 - Construction of Statutes
Section 1-2a. - Construction of term “postmark”.

(a) For purposes of sections 1-206, 3-114i, 4-147, 9-23g, 9-153b, 9-311, 9-608, 10-183g, 12-146, 20-429, 31-241, 31-248, 31-249a, 33-603, 33-663, 33-929, 33-1003, 33-1053, 33-1219, 38a-716 and 42-243 (1) any reference to the United States mail or a postmark shall be treated as including a reference to any delivery service designated by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States pursuant to Section 7502 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, (2) any reference to a postmark made by the United States Postal Service shall be treated as including a reference to any date recorded or marked in the manner described in said Section 7502 of said Internal Revenue Code by a designated delivery service, and (3) any equivalent of registered or certified mail designated by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States pursuant to said Section 7502 of said Internal Revenue Code shall be included within the meaning of registered or certified mail.

(b) The Legislative Commissioners' Office shall, in codifying the provisions of this section, make such technical, grammatical and punctuation changes and statutory placements and classifications, including, but not limited to, the addition of newly enacted material to the sections listed in subsection (a) of this section as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
(P.A. 99-121, S. 27, 28; P.A. 14-182, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 99-121 effective June 3, 1999; P.A. 14-182 deleted references to Secs. 3-114e, 3-114f and 9-65 in Subsec. (a), effective June 12, 2014.

Structure Connecticut General Statutes

Connecticut General Statutes

Title 1 - Provisions of General Application

Chapter 1 - Construction of Statutes

Section 1-1. - Words and phrases. Construction of statutes.

Section 1-1a. - Terms relating to security in personal property.

Section 1-1b. - Payment by bank treasurer's or cashier's check in lieu of certified check.

Section 1-1c. - “Elector” defined. “Special election warned and held or called for that purpose”, means “referendum”, when.

Section 1-1d. - “Minor”, “infant”, “infancy”, “age of majority”, defined.

Section 1-1e. - Savings clause.

Section 1-1f. - “Blind”, “physically disabled”, defined.

Section 1-1g. - “Intellectual disability” defined.

Section 1-1h. - Identity cards.

Section 1-1i. - Use of fees collected from issuance of identity cards.

Section 1-1j. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Methods of payment for licenses, fees, costs or fines.

Section 1-1k. - “Victim of crime”, “crime victim”, defined.

Section 1-1l. - Holocaust victims' settlement payments excluded from income for purposes of needs-based programs.

Section 1-1m. - Applicability of marriage terms.

Section 1-1n. - “Gender identity or expression” defined.

Section 1-1t. - Method of payment of fees and delivery of correspondence or communications to agency or quasi-public agency. Advertisement of legal notices.

Section 1-2. - Legal notices.

Section 1-2a. - Construction of term “postmark”.

Section 1-2b. - Construction of term “certified mail, return receipt requested”.

Section 1-2c. - Construction of term “electronic mail”.

Section 1-2z. - Plain meaning rule.

Section 1-3. - Validity of separate provisions of acts.

Section 1-3a. - License or permit fee due on Saturday, Sunday or holiday.

Section 1-3b. - Enforcement of subpoena powers.