Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 54 - Uniform Administrative Procedure Act
Section 4-171. - Submission to General Assembly of disapproved regulations and list of required regulations not submitted or resubmitted to legislative regulation review committee.

(a) On or before February fifteenth of each regular session of the General Assembly, the cochairpersons of the standing legislative regulation review committee shall submit to the General Assembly for its study (1) a copy of all proposed regulations which have been disapproved by the standing committee under subsection (c) of section 4-170, and (2) a list by agency of each section of the general statutes that requires the agency to adopt regulations on or before January first of the preceding year which the agency did not submit or resubmit to the committee by December first of such year as provided in section 4-170b.

(b) Any such regulations that were disapproved by the standing legislative regulation review committee under subsection (c) of section 4-170 shall be referred by the speaker of the House or by the president pro tempore of the Senate to an appropriate committee for its consideration and the committee shall schedule hearings thereon. The General Assembly may, by resolution, either sustain or reverse a vote of disapproval of the standing committee under the provisions of said subsection (c), except that if the General Assembly fails during its regular session to reverse by resolution the disapproval of a regulation proposed for the purpose of implementing a federally subsidized or assisted program, the vote of disapproval shall be deemed sustained for purposes of this section and the proposed regulation shall not become effective. Any action of the General Assembly under the provisions of this section shall be effective as of the date of passage of the resolution in the second house of the General Assembly.
(1971, P.A. 854, S. 6; P.A. 76-297, S. 3; P.A. 80-471, S. 5; P.A. 88-317, S. 6, 107; P.A. 90-230, S. 4, 101; P.A. 97-29, S. 2, 3; P.A. 16-58, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 76-297 clarified officer of senate intended by making “president of the senate” “president pro tempore ...”; P.A. 80-471 replaced reference to Subsec. (b) of Sec. 4-170 with reference to Subsec. (c) and changed provisions regarding sustaining disapproval of regulations to provisions regarding reversal of disapproval of regulations; P.A. 88-317 made technical changes, effective July 1, 1989, and applicable to agency proceedings commencing on or after that date; P.A. 90-230 made a technical change; P.A. 97-29 added requirement for submission of list of required agency regulations not submitted or resubmitted as provided in Sec. 4-170b, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 16-58 designated existing provisions re submittal to General Assembly of disapproved proposed regulations and list of statutes that require agency to adopt regulations as Subsec. (a), designated existing provisions re referral of disapproved proposed regulations as Subsec. (b) and amended same by making technical changes.
Cited. 171 C. 691; 172 C. 263; 173 C. 462; 186 C. 153; 191 C. 173; 239 C. 32.
Cited. 1 CA 1.

Structure Connecticut General Statutes

Connecticut General Statutes

Title 4 - Management of State Agencies

Chapter 54 - Uniform Administrative Procedure Act

Section 4-166. - Definitions.

Section 4-167. - Rules of practice. Public inspection. Enforceability.

Section 4-168. - Notice prior to action on regulations. Fiscal notes. Hearing or public comment. Posting on eRegulations System. Adoption procedure. Emergency regulations. Technical amendments.

Section 4-168a. - Regulations affecting small businesses.

Section 4-168b. - Regulation-making record.

Section 4-168c. - Posting of proposed regulations and regulation-making record prior to certification date.

Section 4-168d. - Register of regulatory activity.

Section 4-169. - Approval of regulation by Attorney General.

Section 4-170. - Legislative regulation review committee. Submission requirements for regulations. Disapproved regulations. Resubmitted regulations.

Section 4-170a. - Review of old regulations.

Section 4-170b. - Agency submission to legislative regulation review committee upon failure to submit or resubmit required regulations.

Section 4-171. - Submission to General Assembly of disapproved regulations and list of required regulations not submitted or resubmitted to legislative regulation review committee.

Section 4-172. - Submittal of certified electronic copies of regulations to Secretary of the State. Posting on eRegulations System. Effective date.

Section 4-173. - Omission of certain regulations from eRegulations System. Link to electronic copy. Maintenance of copy for public inspection.

Section 4-173a. - Posting of implemented policies and procedures online.

Section 4-173b. - Establishment of eRegulations System. Certification by Secretary of the State. Official compilation. Plan to maintain paper copies.

Section 4-174. - Petition for regulation.

Section 4-175. - Declaratory judgment action to determine validity of a regulation or applicability of a statute, regulation or final decision.

Section 4-176. - Declaratory rulings. Petitions. Regulations.

Section 4-176e. - Agency hearings.

Section 4-177. - Contested cases. Notice. Record.

Section 4-177a. - Contested cases. Party, intervenor status.

Section 4-177b. - Contested cases. Presiding officer. Subpoenas and production of documents.

Section 4-177c. - Contested cases. Documents. Evidence. Arguments. Statements.

Section 4-178. - Contested cases. Evidence.

Section 4-178a. - Contested cases and declaratory ruling proceedings. Review of preliminary, procedural or evidentiary rulings.

Section 4-179. - Agency proceedings. Proposed final decision.

Section 4-180. - Contested cases. Final decision. Application to court upon agency failure.

Section 4-180a. - Indexing of written orders and final decisions.

Section 4-181. - Contested cases. Communications by or to hearing officers and members of an agency.

Section 4-181a. - Contested cases. Reconsideration. Modification.

Section 4-182. - Matters involving licenses.

Section 4-183. - Appeal to Superior Court.

Section 4-184. - Appeal from final judgment of Superior Court.

Section 4-184a. - Award of reasonable fees and expenses to certain prevailing parties in appeals of agency decisions.

Section 4-185. - Application of chapter.

Section 4-185a. - Validation of certain actions.

Section 4-186. - Chapter 54 exemptions and conflicts.

Section 4-187 and 4-188. - Unemployment compensation, employment security and manpower appeals. Employment Security Division and the Board of Mediation and Arbitration exempt.

Section 4-188a. - Requirements for exemption of constituent units of state system of higher education.

Section 4-189. - Repeal of inconsistent provisions.