Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 54 - Uniform Administrative Procedure Act
Section 4-185. - Application of chapter.

(a) This chapter applies to all agency proceedings commenced on or after July 1, 1989. Each agency proceeding commenced before July 1, 1989, is governed by the law in effect when the proceeding was commenced.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes to the contrary in existence on July 1, 1989, this chapter shall apply to all agencies and agency proceedings not expressly exempted in this chapter.
(1971, P.A. 854, S. 21; P.A. 88-317, S. 24, 107.)
History: P.A. 88-317 repealed former section which stated that “Except as to proceedings pending on January 1, 1972, this chapter applies to all agencies and agency proceedings not expressly exempted” and substituted all new provisions, effective July 1, 1989, and applicable to all agency proceedings commencing on or after that date.
Cited. 170 C. 668; 171 C. 691; 172 C. 263. Claims commission not exempt; exclusions of Governor, Lieutenant-Governor and Attorney General from definition of “agency” constitute exemptions from chapter. Id., 603. Cited. 173 C. 352; Id., 462; 183 C. 76; 186 C. 153; 188 C. 90; 191 C. 173; 193 C. 379; 195 C. 534; 204 C. 259; Id., 672; 211 C. 508; 213 C. 184; 217 C. 130; Id., 143; 220 C. 192; Id., 516; 221 C. 482; 223 C. 573.
Cited. 1 CA 1; 18 CA 13; 28 CA 435; 30 CA 720.
Subsec. (b):
The legislature did not intend to restrict judicial review of the Psychiatric Security Review Board's declaratory rulings re the validity of its regulations. 291 C. 307.

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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.