Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 141 - General Provisions
Section 9-6. - Conferences of municipal clerks, registrars and Secretary.

Each registrar of voters or, in the absence of a registrar, the deputy registrar of voters, and each municipal clerk or, in the absence of a municipal clerk, one of the assistant municipal clerks shall be compensated by the municipality which the clerk represents, as provided for in this section, for attending two conferences a year for town clerks and registrars of voters which may be called by the Secretary of the State for the purpose of discussing the election laws, procedures or matters related thereto. Each such official shall be compensated by the municipality at the rate of thirty-five dollars per day for attending each such conference, plus mileage to and from such conference at a rate per mile determined by the municipality, but not less than twenty cents per mile, computed from the office of such official or, if he has no office, from his home to the place where such conference is being held.

(1957, P.A. 480; 1959, P.A. 51; 1961, P.A. 198; 1969, P.A. 97, S. 1; P.A. 79-384; P.A. 83-475, S. 3, 43; P.A. 95-171, S. 1, 14; P.A. 11-173, S. 27.)
History: 1959 act provided compensation for deputy registrar or assistant town clerk attending conference in the absence of a registrar or town clerk, and changed destination for computing mileage to the place where the conference is being held; 1961 act deleted requirement that conference be state-wide; 1969 act changed compensation from $10 to $25 per day; P.A. 79-384 changed compensation to $35 per day and changed mileage rate from $0.10 per mile to the same rate as that paid to state employees; P.A. 83-475 amended section by establishing minimum mileage rate of $0.20 per mile or such greater rate as determined by municipality; P.A. 95-171 added “two” re towns divided into voting districts, effective January 8, 1997; P.A. 11-173 deleted language re towns with 2 voting districts that elect registrars for each district and made technical changes, effective July 13, 2011.

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