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![handle is hein.ssl/ssct0083 and id is 1 raw text is: FEBRUARY 1980
Substitute Senate Bill No. 737
PUBLIC ACT NO. 80-483
AN ACT CONCERNING THE REVISOR'S CORRECTIONS TO THE GENERAL
STATUTES AND THE 1979 PUBLIC ACTS.
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 1-19 of the general statutes, as
amended by public act 79-119, is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
thereof:
(a) Except as otherwise provided by any federal law or state statute, all
records maintained or kept on file by any public agency, whether or not such records
are required by any law or by any rule or regulation, shall be public records and
every person shall have the right to inspect such records promptly during regular
office or business hours or to receive a copy of such records in accordance with the
provisions of section 1-15. Each such agency shall keep and maintain all public
records in its custody at its regular office or place of business in an accessible place
and, if there is no such office or place of business, the public records pertaining to
such agency shall be kept in the office of the clerk of the political subdivision in
which such public agency is located or OF the secretary of the state, as the case may
be. Any certified record hereunder attested as a true copy by the clerk, chief or
deputy OF SUCH AGENCY or BY such other person designated or empowered by
law to so act, [of such agency] shall be competent evidence in any court of this state
of the facts contained therein. Each such agency shall make, keep and maintain a
record of the proceedings of its meetings.
Sec. 2. Subsection (i) of section 1-84 of the general statutes, as amended
by section 7 of public act 79-493, is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
thereof:
(i) No public official or state employee or member of his immediate family
or a business with which he is associated shall enter into any contract WITH THE
STATE, valued at one hundred dollars or more [with the state], other than A
contract of employment as a state employee or pursuant to a court appointment,
unless the contract has been awarded through an open and public process, including
prior public offer and subsequent public disclosure of all proposals considered and
the contract awarded. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as applying to
any public official who is appointed as a member of the executive branch and who
receives no compensation other than reimbursement for actual or necessary
expenses, or both, incurred in the performance of his duties except if the public
official has authority or control over the subject matter of the contract. Any contract
made in violation of this subsection shall be voidable by a court of competent
jurisdiction if the suit is commenced within ninety days of the making of the
contract.
Sec. 3. Section 1-88 of the general statutes, as amended by section 6 of
public act 79-493, is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof:
(a) The commission, upon a finding, made pursuant to section 1-82, that
there has been a violation of any provision of said part shall have the authority to
order the violator to DO any or all of the following: (1) Cease and desist the
violation of said part; (2) file any report, statement or other information as required
by said part, and (3) pay a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for
each violation of said part.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the commission
may, after a hearing conducted in accordance with sections 4-177 to 4-184, inclusive,
impose a civil penalty not to exceed ten dollars per day upon any individual who
fails to file any report, statement or other information as required by said part. Each
distinct violation of this subsection shall be a separate offense and in case of a
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