Sec. 10-153j. The making of service of process, notice or demand.
Sec. 10-153j. The making of service of process, notice or demand. (a) Except
for citations for contempt, any process, notice or demand in connection with any action
or proceeding pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10-153e, to be served upon any
member of an administrators' unit or any member of a teachers' unit as defined in
subsection (a) of section 10-153b, may be served upon the statutory agent for service
by any proper officer or other person lawfully empowered to make service. The person
making service of such process, notice or demand shall immediately send a true and
attested copy thereof by registered or certified mail to each person named in such process,
notice or demand.
(b) If it appears from the records of the commissioner that such an organization has
failed to appoint or maintain a statutory agent for service, or if it appears by affidavit
endorsed on the return of the officer or other proper person directed to serve any process,
notice or demand upon such a statutory agent for service appearing on the records of
the commissioner that such agent cannot, with reasonable diligence, be found at the
address shown on such records as the agent's address, service of such process, notice
or demand may, when timely made, be made by such officer or other proper person by:
(1) Leaving a true and attested copy thereof at the office of the commissioner or depositing the same in the United States mails, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid,
addressed to such office, and (2) depositing in the United States mails, by registered or
certified mail, postage prepaid, a true and attested copy thereof, together with a statement
by such officer that service is being made pursuant to this section, addressed to such
organization at its principal office and to each person named in such process, notice or
demand.
(c) The commissioner shall file the copy of each process, notice or demand received
by the commissioner as provided in subsection (b) of this section and keep a record of
the day and hour of such receipt. Service made as provided in this section shall be
effective as of such day and hour.
(P.A. 76-403, S. 10, 11; P.A. 77-614, S. 302, 610; P.A. 07-217, S. 42.)
History: P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of education for secretary of the state board of education, effective
January 1, 1979; P.A. 07-217 made technical changes in Subsec. (c), effective July 12, 2007.
Sections 10-153a-10-153j include coverage of teachers employed in summer school programs. 177 C. 68. Cited. 186
C. 725. Cited. 190 C. 235. Cited. 200 C. 376. Cited. 216 C. 253. Teachers negotiation act (TNA) cited. 217 C. 110. Teacher
Negotiation Act (TNA) Sec. 10-153a et seq. cited. 234 C. 704; 239 C. 32.
Cited. 5 CA 253. Teacher negotiations act cited. Id. Connecticut teacher negotiation act, Secs. 10-153a-10-153n cited.
23 CA 727. Teacher Negotiation Act (TNA) cited. 35 CA 111.
Cited. 38 CS 80.