Sec. 13b-57e. Connecticut Transportation Strategy Board established. Membership.
Sec. 13b-57e. Connecticut Transportation Strategy Board established. Membership. (a) There is established the Connecticut Transportation Strategy Board, within
the Office of Policy and Management for administrative purposes only, the members
of which shall be appointed as follows:
(1) Five members from the private sector who have expertise in transportation,
business, finance or law as follows: (A) The Governor shall appoint one member, who
shall be the chairperson, and whose first term shall expire on June 30, 2005, (B) the
president pro tempore of the Senate shall appoint one member whose first term shall
expire on June 30, 2004, (C) the speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint
one member whose first term shall expire on June 30, 2003, (D) the minority leader of
the Senate shall appoint one member whose first term shall expire on June 30, 2003,
and (E) the minority leader of the House of Representatives shall appoint one member
whose first term shall expire on June 30, 2002;
(2) One member from each TIA, for which position the chairpersons of the board
of the local planning agencies in such TIA, after consulting with the participants in such
TIA, shall nominate, for consideration by the appointing authority, three individuals
who live in such TIA and who have significant experience in and knowledge of local,
regional and state governmental processes, including at least one chief elected official
in a town in such TIA. If the chairpersons of the board of the local planning agencies
in such TIA fail to nominate three qualifying individuals within one hundred eighty
days of the expiration of the previous appointment term, the appointing authority may
appoint an individual meeting the qualifications of this subdivision. Appointments shall
be made as follows: (A) The chairpersons of the joint standing committee of the General
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to transportation shall appoint one
member from the southeast corridor TIA, whose first term shall expire on June 30, 2002,
(B) the president pro tempore of the Senate shall appoint one member from the I-91
corridor TIA, whose first term shall expire on June 30, 2003, provided, on and after July
1, 2006, subsequent appointments shall be from the I-84 corridor TIA, (C) the speaker
of the House of Representatives shall appoint one member from the coastal corridor
TIA, whose first term shall expire on June 30, 2004, (D) the majority leader of the Senate
shall appoint one member from the I-395 corridor TIA, whose first term shall expire on
June 30, 2005, and (E) the majority leader of the House of Representatives shall appoint
one member from the I-84 corridor TIA, whose first term shall expire on June 30, 2005,
provided, on and after July 1, 2006, subsequent appointments shall be from the I-91
corridor TIA; and
(3) The Commissioners of Transportation, Environmental Protection, Economic
and Community Development and Public Safety, and the Secretary of the Office of
Policy and Management, or their respective designees.
(b) Upon the expiration of the term of a member of the board who is appointed as
provided in subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of this section, each subsequent
appointee to the board shall serve for a term of four years. No person shall serve as a
member of the board for more than two consecutive terms. A vacancy in the position
of an appointed board member shall be filled by the appointing authority for the remainder of the term.
(c) The board may establish such subcommittees as it deems appropriate and appoint
the members of such subcommittees from among its members. Ten members of the
board shall be present to constitute a quorum.
(d) The members of the board shall not be compensated for their service as members
of the board.
(e) The board may issue guidelines for coordination and organization to the TIAs.
These guidelines shall not constitute regulations, as defined in subdivision (13) of section
4-166.
(f) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall be responsible for
staff support for the board. The secretary may utilize the staff of said office and, in
consultation with the responsible agency head, the Department of Transportation, the
Department of Economic and Community Development, or any other state agency for
that purpose. Within available appropriations, the board may hire consultants with approval by the secretary, and such consultants shall be procured through the Office of
Policy and Management or the Department of Transportation, as determined by the
secretary.
(g) The Transportation Strategy Board is a public agency, as defined in section 1-200, for purposes of the Freedom of Information Act, and is a quasi-public agency, as
defined in section 1-79, for purposes of chapter 10.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-5, S. 2, 18; P.A. 03-115, S. 56; P.A. 06-136, S. 13.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-5 effective July 2, 2001; P.A. 03-115 made technical changes in Subsecs. (a), (c) and
(f); P.A. 06-136 amended Subsec. (a) by placing board within the Office of Policy and Management for administrative
purposes only, adding provision re failure of chairpersons of local planning agencies to timely nominate individuals,
providing that, after July 1, 2006, certain appointments shall be from the I-84 and I-91 corridor TIAs, and making technical
changes, and amended Subsec. (f) by deleting former provisions and making the Secretary of the Office of Policy and
Management responsible for staff support, providing that the secretary may use certain staff for purposes of board duties,
and requiring secretary to determine how consultants shall be procured, effective July 1, 2006.
See Sec. 4-38f for definition of "administrative purposes only".