Sec. 17a-30. (Formerly Sec. 17-434). Area advisory councils. Appointment and terms.
Sec. 17a-30. (Formerly Sec. 17-434). Area advisory councils. Appointment
and terms. (a) The commissioner shall create distinct service areas and shall create in
each such area, an area advisory council to advise the commissioner and the area director
on the development and delivery of services of the department in that area and to facilitate
the coordination of services for children, youths and their families in the area.
(b) Each area advisory council shall consist of no more than twenty-one persons,
a majority of whom shall be persons who earn less than fifty per cent of their salaries
from the provision of services to children, youths and their families, and the balance
representative of private providers of human services throughout the area. The commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, shall appoint one-third of the representatives
of each group for a term of three years, one-third for a term of two years, and one-third
for a term of one year. No person may serve more than two consecutive three-year terms.
All subsequent appointments to replace those whose terms have expired shall be for a
term of three years. No person may serve on more than one area advisory council at a
time. The area director shall make a good faith effort to ensure that, to the extent possible,
the membership is qualified and closely reflects the gender and racial diversity of the
area. All members shall serve without compensation. Each area advisory council shall
elect two cochairpersons. Each area advisory council shall meet at least quarterly, or
more often at the call of the cochairpersons or a majority of the council members. The
area director, or a designee of the area director, shall be an ex-officio member of the
council without the right to vote. Any member who fails to attend three consecutive
meetings or fifty per cent of all meetings during any calendar year shall be deemed to
have resigned. A majority of the members in office, but not less than six members, shall
constitute a quorum.
(P.A. 75-524, S. 23, 30; P.A. 77-511, S. 2; P.A. 84-256, S. 13, 17; P.A 05-246, S. 7; P.A. 06-196, S. 119.)
History: P.A. 77-511 specified Sec. 4-60n as it appears in 1975 edition of statutes; P.A. 84-256 specified facilitation
of coordination of services as duty of councils, added meeting, attendance and quorum requirements, required that a
majority of members of each council be persons who earn less than 50% of their salaries from provision of services to
children, youth and their families, and deleted provision authorizing reimbursement of members for expenses incurred in
performance of duties; Sec. 17-434 transferred to Sec. 17a-30 in 1991; P.A. 05-246 replaced provisions re regions with
provisions re service areas and changed "regional advisory council" to "area advisory council" in Subsecs. (a) and (b),
added reference to area director in Subsec. (a) and granted commissioner's designee appointment authority, restricted
service to not more that two consecutive three-year terms, prohibited persons from serving on more than one area advisory
council at a time, required area director to make good faith effort to ensure membership reflects gender and racial diversity
of area, replaced provisions re chairman and vice-chairman with provisions re cochairpersons and made area director or
designee ex-officio member of council in Subsec. (b), effective July 8, 2005; P.A. 06-196 made technical changes, effective
June 7, 2006.
See title 2c re termination under "Sunset Law".