Sec. 2-71h. Supervision, control and maintenance of State Capitol and Legislative Office Building, parking garage, grounds and other facilities and areas. Provision of press room. Display of flags.
Sec. 2-71h. Supervision, control and maintenance of State Capitol and Legislative Office Building, parking garage, grounds and other facilities and areas. Provision of press room. Display of flags. (a) The supervision, security, utilization and
control of the State Capitol building, the State Capitol grounds and parking facilities,
exclusive of the present offices and parking facilities of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the State and Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and
their respective staffs, the Legislative Office Building and parking garage and related
structures and the grounds and parking facilities thereon, and other facilities and areas
made available to or used by the committee shall be as determined by the Joint Committee on Legislative Management. The Joint Committee on Legislative Management shall
maintain such buildings, related structures, grounds and parking facilities. The Joint
Committee on Legislative Management shall adopt regulations (1) for the maintenance
of order within such buildings and related structures and on such grounds and on those
grounds, buildings and facilities made available for the use of said committee and (2)
establishing the regular business hours for such buildings and all offices housed within
such buildings. Any person violating any such regulations shall be fined not more than
one hundred dollars, except that any person who parks a motor vehicle in violation of
such regulations shall have committed an infraction and shall be fined not more than
ninety dollars. The enforcement of such regulations shall be by the Office of State Capitol
Police. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, the Commissioner of Public
Works may provide for additional parking on land under the control of the Joint Committee on Legislative Management with the approval of said committee.
(b) The Joint Committee on Legislative Management shall assign permanent office
space in a room in a building under its control for the use of authorized representatives
of newspapers and press associations.
(c) The Joint Committee on Legislative Management shall cause the national and
state flags to be displayed on the State Capitol and at the Legislative Office Building
from sunrise to sunset of each day.
(1969, P.A. 749, S. 12; P.A. 76-192, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 20, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 2, 136; P.A. 81-364, S. 1, 4; P.A.
82-268; 82-472, S. 3, 183; P.A. 83-13, S. 4; P.A. 84-48, S. 5, 17; P.A. 85-301, S. 2, 13; P.A. 86-396, S. 2, 25; P.A. 87-496, S. 6, 110; P.A. 89-82, S. 3, 11; P.A. 96-219, S. 5; P.A. 97-28.)
History: P.A. 76-192 specifically included capitol grounds under provisions of section, required the legislative management committee to establish regulations for maintaining order etc.; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of administrative
services for public works commissioner and added Subsec. (b) concerning transfer of offices and parking facilities of finance
and control department to office of policy and management; P.A. 78-303 deleted Subsec. (b); P.A. 81-364 transferred
responsibility for maintenance of state capitol building, grounds and parking facilities from commissioner of administrative
services to legislative management committee; P.A. 82-268 amended section by placing comptroller's facilities at capitol
under the control of the legislative management committee; P.A. 82-472 added Subsecs. (b) and (c), requiring joint committee on legislative management to assign permanent space in capitol for media representatives and cause flags to be displayed
on capitol daily from sunrise to sunset; P.A. 83-13 deleted reference to a special policeman appointed to enforce regulations
under Sec. 29-18 in Subsec. (a) and clarified that the security of the state capitol and its grounds are the responsibility of
the joint committee on legislative management; P.A. 84-48 included references to legislative office building and required
that press facilities be in building under control of legislative management committee rather than in state capitol; P.A. 85-301 amended Subsec. (a) to include supervision and control of temporary legislative office buildings and, during and after
construction, the legislative office building and grounds and related parking facilities; P.A. 86-396 amended Subsec. (a) to
provide for additional parking, on land under the control of legislative management, by the commissioner of administrative
services; P.A. 87-496 substituted public works commissioner for administrative services commissioner in Subsec. (a);
P.A. 89-82 amended provisions in Subsec. (a) re supervision, control and maintenance to include legislative parking garage,
related structures and other facilities and areas made available to or used by committee and to delete obsolete references
to temporary legislative office buildings, parking facility or city of Hartford property and national guard garage, and
amended Subsec. (c) to provide for display of flags at legislative office building; P.A. 96-219 amended Subsec. (a) by
changing the name of the "Office of State Capitol Security" to the "Office of State Capitol Police"; P.A. 97-28 amended
Subsec. (a) to establish a $90 fine for parking a motor vehicle in violation of regulations.
See Sec. 4b-54(b) for powers and duties re paintings, portraits, statues or tablets to be hung or placed at the State Capitol.
See Sec. 5-142(a) re injuries sustained by State Capitol Police.
See Sec. 5-145a re disability or death resulting from hypertension or heart disease suffered by State Capitol Police.
See Secs. 29-8a and 53-39a re indemnification of State Capitol Police.