Sec. 46a-55. (Formerly Sec. 31-125a). Commission legal counsel.
Sec. 46a-55. (Formerly Sec. 31-125a). Commission legal counsel. The executive
director, through the supervising attorney, shall assign a commission legal counsel to
represent the commission in any proceeding wherein any state agency or state officer
is an adversary party and in such other matters as the commission and the Attorney
General may jointly prescribe.
(1967, P.A. 715, S. 2; P.A. 80-422, S. 4; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 93; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 191; P.A.
05-201, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 80-422 rephrased provisions and authorized counsel to represent commission in proceeding where state
officers are adversary parties; Sec. 31-125a transferred to Sec. 46a-55 in 1981; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7 required commission counsel to report to the executive director on a day-to-day basis and required executive director to evaluate the
performance of the commission counsel, effective August 15, 2002; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced "The commission
counsel shall represent the commission" with "The executive director shall assign a commission legal counsel to represent
the commission", replaced "The commission counsel" with "Each commission legal counsel" and deleted provision requiring the executive director to evaluate the performance of the commission counsel, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 05-201
added provision re assignment through the supervising attorney and deleted provisions re representation of commission,
bar membership and reports, effective July 6, 2005.