Sec. 7-22a. Certification program for town clerks.
Sec. 7-22a. Certification program for town clerks. (a) There shall be a committee for the purpose of establishing a program and procedures for the training, examination and certification of town clerks and assistant town clerks. The committee shall
consist of six members, one of whom shall be from the office of the Secretary of the
State, one of whom shall be from the Department of Public Health, one of whom shall
be from the Office of Public Records Administration, and three of whom shall be town
clerks. The Secretary of the State shall appoint the town clerk committee members and
the committee member from the office of the Secretary of the State. Each of the other
two committee members shall be appointed by their respective department heads. The
committee members shall serve without pay and shall be appointed initially as follows:
Two members for two-year terms; two members for four-year terms; and two members
for six-year terms. The Secretary of the State shall initially determine the term of each
member; and thereafter two committee members shall be appointed every two years
for six-year terms. Said committee shall elect its own chairman and adopt rules and
regulations for the training and examination of town clerks and assistant town clerks.
(b) Any person may participate in the course of training prescribed by the committee
and, upon completing such training and upon successfully completing any examination
or examinations prescribed by said committee, shall be recommended to the Secretary
of the State as a candidate for certification as a certified Connecticut town clerk. The
Secretary of the State shall certify any qualified candidate recommended by the committee as a certified Connecticut town clerk and may rescind such certificate upon a finding,
by a majority of the committee, of sufficient cause as defined in rules and regulations
adopted by the committee. The Secretary of the State may certify a candidate who has
not completed all of the course of training prescribed by the committee provided that
the committee has determined that the candidate has experience that is substantially
the equivalent of all or part of the course, and provided further, that the candidate has
successfully completed any examination or examinations prescribed by said committee.
(P.A. 84-378; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services,
effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with
Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.