Sec. 7-148t. Conflict of interest for members of land use and purchasing commissions and boards.
Sec. 7-148t. Conflict of interest for members of land use and purchasing commissions and boards. Notwithstanding the provisions of any special act or municipal
charter and in addition to any provisions of sections 8-11, 8-21 and subsection (c) of
section 22a-42, no member of any municipal commission or board having any jurisdiction or exercising any power over any municipal land use or purchasing decisions shall
appear for or represent any person, firm, corporation or other entity in any matter pending
before the commission or board. No member of any such commission or board shall
participate in any hearing or decision of the board or commission of which he is a
member upon any matter in which he knowingly has a pecuniary interest. In the event
of such disqualification, such fact shall be entered on the records of the commission or
board and any municipality may, by ordinance, provide that an elector may be chosen,
in a manner specified in the ordinance, to act as a member of such commission or board
in the hearing and determination of such matter, except that replacement shall be made
first from alternate members of such commission or board designated pursuant to the
general statutes or any special act or municipal charter or ordinance, if any.
(P.A. 83-540.)