Sec. 8-19a. Alternate members of planning commission.
Sec. 8-19a. Alternate members of planning commission. Any municipality, in
addition to such powers as it has under the provisions of the general statutes or any
special act, shall have the power to provide by ordinance for the appointment or election
of alternate members to its planning commission. Such alternate members shall, when
seated as herein provided, have all the powers and duties set forth in the general statutes
or any special act relating to such municipality for such commission and its members.
Such alternate members shall be electors and shall not be members of the zoning commission or zoning board of appeals. Such alternates may attend all meetings and executive sessions of said commission. Such ordinance shall provide for the manner of designating alternates to act.
(1971, P.A. 763, S. 8; P.A. 74-90; P.A. 84-154, S. 2, 3; P.A. 85-284, S. 2, 5.)
History: P.A. 74-90 permitted alternates to attend meetings and executive sessions; P.A. 84-154 provided for mandatory
appointment or election of alternates, effective January 1, 1986; P.A. 85-284 repealed provisions of P.A. 84-154 and
provided that local ordinances shall provide for the manner of designating alternates to act.
Cited. 184 C. 1.