This text of Connecticut § 25-102dd (Connecticut River Assembly. Membership. Withdrawal.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Connecticut primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
(a)The municipalities of Middletown, East Hampton, Portland, Cromwell, Glastonbury, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield, Hartford, East Hartford, Windsor, South Windsor, Windsor Locks, East Windsor, Suffield and Enfield shall comply with the provisions of this chapter.
(b)There shall be a Connecticut River Assembly consisting of: The Governor or his designee and one alternate member; one member and one alternate member of each municipality listed in subsection (a) of this section, appointed by the legislative body of such municipality; one member and one alternate member of the Capitol Region Council of Governments appointed by said council; one member and one alternate member of the Mid-State Regional Planning Agency appointed by said agency. Within sixty days after October 1, 1982, members and al
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(a) The municipalities of Middletown, East Hampton, Portland, Cromwell, Glastonbury, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield, Hartford, East Hartford, Windsor, South Windsor, Windsor Locks, East Windsor, Suffield and Enfield shall comply with the provisions of this chapter. (b) There shall be a Connecticut River Assembly consisting of: The Governor or his designee and one alternate member; one member and one alternate member of each municipality listed in subsection (a) of this section, appointed by the legislative body of such municipality; one member and one alternate member of the Capitol Region Council of Governments appointed by said council; one member and one alternate member of the Mid-State Regional Planning Agency appointed by said agency. Within sixty days after October 1, 1982, members and alternates shall be appointed who shall serve for a term of three years or until a successor is appointed and has qualified. An alternate member may vote on matters before the assembly in the absence of the member for whom he is an alternate. The initial terms of members shall commence when eight of the municipalities listed in subsection (a) of this section have appointed a member and an alternate member and the initial terms of members for municipalities which appoint a member and an alternate member at a later date shall be concurrent with the terms of those already members of the assembly. Any vacancy on the assembly shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment and shall be for a period of three years. No member shall receive any compensation for service on said assembly. Said assembly shall elect from its members a chairman and such other officers as it deems necessary and shall establish its own rules of procedure. (c) Any municipality may, by vote of its legislative body, withdraw from the assembly and, one year after such vote, the provisions of this chapter shall not apply to such municipality. A vote for withdrawal shall not be taken until after a public hearing on a proposed withdrawal at which parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard. Notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be given in a newspaper or newspapers having a substantial circulation in such municipality at least fifteen days before such hearing. The findings and recommendations of the assembly and the conservation zone prepared pursuant to special act 79-77, as amended by special act 81-1, shall be filed for public inspection in the office of the town or city clerk of the municipality holding said hearing at least ten days before such hearing. (d) A municipality which has withdrawn from membership on the assembly may again become a member by a vote taken in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) of this section.