There is hereby established a Bi-State Long Island Sound Committee. Such committee shall consist of eighteen members, nine of whom shall be residents of Connecticut and nine of whom shall be residents of New York. The Connecticut members shall be as follows: Three members of the Senate representing districts that include coastal municipalities, one appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one appointed by the majority leader of the Senate and one appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; three members of the House of Representatives, one appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, one appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives and one appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives; and the Governor, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection and the director of the Connecticut coastal zone management program, or their designees.

(P.A. 73-629, S. 2, 5; P.A. 88-336, S. 1, 5; P.A. 05-137, S. 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 73-629 effective upon the enactment by the state of New York of legislation having like effect, i.e. September 1, 1988; P.A. 88-336 increased membership on the committee from each participating state from four to nine and designated the governor, commissioner of environmental protection and the director of the coastal zone management program as members of the committee; P.A. 05-137 changed name of committee, effective upon the enactment by the state of New York of legislation having like effect, i.e. June 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.