(a) On or before February fifteenth of each regular session of the General Assembly, the cochairpersons of the standing legislative regulation review committee shall submit to the General Assembly for its study (1) a copy of all proposed regulations which have been disapproved by the standing committee under subsection (c) of section 4-170, and (2) a list by agency of each section of the general statutes that requires the agency to adopt regulations on or before January first of the preceding year which the agency did not submit or resubmit to the committee by December first of such year as provided in section 4-170b.

(b) Any such regulations that were disapproved by the standing legislative regulation review committee under subsection (c) of section 4-170 shall be referred by the speaker of the House or by the president pro tempore of the Senate to an appropriate committee for its consideration and the committee shall schedule hearings thereon. The General Assembly may, by resolution, either sustain or reverse a vote of disapproval of the standing committee under the provisions of said subsection (c), except that if the General Assembly fails during its regular session to reverse by resolution the disapproval of a regulation proposed for the purpose of implementing a federally subsidized or assisted program, the vote of disapproval shall be deemed sustained for purposes of this section and the proposed regulation shall not become effective. Any action of the General Assembly under the provisions of this section shall be effective as of the date of passage of the resolution in the second house of the General Assembly.

(1971, P.A. 854, S. 6; P.A. 76-297, S. 3; P.A. 80-471, S. 5; P.A. 88-317, S. 6, 107; P.A. 90-230, S. 4, 101; P.A. 97-29, S. 2, 3; P.A. 16-58, S. 3.)

History: P.A. 76-297 clarified officer of senate intended by making “president of the senate” “president pro tempore ...”; P.A. 80-471 replaced reference to Subsec. (b) of Sec. 4-170 with reference to Subsec. (c) and changed provisions regarding sustaining disapproval of regulations to provisions regarding reversal of disapproval of regulations; P.A. 88-317 made technical changes, effective July 1, 1989, and applicable to agency proceedings commencing on or after that date; P.A. 90-230 made a technical change; P.A. 97-29 added requirement for submission of list of required agency regulations not submitted or resubmitted as provided in Sec. 4-170b, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 16-58 designated existing provisions re submittal to General Assembly of disapproved proposed regulations and list of statutes that require agency to adopt regulations as Subsec. (a), designated existing provisions re referral of disapproved proposed regulations as Subsec. (b) and amended same by making technical changes.

Cited. 171 C. 691; 172 C. 263; 173 C. 462; 186 C. 153; 191 C. 173; 239 C. 32.

Cited. 1 CA 1.