Connecticut General Statutes 4-168b – Regulation-making record
(a) On and after the certification date, the official electronic regulation-making record shall be retained on the eRegulations System for each regulation proposed in accordance with the provisions of § 4-168. Prior to the certification date, each agency shall create and maintain a regulation-making record for each regulation proposed by such agency. The regulation-making record shall be made available to the public.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 4-168b
- Agency: means each state board, commission, department or officer authorized by law to make regulations or to determine contested cases, but does not include either house or any committee of the General Assembly, the courts, the Council on Probate Judicial Conduct, the Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Attorney General, or town or regional boards of education, or automobile dispute settlement panels established pursuant to §. See Connecticut General Statutes 4-166
- Certification date: means the date the Secretary of the State certifies, in writing, that the eRegulations System is technologically sufficient to serve as the official compilation and electronic repository in accordance with §. See Connecticut General Statutes 4-166
- Proposed regulation: means a proposal by an agency under the provisions of §. See Connecticut General Statutes 4-166
- Regulation: means each agency statement of general applicability, without regard to its designation, that implements, interprets, or prescribes law or policy, or describes the organization, procedure, or practice requirements of any agency. See Connecticut General Statutes 4-166
- Regulation-making: means the process for formulation and adoption of a regulation. See Connecticut General Statutes 4-166
- Regulation-making record: means the documents specified in subsection (b) of §. See Connecticut General Statutes 4-166
- Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
(b) The regulation-making record shall contain at least: (1) The agency’s notice of intent to adopt regulations; (2) any written analysis prepared for the proceeding upon which the regulation is based, including the regulatory flexibility analysis required pursuant to § 4-168a, if applicable; (3) all comments submitted on the proposed regulation; (4) the official transcript, if any, of proceedings upon which the regulation is based or, if not transcribed, any audio recording or stenographic record of such proceedings, and any memoranda prepared by any member or employee of the agency summarizing the contents of the proceedings; (5) all official documents relating to the regulation, including the regulation submitted to the office of the Secretary of the State in accordance with § 4-172, a statement of the principal considerations in opposition to the agency’s action, and the agency’s reasons for rejecting such considerations, as required pursuant to § 4-168, and the fiscal note prepared pursuant to subsection (a) of § 4-168 and § 4-170; (6) any petition for the regulation filed pursuant to § 4-174; and (7) all comments or communications between the agency and the legislative regulation review committee. No audio recording of a hearing held pursuant to § 4-168 shall be posted on the eRegulations System unless the Secretary of the State confirms that such posting will not constitute a violation of any state or federal law regarding accessibility for persons with disabilities. Any audio recording of a hearing held pursuant to § 4-168 that is not posted on the eRegulations System shall be maintained by the agency and made available to the public upon request. If an agency determines that any part of the regulation-making record is impractical to display or is inappropriate for public display on the eRegulations System, the agency shall describe the part omitted in a statement posted on the eRegulations System and shall maintain a copy of the omitted material readily available for public inspection at the principal office of the agency.
(c) The regulation-making record need not constitute the exclusive basis for agency action on that regulation or for judicial review thereof.