Connecticut General Statutes 4b-136 – State-Wide Security Management Council. Duties. Reports
(a) There is established a State-Wide Security Management Council. The council shall consist of the following members or their designees: The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the Commissioner of Administrative Services, the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the Chief Court Administrator, the executive director of the Joint Committee on Legislative Management, a representative of the Governor, a representative of the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition, the president of the Connecticut State Police Union, the president of the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association and the president of the Uniformed Professional Fire Fighters Association. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall serve as chairperson of the council. Each council member shall provide technical assistance in the member’s area of expertise, as required by the council.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 4b-136
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Administrative Services. See Connecticut General Statutes 4b-130
- Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
- Security: means reasonable measures required to: (A) Protect state employees from bodily harm in the workplace and state employee parking areas, and (B) protect the state's physical assets. See Connecticut General Statutes 4b-130
- State agency: means any department, board, commission, institution, or other agency of the state, except (A) the mass transit, marine and aviation functions of the Department of Transportation, (B) The University of Connecticut and other constituent units of the state system of higher education, (C) the Judicial Department, (D) the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, (E) the Military Department, (F) the Department of Correction, (G) the functions of the Department of Children and Families concerning client-occupied facilities, (H) the offices of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Comptroller, Secretary of the State and Treasurer, (I) the General Assembly, and (J) the Board of Pardons and Paroles. See Connecticut General Statutes 4b-130
(b) The council shall coordinate the activities of state agencies, as defined in § 4b-130, that relate to state-wide state facility security.
(c) Each state agency and each department, board, commission, institution or other agency of the state listed in the exceptions to the term “state agency” in § 4b-130 shall report biannually to the council on the frequency, character and resolution of workplace violence incidents.