Connecticut General Statutes 54-240m – Confidentiality of records re program participant. Exceptions. Notice of disclosure
(a) The Secretary of the State may not make any records in a program participant‘s file, other than the program address, available for inspection or copying, except:
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 54-240m
- Law enforcement agency: means the office of the Attorney General, the office of the Chief State's Attorney, the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection or any municipal police department. See Connecticut General Statutes 54-240
- participant: means any person certified by the Secretary of the State to participate in the address confidentiality program. See Connecticut General Statutes 54-240
- program: means the program established pursuant to this chapter. See Connecticut General Statutes 54-240
- Program address: means the post office box number and fictitious street address assigned to a program participant by the Secretary of the State. See Connecticut General Statutes 54-240
(1) If requested by a law enforcement agency or by the State Elections Enforcement Commission, to such law enforcement agency or said commission, provided the request is in writing, on agency or commission letterhead stationery signed by the agency’s chief law enforcement officer, a commanding officer in the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection or the executive director of the State Elections Enforcement Commission, as the case may be, and contains the request date and the name of the program participant;
(2) If directed by a court order, to a person identified in such order;
(3) To verify the participation of a specific program participant, in which case the Secretary of the State may only confirm information supplied by the requestor; or
(4) If the program participant’s certification has been cancelled.
(b) If the Secretary of the State discloses records pursuant to subdivision (2) or (3) of subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary of the State shall forthwith notify the program participant of such disclosure.