(a) The State Librarian, in consultation with the Public Records Administrator and the Real Property Electronic Recording Advisory Committee established in subsection (b) of this section, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement sections 7-35aa to 7-35gg, inclusive.

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(b) (1) The State Librarian shall establish a Real Property Electronic Recording Advisory Committee. The members of the committee shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the State Librarian. The members of the committee shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed, within available appropriations, for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. The committee shall advise the State Librarian with respect to adopting, amending and repealing regulations under this section.

(2) The committee shall consist of the following:

(A) Three town clerks, one of whom shall be the town clerk of a municipality having a population of less than twenty thousand, one of whom shall be the town clerk of a municipality having a population of at least twenty thousand but less than sixty thousand, and one of whom shall be the town clerk of a municipality having a population of at least sixty thousand;

(B) Three attorneys experienced in real estate law;

(C) The Secretary of the State, or a designee;

(D) The Public Records Administrator, or a designee;

(E) An individual experienced in mortgage banking;

(F) An individual experienced in the business of title insurance;

(G) A notary public;

(H) An individual with experience performing title searches of real property; and

(I) A licensed real estate broker.

(c) To keep the standards and practices of town clerks in this state in harmony with the standards and practices of recording offices in other jurisdictions that enact legislation substantially the same as sections 7-35aa to 7-35gg, inclusive, and to keep the technology used by town clerks in this state compatible with technology used by recording offices in other jurisdictions that enact legislation substantially the same as sections 7-35aa to 7-35gg, inclusive, the State Librarian, so far as is consistent with the purposes, policies and provisions of sections 7-35aa to 7-35gg, inclusive, in adopting, amending and repealing regulations shall consider: (1) Standards and practices of other jurisdictions; (2) the most recent standards promulgated by national standard-setting bodies, such as the Property Records Industry Association; (3) the views of interested persons and governmental officials and entities; (4) the needs of municipalities of varying size, population and resources; and (5) standards requiring adequate information security protection to ensure that electronic documents are accurate, authentic, adequately preserved and resistant to tampering.