Section 29-251 - (Formerly Sec. 19-395f). Codes and Standards Committee; duties; membershipThere shall be within the Department of Administrative Services a Codes and Standards Committee whose duty it shall be to work with the State Building Inspector in the enforcement of this part and the State Fire Marshal in the enforcement of part II of this chapter as set forth in this section. The committee shall be composed of twenty-three members, residents of the state, appointed by the Commissioner of Administrative Services as follows:
(1) Two shall be architects licensed in the state of Connecticut; (2) three shall be professional engineers licensed in the state of Connecticut, two of whom shall practice either structural, mechanical or electrical engineering but in no event shall both of such members represent the same specialty, and one of whom shall be a practicing fire protection engineer or mechanical engineer with extensive experience in fire protection; (3) four shall be builders, remodelers or superintendents of construction, one of whom shall have expertise in single-family detached residential construction, one of whom shall have expertise in multifamily residential construction, one of whom shall have expertise in residential remodeling and one of whom shall have expertise in commercial construction; (4) one shall be a public health official; (5) two shall be building officials; (6) two shall be local fire marshals; (7) one shall be a Connecticut member of a national building trades labor organization; (8) one shall have expertise in matters relating to energy efficiency; (9) four shall be public members, one of whom shall have expertise in matters relating to accessibility and use of facilities by persons with physical disabilities; (10) one shall be a contractor licensed to perform electrical work or a member of a statewide electrical trades labor organization; (11) one shall be a contractor licensed to perform plumbing and piping work or a member of a statewide plumbing trades labor organization; and (12) one shall be a contractor licensed to perform heating, piping and cooling work or a member of a state-wide heating and cooling trades labor organization. Each member, other than the public members, shall have had not less than ten years' practical experience in such member's profession or business. The committee shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, governing the procedure of the committee. Members who fail to attend three consecutive meetings or fifty per cent of all meetings during a calendar year shall be deemed to have resigned. The committee may, within the limits of appropriations provided therefor, employ such assistants as may be necessary to conduct its business.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-251
(1969, P.A. 443, S. 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 496, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 17, 136; P.A. 79-560, S. 6, 39; P.A. 80-483, S. 81, 186; P.A. 82-432, S. 5, 19; P.A. 87-51; 87-108; P.A. 88-137; P.A. 89-144, S. 12; P.A. 97-308 , S. 4 ; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 , S. 58 , 121 ; P.A. 09-192 , S. 2 ; P.A. 11-51 , S. 90 ; P.A. 13-146 , S. 1 ; 13-247 , S. 200 ; P.A. 17-96 , S. 24 .)
Amended by P.A. 24-0071,S. 1 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2024 Regular Session, eff. 5/30/2024.Amended by P.A. 17-0096, S. 24 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2017 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2017. Cited. 18 CA 40 .
See Sec. 4-9a for definition of "public member".