Sec. 2-61. Distribution of revised statutes and supplements, public and special
acts. (a) The Secretary of the State shall deliver copies of the revised statutes, of each
supplement to the general statutes and of each revised volume thereof and of each volume
of the public acts and special acts to the State Library for its general purposes and for
exchange with other states and libraries, and copies of the revised statutes, of each
supplement, of each revised volume and of each volume of the public acts, and such
additional number of each as the executive secretary of the Judicial Department certifies
as necessary, for the use of any of the state-maintained courts, and copies of each volume
of the special acts to said executive secretary for distribution to state-maintained courts,
and, to the several departments, agencies and institutions of the executive branch of the
state government, as many copies of the revised statutes, of each supplement, of each
revised volume and of each of the volumes of public acts and special acts as they require
for the performance of their duties.
(b) The Secretary shall send free of charge one copy of the revised statutes, of each
supplement to the general statutes, of each revised volume thereof and of each of the
volumes of public acts and special acts to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer,
Secretary of the State, Attorney General, Comptroller, Adjutant General, each town
clerk, and, upon request, to each probate court, the police department of each municipality having a regularly organized police force, each assistant to the Attorney General,
and each county law library; and the Secretary shall, upon the member's request, supply
free of charge (1) one copy of the revised statutes to each member of the General Assembly at the first session in which such member serves as a member, and (2) at each session
in which such member serves, one copy of each revised volume thereof and of each
supplement not previously supplied to such member, such distribution of the statutes
and supplements to be made not later than thirty days after the election or reelection of
such member, and (3) following each session at which such member serves, one volume
of each of the public acts and special acts passed at such session. The Secretary shall
supply free of charge to the clerks of the House and Senate, each, one copy of the revised
statutes, of each revised volume thereof, of each supplement and one volume of each
of the public acts and special acts for use in the clerks' office.
(1957, P.A. 664, S. 2; 1959, P.A. 2, S. 1; 28, S. 163; 197, S. 1; 1963, P.A. 284; February, 1965, P.A. 574, S. 1; 1967,
P.A. 49; 1969, P.A. 544; 562, S. 2; P.A. 73-679, S. 4, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 14, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 80-232;
P.A. 00-99, S. 17, 154; P.A. 11-61, S. 131; 11-150, S. 10.)
History: 1959 acts eliminated distribution to municipal and trial justice courts which were abolished and provided for
distribution to circuit courts, state departments, agencies and institutions and municipal police departments; 1963 act
specified time for distribution to members of the general assembly; 1965 act provided for distribution of revised statutes
to governor, lieutenant governor, etc. and of revised volumes to members of general assembly and clerks thereof; 1967
act replaced "circuit court" with reference to "any state-maintained court" thereby broadening distribution of statutes to
the judiciary; 1969 acts made changes to include public and special acts consistently throughout section; P.A. 73-679
substituted managing director, planning and budgeting division, department of finance and control or his designee for
budget director; P.A. 75-537 deleted reference to designee and substituted "budget and management" for "planning and
budgeting" in division name; P.A. 77-614 replaced "budget director ..." with "secretary of the office of policy and management"; P.A. 80-232 deleted reference to secretary of the office of policy and management; P.A. 00-99 deleted reference
to sheriff, effective December 1, 2000; P.A. 11-61 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provision re determination of number
of copies by Joint Committee on Legislative Management, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-150 added Subsec. (a) and (b)
designators, amended Subsec. (a) to delete specific numbers of copies required to be delivered and to require Joint Committee on Legislative Management to determine number of copies, and amended Subsec. (b) to provide for delivery of volumes
to each entity upon request and to add Subdiv. (1) to (3) designators, effective July 1, 2011.
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