Bill Text: CT HB06891 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Answers To Discriminatory Practice Complaints And Service Of Petitions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-25 - Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary [HB06891 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB06891-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 6891
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 3022
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. MORRIS, 140th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING ANSWERS TO DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE COMPLAINTS AND SERVICE OF PETITIONS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That subsection (b) of section 46a-83 of the general statutes be amended to provide that a respondent's answer to a complaint filed pursuant to 46a-64c of general statutes need not be made under oath and that subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 46a-89 of the general statutes be amended to provide that a petition brought by the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities may be served by United States mail, certified or registered, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, without the use of a state marshal or other officer, or by personal service by proper officer or indifferent person making service in the same manner as complaints are served in ordinary civil actions.

Statement of Purpose:

To eliminate administrative burdens on respondents and reduce expenditures in discriminatory practice cases.