Connecticut § 29-170 - Disclosure of records of task force.
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§ 29-170. Disclosure of records of task force.
Sec. 29-170. Disclosure of records of task force. Records of the state-wide organized crime investigative task force shall be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200, to the same extent as records of other law enforcement agencies.
(P.A. 73-592, S. 9, 15; P.A. 88-227, S. 1, 4; P.A. 97-47, S. 33.)
History: P.A. 88-227 entirely replaced prior provisions which authorized the task force, in order to keep the public informed re organized crime, to disseminate such information as it deemed appropriate with provision that the records of the task force shall be subject to disclosure under chapter 3 to the same extent as records of other law enforcement agencies, effective July 1, 1989; P.A. 97-47 substituted reference to “the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in Sec. 1-18a” for “chapter 3”.
Discretion conferred in statute discussed; information within provisions of section is not subject to Freedom of Information Act disclosure provisions of Sec. 1-19(a). 204 C. 609.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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