Connecticut § 1-2a - Construction of term “postmark”.
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§ 1-2a. Construction of term “postmark”.
Sec. 1-2a. Construction of term “postmark”. (a) For purposes of sections 1-206, 4-147, 9-23g, 9-153b, 9-311, 9-608, 10-183g, 12-146, 20-429, 31-241, 31-248, 31-249a, 33-603, 33-663, 33-929, 33-1003, 33-1053, 33-1219, 38a-716 and 42-243 (1) any reference to the United States mail or a postmark shall be treated as including a reference to any delivery service designated by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States pursuant to Section 7502 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, (2) any reference to a postmark made by the United States Postal Service shall be treated as including a reference to any date recorded or marked in the manner described in said Section 7502 of said Internal Revenue Code by a designated delivery service, and (3) any equivalent of registered or certified mail designated by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States pursuant to said Section 7502 of said Internal Revenue Code shall be included within the meaning of registered or certified mail.
(b) The Legislative Commissioners' Office shall, in codifying the provisions of this section, make such technical, grammatical and punctuation changes and statutory placements and classifications, including, but not limited to, the addition of newly enacted material to the sections listed in subsection (a) of this section as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
(P.A. 99-121, S. 27, 28; P.A. 14-182, S. 1; P.A. 24-151, S. 107.)
History: P.A. 99-121 effective June 3, 1999; P.A. 14-182 deleted references to Secs. 3-114e, 3-114f and 9-65 in Subsec. (a), effective June 12, 2014; P.A. 24-151 deleted reference to Sec. 3-114i in Subsec. (a), effective June 6, 2024.
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