Connecticut § 4-153 - Records of claims.
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§ 4-153. Records of claims.
Sec. 4-153. Records of claims. The Claims Commissioner shall cause a record to be made of each claim. Such record shall be retained in the files of the Office of the Claims Commissioner until the sine die adjournment of the regular session of the General Assembly next succeeding the disposition of such claim, at which time it shall be disposed of as may be decided pursuant to section 11-8a. Copies of such record and of the hearing transcript, if any, shall be made available upon request to the claimant and to the Attorney General and as the Claims Commissioner otherwise may direct.
(1959, P.A. 685, S. 9; 1961, P.A. 476, S. 4; 559, S. 1; P.A. 75-605, S. 11, 27; P.A. 80-338, S. 7; P.A. 16-127, S. 12.)
History: 1961 acts required record of claim rather than just of hearing, required retention of record until regular session following disposition of, rather than hearing on, claim and required copies of hearing transcript as well as record to be made available; P.A. 75-605 replaced commission with claims commissioner; P.A. 80-338 replaced reference to Sec. 4-34 with Sec. 11-8a in provision concerning disposal of records; P.A. 16-127 replaced “files of the Claims Commissioner” with “files of the Office of the Claims Commissioner”, effective June 9, 2016.
Cited. 186 C. 300; 239 C. 265.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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