Connecticut SB 448: AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES UNDER THE STATE EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN.

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 448
February Session, 2026

AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE METROPOLITAN
DISTRICT OF HARTFORD COUNTY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 2 of number 562 of the special acts of 1937, as 1
amended by section 14 of public act 93-380, is amended to read as 2
follows (Effective October 1, 2026): 3
Unless otherwise expressly provided by law, each board, bureau, 4
committee and commission of The Metropolitan District shall have full 5
power to organize by the appointment from its own number [or 6
otherwise of] a chairman and vice chairman and such other officers as 7
may be deemed necessary and expedient. [In case such appointment 8
shall not be made from the membership of the respective boards, any 9
officer so appointed shall have no vote in the proceedings of such 10
board.] An employee of the district shall not be a member of the board 11
of commissioners nor any committee or commission established by the 12
board of commissioners or the charter. 13
Sec. 2. Section 33 of number 511 of the special acts of 1929, as 14
amended by section 2 of special act 77-54 and section 1 of special act 01-15
3, is amended to read as follows (Effective October 1, 2026): 16
(a) The district [commission] board shall conduct a public hearing on 17

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any proposed ordinance or revision to an ordinance at which parties in 18
interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard. Notice of the 19
time and place of such hearing shall be published in a newspaper having 20
a substantial circulation in [the metropolitan district] The Metropolitan 21
District at least twice at intervals of not less than two days, the first not 22
more than fifteen days nor less than ten days before such hearing, and 23
the last not less than two days before such hearing. The proposed 24
ordinance or revision to an ordinance shall be filed in the office of the 25
town clerk in each municipality that is a member of the district for public 26
inspection at least ten days before such hearing. [The proposed 27
ordinance or revision to an ordinance may be published in full in such 28
newspaper.] 29
(b) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, the 30
district board shall publish each such proposed ordinance or revision to 31
an ordinance in full in a newspaper having substantial circulation in The 32
Metropolitan District. 33
(2) The district board may provide, by ordinance, that summaries of 34
proposed ordinances or revisions to ordinances may be published, 35
except that no proposed ordinance or revision to an ordinance that 36
makes or requires an appropriation shall be summarized. Any such 37
summary shall include the following statement: "This summary is 38
prepared for the benefit of the public, solely for purposes of information, 39
summarization and explanation. This summary does not represent the 40
intent of the legislative body of The Metropolitan District for any 41
purpose." In the event that such a summary is published, the district 42
clerk shall make a copy of such proposed ordinance or revision to an 43
ordinance available for public inspection, and shall, upon request, mail 44
a copy of such proposed ordinance or revision to an ordinance to any 45
person requesting such copy, at no charge to such person. 46
(c) No ordinance passed by the district board shall take effect until 47
ten days from the passage of such ordinance nor until it has been 48
published in full or summarized, as applicable, twice in [one or more 49
daily papers issued within the metropolitan district] a newspaper 50

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having substantial circulation in The Metropolitan District and the clerk 51
of said district shall cause each ordinance passed by the said district 52
board to be published without unnecessary delay, and a certificate of 53
the district clerk upon the record of such ordinance that the same has 54
been so published shall be prima facie evidence thereof in any suit or 55
proceeding, and no ordinance shall be valid if repugnant to the laws of 56
the state. 57
Sec. 3. Section 34 of number 511 of the special acts of 1929, as 58
amended by section 2 of special act 01-3, is amended to read as follows 59
(Effective October 1, 2026): 60
The district board of [the metropolitan district] The Metropolitan 61
District may, from time to time, revise the ordinances of said district 62
combining therein existing ordinances and making such alterations as it 63
may deem necessary. 64
Sec. 4. Number 283 of the special acts of 1949 is amended to read as 65
follows (Effective October 1, 2026): 66
The [city and police court of the city] superior court for the judicial 67
district of Hartford and any town, city, city and police, borough, or 68
police court or trial justice shall have jurisdiction to enforce any 69
ordinance, by-law or regulation of The Metropolita