Section 1-200. (Formerly Sec. 1-18a). – Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases have the following meanings, except where such terms are used in a context which clearly indicates the contrary: (1) “Public agency” or “agency” means: (A) Any executive, administrative or legislative office of the state or any political subdivision of the state and any state or […]

Section 1-201. (Formerly Sec. 1-19c). – Division of Criminal Justice deemed not to be public agency, when.

For the purposes of subdivision (1) of section 1-200, the Division of Criminal Justice shall not be deemed to be a public agency except in respect to its administrative functions. (P.A. 84-406, S. 12, 13; P.A. 00-66, S. 4.) History: P.A. 84-406 effective November 28, 1984, upon certification by secretary of the state of vote […]

Section 1-202. (Formerly Sec. 1-20e). – Application of freedom of information provisions to agency committee composed entirely of individuals who are not members of the agency.

Any public agency may petition the Freedom of Information Commission before establishing a committee of the public agency which is to be composed entirely of individuals who are not members of the agency, to determine whether such committee may be exempted from the application of any provision of the Freedom of Information Act. If the […]

Section 1-205. (Formerly Sec. 1-21j). – Freedom of Information Commission.

(a) There shall be established a Freedom of Information Commission consisting of nine members. (1) Five of such members shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of either house of the General Assembly. Such members shall serve for terms of four years from July first of the year of their appointment, […]

Section 1-205a. – Recommended appropriations. Allotments.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the appropriations recommended for the Freedom of Information Commission shall be the estimates of expenditure requirements transmitted to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management by the executive director of the commission and the recommended adjustments and revisions of such estimates shall be the recommended […]

Section 1-206. (Formerly Sec. 1-21i). – Denial of access to public records or meetings. Appeals. Notice. Orders. Civil penalty. Petition for relief from vexatious requester. Service of process upon commission. Frivolous appeals. Appeal re state hazardous waste program records.

(a) Any denial of the right to inspect or copy records provided for under section 1-210 shall be made to the person requesting such right by the public agency official who has custody or control of the public record, in writing, within four business days of such request, except when the request is determined to […]

Section 1-210. (Formerly Sec. 1-19). – Access to public records. Exempt records.

(a) Except as otherwise provided by any federal law or state statute, all records maintained or kept on file by any public agency, whether or not such records are required by any law or by any rule or regulation, shall be public records and every person shall have the right to (1) inspect such records […]

Section 1-211. (Formerly Sec. 1-19a). – Disclosure of computer-stored public records. Contracts. Acquisition of system, equipment, software to store or retrieve nonexempt public records.

(a) Any public agency which maintains public records in a computer storage system shall provide, to any person making a request pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, a copy of any nonexempt data contained in such records, properly identified, on paper, disk, tape or any other electronic storage device or medium requested by the […]

Section 1-212. (Formerly Sec. 1-15). – Copies and scanning of public records. Fees.

(a) Any person applying in writing shall receive, promptly upon request, a plain, facsimile, electronic or certified copy of any public record. The type of copy provided shall be within the discretion of the public agency, except (1) the agency shall provide a certified copy whenever requested, and (2) if the applicant does not have […]

Section 1-213. (Formerly Sec. 1-19b). – Agency administration. Disclosure of personnel, birth and tax records. Disclosure of voice mails by public agencies. Judicial records and proceedings.

(a) The Freedom of Information Act shall be: (1) Construed as requiring each public agency to open its records concerning the administration of such agency to public inspection; and (2) Construed as requiring each public agency to disclose information in its personnel files, birth records or confidential tax records to the individual who is the […]

Section 1-214. (Formerly Sec. 1-20a). – Public employment contracts as public record. Agency response to request for disclosure of personnel or medical files. Objection to disclosure.

(a) Any contract of employment to which the state or a political subdivision of the state is a party shall be deemed to be a public record for the purposes of section 1-210. (b) (1) Whenever a public agency receives a request to inspect or copy records contained in any of its employees' personnel or […]

Section 1-214a. – Disclosure of public agency termination, suspension or separation agreement containing confidentiality provision.

Any agreement entered into by any public agency, as defined in section 1-200, with an employee or personal services contractor providing for the termination, suspension or separation from employment of such employee or the termination or suspension of the provision of personal services by such contractor, as the case may be, that contains a confidentiality […]

Section 1-215. (Formerly Sec. 1-20b). – Record of an arrest as public record. Prohibition on redaction. Exemptions. Disclosure of other law enforcement records. Notice to state's attorney. Applicability of section.

(a) For the purposes of this section, “record of the arrest” means (1) the name, race and address of the person arrested, the date, time and place of the arrest and the offense for which the person was arrested, and (2) in addition, in a case in which (A) the arrest has been by warrant, […]

Section 1-215a. – Liability for disclosure of law enforcement records.

A law enforcement agency that discloses records that may be withheld from disclosure under subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of section 1-210 to another law enforcement agency that is permitted to receive such records shall not be liable for any further disclosure of such records by the agency receiving the records. (P.A. 19-30, S. 1.) […]

Section 1-216. (Formerly Sec. 1-20c). – Review and destruction of records consisting of uncorroborated allegations of criminal activity.

Except for records the retention of which is otherwise controlled by law or regulation, records of law enforcement agencies consisting of uncorroborated allegations that an individual has engaged in criminal activity shall be reviewed by the law enforcement agency one year after the creation of such records. If the existence of the alleged criminal activity […]

Section 1-217. (Formerly Sec. 1-20f). – Nondisclosure of residential addresses of certain individuals. Written request for nondisclosure. Redaction. Exceptions. Liability of public agency, public official or employee for violation. Hearing. Penalty.

(a) No public agency may disclose, under the Freedom of Information Act, from its personnel, medical or similar files, the residential address of any of the following persons employed by such public agency: (1) A federal court judge, federal court magistrate, judge of the Superior Court, Appellate Court or Supreme Court of the state, or […]

Section 1-218. – Certain contracts for performance of governmental functions. Records and files subject to Freedom of Information Act.

Each contract in excess of two million five hundred thousand dollars between a public agency and a person for the performance of a governmental function shall (1) provide that the public agency is entitled to receive a copy of records and files related to the performance of the governmental function, and (2) indicate that such […]

Section 1-219. – Veterans' military records.

(a) As used in this section: (1) “Armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard or Air Force of the United States; (2) “veteran” means any person honorably discharged from, or released under honorable conditions from active service or reserve status in the armed forces; (3) “military discharge document” means a United States […]

Section 1-225. (Formerly Sec. 1-21). – Meetings of government agencies to be public. Recording of votes. Schedule and agenda of certain meetings to be filed and posted on web sites. Notice of special meetings. Executive sessions.

(a) The meetings of all public agencies, except executive sessions, as defined in subdivision (6) of section 1-200, shall be open to the public. The votes of each member of any such public agency upon any issue before such public agency shall be reduced to writing and made available for public inspection within forty-eight hours […]

Section 1-225a. – Meetings of public agencies conducted by electronic equipment.

(a) As used in this section, “public agency”, “meeting”, “executive session”, “electronic equipment” and “electronic transmission” have the same meanings as provided in section 1-200. On and after July 1, 2021, a public agency may hold a public meeting that is accessible to the public by means of electronic equipment or by means of electronic […]