(a) There is established the Long Island Sound Assembly consisting of four members of each Long Island Sound advisory council. The members shall be appointed by the chairperson of each advisory council, two of whom shall be chief executive officers, and two of whom shall be appointed from the members of such councils appointed by the legislature.
(b) The assembly shall review the report of each advisory council submitted pursuant to section 25-154 for compatibility with the reports of the other councils and for coordination with federal and state law and the activities of the Bi-State Long Island Sound Committee. The assembly shall submit, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, a report of its review and any recommendations to the General Assembly on or before January first, annually. The report shall be submitted electronically to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment and, upon request, to any member of the General Assembly. The joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment shall post a copy of such report on its Internet web site.
(P.A. 89-344, S. 1, 4; P.A. 96-251, S. 12; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-299, S. 29.)
History: P.A. 96-251 amended Subsec. (b) by requiring that on and after October 1, 1996, reports be submitted to environment committee and upon request to legislators and by adding provisions re submission of report summaries to legislators; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2011 (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (b), a reference to “Bi-State Long Island Sound Marine Resources Committee” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Bi-State Long Island Sound Committee” to conform with changes made by P.A. 05-137); P.A. 13-299 amended Subsec. (a) to decrease number of members from each advisory council from 7 to 4, decrease number of chief executive officers appointed from 3 to 2, change 4 members appointed by Governor or legislature to 2 members appointed by legislature, delete provision re criteria for 3 members and make a technical change, amended Subsec. (b) to require report be submitted electronically and in accordance with Sec. 11-4a, delete requirement re mailing of summary of report to members of General Assembly, add requirement for environment committee to post report on its web site and make a technical change, and deleted former Subsec. (c) re first meeting of assembly, effective July 1, 2013.