(a) Whenever the Governor, the members of the General Assembly or the president pro tempore of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives call a special session of the General Assembly, the Secretary of the State shall give notice thereof either by (1) mailing a true copy of the call of such special session, by first class mail, evidenced by a certificate of mailing, to each member of the House of Representatives and of the Senate at his or her address as it appears upon the records of said Secretary not less than ten nor more than fifteen days prior to the date of convening of such special session, (2) causing a true copy of the call to be delivered to each member by a state marshal, constable, state policeman or indifferent person at least twenty-four hours prior to the time of convening of such special session, or (3) sending an electronic copy of the call of such special session to the official legislative electronic mail address of each member of the House of Representatives and of the Senate at least seventy-two hours prior to the time of convening of such special session.

(b) Whenever the Secretary of the State is required to reconvene the General Assembly pursuant to article third of the amendments to the Constitution of Connecticut, said Secretary shall give notice thereof either by (1) mailing a true copy of the call of such reconvened session, by first class mail, evidenced by a certificate of mailing, to each member of the House of Representatives and of the Senate at his or her address as it appears upon the records of said secretary not less than five days prior to the date of convening of such reconvened session, (2) causing a true copy of the call to be delivered to each member by a state marshal, constable, state policeman or indifferent person at least twenty-four hours prior to the time of convening of such reconvened session, or (3) sending an electronic copy of the call of such reconvened session to the official legislative electronic mail address of each member at least seventy-two hours prior to the time of convening of such reconvened session.

(June, 1955, S. 6d; 1967, P.A. 361; 1971, P.A. 236, S. 1; P.A. 84-186, S. 1, 2; 84-546, S. 2, 173; P.A. 89-349, S. 3, 4; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 2, 130; P.A. 00-99, S. 16, 154; P.A. 16-84, S. 1.)

History: 1967 act added Subsec. (b) containing provisions for notice of reconvened session of general assembly; 1971 act changed “first class mail” to “registered or certified mail, return receipt requested”; P.A. 84-186 provided that a copy of the call shall be mailed by first class mail, evidenced by a certificate of mailing, rather than by registered or certified mail; P.A. 84-546 made technical change to Subsec. (b); P.A. 89-349 provided for the calling of a special session by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 amended Subsec. (a) by eliminating obsolete reference to Subsec. (b) of Sec. 5-278, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 00-99 changed references to sheriff and deputy sheriff to state marshal, effective December 1, 2000; P.A. 16-84 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) by designating existing provisions re mailing true copy of call as Subdiv. (1), designating existing provisions re delivery of true copy of call as Subdiv. (2), adding Subdiv. (3) re sending electronic copy of call and making technical changes, effective May 31, 2016.