SB 791 — AN ACT CONCERNING UTILIZATION OF RECENT DEMOGRAPHIC DATA TO UPDATE HIRING GOALS.

General Assembly   Governor'sSubstitute Bill No.

791 January Session, 2017   LCO*_____SB00791JUD___040417____* No.AN ACT CONCERNING UTILIZATION OF RECENT DEMOGRAPHIC DATA TO UPDATE HIRING GOALS.

3691   *03691__________* Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY   Introduced by:

  SEN.

LOONEY, 11th Dist.

SEN.

DUFF, 25th Dist.

REP.

ARESIMOWICZ, 30th Dist.

REP.

RITTER M., 1st Dist.

  AN ACT CONCERNING UTILIZATION OF RECENT DEMOGRAPHIC DATA TO UPDATE HIRING GOALS.

(a) Each[Each] Except as provided in subsection (g) of this section, each state agency, department, board and commission with twenty-five, or more, full-time employees shall develop and implement, in cooperation with the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, an affirmative action plan that commits the agency, department, board or commission to a program of affirmative action in all aspects of personnel and administration.

(c) Each[Each] Except as provided in subsection (g) of this section, each state agency, department, board and commission that employs two hundred fifty or more full-time employees shall file an affirmative action plan developed in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, with the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, semiannually, except that any state agency, department, board or commission which has an affirmative action plan approved by the commission may be permitted to file its plan on an annual basis in a manner prescribed by the commission and any state agency, department, board or commission that employs twenty-five or more employees but fewer than two hundred fifty full-time employees shall file its affirmative action plan biennially, unless the commission disapproves the most recent submission of the plan, in which case the commission may require the resubmission of such plan by a time chosen by the commission, until the plan is approved.

UponExcept as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, upon receipt of such federal plan or report, such plan or report shall be deemed approved by the commission for the duration that such plan or report is in compliance with the requirements of the federal agency responsible for monitoring the compliance byof such state agency.agency, department, board or commission.

(2) Any state agency, department, board or commission may submit an affirmative action plan to the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities in a form prescribed by 41 CFR 60.2,60-2, as amended from time to time, for a federal affirmative action or equal employment opportunity plan.

(h) The executive director of the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities shall establish a schedule for the filing of each plan or report submitted pursuant to subsection (g) of this section, taking into account the frequency such plan or report is required to be submitted to a federal agency, provided no state agencyagency, department, board or commission submitting a plan or report that is in compliance with the requirements of the federal agency responsible for monitoring the compliance of such state agencyagency, department, board or commission shall be required to file more frequently than such agencyagency, department, board or commission would otherwise be required to file a state affirmative action plan.

Section 1 October 1, 2017 46a-68 Statement of Purpose:Legislative Commissioners:

ToIn implementSection 1(a) and (c), references to the Governor'sexception budgetin recommendations.Subsec.

[Proposed(g) deletionswere areadded enclosedfor clarity and consistency, in brackets.Subsec.

Proposed(g)(1) additionsa arereference indicatedto by underline, except that when the entireexception textin ofSubsec. a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]

(g)(2) was added for consistency and in Subsecs.

(g) and (h) "department, board or commission" was added for consistency.

JUD Joint Favorable Subst.

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