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(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, during any inquiry, investigation, impeachment or other proceeding conducted pursuant to Article Ninth of the Connecticut Constitution that is commenced on or after January 1, 2004, by the House of Representatives, all information, records of interviews, reports, statements, depositions, notes, memoranda or other data in the custody of or obtained or prepared by the House of Representatives, any committee established by the House of Representatives in furtherance of the purposes of said Article Ninth, the staff of the House of Representatives or the staff of any such committee shall not be subject to the provisions of section 1-210 until such committee transmits its final report to the House of Representatives, provided the committee shall have discretion to disclose any such information prior to the transmittal of the final report. Information provided to the committee by a public agency that is otherwise disclosable by the public agency pursuant to the provisions of section 1-210 shall at all times be disclosable by the originating public agency. Nothing in this section shall be construed to mean that any individual waives any privilege provided by law when providing a document or any other information to any such committee.
(b) Not later than ninety days after the conclusion of the last occurring inquiry, investigation, impeachment, trial or other proceeding conducted pursuant to Article Ninth of the Connecticut Constitution that is commenced on or after January 1, 2004, by the House of Representatives or the Senate, any document, recorded data, information or other tangible materials of any kind prepared, received, owned, used or retained in the course of said inquiry, investigation, impeachment, trial or other proceeding, except those items that have been exempted from disclosure pursuant to state or federal law, shall be delivered to the State Library for preservation and archiving, provided an electronic version of such materials shall be provided to the clerks of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Connecticut General Statutes Title 2. General Assembly and Legislative Agencies § 2-46a. Investigations and inquiries pursuant to Article Ninth of the Constitution commenced after January 1, 2004. Disclosure of information obtained during investigation or inquiry - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ct/title-2-general-assembly-and-legislative-agencies/ct-gen-st-sect-2-46a/
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