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      Sec. 10-283a. Committee from General Assembly to review listing of eligible projects. A committee to review the listing of eligible school building projects submitted pursuant to section 10-283 shall be appointed annually on or before July first consisting of eight persons who are members of the General Assembly at the time of their appointment as follows: Two persons each appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, the minority leader of the House of Representatives, the president pro tempore of the Senate and the minority leader of the Senate. The listing of eligible projects by category shall be submitted to said committee prior to December fifteenth annually to determine if said listing is in compliance with the categories described in subsection (a) of section 10-283, and existing standards established by the State Board of Education pursuant to said regulations. The committee may modify the listing if it finds that the Commissioner of Education acted in an arbitrary or unreasonable manner in establishing the listing. Such modified listing shall be in compliance with said standards and categories. Prior to February first annually, the committee shall submit the approved or modified listing of projects to the Governor and the General Assembly.

      (P.A. 76-418, S. 3, 18; P.A. 78-123, S. 1, 3; P.A. 84-460, S. 7, 16; P.A. 85-377, S. 8, 13; P.A. 90-256, S. 3, 9; P.A. 96-244, S. 25, 63.)

      History: P.A. 78-123 deleted references to specific years, thus making provisions applicable to actions taken each year; P.A. 84-460 deleted provisions exempting regulations from the provisions of chapter 54; P.A. 85-377 substituted commissioner of education for board of education in provision re arbitrary or unreasonable actions taken in establishment of priority listing; P.A. 90-256 provided that school building projects not be listed by priority within categories but only by category; P.A. 96-244 deleted provision re regulations concerning standards and categories of school building projects, effective July 1, 1996.

      See Sec. 10-287c re State Board of Education's authority to prescribe rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter.