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      Sec. 46a-5. Powers. Issuance of subpoenas. Regulations. The powers of the commission shall include but not be limited to the following: (a) To utilize such voluntary and uncompensated services of private individuals, agencies and organizations as may from time to time be offered and needed; (b) to recommend policies and make recommendations to agencies and officers of the state and local subdivisions of government to effectuate the policies of sections 46a-1 to 46a-6, inclusive; (c) to acquire on a contractual or other basis such necessary, legal, technical, secretarial and administrative services as it may require for the discharge of its duties; (d) to establish and maintain such offices as it may deem necessary; (e) to hold fact finding hearings, and pursuant to that subpoena witnesses and records, administer oaths and take the testimony of any persons under oath and require the production for examination of any books and papers relating to any matter under investigation or in question. The commission may, by regulation, establish a procedure for the issuance of subpoenas by individual commissioners. Refusal to obey a subpoena issued pursuant to this section shall constitute contempt punishable, upon the application of the authority issuing such subpoena, by the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford; (f) to receive and refer immediately to the State Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, complaints of sex discrimination; and (g) to promulgate such regulations as it may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 46a-1 to 46a-6, inclusive.

      (P.A. 73-559, S. 5, 9; P.A. 78-280, S. 6, 127; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4-6.)

      History: P.A. 78-280 replaced "Hartford county" with "judicial district of Hartford-New Britain"; P.A. 88-230 replaced "judicial district of Hartford-New Britain" with "judicial district of Hartford", effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995.