Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-12a (2026)

First selectman to be chief executive officer and ex-officio member of town boards, commissions and committees

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Unless otherwise provided by law, the first selectman, in each town for which its board of selectmen is the executive authority, shall be the chief executive officer of such town and shall be an ex-officio member, without vote, of all town boards, commissions and committees; provided nothing herein shall be construed to affect any special act which gives the first selectman the power to vote on such boards, commissions and committees.

(1959, P.A. 97; P.A. 79-217.)

History: P.A. 79-217 made first selectman chief executive officer of town.

Ex-officio member of zoning commission may sit in, at hearings and executive sessions. 160 C. 295. Cited. 237 C. 135.

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Cited in 2 cases, 1971–1996 · leading case: Keeney v. Town of Old Saybrook, 676 A.2d 795 (Conn. 1996).

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Keeney v. Town of Old Saybrook, 676 A.2d 795 (Conn. 1996). · cites it 2× “Both General Statutes § 7-12a and chapter 4, § 1, of the town charter designate the first selectman as the town’s chief administrative officer.”

Lurie v. Plan. & Zoning Comm'n, 278 A.2d 799 (Conn. 1971). · cites it 4× “Kemish, as the first selectman, was by virtue of the provisions of General Statutes § 7-12a an ex officio member of the planning and zoning commission and as such was privileged, if he cared so to do, to sit with the commission in the hearing and in the deliberative and…”

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