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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-43 (2026)

Removal of commissioners; subpoenas

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A commissioner of an authority may be removed by the appointing power for inefficiency, neglect of duty or misconduct in office, but a commissioner shall be removed only after opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel before the appointing power, at least ten days prior to which he shall have been given a copy of the charges against him. In the event of the removal of any commissioner, a record of the proceedings, together with the charges and findings thereon, shall be filed in the office of the clerk. Such appointing power, for its purposes under this section, may subpoena any books, papers, records, accounts, contracts, deeds, regulations or documents. Any person who wilfully refuses to produce such books, papers, records, accounts, contracts or documents shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.

(1949 Rev., S. 928; 1949, 1951, S. 439d; 1967, P.A. 124, S. 2.)

History: 1967 act made slight change in wording.

Cited. 208 C. 161; 213 C. 354; 216 C. 112.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1988–2007 · leading case: Gordon v. Bridgeport Hous. Auth., 544 A.2d 1185 (Conn. 1988).
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Gordon v. Bridgeport Hous. Auth., 544 A.2d 1185 (Conn. 1988). · cites it 4× “It is true that the commissioners can be removed for cause by the city; General Statutes § 8-43; 9 but the city does not have the power to control the actions of the authority as it would were it a true principal of the BHA.”
Connelly v. Hous. Auth. of New Haven, 567 A.2d 1212 (Conn. 1990). · cites it 2× “, General Statutes § 8-43, which authorizes the removal of housing authority commissioners for inefficiency, neglect of duty or misconduct; § 8-44a, which discusses programs for rehabilitation and repair of housing projects; § 8-45, which provides for rentals and tenant…”
Greater Bridgeport Transit Dist. v. City of Bridgeport, 920 A.2d 1028 (Conn. App. Ct. 2007). · cites it 2× “The final source on which the plaintiffs base their claim is General Statutes § 8-43, which provides in relevant part that a commissioner of a housing authority may be removed “for inefficiency, neglect of duty or misconduct in office *247 .”
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