§ 16.3

If any vacancy of a utility commissioner occurs in the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority at any time when the General Assembly is not in session, the Governor shall appoint a utility commissioner to fill such vacancy until such vacancy is filled at the next session of the General Assembly.(1949 Rev., S. 5392; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 79, 136; P.A. 11-80, S. 18; P.A. 13-298, S. 5.)History: P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 would have replaced public utilities control authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979, except for action of P.A. 78-303 which retained reference to authority in this section; P.A. 11-80 changed 'Public Utilities Control Authority' to 'Public Utilities Regulatory Authority' and 'commissioner' to 'director', effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-298 added 'of a utility commissioner' re vacancy, replaced 'director' with 'utility commissioner', deleted provision re filling any other vacancy and made a technical change, effective July 8, 2013.Read together with Sec.

y commissioner' re vacancy, replaced 'director' with 'utility commissioner', deleted provision re filling any other vacancy and made a technical change, effective July 8, 2013.Read together with Sec. 4-1, this section provides that, on failure of General Assembly to act on nomination submitted by the Governor, the incumbent commissioner holds over as a de jure officer. 136 C. 312.