SB 493 - Revisor's Technical Corrections Summary

• Makes technical corrections throughout Connecticut General Statutes to standardize language, replacing archaic phrasing like "shall mean" with "means" and "shall have" with "has"

• Changes references from "select committees" to "joint standing committees" of the General Assembly in multiple sections relating to children, veterans affairs, and other state matters

• Corrects terminology including "Judicial Branch" to "Judicial Department," "salt water" to "saltwater," and updates references to obsolete or renamed state agencies

• Updates cross-references and removes outdated language while maintaining the substantive legal meaning of existing statutes

• Effective October 1, 2014, with certain sections effective January 1, 2015 or from passage, depending on the specific provision