Section 7-NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] Municipal appointments(a) As used in this section (1) "municipality" means any municipality, as defined in section 7-187 of the general statutes, any district, as defined in section 7-324 of the general statutes, any metropolitan district or any municipal district created under section 7-330 of the general statutes and located within the state, and (2) "regional council of governments" means any regional council of governments organized under the provisions of sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive, of the general statutes.(b) Any appointment that a municipality is authorized or required by law to make on its own behalf with respect to a municipal function may be made by a regional council of governments or jointly with one or more other municipalities pursuant to an interlocal agreement for the joint performance of municipal functions pursuant to section 7-148cc of the general statutes or an agreement for regional services pursuant to section 8-31b of the general statutes. Such appointment shall pertain jointly to each municipality that is a party to such agreement and be in lieu of any individual appointment by any such municipality. The provisions of this subsection shall supersede any provision of the general statutes or any special act, charter, special act charter, home rule ordinance or local law that would prohibit or limit the ability to make such joint appointments, including, but not limited to, any provision that (1) prohibits a municipality from entering into an agreement for shared services, (2) requires an appointee to fulfill such appointee's duties to the exclusion of other employment, (3) requires an appointee to reside within a particular municipality, or (4) requires a municipality to make an individual appointment.(c) For the purposes of this section, a municipal function shall include, but not be limited to, administrative and regulatory activities described in chapters 93, 96a and 100, sections 7-148b, 7-148g, 7-148p, 8-3, 12-136, 22-331, 22-340, 22a-36 to 22a-45, inclusive, and 29-251 to 29-371, inclusive, of the general statutes and planning activities described in sections 8-23, 8-30j and 19a-181b of the general statutes.(d) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes to implement the provisions of this section.Added by P.A. 24-0151,S. 127 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2024 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2024.