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Bittle v. Commissioner of Social Services, 249 Conn. 503 (1999)

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Bittle v. Commissioner of Social Services, 249 Conn. 503 (1999)
Parent Document
Bittle v. Commissioner of Social Services, 249 Conn. 503 (1999)
Jurisdiction
Connecticut (state)
Effective Date
1999-07-20

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Prior to 1977, the process for taking appeals from a decision of an administrative agency varied among agencies. Conn. Joint Standing Committee Hearings, Judiciary, Pt. 2, 1984 Sess., p. 396. In some instances, service of process by certified mail was available, and in others, personal service by a sheriff was required. Id. In 1977, the legislature passed No. 77-603 of 1977 Public Acts (P.A. 77-603), by which it uniformly required that service of process of appeals from agencies be made by a sheriff. See Tolly v. Dept. of Human Services, supra, 225 Conn. 22. By making the procedure for service of process uniform throughout the state, the legislature simplified the appellate procedures for appealing agency decisions. That provision of P.A. 77-603, which addressed the method of service of appeals from administrative agency decisions, was then codified at General Statutes (Rev. to 1979) § 4-183 (b). See P.A. 77-603, § 1 (b).4