Elections Review Committee of the Eighth Utilities District v. Freedom of Information Commission

The dispositive issue in this administrative appeal is whether the plaintiff, the elections review committee of the eighth utilities district (ERC), an ad hoc committee composed of one district director and three volunteer electors, is a public agency within the meaning of General Statutes § l-18a (a).1 Section l-18a (a) was amended by No. 83-3722 of the 1983 Pub-*687lie Acts to include in the definition of a “public agency” any “committee” of a public agency. We conclude that the legislature, in amending § l-18a (a), intended the term “committee” to encompass only a committee that is a subunit…