CT Gen Stat § 4b-11. (Formerly Sec. 4-24) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4b - State Real Property|Chapter 59 - State Real Property|Section 4b-11. (Formerly Sec. 4-24) - Supervision of state property. Trespass upon state property. Penalty.

 The board of trustees of each state institution shall have the supervision, care and control of all property used in connection with such institution; the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall have the supervision, care and control of all property used in connection with the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection located outside the city of Hartford; the Joint Committee on Legislative Management of the General Assembly shall have the supervision, care and control of the State Capitol building and grounds, the Legislative Office Building and parking garage and grounds and related structures and facilities; the Office of the Chief Court Administrator shall have the supervision, care and control of all property where the Judicial Department is the primary occupant and of the building and grounds of the State Library and Supreme Court and shall establish policies and procedures governing such supervision, care and control. For the purposes of this section, the term “Judicial Department” does not include the courts of probate, the Division of Criminal Justice and the Public Defender Services Commission, except where they share facilities in state-maintained courts. Such board of trustees and said commissioner may make regulations for the maintenance of order on, and the safeguarding and use of, any such property, subject to the direction and supervision of the Commissioner of Administrative Services. Any person who trespasses upon such property shall be subject to the penalty for criminal trespass, as provided in sections 53a-107 to 53a-109, inclusive, or simple trespass, as provided in section 53a-110a. Any person who violates any regulation concerning the use of such property shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than three months, or both.(1949 Rev., S. 261; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 5; P.A. 75-316, S. 17; P.A. 77-614, S. 73, 486, 610; P.A. 84-109, S. 1; 84-436, S. 2, 12; P.A. 85-301, S. 4, 5, 13; P.A. 87-496, S. 9, 110; P.A. 89-82, S. 6, 11; P.A. 92-130, S. 1, 10; P.A. 93-206, S. 1, 16; P.A. 95-220, S. 1, 6; P.A. 04-62, S. 1; P.A. 11-51, S. 91.)History: P.A. 75-316 replaced state library committee with state library board; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of administrative services for public works commissioner and commissioner of public safety for commissioner of state police and made the department of state police the division of state police within the department of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 84-109 provided that the state library board share the supervision, care and control of the building and grounds of the state library and supreme court with “the chief justice of the supreme court”, required that mutually agreeable policies and procedures governing such supervision, care and control be established, and provided that the commissioner of administrative services shall resolve disputed issues if the state library board and the chief justice are unable to establish mutually agreeable policies and procedures; P.A. 84-436 added provision that the office of the chief court administrator shall have the supervision, care and control of all property where the judicial department is the primary occupant and may make regulations in connection therewith, and added definition of “judicial department”, effective July 1, 1985; P.A. 85-301 added provision that the legislative management committee shall have the supervision, care and control of the state capitol building and grounds, temporary legislative office buildings and the legislative office building and grounds and related facilities, during and after construction; P.A. 87-496 substituted public works commissioner for administrative services commissioner; Sec. 4-24 transferred to Sec. 4b-11 in 1989; P.A. 89-82 made technical changes re buildings under supervision of legislative management committee and deleted obsolete references to temporary legislative office buildings and construction of legislative office building; P.A. 92-130 required public safety commissioner to have supervision, care and control of property used in connection with division of fire and building safety; P.A. 93-206 substituted division of fire, emergency and building services for division of fire and building safety, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-220 transferred supervision care and control of building and grounds of State Library and Supreme Court from State Library Board and Chief Justice to Office of Chief Court Administrator and deleted reference to Office of Chief Court Administrator and board re making regulations for maintenance of order on property subject to supervision of Public Works Commissioner, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 04-62 increased the penalty for trespass upon state property from a fine of not more than $100 or a term of imprisonment of not more than three months, or both, to the penalty for criminal trespass or simple trespass and increased the fine for violation of any regulation concerning the use of such property from not more than $100 to not more than $500, effective May 10, 2004; P.A. 11-51 deleted reference to Division of Fire, Emergency and Building Services, changed “within the Department of Public Safety” to “within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection” and changed “Commissioner of Public Works” to “Commissioner of Administrative Services”, effective July 1, 2011 (Revisor's note: “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” to conform with changes made by P.A. 11-51, S. 134).