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CT Gen Stat § 3-97 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-97 - Records of the colony of New Haven.

 The Secretary is authorized to issue certified copies of any instrument contained in the volumes of the records of the “Colony or Jurisdiction of New Haven”, deposited in the State Library, which certified copies shall be admissible in evidence in the same manner and entitled to the same weight as copies made and certified by the official from whom such records were received; and the town clerk of the town of New Haven is authorized to issue certified copies from the photostat copies of such records, deposited in the office of said town clerk by the State Librarian, which certified copies shall be admissible in evidence in the same manner and entitled to the same weight as copies made and certified from original copies.(1949 Rev., S. 176.)
CT Gen Stat § 3-98 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-98 - Photographic or electronic records and copies.

 Copies of any books, records, papers or documents filed, as required by law, for record in the office of the Secretary shall, when authenticated under the seal of the state and over a facsimile of the signature of the Secretary, be admitted in evidence equally with the originals thereof and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts set forth therein. When certified copies of any certificate or report filed by any corporation for record in the office of the Secretary are required by law to be furnished by said Secretary for use in this state, it shall be sufficient if the Secretary furnishes such copies over a facsimile of his signature and authenticated under the seal of the state. When the term “recorded” is used under provisions of law relating to a record in the office of the Secretary, such term shall be construed to include a photographic or electronic record. When the term “certified copy” is used under provisions of law relating to a certified copy to be furnished by the Secretary, such term shall be construed to include photographic or electronic copy. Any limitation contained in section 1-12 upon the use of signatures shall have no application to the provisions of this section.(1949 Rev., S. 177; P.A. 89-243, S. 1, 4.)History: P.A. 89-243 changed “photostat record” to “photographic or electronic record”, and added provision that “certified copy” shall be construed to include photographic or electronic copy.See Sec. 1-7 re authority to reproduce documents by photographic processes.
CT Gen Stat § 3-99 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-99 - Fees for filing and recording in Secretary's office.

 Section 3-99 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 3637; 1951, S. 1984d; 1959, P.A. 530, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 364, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 3-99b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-99b - Forms of documents filed in Secretary's office.

 The Secretary of the State may (a) except when such forms are otherwise prescribed by the general statutes, prescribe and require the use of forms for any reports, documents, certificates, instruments or other papers required to be filed in his office, and (b) prescribe the size of all documents filed in his office and require all documents submitted for filing to be such prescribed size.(P.A. 83-138.)
CT Gen Stat § 3-99c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-99c - Deposit of fees.

 All fees received by the Secretary of the State shall be deposited in the General Fund.(P.A. 92-200, S. 3, 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 87.)History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 eliminated commercial recording account established within General Fund for payment of administrative costs of Commercial Recording Division, effective September 9, 2009.
CT Gen Stat § 3-99d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-99d - Electronic business portal. Establishment and purpose. Promotion and modification.

 (a) The Commercial Recording Division of the office of the Secretary of the State shall establish an electronic business portal as a single point of entry for business entities for purposes of business registration pursuant to title 33 or 34. Such portal shall provide explanatory information and electronic links provided by state agencies and quasi-public agencies, including, but not limited to, the Labor Department, the Workers' Compensation Commission, the Departments of Economic and Community Development, Administrative Services, Consumer Protection, Energy and Environmental Protection and Revenue Services, Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated, Connecticut Licensing Info Center, The United States Small Business Administration, the Connecticut Small Business Development Center, the Connecticut Economic Resource Center and the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, for the purposes of assisting such business entities in determining permitting and licensure requirements, identifying state revenue responsibilities and benefits, and finding available state financial incentives and programs related to such entities' businesses. The information provided for purposes of business registration with the office of the Secretary of the State may be made available to state agencies and quasi-public agencies for economic development, state revenue collection and statistical purposes as provided by law.(b) The Department of Economic and Community Development, within available appropriations and in collaboration with the office of the Secretary of the State, shall (1) promote such electronic business portal in order to encourage entrepreneurship in the state, and (2) identify modifications to such electronic business portal to allow businesses to complete the business registration process in an expedient manner.(P.A. 11-48, S. 29; 11-61, S. 102; 11-80, S. 1; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 152; P.A. 17-103, S. 1.)History: P.A. 11-48 effective January 1, 2012; P.A. 11-61 added reference to Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, effective January 1, 2012; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, “the Connecticut Development Authority, Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 17-103 designated existing provisions re establishment of electronic business portal as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re promotion and modification of business portal.
CT Gen Stat § 3-100 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-100 - Names of streams.

 The Commissioner of Transportation and the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection are directed to prepare and file in the office of the Secretary a list of the names of all brooks, rivers, ponds, lakes and other bodies of water in this state, and, when such list is so filed, the names thereon shall be the official names of said bodies of water, provided additions to, and corrections of, said list may be certified at any time.(1949 Rev., S. 181; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 56; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: 1969 act substituted commissioner of transportation for highway commissioner; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 3-105 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-105 - Arms of the state.

 The following-described arms shall be the official arms of the state: A shield of rococo design of white field, having in the center three grape vines, supported and bearing fruit. The vine located in the center of the shield and the vine located on the right side of the shield shall ascend in a counterclockwise manner. The vine located on the left side of the shield shall ascend in a clockwise manner. The bordure to the shield shall consist of two bands bordered by fine lines adorned with clusters of white oak leaves (Quercus alba) bearing acorns. Below the shield shall be a white streamer, cleft at each end, bordered with two fine lines, and upon the streamer shall be in block letters the motto “QUI TRANSTULIT SUSTINET”. A drawing of said arms, made in conformity herewith and filed in the office of the Secretary, shall be the official drawing of the arms of the state.(1949 Rev., S. 178; 1953, S. 61d; 1959, P.A. 328, S. 1; 1961, P.A. 76, S. 1; P.A. 90-156, S. 1.)History: 1959 act added provision re approval of certain reproductions by secretary; 1961 act deleted references to use of arms other than on official business; P.A. 90-156 added provisions re location of the vines and description of bordure to the shield and amended description of letters on the streamer.
CT Gen Stat § 3-106 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-106 - Seal.

 The great seal of the state shall conform to the following description: It shall be a perfect ellipse with its major axis two and one-half inches in length and its minor axis two inches in length, the major axis being vertical. Within such ellipse shall appear another ellipse with its major axis one and fifteen-sixteenths inches in length and its minor axis one and one-half inches in length. The inner ellipse is separated from the outer ellipse only by a line two points one-thirty-sixth of an inch in width and with the space between the two ellipses, being seven-thirty-seconds of an inch, forming a border. In said space shall appear, letter spaced and in letters one-eighth of an inch in height and of twelve point century Roman, the words “SIGILLUM REIPUBLICAE CONNECTICUTENSIS”, beginning and ending one and one-sixteenth inches apart in the lower space along such border. In the center of the inner ellipse shall be three grape vines, two above and one below, each with four leaves and three clusters of grapes intertwined around a support nine-sixteenths of an inch high, and the base of the supports of the two upper vines one inch from the base of the inner ellipse and eleven-sixteenths of an inch apart. The base of the lower support shall be nine-sixteenths of an inch from the base of the inner ellipse and halfway between said bases shall appear the motto “QUI TRANSTULIT SUSTINET”, in number three, six point card Roman letters, or engraver's Roman letters, on a ribbon gracefully formed, with the ends of the ribbon turned upward and inward and cleft. A drawing of said seal shall be filed in the office of the Secretary and shall be its official drawing.(1949 Rev., S. 179, 8490; 1953, S. 3280d; 1959, P.A. 328, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 76, S. 2.)History: 1959 act deleted provision confining use of seal to use under direction of secretary and stated reproductions could only be for purposes related directly or indirectly to state business; 1961 act deleted all provisions re reproductions.
CT Gen Stat § 3-106a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-106a - Reproduction of arms and seal.

 The official arms and seal of the state of Connecticut, or imitation thereof, whether as a reproduction, imprint or facsimile, shall be made and used only under the direction and with the approval of the Secretary of the State for purposes specifically authorized by the Constitution and laws of the state or related directly or indirectly to the official business of the state, provided the Secretary may in his judgment approve other reproductions of said arms or seal of the state for memorials and for purposes he considers educational.(1961, P.A. 76, S. 3; February, 1965, P.A. 396, S. 1.)History: 1965 act specified section applies to imitations of the official arms and seal of state.
CT Gen Stat § 3-107 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-107 - State flag.

 The following-described flag is the official flag of the state. The dimensions of the flag shall be five feet and six inches in length, four feet and four inches in width. The flag shall be azure blue, charged with an argent white shield of rococo design, having in the center three grape vines, supported and bearing fruit in natural colors. The bordure to the shield shall be in two colors, gold on the interior and silver on the exterior, adorned with natural-colored clusters of white oak leaves (Quercus alba) bearing acorns. Below the shield shall be a white streamer, cleft at each end, bordered by a band of gold within fine brown lines, and upon the streamer in dark blue block letters shall be the motto “QUI TRANSTULIT SUSTINET”; the whole design being the arms of the state.(1949 Rev., S. 3581; P.A. 90-156, S. 2.)History: P.A. 90-156 amended description of the state flag.
CT Gen Stat § 3-108 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-108 - State flower.

 The mountain laurel, Kalmia latifolia, shall be the state flower.(1949 Rev., S. 3582.)
CT Gen Stat § 3-108a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-108a - Children's state flower.

 Michaela Petit's Four-O'Clocks, Mirabilis jalapa, shall be the children's state flower.(P.A. 15-77, S. 1.)History: P.A. 15-77 effective June 19, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 3-109 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-109 - State bird.

 The American robin, Turdus migratorius, shall be the state bird.(1949 Rev., S. 3583.)
CT Gen Stat § 3-109a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-109a - State animal.

 The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, shall be the state animal.(P.A. 75-165; P.A. 86-403, S. 6, 132.)History: P.A. 86-403 made technical change re scientific name of sperm whale.
CT Gen Stat § 3-109b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-109b - State insect.

 The praying mantis, Mantis religiosa, shall be the state insect.(P.A. 77-243.)
CT Gen Stat § 3-109c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-109c - State shellfish.

 The Eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, shall be the state shellfish.(P.A. 89-321, S. 10, 12.)
CT Gen Stat § 3-109d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-109d - State fish.

 The American shad, Alosa sapidissima, shall be the state fish.(P.A. 03-41, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 3-110 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-110 - State tree.

 The white oak, Quercus alba, shall be the state tree.(1949 Rev., S. 3584.)
CT Gen Stat § 3-110a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-110a - State to be known as “Constitution State”.

 The state of Connecticut shall be known as “The Constitution State”.(1959, P.A. 121.)
CT Gen Stat § 3-110b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-110b - State mineral.

 The garnet shall be the state mineral.(P.A. 77-293.)
CT Gen Stat § 3-110c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-110c - State song.

 The song entitled “Yankee Doodle”, composer unknown, shall be the state song. The form in which this song shall be sung as the state song shall be as follows:WORDS   Yankee Doodle went to town,   Riding on a pony,   Stuck a feather in his hat,   And called it macaroni.CHORUS   Yankee Doodle keep it up,   Yankee Doodle dandy,   Mind the music and the step,   And with the folks be handy.MUSIC(P.A. 78-4.)
CT Gen Stat § 3-110d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-110d - State ship.

 The submarine, USS Nautilus, shall be the state ship.(P.A. 83-313.)
CT Gen Stat § 3-110e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-110e - State hero and state heroine.

 (a) Nathan Hale shall be the state hero.(b) Prudence Crandall shall be the state heroine.(P.A. 85-311; P.A. 95-20.)History: P.A. 95-20 designated existing provision as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b), naming Prudence Crandall as the state heroine.
CT Gen Stat § 3-110f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-110f - State poet laureate.

 The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, with recommendations of the Culture and Tourism Advisory Committee, shall designate, every three years, a state poet laureate. The commissioner may fill any vacancy by appointment for the unexpired portion of the term vacated.(P.A. 85-221; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 210(e); P.A. 04-20, S. 3; 04-205, S. 5; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 30; P.A. 11-48, S. 128; P.A. 18-162, S. 1.)History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-20 replaced State Commission on the Arts with Connecticut Commission on Arts, Tourism, Culture, History and Film, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 04-205, effective June 3, 2004, and May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, effective May 12, 2004, both replaced Connecticut Commission on Arts, Tourism, Culture, History and Film with Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism; P.A. 11-48 replaced “Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism” with “Department of Economic and Community Development, with recommendations of the Culture and Tourism Advisory Committee”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 18-162 replaced “Department” with “Commissioner”, replaced “may appoint” with “shall designate, every three years” and added provision re filling of vacancy.
CT Gen Stat § 3-110g (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-110g - State fossil.

 The dinosaur footprints of Eubrontes shall be the state fossil.(P.A. 91-70.)
CT Gen Stat § 3-110h (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-110h - State troubadour.

 There shall be an official state troubadour or trobairitz. The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall designate, every three years, a troubadour or trobairitz to serve in the position. The commissioner may fill any vacancy by appointment for the unexpired portion of the term vacated.(P.A. 91-157; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1, S. 49, 51; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 210(e); P.A. 04-20, S. 3; 04-205, S. 5; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 30; P.A. 11-48, S. 129; P.A. 18-162, S. 2.)History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1 required troubadour to be designated biennially, rather than annually, effective July 1, 1999; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-20 replaced state Commission on the Arts with Connecticut Commission on Arts, Tourism, Culture, History and Film, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 04-205, effective June 3, 2004, and May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, effective May 12, 2004, both replaced Connecticut Commission on Arts, Tourism, Culture, History and Film with Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism; P.A. 11-48 replaced “Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism” with “Department of Economic and Community Development”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 18-162 added “or trobairitz”, replaced “Department” with “Commissioner”, replaced biennially with every three years and added provision re filling of vacancy.
CT Gen Stat § 3-110i (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-110i - State composer. Charles Edward Ives Memorial Composer Laureate.

 Charles Edward Ives is designated as the composer of the state of Connecticut. There shall be a “Charles Edward Ives Memorial Composer Laureate of the state of Connecticut”. The board of directors of the Charles Ives Center for the Arts, in consultation with the panel established under this section, may designate from time to time a composer who was born or is living in Connecticut to serve in the position of composer laureate. There is established a panel that shall meet from time to time to advise said board of directors on the designation of the composer laureate. The panel shall be comprised of eight members, one of whom shall be a representative of the Department of Economic and Community Development, one of whom shall be a representative of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, one of whom shall be a representative of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, one of whom shall be a representative of the Yale University School of Music, one of whom shall be a representative of the Hartt School of Music of The University of Hartford, one of whom shall be a representative of The Charles Ives Society, Inc., one of whom shall be a representative of The University of Connecticut through its music department, and one of whom shall be a representative of the Connecticut State University System through the music department of Western Connecticut State University. Each member of the panel shall be selected by the entity that the member represents.(P.A. 91-318; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 210(e); P.A. 04-20, S. 3; 04-205, S. 5; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 30; P.A. 11-48, S. 130.)History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-20 replaced Connecticut Commission on the Arts with Connecticut Commission on Arts, Tourism, Culture, History and Film, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 04-205, effective June 3, 2004, and May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, effective May 12, 2004, both replaced Connecticut Commission on Arts, Tourism, Culture, History and Film with Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism; P.A. 11-48 made a technical change and replaced “Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism” with “Department of Economic and Community Development”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 3-110j (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-110j - State tartan.

 The following-described tartan shall be the official tartan of the state: A plaid, with large blue stripes representing Long Island Sound, large green stripes representing forest, medium gray stripes representing granite, red and yellow pin stripes representing autumn leaves and white pin stripes representing snow. The white pin stripes shall be located within every other gray stripe and shall be offset from the center. The thread ratio for the tartan shall be: Blue-10, gray-2, white-1, gray-5, green-8, yellow-1, green-2, red-1, green-8, gray-8 and blue-10.(P.A. 95-47.)
CT Gen Stat § 3-110k (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-110k - State folk dance.

 The square dance shall be the state folk dance.(P.A. 95-107.)
CT Gen Stat § 3-110l (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-110l - State cantata.

 The cantata entitled “Nutmeg” composed by Stanley L. Ralph shall be the state cantata.(P.A. 03-63, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 3-110m (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-110m - State flagship and tall ship ambassador.

 The Freedom Schooner Amistad shall be the official state flagship and tall ship ambassador of the state.(P.A. 03-20, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 3-110n (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-110n - State aircraft.

 The F4U Corsair shall be the state aircraft.(P.A. 05-49, S. 1.)History: P.A. 05-49 effective May 9, 2005.