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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 46 - State Appointive Officers › Section 4-2. - When nominations are to be made.

Except as otherwise provided by law, all nominations to be made by the Governor for appointment to office by the General Assembly or either branch thereof, and all appointments to office to be made by the Governor which require the advice and consent of the General Assembly or either branch thereof, shall be made on or before May first of the year in which the General Assembly is in session, except that, in any case where a vacancy results from death occurring on or after said May first but prior to the adjournment of such session, the Governor may make a nomination or appointment to fill such vacancy as soon as possible thereafter and prior to such adjournment and if such vacancy is in the office of a judge, the nomination shall, notwithstanding the provisions of section 2-40, be referred to the committee on the judiciary immediately on receipt thereof from the Governor.
(1949 Rev., S. 96; 1967, P.A. 164, S. 1.)
History: 1967 act clarified procedure for filling vacancies in appointed offices to allow appointments after May first and before general assembly adjourns.
See Sec. 2-39 re time limit for senate action on nominations.
See Sec. 4-7 re procedure for confirmation or rejection of nominations.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 46 - State Appointive Officers › Section 4-2a. - Fingerprinting and criminal history records checks of appointees and nominees.

(a) For the purposes of this section, “appointee or nominee” means a person appointed or nominated as a department head, as defined in section 4-5, or as Chief Justice or a judge of the Supreme Court, Appellate Court or Superior Court.
(b) The Governor may, subject to the provisions of this chapter or chapter 16, as applicable, require each appointee or nominee to be fingerprinted and submit to state and national criminal history records checks conducted in accordance with section 29-17a.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 414.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 effective July 1, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 46 - State Appointive Officers › Section 4-4. - Term of office of executive appointees.

The term of office of each officer appointed by the Governor or by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the General Assembly or either branch thereof, unless otherwise provided by law, shall commence on the first day of July following his appointment, except that the term of office of the Governor's staff, executive secretary and clerk shall commence from the date of their respective appointments.
(1949 Rev., S. 98.)
See Sec. 4-6 re appointment and terms of department heads.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 46 - State Appointive Officers › Section 4-6. - Appointment and term of department heads.

Except as otherwise provided by statute, on or before March 1, 1975, and quadrennially thereafter, the Governor shall, with the advice and consent of either house of the General Assembly, appoint each department head in the manner prescribed by section 4-7 and section 4-8, to serve at the pleasure of the Governor but no longer than four years from the first day of March in the year of his appointment, unless reappointed under the provisions of said sections. In the event a department head is not appointed or an incumbent reappointed in the manner prescribed in section 4-8 prior to the first day of March in the year of the appointment, the incumbent may serve beyond that date but not later than the tenth day of March in that year.
(March, 1950, S. 28d; 1969, P.A. 481, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 5, 595, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 347, 348; P.A. 87-159, S. 1.)
History: 1969 act made provision for governor's dismissal of department heads; P.A. 77-614 made no change, Sec. 595 of the act cancelling amendment called for in Sec. 5; P.A. 80-482 provided exception to statute; P.A. 87-159 added provision re service by incumbent beyond March first, but not beyond March tenth, in the event a department head is not appointed or an incumbent reappointed as prescribed in Sec. 4-8.
Cited. 184 C. 1.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 46 - State Appointive Officers › Section 4-8a. - Department head duty to report death of any person in care, custody or control of department.

Each department head, as defined in section 4-5, including the Commissioner of Education, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall promptly notify the Division of Criminal Justice of any death of a person in the care, custody or control of any person or entity under the jurisdiction of such department head or the Chief Justice.
(P.A. 17-216, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 46 - State Appointive Officers › Section 4-9. - Governor to commission officers.

The Governor shall commission all officers appointed by him or elected by the General Assembly or by any other authority when a commission is necessary; and shall, when necessary, give certificates of appointment under the seal of the state.
(1949 Rev., S. 97.)
Cited. 135 C. 655.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 46 - State Appointive Officers › Section 4-9c. - Confirmation process for appointments to Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut and Board of Regents for Higher Education.

Appointments made by the Governor to the Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut and the Board of Regents for Higher Education shall be subject to the confirmation process described in section 4-7.
(P.A. 94-97, S. 3, 4; P.A. 11-48, S. 270.)
History: P.A. 94-97 effective May 25, 1994; P.A. 11-48 replaced “boards of trustees of the constituent units of the state system of higher education and to the Board for State Academic Awards” with “Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut and the Board of Regents for Higher Education”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 46 - State Appointive Officers › Section 4-9d. - Designation of replacement members on governmental bodies. When required officials unable or choose not to serve.

(a) Unless otherwise provided by law, an elected or appointed officer of the executive or judicial branch who, as such officer, is required to serve on a board, commission, council, authority, task force or other body, and is unable or chooses not to so serve, may designate a person to serve on such body in his place, provided (1) an officer may only designate another officer of his agency and (2) an officer who is required by law to serve as a chairperson or presiding officer of such body shall not designate a person to serve on such body in his place.
(b) As used in this subsection, “legislative leader” means: (1) For members of the majority party of the Senate, the president pro tempore of the Senate; (2) for members of the minority party of the Senate, the minority leader of the Senate; (3) for members of the majority party of the House of Representatives, the speaker of the House of Representatives; (4) for members of the minority party of the House of Representatives, the minority leader of the House of Representatives. Unless otherwise provided by law, when a member of the General Assembly who, as such member, is required to serve on a board, commission, council, authority, task force or other body, and is unable or chooses not to so serve, the legislative leader of such member may designate another member of the General Assembly to serve on such body in the place of such member, except that if such member is required by law to serve as a chairperson or presiding officer of such body, the legislative leader of such member shall not designate another member to serve on such body in the place of such member.
(P.A. 95-38, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 46 - State Appointive Officers › Section 4-10. - Appointments to state boards and commissions; lists.

In the appointment of any member or members of any board or commission, which member or members are required by statute to be appointed by the Governor, any list from which any nominee may be selected, required to be presented to the Governor, shall continue to be submitted to him; but, in making any such appointment, the Governor may select the nominee from such list or otherwise as he deems for the best interests of the state.
(1949 Rev., S. 93.)
See Sec. 9-167a re minority representation.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 46 - State Appointive Officers › Section 4-11. - Suspension of administrative officers.

When the Governor has reason to believe that any officer or commissioner of the Executive Department who is appointed or nominated by the Governor, with or without confirmation of the General Assembly or either house thereof, or any duly authorized deputy of such officer, is guilty of misconduct, material neglect of duty or incompetence in the conduct of his office, he shall serve upon such officer, commissioner or deputy a notice of the charges preferred against him, of the time, within ten days of the service of such notice, when such officer, commissioner or deputy will be given a hearing by him on such charges and of the place where such hearing will be held. The Governor may suspend any such officer, commissioner or deputy from office pending his decision on such charges upon including in the notice required herein his order of such suspension.
(1949 Rev., S. 83; 1969, P.A. 481, S. 4.)
History: 1969 act deleted reference to deputy commissioners.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 46 - State Appointive Officers › Section 4-12a. - Governor's powers of suspension or removal under sections 4-11 and 4-12 not applicable to deputies appointed by department heads.

Sections 4-11 and 4-12 shall not apply to department heads or deputies appointed by such department heads.
(1969, P.A. 481, S. 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 7, 610.)
History: P.A. 77-614 included deputies in exemption.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 46 - State Appointive Officers › Section 4-13. - Subpoenas.

In case of contumacy by any person or his refusal to obey a subpoena issued to him under section 4-12, any court of this state, within the jurisdiction of which the inquiry is carried on or within the jurisdiction of which such person guilty of contumacy or of refusal to obey is found or resides or transacts business, upon application by the Attorney General, shall have jurisdiction to issue to such person an order requiring him to appear before the Governor, there to produce evidence if so ordered or there to give testimony concerning the matter under investigation or in question; and any person failing to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as for contempt thereof. Any person who, without just cause, fails to attend and testify or to answer any lawful inquiry or to produce books, papers, correspondence, memoranda or other records, if it is in his power so to do, in obedience to any such subpoena, shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 95.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 46 - State Appointive Officers › Section 4-13a. - Appearance of assistant on subpoena of state officer.

Whenever any elective state officer or his deputy or any state commissioner or his deputy is subpoenaed to appear before any court in any matter involving the state, he may delegate any assistant having knowledge of the facts in issue to appear for him, unless such summons is issued by a judge of the court before which such matter is pending, requiring the personal appearance of said commissioner.
(P.A. 73-366.)
Cited. 207 C. 77.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 46 - State Appointive Officers › Section 4-14. - Transportation allowance for state officers, auditors and Governor's executive secretary.

Upon request by any elected state officer, by either auditor of public accounts or by the Governor's executive secretary, the Comptroller shall pay to such officer, auditor or secretary, for transportation for each day's attendance at his office in the Capitol, an allowance per mile on the same basis as provided for members of the General Assembly under the provisions of section 2-15, which shall be charged by the Comptroller against the amount allotted for the expenses of such officer when an allowance for expenses is made.
(1949 Rev., S. 198; 1949, S. 68d; 1957, P.A. 3, S. 1.)
See Sec. 3-9 re provision of automobile for Governor's use.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 46 - State Appointive Officers › Section 4-15. - Expenses of state officers and employees.

Except as provided in sections 2-15 and 4-14, the Comptroller shall not draw any order on the Treasurer for any sum to cover any charge for expense for travel to and from his home and the Capitol, or any personal expense while at the Capitol, of any officer or employee of the state having an office in the Capitol; or for any sum charged for clerical services rendered such officer or employee other than services rendered at the office of such officer or employee at the Capitol, except for clerical or special services approved by the Commissioner of Administrative Services.
(1949 Rev., S. 199; P.A. 77-614, S. 79, 610.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with commissioner of administrative services.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 46 - State Appointive Officers › Section 4-16. - Expenses paid by the state.

Expenses incurred in the discharge of their official duties by directors of state institutions, members of state boards, commissioners, deputy commissioners and executive heads of state departments and by their subordinates under their direction shall be paid by the state.
(1949 Rev., S. 274.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 46 - State Appointive Officers › Section 4-16a. - Indemnification of commissioners.

The state shall protect, save harmless and indemnify all department heads as defined in section 4-5, and the Adjutant General from financial loss and expense, including legal fees and costs, if any, arising out of any claim, demand, suit or judgment by reason of alleged negligence or other act, resulting in accidental bodily injury to or death of any person, or in accidental danger to or destruction of property, or any other acts resulting in any injury, which acts are not wanton, reckless, or malicious, provided such person at the time of the acts resulting in such injury, damage or destruction, was acting in the discharge of his duties or within the scope of his employment.
(P.A. 74-236, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136.)
History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 changed state police commissioner to commissioner of public safety but separate reference to the commissioner was dropped as no longer necessary.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 46 - State Appointive Officers › Section 4-17. - Meeting attendance of trustees or directors of state-aided institutions.

The office of any trustee or director of any institution receiving state aid, appointed by the Governor or the General Assembly, who, for a period of two successive years, has failed to attend any of the meetings of the board of trustees or directors of which he is a member, shall be vacant, provided such trustee or director shall have had notice of each of such meetings; and, unless otherwise provided by statute, regulation or bylaw governing such board of trustees or directors, such board shall fill such vacancy.
(1949 Rev., S. 288.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 46 - State Appointive Officers › Section 4-18. - Resignations of state officers.

The Governor may accept the resignation of any officer whose successor, in case of vacancy in office, he has power to nominate or appoint.
(1949 Rev., S. 91.)
Where commissioner's findings and conclusions of law did not include a finding of the intent necessary to constitute a violation of a statute, appeal from his decision will be sustained. 167 C. 493.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 46 - State Appointive Officers › Section 4-19. - Appointments to fill vacancies.

When the General Assembly is not in session and when no other provision has been made for filling any vacancy in an office, appointment to which is made by the General Assembly or either branch thereof, whether or not on nomination by the Governor, or appointment to which is made by the Governor with the advice and consent of the General Assembly or either branch thereof, the Governor may fill the same until the sixth Wednesday of the next regular session of the General Assembly, and until a successor is elected or appointed and has qualified. The Governor may fill any vacancy in any office to which he has power of appointment, provided the Governor may not appoint a person who was nominated for an appointment subject to the advice and consent of the General Assembly or either branch thereof and whose nomination was rejected by the General Assembly or either branch thereof during the last preceding regular session of the General Assembly to the same or similar vacancy unless the General Assembly is in regular session.
(1949 Rev., S. 92; 1967, P.A. 165, S. 1; P.A. 77-604, S. 2, 84; P.A. 93-154, S. 4, 5.)
History: 1967 act restated provisions clarifying applicability to vacancies in offices filled by general assembly appointment “whether or not on nomination by the governor”; P.A. 77-604 made no changes; P.A. 93-154 specified that applicable ending date of gubernatorial appointments occurs during regular general assembly sessions and prohibited governor from filling vacancy with person rejected by general assembly unless general assembly in regular session, effective July 1, 1993.
See Sec. 4-7(c) re vacancies in offices of department head.
Applies to judges and county commissioners; when vacancy deemed to exist. 87 C. 547; Id., 596; 133 C. 54. Cited. 120 C. 435; 132 C. 521. Terms of judges appointed for two-year term could not be extended and Governor had power to fill vacancies. 135 C. 638. Cited. 136 C. 318. Ineffective to extend term of office of municipal court judge beyond two years provided by twentieth amendment. 138 C. 153. Words “originally filled by the General Assembly” construed. 144 C. 612.
Governor's authority to fill a vacancy in the civil service. 8 CS 172.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 46 - State Appointive Officers › Section 4-20. - Bonding of state officers and employees.

(a) The State Insurance and Risk Management Board shall, not later than October 1, 1974, and quadrennially thereafter, set the penalties of the bonds of the following officers, having due regard for the duties and responsibilities of said officers, for four-year terms concurrent with their respective terms of office: The Secretary of the State and those department heads listed in section 4-5. Said officers shall, before entering upon the performance of the duties of their office, give their official bonds in the penalty fixed by the board. The premium for said bonds shall be paid by the state.
(b) All state officers, state employees and other persons, other than those listed in subsection (a) of this section, who in the opinion of the board should be bonded, shall be bonded, the amount, condition and form to be determined by the board. Bonds taken pursuant to this subsection shall be purchased by the board, at the request of the Comptroller at state expense from a company or companies authorized to issue such bonds and having an office and licensed to do business in this state. The Comptroller may, at any time, request that any such bond be cancelled or terminated and any rebate of premium thereon shall be returned to the Comptroller for deposit in the General Fund.
(c) All bonds required by this section shall be approved as to form by the Attorney General and shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of the State, except that bonds of the Secretary of the State and his deputy and subordinates shall be kept by the Treasurer. A record shall be made in the office of the Secretary of the State, giving the name of the officer, employee, agency or person for whom each bond is issued, the name of the company issuing the same and the number, date and time of expiration thereof, and of any certificate renewing such bond.
(June, 1955, S. 102d; 1972, P.A. 241, S. 1; P.A. 77-563, S. 1, 5; P.A. 99-51, S. 3, 9; 99-145, S. 16, 23; P.A. 05-288, S. 10.)
History: 1972 act deleted former Subsec. (a), relettered remaining Subsecs. accordingly, replaced committee on bonding of state officers and employees with state insurance purchasing board and changed deadline from October 1, 1966, to October 1, 1974; P.A. 77-563 made board rather than comptroller responsible for purchasing bonds and made provision for placing refunds of cancelled bonds in general fund; P.A. 99-51, effective May 27, 1999, and P.A. 99-145, effective June 8, 1999, both amended Subsec. (a) to substitute “State Insurance and Risk Management Board” for “State Insurance Purchasing Board”; P.A. 05-288 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective July 13, 2005.
See Sec. 4-54 re bond requirement for persons acting as treasurers of activity funds.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 46 - State Appointive Officers › Section 4-21. - Commissioners empowered to take acknowledgment of deeds and other instruments for Connecticut.

Prior to October 1, 1995, the Governor may appoint and commission a convenient number of commissioners in each of the other states of the United States, in any territory thereof and in the District of Columbia, for the term of five years, commencing with the date of their respective commissions, unless the appointments and commissions are sooner revoked. Each commissioner so appointed and commissioned shall have power to take the acknowledgment of deeds and of any instruments required by the laws of this state to be acknowledged, to administer oaths or affirmations, examine witnesses and take depositions relating to any cause pending, or to be brought, in any of the courts of this state; but no commissioner shall act as such until he has filed with the Secretary an affidavit, signed and sworn to by him before proper authority, that he will faithfully perform his duties as such commissioner. Each commissioner so appointed and commissioned who has filed such an affidavit prior to October 1, 1995, and whose commission has not been revoked, shall continue to serve as such commissioner until the expiration of said commission or until said commission is revoked, whichever is earlier.
(1949 Rev., S. 87, 88; P.A. 95-76, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 95-76 authorized appointments only “Prior to October 1, 1995,” and added provision re service by commissioners filing affidavits prior to said date.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 46 - State Appointive Officers › Section 4-22. - State chemists.

The Governor shall appoint one or more state chemists, who shall be sworn and shall hold office for two years, unless sooner removed by him, and who shall perform such duties as are or may be prescribed by law. The Governor, within ten days after such appointment, and the officer who administers the oath of office to any such state chemist, within ten days thereafter, shall each certify his action to the Secretary, who shall make a record thereof and may thereupon certify that such person has been appointed and sworn as a state chemist.
(1949 Rev., S. 89.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 46 - State Appointive Officers › Section 4-23. - Fees of state chemist.

A state chemist shall receive, for each analysis made and recorded, ten dollars, and for copies of record, the same fees as clerks of courts; provided, when any analysis is made by order of court, the fees therefor and for a copy of record shall be taxed as a part of the costs; but any analysis made for private parties shall be paid for by them at such rate as is agreed upon.
(1949 Rev., S. 3590.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 46a - Department of Administrative Services (See Chapter 57) › Section 4-23d to 4-23i. - Successor to personnel department. Terms “Personnel Department” or “Personnel Commissioner” deemed to mean Department or Commissioner of Administrative Services, exception. Term “Personnel Policy Board” deemed to mean Commissioner of Administrative Services. Terms “Department of Finance and Control” and “Commissioner of Finance and Control” deemed to mean Department or Commissioner of Administrative Services, when. Terms “Central Collections Division” etc., and “Director of the Central Collections Division of the Department of Finance and Control” deemed to mean Department or Commissioner of Administrative Services. Term “Director of Purchases” deemed to mean Commissioner of Administrative Services.

Sections 4-23d to 4-23i, inclusive, are repealed.
(P.A. 77-614, S. 65–67, 69–72, 135, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 124, 136; P.A. 80-91, S. 1; P.A. 85-613, S. 14, 154; P.A. 88-116, S. 11.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 46a - Department of Administrative Services (See Chapter 57) › Section 4-23k. - Commissioner to provide furniture, stationery, etc. Records. Typewriters, filing cabinets, etc. Cost of stationery or supplies.

Section 4-23k is repealed.
(P.A. 77-614, S. 76, 610; P.A. 79-631, S. 26, 111; P.A. 81-379, S. 1, 2; P.A. 88-297, S. 16.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 46a - Department of Administrative Services (See Chapter 57) › Section 4-23m. - State-wide emergency telecommunications policy established.

Section 4-23m is repealed.
(P.A. 80-360, S. 1, 3; 80-482, S. 4, 40, 345, 348; P.A. 81-458, S. 3, 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 47 - State Property and Funds › Section 4-24a and 4-24b. - Capitol Center Commission. Director and staff; contracts; federal aid.

Sections 4-24a and 4-24b are repealed.
(1967, P.A. 589, S. 1, 2; 1971, P.A. 10, S. 1; 1972, P.A. 85, S. 2; P.A. 73-599, S. 37; P.A. 77-614, S. 80, 284, 610; P.A. 84-512, S. 29, 30.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 47 - State Property and Funds › Section 4-28a. - Advisory commission.

The Governor may designate and establish such advisory commission or commissions as may be required as a condition of eligibility for benefits under any federal law, to consult with the agency designated pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) of section 4-28 in carrying out its purposes. The Governor shall designate the chairman of any such commission and each member of the commission shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. Members shall receive no compensation but shall receive necessary expenses while engaged in commission matters.
(1967, P.A. 601, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 47 - State Property and Funds › Section 4-28g. - Receipt of funds for tobacco education, reduction or prevention of use. Department of Public Health approval.

Any governmental entity or Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended or Section 501(c)(4) of said Internal Revenue Code organization, including, but not limited to, local health districts and regional behavioral health action organizations, which receives state dollars for tobacco education or reduction or prevention of tobacco use, shall submit a plan to the Department of Public Health identifying the target population, the methods for choosing the target population, and the evaluation component for the effectiveness of the program. Such plan shall be approved by the Department of Health prior to the release of funds.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2, S. 45; P.A. 22-69, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 22-69 replaced “regional action councils” with “regional behavioral health action organizations”, effective May 24, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 47 - State Property and Funds › Section 4-28k. - Cigarette manufacturers: Enforcement. Definitions.

As used in sections 4-28k to 4-28r, inclusive:
(1) “Brand family” means all styles of cigarettes sold under the same trade mark and differentiated from one another by means of additional modifiers or descriptors, including, but not limited to, menthol, lights, kings and 100's, and includes any use of a brand name, alone or in conjunction with any other word, trademark, logo, symbol, motto, selling message, recognizable pattern of colors, or any other indicia of product identification identical or similar to, or identifiable with, a previously known brand of cigarettes;
(2) “Cigarette” has the same meaning as provided in section 4-28h;
(3) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Revenue Services;
(4) “Importer” has the same meaning as provided in section 4-28h;
(5) “Master Settlement Agreement” has the same meaning as provided in section 4-28h;
(6) “Nonparticipating manufacturer” means any tobacco product manufacturer that is not a participating manufacturer;
(7) “Nonparticipating Manufacturer Adjustment Settlement Agreement” has the same meaning as provided in section 4-28h;
(8) “Participating manufacturer” has the meaning as provided in section II(jj) of the Master Settlement Agreement and all amendments thereto;
(9) “Qualified escrow fund” has the same meaning as provided in section 4-28h;
(10) “Stamper” means, in the case of cigarettes other than roll-your-own tobacco, a person that under chapter 214 may lawfully purchase unstamped packages of cigarettes and affix Connecticut cigarette tax stamps to such packages, and, in the case of roll-your-own tobacco, a person licensed as a distributor under chapter 214a and required to pay the tax due on such tobacco under said chapter 214a;
(11) “Tobacco product manufacturer” has the same meaning as provided in section 4-28h; and
(12) “Units sold” has the same meaning as provided in section 4-28h.
(P.A. 04-218, S. 1; P.A. 14-155, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 14-155 added new Subdiv. (4) defining “importer” and new Subdiv. (5) defining “Master Settlement Agreement”, redesignated existing Subdiv. (4) as Subdiv. (6), added new Subdiv. (7) defining “Nonparticipating Manufacturer Adjustment Settlement Agreement”, and redesignated existing Subdivs. (5) to (9) as Subdivs. (8) to (12), effective January 1, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 47 - State Property and Funds › Section 4-28p. - Cigarette manufacturers: Violations by stampers. Penalties. Seizure of contraband. Injunctions.

(a) In addition to any other civil or criminal remedy provided by law, upon a determination that a stamper has violated subsection (b) of section 4-28m or any regulation adopted under sections 4-28k to 4-28r, inclusive, the commissioner, after a hearing, may revoke or suspend the license of such stamper in the manner provided by section 12-295. Each stamp affixed and each offer to sell cigarettes in violation of subsection (b) of section 4-28m shall constitute a separate violation. The commissioner may also assess such stamper a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed the greater of five hundred per cent of the retail value of the cigarettes, or five thousand dollars, upon a determination of violation of subsection (b) of section 4-28m.
(b) Any cigarettes that have been sold, offered for sale or possessed for sale in this state, in violation of subsection (b) of section 4-28m shall be deemed contraband goods under section 12-305 and such cigarettes shall be subject to seizure as provided in section 12-305. All such cigarettes so seized shall be destroyed and not resold.
(c) The Attorney General, on behalf of the commissioner, may seek an injunction to restrain a threatened or actual violation of subsection (b) of section 4-28m or subsections (a) or (d) of section 4-28o by a stamper and to compel the stamper to comply with said subsections. The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to effect the purposes of this section.
(P.A. 04-218, S. 6.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 47 - State Property and Funds › Section 4-28q. - Cigarette manufacturers: State to recover enforcement costs. Certification of stampers.

(a) In any action brought by the state to enforce the provisions of sections 4-28k to 4-28p, inclusive, the state shall be entitled to recover, when it is the prevailing party, the costs of investigation, expert witness fees, costs of the action and reasonable attorneys' fees.
(b) If a court determines that a person has violated the provisions of sections 4-28k to 4-28p, inclusive, the court shall order any profits, gains, gross receipts or other benefits from the violation to be paid to the state. Unless otherwise expressly provided in sections 4-28k to 4-28p, inclusive, the remedies or penalties provided by sections 4-28k to 4-28p, inclusive, are cumulative to each other and to the remedies or penalties available under all other laws of this state.
(c) No person shall be issued a license or granted a renewal of a license to act as a stamper unless such person has certified in writing, under penalty for false statements, that such person will comply with sections 4-28k to 4-28p, inclusive.
(P.A. 04-218, S. 7.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 47 - State Property and Funds › Section 4-28r. - Cigarette manufacturers: Severability of provisions.

If a court of competent jurisdiction finds that the provisions of sections 4-28h to 4-28r, inclusive, conflict and cannot be reconciled, then sections 4-28h to 4-28j, inclusive, shall supersede the provisions of sections 4-28k to 4-28r, inclusive. If any section, subsection, subdivision, subparagraph, sentence, clause or phrase of sections 4-28k to 4-28r, inclusive, causes sections 4-28h to 4-28j, inclusive, to no longer constitute a qualifying or model statute, as those terms are defined in the Master Settlement Agreement, then that portion of sections 4-28k to 4-28r, inclusive, shall not be valid. If any section, subsection, subdivision, subparagraph, sentence, clause or phrase of sections 4-28k to 4-28r, inclusive, is for any reason held to be invalid, unlawful or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of sections 4-28k to 4-28r, inclusive, or any part thereof.
(P.A. 04-218, S. 8.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 47 - State Property and Funds › Section 4-29. - Use of appropriations in conjunction with federal funds.

Any state appropriation or the proceeds of any bond issue authorized by the General Assembly for the purpose of erecting a building or buildings for the use of any state institution, any institution under the jurisdiction of the Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State University System enumerated in section 10a-87, any technical education and career school or The University of Connecticut, for the development of aviation and for other purposes, may be used in whole or in part as the state's share of the cost of the work involved in conjunction with any funds made available by any branch of the federal government if the Governor so determines and directs.
(1949 Rev., S. 265; P.A. 83-587, S. 3, 96; P.A. 91-256, S. 38, 69; P.A. 12-116, S. 87; P.A. 17-237, S. 26.)
History: P.A. 83-587 replaced “state college” with “institution under the jurisdiction of the board of trustees of the Connecticut State University”; P.A. 91-256 made a technical change; pursuant to P.A. 12-116, “vocational school” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “technical high school”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 17-237 replaced “state technical high school” with “technical education and career school”, effective July 1, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 47 - State Property and Funds › Section 4-29a. - Revenue sharing funds.

Funds due to the state under the federal revenue sharing program in each fiscal year ending June 30, beginning with fiscal year 1978-79, and the balance in the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund of the state as of June thirtieth of each fiscal year shall be treated as General Fund revenues and shall be available for General Fund purposes.
(P.A. 79-425, S. 1, 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 47 - State Property and Funds › Section 4-29b. - Use of indirect cost recoveries.

Any state agency which receives indirect cost recoveries from federal grant funds or other sources, when such recoveries apply to costs originally paid from the General Fund, shall deposit such cost recoveries with the Treasurer, to the credit of General Fund revenues, unless such deposit is waived by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. This section does not apply to any applicable surcharges on assessments recovered by the state pursuant to sections 12-586g and 12-586f. For purposes of this section “state agency” does not include any constituent unit of the state system of higher education or any state institution of higher education.
(P.A. 00-192, S. 28, 102; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-6, S. 15, 85; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 41, 131.)
History: P.A. 00-192 effective July 1, 2000; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-6 provided that section does not apply to certain recoveries under Secs. 12-586g and 12-586f, effective July 1, 2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 changed “overhead charges” to “surcharges” re Secs. 12-586g and 12-586f, effective July 1, 2001.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 47 - State Property and Funds › Section 4-29c. - Certain securities-related funds.

For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, and each fiscal year thereafter, any moneys collected for the registration of securities, notice filing and exemption filing under chapter 672a shall be deposited in the General Fund.
(P.A. 12-104, S. 19.)
History: P.A. 12-104 effective July 1, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 47 - State Property and Funds › Section 4-30. - Borrowing money for the Transportation Department.

Section 4-30 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 102; November, 1955, S. N2; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 58; P.A. 78-298, S. 13, 14.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 47 - State Property and Funds › Section 4-30b and 4-30c. - Use of unappropriated surplus in fiscal years ending June 30, 2010, to June 30, 2017. Use of unappropriated surplus for unreserved negative General Fund balance in fiscal years ending June 30, 2012, and June 30, 2013; use of unappropriated surplus as reserve beginning in fiscal year ending June 30, 2014.

Sections 4-30b and 4-30c are repealed, effective July 1, 2013.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 511; P.A. 11-48, S. 46; P.A. 13-239, S. 135.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 47 - State Property and Funds › Section 4-31. - Disposition of insurance funds.

The Governor may authorize the use of any moneys received by the state in payment of insurance claims upon property of the state for the purpose of rebuilding, repairing or replacing such property.
(1949 Rev., S. 272; P.A. 75-450; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 78-298, S. 5, 14; P.A. 82-314, S. 13, 63; P.A. 86-162, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 75-450 required finance and control commissioner to notify appropriations committee of insurance claims received; P.A. 77-614 substituted secretary of the office of policy and management for commissioner of finance and control; P.A. 78-298 deleted provisions for use of funds from private sources etc. for rebuilding, repairing or replacing property; P.A. 82-314 changed committee names; P.A. 86-162 deleted requirement that secretary of the office of policy and management notify general assembly committees having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and budgets of state agencies, and state finance, revenue and bonding, within 90 days of receipt of such insurance payment and whether the state plans to rebuild, repair or replace such property.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 47 - State Property and Funds › Section 4-31b. - Annual statement re internal service fund operations.

The custodian or administrator of each internal service fund of the state shall submit to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, through the legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis, not later than October first of each year, a statement showing in detail the operations of such fund for the preceding fiscal year. Such statement shall include an accounting, by item, for all revenues and expenditures of such fund for such year.
(P.A. 83-403, S. 1, 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 47 - State Property and Funds › Section 4-31c. - Grants and Restricted Accounts Fund.

There is established a fund to be known as the “Grants and Restricted Accounts Fund”. Upon certification by the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management that the CORE-CT project for financial services is operational, the fund shall contain all moneys that are restricted, not available for general use and previously accounted for in the General Fund as “Federal and Other Grants”. The Comptroller is authorized to make such transfers as are necessary to provide that, notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, all moneys that are restricted and not available for general use are in the Grants and Restricted Accounts Fund.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 81.)
History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2 effective July 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 47 - State Property and Funds › Section 4-31d. - System to track federal and alternative grant funding. Liaisons. Report.

(a) The Office of Policy and Management shall, within available resources, (1) develop a system to track the state's federal and alternative grant funding; and (2) work in consultation with other state agencies to pursue specific federal revenue maximization efforts.
(b) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall identify for which state agencies it is appropriate to have an employee designated to serve as the liaison with the office regarding federal and alternative funding. Each agency so identified shall designate such a liaison. Each such liaison shall ensure that the office has access to information regarding all grant applications that have been submitted by the agency of such liaison that the office requires to maintain the tracking system developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(c) The Office of Policy and Management shall, on or before November 15, 2014, and annually thereafter, submit to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to finance, revenue and bonding and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, and post on said office's Internet web site, a report on the office's efforts to maximize alternative revenues. The office shall also submit such report to the Auditors of Public Accounts.
(P.A. 13-294, S. 1; P.A. 17-60, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 13-294 effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 17-60 amended Subsec. (c) by replacing “Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee” with “Auditors of Public Accounts”, effective July 1, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 47 - State Property and Funds › Section 4-32. - State revenue accounting.

Each state department, institution, board, commission or other state agency and each official and employee thereof, including the clerks of the Superior Court, receiving any money or revenue for the state, shall, within twenty-four hours of its receipt, account for and, if the total of the sums received amounts to five hundred dollars or more, pay the same to the Treasurer or deposit the same in the name of the state in depositories designated by the Treasurer under such regulations as the Treasurer prescribes. Total daily receipts of less than five hundred dollars may be held until the total receipts to date amount to five hundred dollars, but not for a period of more than seven calendar days. The Treasurer is authorized to make exceptions to the limitations herein prescribed upon written application from the head of any state department, institution, board, commission or other state agency stating that compliance would be impracticable and giving the reasons therefor. The Treasurer shall make a written statement of any such exception and shall file copies thereof with the Comptroller and the Auditors of Public Accounts.
(1949 Rev., S. 273; 1953, S. 101d; February, 1965, P.A. 247; P.A. 75-530, S. 2, 35; P.A. 77-452, S. 45, 72; P.A. 78-302, S. 6, 11; P.A. 97-65, S. 1, 2.)
History: 1965 act made provisions for common pleas and superior court clerks; P.A. 75-530 included common pleas and superior court clerks under provisions of section, deleting prior language excepting them from provisions in certain cases; P.A. 77-452 deleted reference to court of common pleas, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 78-302 deleted provisions concerning petty cash funds for agencies; P.A. 97-65 increased from $100 to $500 the amount to be paid over to Treasurer within 24 hours of receipt, effective July 1, 1997.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4 - Management of State Agencies › Chapter 47 - State Property and Funds › Section 4-33a. - Illegal, irregular or unsafe handling of state or quasi-public agency funds. Breakdown in safekeeping of agency resources. Breach of security. Notification.

All boards of trustees of state institutions, state department heads, boards, commissions, other state agencies responsible for state property and funds and quasi-public agencies, as defined in section 1-120, shall promptly notify the Auditors of Public Accounts and the Comptroller of any (1) unauthorized, illegal, irregular or unsafe handling or expenditure of state or quasi-public agency funds, (2) breakdowns in the safekeeping of any other resources of the state or quasi-public agencies, (3) breach of security, as defined in section 36a-701b, or (4) contemplated action to commit one of the acts listed in subdivisions (1) to (3), inclusive, of this section within their knowledge. In the case of such notification to the Auditors of Public Accounts, the auditors may permit aggregate reporting in a manner and at a schedule determined by the auditors.
(1971, P.A. 557; P.A. 97-197; P.A. 18-137, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 97-197 applied section to quasi-public agencies; P.A. 18-137 added Subdiv. designators (1) to (4), added provision re breach of security in Subdiv. (3), added provision re aggregate reporting for notification to Auditors of Public Accounts, and made technical and conforming changes.