Title 4 — Title 4: Management of State Agencies

Sec. 4-38. Transferred to Sec. 4-38d.

Secs. 4-38a and 4-38b. Reorganization of executive branch, legislative finding, transfer of powers and duties among agencies, liberal construction of statutes, cooperation with Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management; repealed sections; effective dates of public acts 77-…

Sec. 4-38c. Departments within the executive branch. There shall be within the executive branch of state government the following departments: Office of Policy and Management, Department of Administrative Services, Department of Aging and Disability Services, Department of Revenu…

Sec. 4-38d. (Formerly Sec. 4-38). Transfer or assignment of functions, powers, duties of department, institution, or agency to successor department, institution, agency or authority. (a) Continuity of authority. A department, institution, agency or authority to which functions, p…

Sec. 4-38e. Receipt of federal aid by successor agency or authority. Wherever any agency or function of any agency is transferred, the agency or authority performing the transferred function shall be construed as a continuation of the original agency for the purpose of federal ai…

Sec. 4-38f. “Administrative purposes only”, defined. Agencies assigned to departments for administrative purposes only; agencies' powers; departments' duties. (a) An agency assigned to a department for administrative purposes only shall: (1) Exercise any quasi-judicial, rule-maki…

Sec. 4-38g. Departments, agencies and their personnel to cooperate in the implementation of public act 77-614. Section 4-38g is repealed. (P.A. 77-614, S. 16, 610; P.A. 88-116, S. 11.)

Sec. 4-38h. Rights of state employees unaffected by public act 77-614*. Each state employee affected by the reorganization of the executive branch of state government under public act 77-614 shall be entitled to all rights which he possessed as a state employee before the effecti…

Sec. 4-38i. Collective bargaining rights of state employees unaffected by public act 77-614. Section 4-38i is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (P.A. 77-614, S. 12, 610; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)

Sec. 4-38j. Reports to General Assembly on program and implementation of reorganization. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and each department head, as defined by section 4-5, shall submit to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizanc…

Sec. 4-39. Transfer of appropriations upon transfer of functions or deinstitutionalization of clients. (a) The Governor shall determine the amount of any appropriation or appropriations granted by the General Assembly to any department, institution or agency for the financing of …

Sec. 4-40. Determination of salaries not prescribed by law. The salaries, compensation and wages of all state officers, boards, commissions, deputies and employees, except in the Legislative and Judicial Departments of the state government, not prescribed by statute or special ac…

Sec. 4-40a. Compensation and expenses of licensing boards and commissions. Members of the examining and licensing boards and commissions acting under title 20 shall be compensated for their services at rates established by the Commissioner of Administrative Services, subject to t…

Sec. 4-40b. Payments to state employees resigning or retiring from employment pursuant to settlement or nondisparagement agreement. (a) For the purposes of this section, “state agency” means any department, board, council, commission, institution or other executive branch agency …

Secs. 4-41 to 4-50. Regulations of state agencies. Sections 4-41 to 4-50, inclusive, and other provisions of the general statutes which are inconsistent with the provisions of chapter 54 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 280–286; 1955, S. 105d–107d; 1957, P.A. 11; 176, S. 1–3; 1959, P…

Sec. 4-51. Seals for state departments. Each state department, commission, board and institution shall provide for its use an official seal of a uniform general design approved by the Secretary. (1949 Rev., S. 180.) See Sec. 51-58 re court seals.

Sec. 4-52. Trustee account defined. As used in sections 4-53 to 4-55, inclusive, trustee account means any account operated in any state educational institution or welfare or medical agency for the benefit of the employees or students of such institution or agency, including so-c…

Sec. 4-53. Establishment of trustee accounts. The administrative head of any such institution or agency may, with the approval of the Comptroller and in accordance with procedures prescribed by the Comptroller, establish one or more trustee accounts. The Governor may allot from t…

Sec. 4-54. Management of trustee accounts. (a) The management of such accounts may be under the control of students or employees other than those adjudged mentally ill but shall be under the supervision of the administrative head of the institution or agency, except that such acc…

Sec. 4-55. Statement of trustee account operations. The administrative head of any institution or agency operating a trustee account, the Commissioner of Correction operating a trustee account in accordance with the provisions of section 4-57a or the treasurer of a student govern…

Sec. 4-56. Separate account for student or client funds. Unless otherwise provided by the donor, all gifts, donations or bequests made to the students or clients of any state educational institution or medical or welfare agency as a group, unclaimed funds accumulated from money d…

Sec. 4-56a. Procedures re activity and institutional welfare funds not to constitute regulations. Procedures prescribed pursuant to sections 4-53, 4-56 and 4-57a shall not be deemed to constitute state regulations within the meaning of subdivision (16) of section 4-166. (1967, P.…

Sec. 4-57. Financial reports on general welfare funds. Section 4-57 is repealed, effective July 1, 2002. (1949 Rev., S. 302; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 78-298, S. 4, 14; P.A. 91-217, S. 7; P.A. 98-42, S. 7, 8; P.A. 02-107, S. 6.)

Sec. 4-57a. Activity fund for inmates. Management of fund. Correctional General Welfare Fund. (a) As used in this section, “activity fund” means any fund operated by the Commissioner of Correction for the benefit of the inmates, the revenue of which is derived from any legal sour…

Sec. 4-58. Disposition of unclaimed property in custody of heads of state institutions. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 859 and except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, any unclaimed article of jewelry or any accumulation of such articles or valuables i…

Sec. 4-58a. Mutual aid fire pacts between state institutions and municipalities. (a) The superintendent of any state institution shall have the power to enter into agreements with any town, city, borough, fire district or other governmental subdivision having the duty to extingui…

Sec. 4-59. Forms of reports to state officers. Section 4-59 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 305; P.A. 78-302, S. 10, 11.)

Sec. 4-60. Annual reports of budgeted agencies. The executive head of each budgeted agency shall, on or before September first, annually, deliver to the Governor a report of the activities of such agency during the fiscal year ended the preceding June thirtieth. The Governor shal…

Secs. 4-60a to 4-60c. State Planning Council. Sections 4-60a to 4-60c, inclusive, are repealed. (1967, P.A. 697, S. 1–3; 1969, P.A. 628, S. 2; 768, S. 59; P.A. 73-33, S. 1, 2; 73-599, S. 33; P.A. 75-537, S. 18, 19, 54, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 70, 73, 609, 610.)

Sec. 4-60d. Legislative Committee on State Planning and Development. (a) There is established a Continuing Legislative Committee on State Planning and Development, to consist of ten members, five to be members of the Senate, one of whom shall be the senate chairperson of the join…

Sec. 4-60e. Existing rights and duties of state agencies not affected. Nothing in section 4-60d shall be construed to limit, restrict or derogate from any power, right, authority, duty or responsibility of any existing state agency or department head contained in any other statut…

Secs. 4-60f to 4-60h. Interagency Committee on Health and Safety Codes. Legislative finding re provisions of human services. Council on Human Services. Sections 4-60f to 4-60h, inclusive, are repealed. (1969, P.A. 546, S. 1, 2; P.A. 73-155, S. 1, 2, 10; P.A. 74-322, S. 1, 2, 6; P…

Sec. 4-60i. Transferred to Chapter 319o, Part III, Sec. 17b-59a.

Sec. 4-60j. Transferred to Chapter 319o, Part III, Sec. 17b-59b.

Sec. 4-60k. Demonstration programs. Section 4-60k is repealed. (P.A. 73-155, S. 5, 10; P.A. 74-322, S. 3, 6; P.A. 76-434, S. 9, 12.)

Sec. 4-60l. Transferred to Chapter 319o, Part III, Sec. 17b-59c.

Secs. 4-60m and 4-60n. Direction of agency improvements and changes. Plan and report. Sections 4-60m and 4-60n are repealed. (P.A. 73-155, S. 7–10; P.A. 74-322, S. 4, 6; P.A. 76-434, S. 9, 12.)

Sec. 4-60o. Office of Child Day Care. Section 4-60o is repealed. (P.A. 75-527, S. 1, 2, 5; P.A. 76-37, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-85; 77-614, S. 525, 610; P.A. 78-78, S. 1, 2; 78-303, S. 55, 129, 136; P.A. 85-495, S. 6, 7.)

Sec. 4-60p. State agencies as members of public-private consortia. (a) Any state agency, institution or board of the state represented by its department head, officer, commissioner or deputy commissioner as defined in section 4-5 and 4-8, is authorized to sit as a member of the b…

Sec. 4-60q. Toll-free telephone access to state agencies. Not later than January 1, 1996, each state agency shall provide the public with toll-free telephone access to the agency. (P.A. 94-131, S. 3, 4.) History: P.A. 94-131 effective July 1, 1994.

Sec. 4-60r. Use of electronic notification and correspondence with clients of state agencies. Exemption. Each state agency of the Executive Department shall review its existing policies concerning the mailing of notifications or other documents to clients of such agency and shall…

Sec. 4-60s. Conversion of forms to electronic format. Suspension of paper filing or service requirements for documents and data. Exemption. (a) Each state agency of the Executive Department shall explore the feasibility of converting all applications and forms used by the public …

Sec. 4-60t. Posting of manuals and guidance documents on Internet web site. Section 4-60t is repealed, effective June 19, 2013. (P.A. 12-92, S. 12; P.A. 13-247, S. 388; 13-274, S. 12.)

Sec. 4-60u. Agreements re public utilization of government services and programs electronically. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management may authorize any state agency to enter into agreements with priv…

Sec. 4-60v. Action concerning business activity or use of private property. Citation of authority upon request. (a) For purposes of this section, “state agency” means any department, board, council, commission, institution or other executive branch agency of state government and …

Sec. 4-60w. Official communications and forms of state agencies relevant to Latin American community. As used in this section, (1) “state agency” means any department, board, council, commission, institution or other executive branch agency of state government, including, but not…

Sec. 4-61. Actions against the state on highway and public works contracts. Arbitration. (a) Any person, firm or corporation which has entered into a contract with the state, acting through any of its departments, commissions or other agencies, for the design, construction, const…

Sec. 4-61a. Inventions and discoveries by state employees. As used in this section, “invention” means any invention or discovery and is divided into the following categories: (1) Any invention conceived by one state employee solely, or by state employees jointly; (2) any inventio…

Sec. 4-61aa. Committee to advise state Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator. (a) For purposes of this section, “state Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator” means the person appointed by the Governor to coordinate state compliance with the federal Americans with Disa…

Sec. 4-61b. Transferred to Chapter 814c, Sec. 46a-53.