Title 3, Title 3: State Elective Officers

Sec. 3-67. When funds escheat. Section 3-67 is repealed. (1949, S. 47d; 1961, P.A. 540, S. 31.)

Sec. 3-67a. State responsibility for property. Reimbursement of prior holder for payment to holder. Reimbursement of holder compelled to register transfer of original certificate. (a) Upon payment or delivery of property presumed abandoned to the Treasurer, the state shall assume…

Sec. 3-68. Report of unclaimed funds. Section 3-68 is repealed. (1949, S. 48d; 1961, P.A. 540, S. 31.)

Sec. 3-68a. Sale of property by Treasurer. (a) All unclaimed property, other than money, delivered to the Treasurer under this part shall, at his discretion, be sold by him to the highest bidder at public sale in whatever locality of the state in his judgment affords the most fav…

Sec. 3-69. Notice. Section 3-69 is repealed. (1949, S. 49d; 1961, P.A. 540, S. 31.)

Sec. 3-69a. *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Deposit of funds in General Fund and Citizens' Election Fund. (a)(1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005, the funds received under this part, excluding the proceeds from the sale of property deposited …

Sec. 3-70. Payment to Treasurer. Section 3-70 is repealed. (1949, S. 50d; 1961, P.A. 540, S. 31.)

Sec. 3-70a. Claims for abandoned property. (a) Any person claiming an interest in property surrendered to the Treasurer under the provisions of this part may claim such property, or the proceeds from the sale thereof, at any time thereafter. Any person claiming an interest in suc…

Sec. 3-71. State to assume custody and liability. Section 3-71 is repealed. (1949, S. 51d; 1961, P.A. 540, S. 31.)

Sec. 3-71a. Appeals. Any person aggrieved by a decision of the State Treasurer may appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183, except venue for such appeal shall be in the judicial district of New Britain. If an appeal is taken without probable cause, the…

Secs. 3-72, 3-72a and 3-73. Funds to be paid to General Fund and special trust fund. Escheat proceedings. Claim; appeal; bond. Sections 3-72, 3-72a and 3-73 are repealed. (1949, S. 52d, 53d; 1961, P.A. 540, S. 17, 31; 1963, P.A. 114, S. 4; P.A. 78-280, S. 6, 127; P.A. 82-336, S. …

Sec. 3-73a. Excepted property. (a) The provisions of this part shall not apply to property covered by chapter 66 or section 15-76. (b) No property shall be presumed abandoned if any person has had uninterrupted adverse use or enjoyment of it under claim of right for a period of f…

Sec. 3-73b. Effect of expiration of limitation period or period specified in contract. The expiration, before or after August 16, 2003, of any period of time specified by the general statutes or any court order, during which an action or proceeding may be commenced or enforced to…

Sec. 3-74. Payment of claim. Section 3-74 is repealed. (1949, S. 54d; 1961, P.A. 540, S. 31.)

Sec. 3-74a. Regulations. Agreements and enforcement with other states. (a) The Treasurer may, in accordance with chapter 54, adopt such regulations as are necessary to administer and enforce the provisions of this part. (b) The Treasurer may enter into agreements with other state…

Secs. 3-75 and 3-76. Record to be kept by Treasurer. Application of other statutes. Sections 3-75 and 3-76 are repealed. (1949, S. 55d, 56d; 1961, P.A. 540, S. 31.) PART IV MUNICIPAL BOND REFUNDING TRUST ACT

Sec. 3-76a. Short title: Municipal Bond Refunding Trust Act. This part shall be known as and may be cited as, and its short title shall be, the “Municipal Bond Refunding Trust Act”. (P.A. 73-591, S. 1, 21.)

Sec. 3-76b. Statement of purpose and policy. It is hereby found and declared that there are municipalities in the state that have issued bonds for the purpose of financing public improvements, the interest rates on which are in excess of the rates of interest that are generally p…

Sec. 3-76c. Definitions. The following terms, when used in this part, shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Governing body” as applied to towns, cities or boroughs means the legislative body as defined in section 1-1 except that in towns h…

Sec. 3-76d. Issuance of state special obligation bonds authorized to finance purchase of municipal refunding bonds; bond determination requisites. (a) Special obligation bonds of the state may be issued pursuant to and subject to the terms, conditions and limitations provided in …

Sec. 3-76e. Effect of filing of bond determination. Limits on Treasurer's contracts. By the filing of a bond determination made, signed and filed as provided in subsection (b) of section 3-76d describing an issue of special obligation bonds to be issued for the purposes set forth…

Sec. 3-76f. Terms of special obligation bonds determined by State Treasurer. Special obligation bonds shall be issued from time to time in accordance with and as described in a bond determination or determinations made, signed and filed prior to their issuance by the Treasurer as…

Sec. 3-76g. Optional provisions to secure payment of special obligation bonds. In order to secure the payment of the special obligation bonds issued pursuant to this part, the Treasurer may, on behalf and in the name of the state, include in any bond determination or determinatio…

Sec. 3-76h. Additional powers of State Treasurer. In addition to the powers and authority conferred upon the Treasurer by this part and any other general statutes, public act or special act of the General Assembly, the Treasurer may: (a) Employ such officers, agents and employees…

Sec. 3-76i. Form of special obligation bonds. All special obligation bonds shall be signed in the name of the state and on its behalf by the Treasurer, or his deputy, by his manual signature, and be sealed with the seal of the state or a facsimile thereof, attested by the manual …

Sec. 3-76j. Special obligation bonds not general obligations of the state. Bonds issued pursuant to this part shall not be general obligations of the state for which its full faith and credit is pledged, nor shall they be payable out of any funds other than the funds herein provi…

Sec. 3-76k. Special obligation bonds as legal investments: Tax exemptions. (a) Bonds issued pursuant to this part are made and declared to be (1) legal investments for savings banks and trustees unless otherwise provided in the instrument creating the trust, (2) securities in whi…

Sec. 3-76l. Municipal Refunded Bond Escrow Fund. State Treasurer's contracts re municipal accounts in fund. There is created a fund to be known as the “Municipal Refunded Bond Escrow Fund” which shall be held in trust by the Treasurer separate and apart from all other moneys and …

Sec. 3-76m. Municipal Refunding Trust Fund. Required reserve. General Fund appropriations. (a) There is hereby created a fund to be known as the “Municipal Refunding Trust Fund” and the Treasurer may establish and create in such fund such account or accounts and such municipal re…

Sec. 3-76n. Validity of pledges. Any pledge made by or pursuant to this part shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made. Moneys pledged pursuant to this part and thereafter received shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical…

Sec. 3-76o. State pledges to holders of special obligation bonds. The state pledges to and agrees with the holders of the special obligation bonds issued pursuant to this part, that, until such bonds, together with interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installment of inte…

Sec. 3-76p. Principal amounts of special obligation bonds not part of state indebtedness. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3-21, in computing the aggregate amount of indebtedness of the state, there shall be excluded the principal amount of all special obligation bonds o…

Sec. 3-76q. Default by state, remedies of municipalities, holders. (a) If the state defaults in the payment of principal or interest on any issue of special obligation bonds after they become due, whether at maturity or upon call for redemption, and the default continues for thir…

Sec. 3-76r. Municipal refunding bonds. Requisites. Proceeds. Excluded from aggregate municipal indebtedness. Presumption re authorization. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other general statute, public act or special act of the General Assembly and notwithstanding the pr…

Sec. 3-76s. Defaults in principal or interest payments on municipal refunding bonds; remedies. (a) Upon the issuance and delivery of any municipal refunding bonds to the state by any municipality, that municipality is deemed to agree that on the failure of that municipality to pa…

Sec. 3-76t. Transfer of interest subsidy under section 10-292m. Section 3-76t is repealed, effective July 1, 2024. (P.A. 73-591, S. 20, 21; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-11, S. 44, 65; P.A. 24-151, S. 210.)

Sec. 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 s…

Secs. 3-101 to 3-104. Division of Professional and Vocational Licensing. Professional and vocational licensing boards, generally. Sections 3-101 to 3-104, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 182–185; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 4; 1971, P.A. 410, S. 1; P.A. 75-268, S. 1; P.A…

Sec. 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…

Sec. 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 a…

Sec. 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 purpo…

Sec. 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, …

Sec. 3-108. State flower. The mountain laurel, Kalmia latifolia, shall be the state flower. (1949 Rev., S. 3582.)

Sec. 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.

Sec. 3-109. State bird. The American robin, Turdus migratorius, shall be the state bird. (1949 Rev., S. 3583.)

Sec. 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.