Title 3 — Title 3: State Elective Officers

Sec. 3-1. General powers and duties. The supreme executive power of the state shall be vested in the Governor. He may, personally or through any authorized agent, investigate into, and take any proper action concerning, any matter involving the enforcement of the laws of the stat…

Sec. 3-10. Maintenance of the Governor's residence. Foundations established re Governor's residence. Disclosure of income, expenditures, contributions, officers and state employees. (a) The land, buildings, furnishings and improvements of the Governor's official residence shall b…

Sec. 3-10a. Governor to take steps to assure federal aid for higher education. Section 3-10a is repealed. (1961, P.A. 534; 1967, P.A. 585, S. 5.)

Sec. 3-10b. Governor may request waiver of certain federal-aid program requirements re administration of aid. (a) The Governor is authorized to request the head of any federal department administering a grant-in-aid program under any federal law which requires that a single state…

Sec. 3-10c. Appropriation to be used by or on behalf of former Governor. (a) The Comptroller shall make available during the period of one year from the date a former Governor shall leave office, upon submission of proper vouchers, the sum of not more than ten thousand dollars, w…

Sec. 3-10d. Reactivation of military units for parades, celebrations or other ceremonies. The Governor may reactivate any military unit of the state or of the colony of Connecticut for participation in any parade, celebration or other ceremony taking place within or outside the s…

Sec. 3-10e. Transferred to Chapter 814b, Sec. 46a-41.

Sec. 3-10f. Flying flags at half-staff. (a) In the event of the death of a present or former principal figure of state government or of a member of the armed forces, as defined in section 27-103, who is from Connecticut and dies in the line of duty, the Governor may proclaim that…

Sec. 3-1a. Council on Gubernatorial Incapacity. Composition. Duties. (a) There is established a Council on Gubernatorial Incapacity consisting of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the president pro tempore of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the mino…

Sec. 3-2. Salaries of Governor and Lieutenant Governor. Timing of increases. Office of Governor full time. (a) On and after January 4, 2023, the Governor shall receive an annual salary equal to the annual salary of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court under subsection (a) of se…

Sec. 3-2a. Pensions for Governors and their spouses. (a) Any person who has served as Governor of this state, having been elected to said office or having exercised the powers and authority of said office on the death or resignation of the Governor, and who has attained the age o…

Sec. 3-2b. Footstones, flags and funeral honor guards for deceased Governors, certain other state officers and members of the General Assembly. The Commissioner of Veterans Affairs shall cause to be erected at the grave of any person who has served as Governor, Lieutenant Governo…

Sec. 3-3. Governor's cabinet. The Governor's cabinet shall consist of not more than fourteen of the administrative heads of the state government as appointed by the Governor. Said cabinet shall meet at the request of the Governor, to advise and confer concerning matters of state …

Sec. 3-4. Executive secretary and clerk; executive journal. Section 3-4 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev., S. 80, 3586, subs. (7); S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)

Sec. 3-5. Governor to institute lawsuits for state. The Governor is authorized to cause any suit or action at law to be brought in the name of the state, when in his judgment the interests of the state demand that such suit or action at law be brought. (1949 Rev., S. 82.) See Sec…

Sec. 3-6. Investigatory authority of Governor. The Governor shall have such investigatory authority as is conferred or imposed upon the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management in section 4-67. He may, from time to time, investigate duplication of work and the efficiency …

Sec. 3-6a. Power of Governor to restrict use of streets and highways during extreme weather conditions. (a) Whenever an emergency situation exists because of extreme weather conditions or other acts of nature, other than as is provided in section 28-9, requiring the restriction o…

Sec. 3-6b. Transportation emergencies: Powers of Governor and joint legislative committee; publication requirements; penalty for violation of emergency order or interference with emergency activities. (a) In the event of a state-wide or regional transportation emergency, the Gove…

Sec. 3-6c. Compacts between Connecticut and other states or Indian tribes. Amendments. General Assembly approval or rejection. Within ten days after the date of execution of any compact or amendment to a compact between the state of Connecticut and another state or an Indian trib…

Sec. 3-6d. Highway safety programs. Securing of federal funds. Regulations. (a) The Governor shall do all things necessary or convenient, on behalf of the state, to secure all benefits available to the state under the federal Highway Safety Act of 1966, as amended from time to ti…

Sec. 3-7. Cancellation of uncollectible claims. Compromise of disputed claims. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, any uncollectible claim for an amount of five thousand dollars or less may be cancelled upon the books of any state department or agency upon the au…

Sec. 3-8. Restoration and repair of state boundary marks. The Governor shall, in 1975 and decennially thereafter, or whenever any monument or other boundary mark between this state and an adjoining state has become damaged, displaced or destroyed, appoint an agent authorized to a…

Sec. 3-9. Automobile for use of the Governor. An automobile shall be provided for the use of the Governor, to be purchased, maintained and operated at the expense of the state from moneys appropriated for expenses of the Governor. (1949 Rev., S. 81.)

Sec. 3-11. Salary and bond of Treasurer. Office of Treasurer full time. (a) On and after January 4, 2023, the Treasurer shall receive an annual salary equal to the annual salary of a judge of the Superior Court under subsection (a) of section 51-47, provided thereafter, no increa…

Sec. 3-11a. Authority to enter into contractual agreements. In accordance with established procedures, the Treasurer may enter into such contractual agreements as may be necessary and proper for the discharge of his duties. (P.A. 88-282.)

Sec. 3-12. Deputy Treasurer. The Treasurer shall appoint a deputy, who shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of his duties and shall perform all the duties of the Treasurer in case of the sickness or absence of the Treasurer. In case of the death of the Treasurer, the Deputy T…

Sec. 3-12a. Appointment of officers and investment-related personnel. In addition to the appointments authorized under section 3-13a, the Treasurer may appoint, as the Treasurer determines is necessary, officers and other investment-related personnel in other divisions of the off…

Sec. 3-13. Assistant treasurer for debt management. Additional assistant treasurer. The Treasurer shall appoint an assistant treasurer for debt management. Such assistant shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of his duties. He shall, under the direction of the Treasurer overse…

Sec. 3-13a. Investment department. Chief investment officer and other personnel. Investment counsel. Costs of department. (a) The Treasurer, with the advice and consent of the Investment Advisory Council, shall appoint a chief investment officer and may appoint a deputy chief inv…

Sec. 3-13b. Investment Advisory Council. Treasurer's investment policy statement. Review of trust fund investments. (a)(1) There is created an Investment Advisory Council that shall consist of the following: (A) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management who shall serve…

Sec. 3-13c. Trust funds defined. As used in sections 3-13 to 3-13e, inclusive, and 3-31b, “trust funds” includes the Connecticut Municipal Employees' Retirement Fund A, the Connecticut Municipal Employees' Retirement Fund B, the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Fund, the Family and …

Sec. 3-13d. Trust funds: Investment, restrictions, sale of call options. Consideration of political implications of particular investments in relation to U.S. foreign policy and national interests. Connecticut mortgage pass-through certificates. Certain contracts with life insura…

Sec. 3-13e. Investment of trust funds in loans to mortgage lenders. (a) The following terms, when used in this section shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires: “Trust fund” means any of the funds listed in section 3-13c; “mortgage lender” means an…

Sec. 3-13f. State investment policy in relation to corporations doing business in South Africa. Section 3-13f is repealed, effective November 12, 1993. (P.A. 80-431, S. 1, 4; P.A. 82-324, S. 1, 2; P.A. 87-170, S. 1, 2; Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 93-2, S. 1, 2.)

Sec. 3-13g. Divestment of state funds invested in companies doing business in Iran. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Company” means any corporation, utility, partnership, joint venture, franchisor, franchisee, trust, entity investment vehicle, financial institution or o…

Sec. 3-13h. Investments in companies doing business in Northern Ireland which have not implemented the MacBride principles. (a) The State Treasurer shall review the major investment holdings of the state for the purpose of determining the extent to which state funds are invested …

Sec. 3-13i. Contracts for services related to investment of trust funds. On and after January 1, 2001, or on and after the first adoption of an investment policy statement under section 3-13b, whichever is later, any contract for services related to the investment of trust funds,…

Sec. 3-13j. Third party fees in investments by Treasurer or quasi-public agencies. (a) Prior to the Treasurer entering into a contract for investment services, as defined in section 9-612, any person or entity who would be a party to that contract shall disclose to the Treasurer,…

Sec. 3-13k. Direction of third party fees by Treasurer prohibited. Personal use by Treasurer of broker's credits prohibited. (a) The Treasurer shall not direct the payment of any third party fees to any person other than third party fees paid in connection with state bond sales o…

Sec. 3-13l. Finder's fees in connection with state investments prohibited. Definitions. Penalties. (a) No person may, directly or indirectly, pay a finder's fee to any person in connection with any investment transaction involving the state, any quasi-public agency, as defined in…

Sec. 3-14. Management and sales of state property. The Treasurer may appoint agents to manage all property to which the state becomes legally entitled and to sell any such property not necessary for the use of the state, at public or private sale, for cash or on credit, on such t…

Sec. 3-14a. Treasurer to administer trusts for counties. Unless otherwise provided by the trust instrument, the State Treasurer shall succeed to the administration of any trust created for the benefit of any county and shall continue to administer the same in accordance with the …

Sec. 3-14b. Option of municipality to purchase state-owned land prior to sale. Waiver of rights. Exceptions. Prior to the sale of any parcel of land, or a portion thereof owned by the state, except a transfer or conveyance to the party against whom foreclosure was taken or who co…

Sec. 3-15. Sites for beacon lights and other buildings. The Treasurer is authorized to execute on behalf of the state and deliver, with the approval of the Governor, to the United States of America, a deed of any parcel of land belonging to the state, for the purpose of the erect…

Sec. 3-16. Temporary borrowing. Approval by Governor. Notice to committees of General Assembly. (a) The Treasurer is authorized, subject to the approval of the Governor, to borrow such funds, from time to time, as may be necessary, and to issue the obligations of the state theref…

Sec. 3-16a. Notification to Treasurer prior to incurring financial obligation of state or entering into certain agreements. Acknowledgment. (a) As used in this section, (1) “person” means any (A) state officer, (B) state agency, department, board or commission, or (C) state emplo…

Sec. 3-17. Collection of state revenue. Issuance of bonds. The Treasurer shall receive all moneys belonging to the state and disburse the same only as he is directed by law. The Treasurer shall superintend the collection of the state taxes and revenue, receive all such revenue an…

Sec. 3-17a. Payments to the state from certain financing litigation settlements. Section 3-17a is repealed, effective May 26, 2009. (June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-7, S. 14, 28; P.A. 09-111, S. 5.)

Sec. 3-18. Use of facsimile of state seal on bonds. The use of a facsimile of the great seal of the state on all bonds of the state is authorized, and the same shall have the same effect as an impression thereof. (1949 Rev., S. 122.)

Sec. 3-19. Place of payment of state bonds. The principal and interest of all bonds of the state issued after June 13, 1947, shall be made payable at such place or places as the Treasurer may determine. (1949 Rev., S. 123.)