Connecticut § 23-17 Trust funds.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 23-17 — Trust funds.

Connecticut § 23-17

Title 23Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees

Ch. 447State Parks and Forests

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 23-17 (2026).

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The State Treasurer is authorized, with the approval of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, to receive and hold in trust for the state, exempt from taxation, any grant or devise of land or rights in land and any gift or bequest of money or other personal property made for the purposes of this chapter, and shall preserve and invest any funds so received in such securities as trustees are permitted to invest in. Such invested funds shall be known as the State Park Fund and shall be used and expended under the direction of said commissioner and subject to his orders.

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The State Treasurer is authorized, with the approval of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, to receive and hold in trust for the state, exempt from taxation, any grant or devise of land or rights in land and any gift or bequest of money or other personal property made for the purposes of this chapter, and shall preserve and invest any funds so received in such securities as trustees are permitted to invest in. Such invested funds shall be known as the State Park Fund and shall be used and expended under the direction of said commissioner and subject to his orders.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 3443; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 180; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.) History: 1971 act replaced references to state park and forest commission with references to environmental protection 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.