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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1106
January Session, 2023
LCO No. 4598
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND
EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
(HED)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE REGIONAL
COMMUNITY-TECHNICAL COLLEGES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 4-37e of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023): 2
As used in this section and sections 4-37f to 4-37j, inclusive: 3
(1) "State agency" means each state board, authority, commission, 4
department, office, institution, council or other agency of the state 5
including, but not limited to, each constituent unit and each public 6
institution of higher education. 7
(2) "Foundation" means an organization, fund or any other legal 8
entity which is (A) exempt from taxation pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) 9
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding 10
internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time 11
amended, and (B) established for the principal purpose of receiving or 12
using private funds for charitable, scientific, cultural, educational or 13 Raised Bill No. 1106
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related purposes that support or improve a state agency or for 14
coordinated emergency recovery purposes. Such an organization, fund 15
or other legal entity shall not be deemed to be a state agency or a public 16
agency, as defined in section 1-200. 17
(3) "Executive authority" means (A) a department head, as defined in 18
section 4-5, (B) the executive secretary or president of a constituent unit, 19
(C) the chief executive officer of a public institution of higher education, 20
and (D) the chief executive officer of any other state agency. 21
(4) "Constituent unit" means a constituent unit as defined in section 22
10a-1. 23
(5) "Public institution of higher education" means a public college or 24
university in the state system of higher education, any campus of the 25
Connecticut State Community College, or The University of Connecticut 26
School of Law. 27
(6) "Coordinated emergency recovery" means the support and 28
improvement of state services affected by a natural disaster, act of 29
domestic terrorism, catastrophic event or other unforeseen emergency, 30
including, but not limited to, services provided by the Department of 31
Emergency Services and Public Protection and the Office of Victim 32
Services. 33
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2023 4-37e
Statement of Purpose:
To allow the establishment of a foundation for a campus of the
Connecticut State Community College.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]