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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 1106
January Session, 2023
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 Section 4-37e of the general statutes is repealed and the 1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 subse quent 10
corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time 11
to time amended, and (B) established for the principal purpose of 12
receiving or using private funds for charitable, scientific, cultural, 13
educational or related purposes that support or improve a state agency 14
or for coordinated emergency recovery purposes. Such an 15
organization, fund or other legal entity shall not be deemed to be a 16
state agency or a public agency, as defined in section 1-200. 17 Substitute Bill No. 1106
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(3) "Executive authority" means (A) a department head, as defined 18
in section 4-5, (B) the executive secretary or president of a constituent 19
unit, (C) the chief executive officer of a public institution of higher 20
education and, if such public institution of higher education is an 21
accredited state community-technical college, the chief executive 22
officer of a campus of such college, and (D) the chief executive officer 23
of any other state agency. 24
(4) "Constituent unit" means a constituent unit as defined in section 25
10a-1. 26
(5) "Public institution of higher education" means a public college or 27
university in the state system of higher education, any campus of an 28
accredited state community-technical college, or The University of 29
Connecticut School of Law. 30
(6) "Coordinated emergency recovery" means the support and 31
improvement of state services affected by a natural disaster, act of 32
domestic terrorism, catastrophic event or other unforeseen emergency, 33
including, but not limited to, services provided by the Department of 34
Emergency Services and Public Protection and the Office of Victim 35
Services. 36
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2023 4-37e
HED Joint Favorable Subst.