Substitute Senate Bill No. 1106
Public Act No. 23-3
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 Section 4-37e of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023):
As used in this section and sections 4-37f to 4-37j, inclusive:
(1) "State agency" means each state board, authority, commission,
department, office, institution, council or other agency of the state
including, but not limited to, each constituent unit and each public
institution of higher education.
(2) "Foundation" means an organization, fund or any other legal
entity which is (A) exempt from taxation pursuant to Section 501(c)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding
internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time
amended, and (B) established for the principal purpose of receiving or
using private funds for charitable, scientific, cultural, educational or
related purposes that support or improve a state agency or for
coordinated emergency recovery purposes. Such an organization, fund
or other legal entity shall not be deemed to be a state agency or a public
agency, as defined in section 1-200. Substitute Senate Bill No. 1106
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(3) "Executive authority" means (A) a department head, as defined in
section 4-5, (B) the executive secretary or president of a constituent unit,
(C) the chief executive officer of a public institution of higher education
and, if such public institution of higher education is an accredited state
community-technical college, the chief executive officer of a campus of
such college, and (D) the chief executive officer of any other state
agency.
(4) "Constituent unit" means a constituent unit as defined in section
10a-1.
(5) "Public institution of higher education" means a public college or
university in the state system of higher education, any campus of an
accredited state community-technical college, or The University of
Connecticut School of Law.
(6) "Coordinated emergency recovery" means the support and
improvement of state services affected by a natural disaster, act of
domestic terrorism, catastrophic event or other unforeseen emergency,
including, but not limited to, services provided by the Department of
Emergency Services and Public Protection and the Office of Victim
Services.