2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 17b-660. (Formerly Sec. 17-670). Gifts for vocational rehabilitation.

      Sec. 17b-660. (Formerly Sec. 17-670). Gifts for vocational rehabilitation. The Commissioner of Social Services is authorized to accept and use gifts made unconditionally by will or otherwise for carrying out the purposes of sections 17b-650 to 17b-663, inclusive. Gifts made under such conditions as in the judgment of the Commissioner of Social Services are proper and consistent with the provisions of said sections may be so accepted and shall be held, invested, reinvested and used in accordance with the conditions of the gift.

      (1949 Rev., S. 1411; 1957, P.A. 557, S. 7; P.A. 77-614, S. 545, 610; P.A. 78-354, S. 7, 8; P.A. 85-377, S. 3, 13; P.A. 89-354, S. 13, 21; P.A. 90-325, S. 12, 32; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)

      History: P.A. 77-614 substituted department of human resources for state board of education, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-354 replaced department of human resources with state board of education; P.A. 85-377 substituted "commissioner" for "state board" of education; P.A. 89-354 changed responsibilities from commissioner of education to commissioner of human resources, effective July 1, 1990; P.A. 90-325 changed the effective date of P.A. 89-354 from July 1, 1990, to sixty days after the determination by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services of the United States Department of Education that (1) the department of human resources meets all applicable federal statutory and regulatory requirements to be designated as the sole state agency to administer the state plan for vocational rehabilitation services and (2) the proposed bureau of rehabilitation services within the department of human resources meets all applicable federal statutory and regulatory requirements as a vocational rehabilitation organizational unit, i.e. July 1, 1991; Sec. 10-106 transferred to Sec. 17-670 in 1993 and internal reference to Secs. 10-100 to 10-108, inclusive, revised to reflect their transfer; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-670 transferred to Sec. 17b-660 in 1995.