2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 10a - State System of Higher Education
Chapter 185b - Constituent Units
Section 10a-74 - (Formerly Sec. 10-38e). Acquisition of postsecondary schools and community colleges.

The Board of Regents for Higher Education, on the request of the governing authority of any postsecondary school or community college, may accept jurisdiction thereof and responsibility therefor within the limits of appropriations. All property and property rights of such schools and colleges shall be vested in the state and all debts, obligations and liabilities incurred in connection therewith prior to the date on which the Board of Regents for Higher Education accepts jurisdiction and control shall be assumed by the state. Unless otherwise provided by the trust instrument, the State Treasurer shall succeed to the administration of any trust created for the benefit of any such school or college and shall administer the same in accordance with the terms of the trust.

(February, 1965, P.A. 330, S. 24; P.A. 77-573, S. 24, 30; P.A. 82-218, S. 37, 46; P.A. 84-241, S. 2, 5; P.A. 11-48, S. 285.)

History: P.A. 77-573 substituted board of higher education for commission for higher education; P.A. 82-218 replaced board of higher education with board of governors pursuant to reorganization of higher education system, effective March 1, 1983; Sec. 10-38e transferred to Sec. 10a-74 in 1983; P.A. 84-241 added “of higher education” to board of governors’ title; pursuant to P.A. 11-48, “Board of Governors of Higher Education” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Board of Regents for Higher Education”, effective July 1, 2011.