2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 10a - State System of Higher Education
Chapter 185b - Constituent Units
Section 10a-112g - State Museum of Art. Advisory committee.

(a) The William Benton Museum of Art, The University of Connecticut shall be the State Museum of Art. The museum shall collect, preserve and research works of art and prepare public exhibits at the museum and educational exhibits and programs that may be used by colleges, universities, schools, libraries, institutions, appropriate state agencies or other public organizations.

(b) There is established an advisory committee to advise the president of The University of Connecticut with respect to the policies, collections, programs, activities and operations of the State Museum of Art. The advisory committee shall consist of eleven members as follows: The Commissioner of Education and the president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education, or their designees; two members of the Culture and Tourism Advisory Committee appointed by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development; and seven persons nominated by the president of The University of Connecticut and appointed by the Governor, one of whom shall be a member of the board of trustees of the university, one of whom shall be an alumnus of the university and five of whom shall be private citizens representing various geographic areas of the state and widely known for their knowledge, competence and experience in connection with the visual arts. The advisory committee shall elect a member who is a private citizen as its chairperson.

(P.A. 87-188, S. 1, 2; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 210(e); P.A. 04-20, S. 3; 04-205, S. 5; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 30; P.A. 11-48, S. 161, 285.)

History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-20 replaced State Commission on the Arts with Connecticut Commission on Arts, Tourism, Culture, History and Film, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 04-205, effective June 3, 2004, and May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, effective May 12, 2004, both replaced Connecticut Commission on Arts, Tourism, Culture, History and Film with Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism; P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (b) to replace “Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism” with “Culture and Tourism Advisory Committee” and replace “said commission” with “the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development”, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-48, “Commissioner of Higher Education” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011.