2018 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 10 - Education and Culture
Chapter 184b - Department of Economic and Community Development: Culture and Tourism
Section 10-415 - (Formerly Sec. 10-320h). Federal contracts and assistance. Gifts, devises and bequests.
(a) In making any grants-in-aid or providing any plaques or markers or making any direct expenditures for purposes of acquisition, relocation, restoration, maintenance or operation under sections 10-410 to 10-414, inclusive, and this section, the department shall utilize any programs of the federal government in concert with its actions so as to reduce the amount of state or local expenditures hereunder. The state, acting through the department, and any municipality may receive from the federal government any financial or technical assistance which may be available to it for the purpose of acquisition, historic preservation or operation of historic structures or landmarks and may also receive from any source gifts, devises, bequests or legacies.
(b) The department may enter into and carry out contracts with the federal government or any agency thereof under which said government or agency grants financial or other assistance to the department to further the purposes of sections 10-409 to 10-416, inclusive. The department may agree to and comply with any reasonable conditions not inconsistent with state law which are imposed on such grants. The department may further enter into and carry out contracts with municipalities or their agencies and with any private party to disburse federal funds to further the purpose of sections 10-409 to 10-416, inclusive.
(1967, P.A. 521, S. 8; P.A. 75-371, S. 7, 9, 10; P.A. 76-435, S. 45, 46, 82; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 229; P.A. 11-48, S. 119.)
History: P.A. 75-371 deleted reference to federal assistance for relocation, restoration and maintenance of structures or landmarks and added Subsec. (b) re contracts with federal government; P.A. 76-435 made technical changes; Sec. 10-321f transferred to Sec. 10-320h in 2001; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 amended Subsec. (b) to replace “this chapter” with “sections 10-320b to 10-320j, inclusive”, effective August 20, 2003; Sec. 10-320h transferred to Sec. 10-415 in 2005; P.A. 11-48 replaced “commission” with “department”, effective July 1, 2011.
