The Governor is authorized to cause any suit or action at law to be brought in the name of the state, when in his judgment the interests of the state demand that such suit or action at law be brought.
(1949 Rev., S. 82.)
See Sec. 3-125 re duties of Attorney General.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 3 - State Elective Officers
Section 3-1. - General powers and duties.
Section 3-1a. - Council on Gubernatorial Incapacity. Composition. Duties.
Section 3-2a. - Pensions for Governors and their spouses.
Section 3-3. - Governor's cabinet.
Section 3-4. - Executive secretary and clerk; executive journal.
Section 3-5. - Governor to institute lawsuits for state.
Section 3-6. - Investigatory authority of Governor.
Section 3-6d. - Highway safety programs. Securing of federal funds. Regulations.
Section 3-7. - Cancellation of uncollectible claims. Compromise of disputed claims.
Section 3-8. - Restoration and repair of state boundary marks.
Section 3-9. - Automobile for use of the Governor.
Section 3-10a. - Governor to take steps to assure federal aid for higher education.
Section 3-10c. - Appropriation to be used by or on behalf of former Governor.
Section 3-10d. - Reactivation of military units for parades, celebrations or other ceremonies.