There shall be within the executive branch of state government the following departments: Office of Policy and Management, Department of Administrative Services, Department of Aging and Disability Services, Department of Revenue Services, Department of Banking, Department of Agriculture, Department of Children and Families, Department of Consumer Protection, Department of Correction, Department of Economic and Community Development, State Board of Education, Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Department of Public Health, Board of Regents for Higher Education, Insurance Department, Labor Department, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Department of Developmental Services, Department of Social Services, Department of Transportation, Department of Motor Vehicles, Department of Veterans Affairs and the Technical Education and Career System.
(P.A. 77-614, S. 3, 610; P.A. 79-598, S. 1, 27; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 345, 348; P.A. 82-218, S. 37, 46; P.A. 84-241, S. 2, 5; P.A. 86-175, S. 3, 4; P.A. 87-9, S. 2, 3; 87-496, S. 3, 110; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; 93-262, S. 28, 87; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-195, S. 7, 83; 95-250, S. 14, 42; 95-257, S. 11, 12, 21, 58; 95-309, S. 11, 12; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d), (f), 148; P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; 04-219, S. 2; P.A. 07-73, S. 2(a); P.A. 11-48, S. 285; 11-51, S. 47, 142; 11-80, S. 1, 4; P.A. 13-125, S. 28; 13-247, S. 199; P.A. 16-167, S. 13; P.A. 17-237, S. 7; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 286, 287; P.A. 18-169, S. 12, 13; 18-182, S. 21; P.A. 19-31, S. 6, 7; 19-117, S. 284; 19-157, S. 4, 5.)
History: P.A. 79-598 included department of housing; P.A. 80-482 deleted reference to department of business regulation and added departments of banking, insurance, liquor control, and public utility control; P.A. 82-218 replaced board of higher education with board of governors pursuant to reorganization of higher education system, effective March 1, 1983; P.A. 84-241 added “of higher education” to board of governors for clarity; P.A. 86-175 added department of veterans' affairs; P.A. 87-9 amended the section by replacing “banking department” with “department of banking”; P.A. 87-496 added department of public works; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-262 removed references to department on aging, department of income maintenance and department of human resources and added reference to department of social services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-195 deleted reference to Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Departments of Economic Development and Housing with the Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 95-257 replaced Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Department of Public Health and replaced Department of Mental Health with Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-309 changed effective date of P.A. 95-250 but did not affect this section; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 removed reference to Department of Agriculture and changed “Department of Consumer Protection” to “Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection”, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Secs. 146 and 148 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 04-219 added Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, effective January 1, 2005; pursuant to P.A. 07-73 “Department of Mental Retardation” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Developmental Services”, effective October 1, 2007; 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; P.A. 11-51 deleted “Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security” and “Department of Public Safety” and added “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection” and replaced “Department of Public Works” with “Department of Construction Services”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-80 changed “Department of Environmental Protection” to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection” and deleted “Department of Public Utility Control”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-125 added Department on Aging to executive branch departments, effective June 18, 2013; P.A. 13-247 deleted “Department of Construction Services”, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 16-167 replaced “Department of Veterans' Affairs” with “Department of Veterans Affairs”, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 17-237 added reference to the Technical Education and Career System and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2019; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 deleted reference to Department on Aging, effective October 31, 2017, and July 1, 2019; P.A. 18-169 added “Department of Rehabilitation Services,” effective June 14, 2018; P.A. 18-182 changed effective date of P.A. 17-237, S. 7, from July 1, 2019, to July 1, 2020, effective June 14, 2018; P.A. 19-31 deleted reference to Department on Aging, effective July 1, 2019, and added “Department of Rehabilitation Services,”, effective July 1, 2020; P.A. 19-117 changed effective date of P.A. 17-237, S. 7, from July 1, 2020, to July 1, 2022, effective June 26, 2019; P.A. 19-157 deleted reference to Department on Aging and replaced Department of Rehabilitation Services with Department of Aging and Disability Services, effective October 1, 2019, and added Department of Aging and Disability Services to list of executive branch departments, effective July 1, 2020; (Revisor's note: In 2023, reference to Department of Aging and Disability Services was incorporated editorially by the Revisors into the version of the section effective July 1, 2022, to conform with changes made by P.A. 19-157, S. 5).
Cited. 175 C. 586; 182 C. 253.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 4 - Management of State Agencies
Chapter 48 - Organization of State Agencies
Section 4-38c. - Departments within the executive branch.
Section 4-38e. - Receipt of federal aid by successor agency or authority.
Section 4-38h. - Rights of state employees unaffected by public act 77-614*.
Section 4-38i. - Collective bargaining rights of state employees unaffected by public act 77-614.
Section 4-38j. - Reports to General Assembly on program and implementation of reorganization.
Section 4-40. - Determination of salaries not prescribed by law.
Section 4-40a. - Compensation and expenses of licensing boards and commissions.
Section 4-41 to 4-50. - Regulations of state agencies.
Section 4-51. - Seals for state departments.
Section 4-52. - Trustee account defined.
Section 4-53. - Establishment of trustee accounts.
Section 4-54. - Management of trustee accounts.
Section 4-55. - Statement of trustee account operations.
Section 4-56. - Separate account for student or client funds.
Section 4-57. - Financial reports on general welfare funds.
Section 4-57a. - Activity fund for inmates. Management of fund. Correctional General Welfare Fund.
Section 4-58. - Disposition of unclaimed property in custody of heads of state institutions.
Section 4-58a. - Mutual aid fire pacts between state institutions and municipalities.
Section 4-59. - Forms of reports to state officers.
Section 4-60. - Annual reports of budgeted agencies.
Section 4-60a to 4-60c. - State Planning Council.
Section 4-60d. - Legislative Committee on State Planning and Development.
Section 4-60e. - Existing rights and duties of state agencies not affected.
Section 4-60k. - Demonstration programs.
Section 4-60m and 4-60n. - Direction of agency improvements and changes. Plan and report.
Section 4-60o. - Office of Child Day Care.
Section 4-60p. - State agencies as members of public-private consortia.
Section 4-60q. - Toll-free telephone access to state agencies.
Section 4-60t. - Posting of manuals and guidance documents on Internet web site.
Section 4-61. - Actions against the state on highway and public works contracts. Arbitration.
Section 4-61a. - Inventions and discoveries by state employees.
Section 4-61aa. - Committee to advise state Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator.
Section 4-61hh. - Volunteers in state government. Definitions.
Section 4-61ii. - Volunteer programs within state agencies.
Section 4-61jj. - Incidental benefits. Fulfillment of experience or training requirements.
Section 4-61kk. - Exemption from title 5. Compliance with regulations.
Section 4-61ll. - Benefits or reimbursements to volunteers.
Section 4-61m. - Council on Voluntary Action. Director. Duties.
Section 4-61mm. - Evaluation of volunteer program to be included in annual report.
Section 4-61nn. - Adaptation of administration of tests to needs of persons with disabilities.
Section 4-61t. - Committee on Career Entry and Mobility. Members. Duties.
Section 4-61w. - Composition of employees in career mobility program.