Sec. 17a-455. (Formerly Sec. 17-221). Acceptance of gift or devise on behalf of state-operated facility within the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
Sec. 17a-455. (Formerly Sec. 17-221). Acceptance of gift or devise on behalf
of state-operated facility within the Department of Mental Health and Addiction
Services. The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services may accept and
receive, on behalf of any state-operated facility within the Department of Mental Health
and Addiction Services, any bequest or gift of personal property and, subject to the
consent of the Governor and Attorney General as provided in section 4b-22, any devise
or gift of real property made to such facility, and may hold and use such property for
the purposes, if any, specified in connection with such bequest, devise or gift.
(1955, S. 1534d; 1957, P.A. 47; P.A. 75-603, S. 7, 15; P.A. 77-31; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 58.)
History: P.A. 75-603 replaced listing of specific facilities for which provisions are applicable with reference to any
institution in department of mental health; P.A. 77-31 revised section so that commissioner has power to accept gifts, etc.
rather than individual boards of trustees and replaced "institution" with "state-operated facility"; Sec. 17-221 transferred
to Sec. 17a-455 in 1991; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Mental Health with Commissioner and
Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995.