Sec. 10a-111. (Formerly Sec. 10-132). State Ornithologist.
Sec. 10a-111. (Formerly Sec. 10-132). State Ornithologist. Said trustees shall
appoint a member of the faculty of said university as a State Ornithologist, who shall
hold office during the pleasure of the board and shall serve without compensation. He
shall investigate the food supply of the birds of this state and determine, so far as possible,
the effect of birds upon insects or other sources of damage to fruits and vegetation,
experiment with a view to discovering the best methods for the protection of fruits and
crops from birds, insects or other sources of destruction thereof, act in an advisory
capacity as to legislation concerning such matters and issue such reports and bulletins
as he thinks expedient.
(1949 Rev., S. 3286.)
History: Sec. 10-132 transferred to Sec. 10a-111 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system.
See Sec. 22-8 re duties of Commissioner of Agriculture with regard to avian ecology.