Sec. 22-26i. Maintenance, repair and improvement account.
Sec. 22-26i. Maintenance, repair and improvement account. (a) There is established a separate, nonlapsing account, within the General Fund, known as the maintenance, repair and improvement account. All moneys collected from any rent paid by
any person occupying or otherwise using any property owned by the Department of
Agriculture, including houses or other buildings, shall be deposited into the account
unless the Commissioner of Agriculture enters into a written agreement, signs an instrument or issues a license which specifically states otherwise. Said account may also
receive moneys from private or public sources, including the federal government or a
municipal government.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any moneys received by
the Department of Agriculture pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be deposited in the General Fund and credited to the maintenance, repair and improvement account. The account shall be available to the Commissioner of Agriculture for maintaining, making improvements to, erecting structures on or repairing any property owned
by the department, including houses and other buildings. Nothing in this section shall
prevent the commissioner from obtaining or using funds from sources other than the
account for maintaining, making improvements to, erecting structures on or repairing
any property owned by the department, including houses and other buildings.
(c) The commissioner shall annually report to the joint standing committee of the
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations concerning
the activities and status of the maintenance, repair and improvement account.
(P.A. 01-126, S. 1, 2; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e), (f); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 01-126 effective July 1, 2001; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner and Department of
Agriculture with Commissioner and Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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.