Sec. 22-63a. Executive director; appointment; duties.
Sec. 22-63a. Executive director; appointment; duties. (a) The Connecticut Marketing Authority shall appoint an executive director who shall serve at the pleasure of
the authority and receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the authority, and who
shall not be a member of the authority. The executive director may be the director of
marketing and technology for the Department of Agriculture.
(b) The executive director shall, subject to the rules and directives of the Marketing
Authority, administer and coordinate the functions of the Marketing Authority and shall
have overall supervisory authority and responsibility for its operations.
(c) The executive director shall approve all accounts for salaries and expenses of
the Marketing Authority. The executive director shall submit a budget, approved by the
Marketing Authority, through the Department of Agriculture to the Office of Policy and
Management and to the legislature.
(d) The executive director may employ personnel necessary to perform the duties
required of the authority in carrying out the purposes of this chapter. All employees of
the authority hired on or after July 1, 1983, shall be exempt from the classified service.
The executive director shall develop personnel policy guidelines, approved by the authority, for the hiring and dismissal of such employees.
(P.A. 83-487, S. 20, 33; P.A. 92-147, S. 2, 4; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(f); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 92-147 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize the director of marketing and technology within the department
of agriculture to be the executive director of the authority; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Department of Agriculture
with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June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.