Sec. 4b-11. (Formerly Sec. 4-24). Supervision of state property. Trespass upon state property. Penalty.
Sec. 4b-11. (Formerly Sec. 4-24). Supervision of state property. Trespass upon
state property. Penalty. The board of trustees of each state institution shall have the
supervision, care and control of all property used in connection with such institution;
the Commissioner of Public Safety shall have the supervision, care and control of all
property used in connection with the Division of State Police and the Division of Fire,
Emergency and Building Services within the Department of Public Safety located outside the city of Hartford; the Joint Committee on Legislative Management of the General
Assembly shall have the supervision, care and control of the State Capitol building and
grounds, the Legislative Office Building and parking garage and grounds and related
structures and facilities; the Office of the Chief Court Administrator shall have the
supervision, care and control of all property where the Judicial Department is the primary
occupant and of the building and grounds of the State Library and Supreme Court and
shall establish policies and procedures governing such supervision, care and control.
For the purposes of this section, the term "Judicial Department" does not include the
courts of probate, the Division of Criminal Justice and the Public Defender Services
Commission, except where they share facilities in state-maintained courts. Such board
of trustees and said commissioner may make regulations for the maintenance of order
on, and the safeguarding and use of, any such property, subject to the direction and
supervision of the Commissioner of Public Works. Any person who trespasses upon
such property shall be subject to the penalty for criminal trespass, as provided in sections
53a-107 to 53a-109, inclusive, or simple trespass, as provided in section 53a-110a. Any
person who violates any regulation concerning the use of such property shall be fined
not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than three months, or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 261; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 5; P.A. 75-316, S. 17; P.A. 77-614, S. 73, 486, 610; P.A. 84-109, S.
1; 84-436, S. 2, 12; P.A. 85-301, S. 4, 5, 13; P.A. 87-496, S. 9, 110; P.A. 89-82, S. 6, 11; P.A. 92-130, S. 1, 10; P.A. 93-206, S. 1, 16; P.A. 95-220, S. 1, 6; P.A. 04-62, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 75-316 replaced state library committee with state library board; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner
of administrative services for public works commissioner and commissioner of public safety for commissioner of state
police and made the department of state police the division of state police within the department of public safety, effective
January 1, 1979; P.A. 84-109 provided that the state library board share the supervision, care and control of the building
and grounds of the state library and supreme court with "the chief justice of the supreme court", required that mutually
agreeable policies and procedures governing such supervision, care and control be established, and provided that the
commissioner of administrative services shall resolve disputed issues if the state library board and the chief justice are
unable to establish mutually agreeable policies and procedures; P.A. 84-436 added provision that the office of the chief
court administrator shall have the supervision, care and control of all property where the judicial department is the primary
occupant and may make regulations in connection therewith, and added definition of "judicial department", effective July
1, 1985; P.A. 85-301 added provision that the legislative management committee shall have the supervision, care and
control of the state capitol building and grounds, temporary legislative office buildings and the legislative office building
and grounds and related facilities, during and after construction; P.A. 87-496 substituted public works commissioner for
administrative services commissioner; Sec. 4-24 transferred to Sec. 4b-11 in 1989; P.A. 89-82 made technical changes re
buildings under supervision of legislative management committee and deleted obsolete references to temporary legislative
office buildings and construction of legislative office building; P.A. 92-130 required public safety commissioner to have
supervision, care and control of property used in connection with division of fire and building safety; P.A. 93-206 substituted
division of fire, emergency and building services for division of fire and building safety, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-220 transferred supervision care and control of building and grounds of State Library and Supreme Court from State Library
Board and Chief Justice to Office of Chief Court Administrator and deleted reference to Office of Chief Court Administrator
and board re making regulations for maintenance of order on property subject to supervision of Public Works Commissioner,
effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 04-62 increased the penalty for trespass upon state property from a fine of not more than $100
or a term of imprisonment of not more than three months, or both, to the penalty for criminal trespass or simple trespass
and increased the fine for violation of any regulation concerning the use of such property from not more than $100 to not
more than $500, effective May 10, 2004.
See title 2c re termination under "Sunset Law".
See Secs. 4b-1, 4b-12 and 4b-52 re Administrative Services Commissioner's duties re management of property owned
or leased by state.
See Sec. 11-1 re State Library Board generally.
See Sec. 53a-109 re criminal trespass on state property.