Sec. 23-28. Membership; meetings. Obsolete.
(1949 Rev., S. 3468.)
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Sec. 23-29. Powers. The commissioner may, in the name and for the use of the
state, accept any gift or any interest in real or personal property to be used by the department for any park or forest purpose, for the purpose of propagation and protection of
wildlife, for public shooting grounds or for recreation, upon such terms and conditions
as may be agreed upon by the donor and the commissioner. Said commissioner may
purchase or lease real or personal property to be used for any of said purposes, provided
said commissioner shall purchase no real estate at a cost in excess of ten dollars per acre
without the approval of the Governor. The commissioner may provide for the propagation and preservation of wildlife in any state park or forest.
(1949 Rev., S. 3469; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 194.)
History: 1971 act replaced references to commission on forests and wild life with references to environmental protection
commissioner and substituted reference to environmental protection department for reference to state park and forest
commission, state board of fisheries and game and commission on forests and wild life as recipient of real or personal
property.
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Sec. 23-30. Leasing of land. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection may,
for the purposes specified in section 23-29, lease, for a period of not less than ninety-nine years, any lands within the state, title to which has been acquired by the resettlement
administration or other agency of the government of the United States, provided the
form of such lease shall be approved by the Attorney General. Said commissioner may
enter into cooperative agreements with any branch of the government of the United
States regarding the custody, management and use of lands so leased. All lands leased
under this section shall, for the purposes of taxation, be considered as owned by the
state, and the towns in which such lands are situated shall receive from the state grants
in lieu of taxes thereon, as provided in section 12-19a.
(1949 Rev., S. 3470; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 195.)
History: 1971 act replaced references to commission on forests and wild life with references to environmental protection
commissioner and substituted Sec. 12-19a for Sec. 12-19.
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Sec. 23-31. Acquisition of property for development as state forests. (a) The
Commissioner of Environmental Protection may accept gifts, donations or contributions
of land suitable for forestry or park purposes and enter into cooperative agreements with
the federal government, its agents or departments, for acquiring, by lease, purchase or
otherwise, such lands as in the judgment of said commissioner are desirable for state
forests or state parks and at such price as may be mutually agreed upon. Said commissioner may cooperate with the federal government, its agents or departments in working
out a mutually satisfactory plan defining forest areas within the state which may be most
effectively and economically administered by the state.
(b) When lands are acquired or leased under this section, said commissioner is
authorized to make expenditures from any funds not designated for any other purpose,
for their protection from fire and for the management, development and utilization of
such areas; to sell or otherwise dispose of products from such lands and to make such
regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
(c) All receipts derived from lands to be acquired from the federal government under
the provisions of this section shall be deposited in the General Fund as provided in
section 23-15.
(d) Said commissioner may prepare standards of forest administration development
and management to insure timber production and watershed protection, and may furnish
the federal government or any of its departments with such annual, periodic or special
reports as may be required respecting the operations of the state under any cooperative
agreement.
(1949 Rev., S. 3471; March, 1958, P.A. 27, S. 13; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 196.)
History: 1971 act replaced references to commission on forests and wild life with references to environmental protection
commissioner and transferred power to make expenditures from state forester to the commissioner in Subsec. (b).
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Sec. 23-32. Improvement of forest lands. The Commissioner of Environmental
Protection may repair and construct dams; open up abandoned roads for fire control, or
make any other improvement which, in the judgment of said commissioner, is necessary
for the immediate use or protection of lands acquired by him. Expenditures for such
purposes may be ordered by said commissioner from any appropriation made to the
department for the purchase of land, provided not more than ten per cent of such appropriation shall be spent for making such improvements in any one fiscal period. Said commissioner, with the consent of the Governor, may lease lands to quasi-public organizations or private persons to carry out the provisions of this section.
(1949 Rev., S. 3472; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 197.)
History: 1971 act replaced references to commission on forests and wild life with references to environmental protection
commissioner and department.
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