(a) The Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut, shall appoint an appropriate history scholar to serve as State Historian, who shall serve at the pleasure of the board of trustees.

(b) The State Historian shall: (1) Be a member of the Culture and Tourism Advisory Committee, established pursuant to section 10-393, (2) edit or supervise the editing and publication of the public records of the state, (3) provide information and advice to members of the government at all levels, (4) assist the State Board of Education in efforts to promote the teaching of history in schools and teacher preparation programs, (5) respond to requests for advice from historical societies, (6) respond to requests for information on the state's history, (7) make public appearances and addresses on the state's history, (8) prepare bibliographies and other research aids relating to the history of the state, and (9) promote by appropriate informative and educational programs the celebration or commemoration of significant historical events.

(P.A. 84-14, S. 11, 14; P.A. 01-173, S. 42, 67; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 210(e), 237; P.A. 04-20, S. 3; 04-205, S. 5; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 30; P.A. 11-48, S. 158.)

History: P.A. 01-173 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and clarified that the State Historian serves at the pleasure of the board of trustees, and added Subsec. (b) re duties, effective July 1, 2001; Sec. 11-1d transferred to Sec. 10a-111a in 2003; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-20 amended Subsec. (b)(1) to substitute Connecticut Commission on Arts, Tourism, Culture, History and Film established pursuant to Sec. 10-392 for Connecticut Historical Commission established pursuant to Sec. 10-320b, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 04-205, effective June 3, 2004, and May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, effective May 12, 2004, both replaced Connecticut Commission on Arts, Tourism, Culture, History and Film with Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism; P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (b) to replace “Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, established pursuant to section 10-392” with “Culture and Tourism Advisory Committee, established pursuant to section 10-393”, effective July 1, 2011.