The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Connecticut Port Authority, may enter into a contract with a municipality, or any federal or state agency acting on behalf of such municipality, for state financial assistance in the form of a state grant-in-aid for a harbor improvement project pursuant to section 13b-55a, provided such project is approved by the authority. Any such application for state financial assistance under this section shall be submitted by the authority to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection for said commissioner's review. Said commissioner shall submit a written report to the authority, setting forth said commissioner's findings regarding such application.

(1967, P.A. 522, S. 15; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 143; P.A. 73-331; P.A. 08-101, S. 8; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-202, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 17.)

History: 1971 act substituted “commissioner of environmental protection” for “water resources commission” where appearing; P.A. 73-331 added “of transportation” to the word “commissioner” wherever it appeared without specific title and substituted “commissioner of transportation” for “commissioner of community affairs”; in 1975 Sec. 8-212 transferred to Sec. 13b-57; P.A. 08-101 deleted provision re state grant-in-aid equal to two-thirds of net cost of project as approved by Commissioner of Transportation, but not exceeding $1,000,000, effective May 27, 2008; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-202 replaced “acting by its harbor improvement agency” with “or any federal or state agency acting on behalf of such municipality”, replaced “a harbor improvement plan” with “section 13b-55a, provided such project is” and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2013; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 replaced references to Commissioner of Transportation with references to Connecticut Port Authority and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2016.