Connecticut § 3-100 - Names of streams.
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§ 3-100. Names of streams.
Sec. 3-100. Names of streams. The Commissioner of Transportation and the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection are directed to prepare and file in the office of the Secretary a list of the names of all brooks, rivers, ponds, lakes and other bodies of water in this state, and, when such list is so filed, the names thereon shall be the official names of said bodies of water, provided additions to, and corrections of, said list may be certified at any time.
(1949 Rev., S. 181; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 56; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: 1969 act substituted commissioner of transportation for highway commissioner; 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.
Secs. 3-101 to 3-104. Division of Professional and Vocational Licensing. Professional and vocational licensing boards, generally. Sections 3-101 to 3-104, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 182–185; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 4; 1971, P.A. 410, S. 1; P.A. 75-268, S. 1; P.A. 76-86.)
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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