Connecticut § 3-22g - Connecticut Higher Education Trust: Established.

§ 3-22g. Connecticut Higher Education Trust: Established.

Sec. 3-22g. Connecticut Higher Education Trust: Established. (a) There is established the Connecticut Higher Education Trust to promote and enhance the affordability and accessibility of higher education for residents of the state. The trust shall constitute an instrumentality of the state and shall perform essential governmental functions, as provided in sections 3-22f to 3-22p, inclusive. The trust shall receive and hold all payments and deposits or contributions intended for the trust, including contributions made pursuant to section 12-743, as well as gifts, bequests, endowments or federal, state or local grants and any other funds from any public or private source and all earnings until disbursed in accordance with sections 3-22f to 3-22p, inclusive.

(b) The amounts on deposit in the trust shall not constitute property of the state and the trust shall not be construed to be a department, institution or agency of the state. Amounts on deposit in the trust shall not be commingled with state funds and the state shall have no claim to or against, or interest in, such funds. Any contract entered into by or any obligation of the trust shall not constitute a debt or obligation of the state and the state shall have no obligation to any designated beneficiary or any other person on account of the trust and all amounts obligated to be paid from the trust shall be limited to amounts available for such obligation on deposit in the trust. The amounts on deposit in the trust may only be disbursed in accordance with the provisions of sections 3-22f to 3-22p, inclusive. The trust shall continue in existence as long as it holds any deposits or has any obligations and until its existence is terminated by law and upon termination any unclaimed assets shall return to the state. Property of the trust shall be governed by section 3-61a.

(c) The Treasurer shall be responsible for the receipt, maintenance, administration, investing and disbursements of amounts from the trust. The trust shall not receive deposits in any form other than cash. No depositor or designated beneficiary may direct the investment of any contributions or amounts held in the trust other than in the specific fund options provided for by the trust.

(P.A. 97-224, S. 2, 12; P.A. 98-252, S. 1, 80; P.A. 14-217, S. 31.)

History: P.A. 97-224 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 98-252 made technical changes, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 14-217 added references to Sec. 3-22p in Subsecs. (a) and (b) and added provision re contributions made pursuant to Sec. 12-743 in Subsec. (a), effective June 13, 2014.