Connecticut § 23-19 - State Forester.
Full text of Connecticut Connecticut General Statutes § 23-19 — State Forester., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 23-19. State Forester.
Sec. 23-19. State Forester. There shall be within the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection a State Forester who shall be responsible to the commissioner for the performance of his duties and shall be accountable to the commissioner in all his official activities. The State Forester shall be a technically trained forester with not less than ten years' experience in professional forestry. He shall be responsible for forest management and protection of department lands and for assuming a leadership role in the conservation, management and protection of state forest resources.
(1949 Rev., S. 3445; 1951, June, 1955, S. 1863d; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 182; P.A. 81-354, S. 2, 4; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: 1971 act replaced references to state park and forest commission and its director with references to environmental protection commissioner, deleting obsolete references to director's office and his authority to make expenditures of state or federal funds if approved by commission; P.A. 81-354 made state forester's position classified and described his responsibilities; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
See Sec. 12-96 et seq. re taxation of forested land.
See Secs. 23-65f to 23-65j, inclusive, re State Forester's duties re registration of loggers and foresters.
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