Connecticut § 11-80 - Definitions.
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§ 11-80. Definitions.
Sec. 11-80. Definitions. As used in this section and sections 11-81 to 11-89, inclusive:
(1) “Museum” means any nonprofit or public institution that is organized for educational, scientific, historic or aesthetic purposes, and which owns, borrows, cares for, studies, archives or exhibits property. Museums may include, but not be limited to, historical societies, parks, historic sites and monuments, archives and libraries;
(2) “Property” means any tangible object in the possession of and under a museum's care that has intrinsic educational, scientific, historical, artistic, aesthetic or cultural value;
(3) “Loan” means a deposit with a museum that (A) title to the property is not transferred to the museum, (B) the loan agreement for such deposit does not include a provision that the museum acquire title at some time after such deposit is made, or (C) the loan agreement for such deposit includes an option for the museum to acquire title at some time after such deposit is made;
(4) “Lender” means a person whose name appears on the records of a museum as the person legally entitled to, or claiming to be legally entitled to, property held by the museum or, if such person is deceased, the legal heirs of such person.
(P.A. 12-171, S. 1.)
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