There is established a higher education center for the central Naugatuck Valley region. The regional community-technical college established for the greater Waterbury area pursuant to subsection (g) of section 10a-78, shall be located at such center. The University of Connecticut shall have access to classrooms, faculty office space and concurrent and cooperative use of common student facilities including, but not limited to, library and athletic fields, at such center. The Board of Trustees for the Regional Community-Technical Colleges and the Board of Trustees for The University of Connecticut shall jointly develop, in conjunction with the president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities, or his designee, an annual joint use plan for such center. On or before September 1, 1993, and annually thereafter, the president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities shall call and convene an initial meeting for the development of such plan.

(1969, P.A. 726, S. 1, 2, 7; P.A. 74-115, S. 1, 2; P.A. 75-425, S. 33, 57; P.A. 77-573, S. 24, 30; P.A. 82-218, S. 29, 46; P.A. 84-241, S. 2, 5; P.A. 93-293, S. 2, 11; P.A. 11-48, S. 285; P.A. 16-15, S. 30; P.A. 17-63, S. 6.)

History: P.A. 74-115 substituted “plant” for “plan” and deleted commission’s authority to receive appropriations for transfer to boards in Subsec. (a); P.A. 75-425 added phrase “Subject to the provisions of Sec. 4-26b” and deleted commission’s authority to “arrange for ... constructing ... of the physical plant” in Subsec. (a); P.A. 77-573 substituted board of higher education for commission for higher education; P.A. 82-218 reorganized system of higher education, replacing board of higher education with board of governors and replacing language authorizing establishment of higher education center with language authorizing its continuance, effective March 1, 1983; Sec. 10-326a transferred to Sec. 10a-144 in 1983; P.A. 84-241 added “of higher education” to board of governors’ title; P.A. 93-293 replaced existing language with Subsec. (a) re establishment of the higher education center and Subsec. (b) re report, effective July 1, 1993; pursuant to P.A. 11-48, “Commissioner of Higher Education” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 16-15 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education” with “president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities”, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 17-63 deleted former Subsec. (b) re joint use plan report and deleted Subsec. (a) designator, effective June 30, 2017.