As used in this section and sections 11-9c and 11-9d:

(a) “State publications” means all publications printed or otherwise produced in tangible form, and all publications produced in electronic or other intangible form, by or under the direction of the state or any officer thereof, or any other agency supported wholly or in part by state funds;

(b) “Publication” means any document issued by a state agency that is available to the public, regardless of format or purpose, including legislatively mandated reports, with the exception of routine correspondence;

(c) “State agency” means every state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board and commission, permanent or temporary in nature, whether legislative, executive or judicial, and any subdivisions of each, including state-supported institutions of higher education;

(d) “Depository library” means the designated library for collecting, maintaining and making available to the general public Connecticut state agency publications.

(P.A. 77-561, S. 1; P.A. 84-92, S. 1, 3; P.A. 07-227, S. 3.)

History: P.A. 84-92 amended Subsec. (a) deleting language which defined “state publications” as publications “purchased for distribution by a state agency” and substituting “published by or under the direction of the state or any officer thereof”; P.A. 07-227 redefined “state publications” to delete requirement that publications be published and add language re tangible form, electronic or intangible form in Subdiv. (a) and amended Subdiv. (b) to replace definition of “printed” with definition of “publication” and to include legislatively mandated reports as publication, effective July 1, 2007.

Cited. 216 C. 253.