(a) The Connecticut Wing Civil Air Patrol shall be within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection and may expend funds, within available appropriations, for the acquisition, installation, conditioning, rental and maintenance of equipment and facilities and for expenses incurred in connection with senior and cadet training; provided no funds shall be expended for the purpose of uniforms or personal effects, or for salaries of members of said civil air patrol, except as set forth in subsection (b) of this section.

(b) The wing commander of the Connecticut Wing Civil Air Patrol may employ clerical assistance at headquarters for such duties as may be required by the wing commander. The commander of the Connecticut Wing Civil Air Patrol may issue vouchers for all expenditures covered by this section, and the Comptroller shall convert such vouchers into warrants, and the Treasurer shall pay the same out of the General Fund.

(1955, S. 2435d, 2436d; 1967, P.A. 188; 487, S. 1, 2; P.A. 76-411, S. 1; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-12, S. 1, 10; P.A. 05-288, S. 64; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)

History: 1967 acts deleted $3,200 limit on compensation for clerical assistance in Subsec. (b) and substituted “the general fund” for “said fund”; P.A. 76-411 designated former provisions as Subsec. (b) and inserted new Subsec. (a) re allowed expenditures; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-12 amended Subsec. (a) to require that Connecticut Wing Civil Air Patrol be within the department of public safety and to authorize expenditure of funds “within available appropriations” and Subsec. (b) to make technical changes for statutory consistency; P.A. 05-288 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective July 13, 2005; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.