(a) There shall be a State-Wide Narcotics Task Force Policy Board, within the Division of State Police and within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection for administrative purposes only, consisting of the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the Chief State's Attorney, the agent in Connecticut in charge of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, the president of the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association and five chiefs of police designated by said association, each to serve for a term of one year, provided one such chief of police shall be from a municipality with a population of one hundred thousand or more.

(b) The policy board shall direct and supervise the formulation of policies and operating procedures and shall coordinate the activities of the task force with other law enforcement agencies within and without the state.

(c) The policy board may apply for and shall administer any federal, state, local or private appropriations or grant funds made available for the operation of the task force.

(d) All equipment and office and other supplies of the state narcotics coordinating committee and the unencumbered balance of any funds received by said committee for the operation of the regional narcotic squads shall be transferred to the Division of State Police for the use of the state-wide narcotics task force.

(P.A. 76-400, S. 4, 7; P.A. 77-487, S. 4, 5; 77-614, S. 486, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 79-560, S. 14, 39; P.A. 96-180, S. 157, 166; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)

History: P.A. 77-487 replaced state narcotics enforcement coordinating committee with state-wide narcotics task force policy board and regional narcotics squads with state-wide task force, amending section accordingly; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 made state police department a division within the department of public safety and replaced state police commissioner with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-560 placed policy board within department of public safety for “administrative” rather than “fiscal and budgetary” purposes; P.A. 96-180 made technical change in Subsec. (a), replacing “Chiefs of Police Association” with “Police Chiefs Association”, effective June 3, 1996; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” and “Department of Public Safety” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” and “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.

See Sec. 4-38f for definition of “administrative purposes only”.