Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-79 (2026)

The Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges shall appoint a committee at each regional community-technical college to establish traffic and parking regulations for passenger vehicles at such college. Such traffic committee, subject to the approval of said board and of the Office of the State Traffic Administration, may: (1) Prohibit, limit or restrict the parking of passenger vehicles; (2) determine speed limits; (3) install stop signs; (4) restrict roads or portions thereof to one-way traffic; (5) designate the location of crosswalks on any portion of any road or highway subject to the care, custody and control of said board of trustees; (6) order signs to be erected and maintained designating such prohibitions or restrictions; and (7) impose a fine upon any person who fails to comply with any such prohibition or restriction. All fines so imposed at each regional community-technical college, less an amount not to exceed the cost of enforcing traffic and parking regulations, shall be deposited in the institutional operating account of such college for scholarships and library services or acquisitions. The Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges shall establish at each regional community-technical college a committee which shall hear appeals of penalties assessed for parking or traffic violations. The membership of both the committee to establish traffic and parking regulations and the committee to hear traffic violation appeals shall include student and faculty representation.

(P.A. 73-151, S. 2; P.A. 89-260, S. 25, 41; P.A. 91-256, S. 17, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-7, S. 13, 22; P.A. 92-126, S. 26, 48; P.A. 11-256, S. 2; P.A. 12-132, S. 3.)

History: Sec. 10-38k transferred to Sec. 10a-79 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system; P.A. 89-260 substituted “board of trustees of the community-technical colleges” for “board of trustees of the regional community colleges” and “regional community college” for “campus” and specified that the scholarship account is that of the regional community colleges; P.A. 91-256 deleted provision requiring that fines not exceed $25 and that the money be placed in a scholarship account, added provision that funds be deposited in institutional operating accounts, provided for the use of fines to offset the cost of enforcing traffic and parking regulations and required the fines to be used for library services and acquisitions; June Sp. Sess. 91-7 provided for the use of funds for scholarships; P.A. 92-126 changed references to “community college” to “community-technical college”; P.A. 11-256 added authority to install stop signs, inserted numeric Subdiv. designators and made technical changes; P.A. 12-132 replaced “State Traffic Commission” with “Office of the State Traffic Administration”, effective July 1, 2012.

Cited. 200 C. 290.

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Sec. 10a-80. (Formerly Sec. 10-38l). Community service programs at regional community-technical colleges. (a) The primary responsibilities of the regional community-technical colleges shall be (1) to provide programs of occupational, vocational, technical and technological and career education designed to provide training for immediate employment, job retraining or upgrading of skills to meet individual, community and state manpower needs; (2) to provide programs of general study including, but not limited to, remediation, general and adult education and continuing education designed to meet individual student goals; (3) to provide programs of study for college transfer representing the first two years of baccalaureate education; (4) to provide community service programs as defined in subsection (b) of this section; and (5) to provide student support services including, but not limited to, admissions, counseling, testing, placement, individualized instruction and efforts to serve students with special needs.

(b) As used in this section, “community service programs” means educational, cultural, recreational and community directed services which a community-technical college may provide in addition to its regular academic program. Such community service programs may include, but shall not be limited to, (1) activities designed to enrich the intellectual, cultural and social life of the community, (2) educational services designed to promote the development of skills for the effective use of leisure time, (3) activities and programs designed to assist in the identification and solution of community problems and (4) utilization of college facilities and services by community groups to the extent such usage does not conflict with the regular schedule of the college.

(P.A. 75-100, S. 2; P.A. 92-126, S. 27, 48.)

History: Sec. 10-38l transferred to Sec. 10a-80 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system; P.A. 92-126 changed references to “community college” to “community-technical college” and added in Subsec. (a) a reference to technical and technological education.

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