Sec. 23-32. Improvement of forest lands.

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may repair and construct dams, open up abandoned roads for fire control, or make any other improvement which, in the judgment of said commissioner, is necessary for the immediate use or protection of lands acquired by him. Expenditures for such purposes may be ordered by said commissioner from any appropriation made to the department for the purchase of land, provided not more than ten per cent of such appropriation shall be spent for making such improvements in any one fiscal period. Said commissioner, with the consent of the Governor, may lease lands to quasi-public organizations or private persons to carry out the provisions of this section.

(1949 Rev., S. 3472; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 197; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)

History: 1971 act replaced references to commission on forests and wild life with references to environmental protection commissioner and department; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.