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The Commission was appointed by Governor Abraham Ribicoff in 1956 "to consider general economy in State government, distribution of State financial aid to cities and towns, limitation of State debt, and matters relating to these subjects."

Minutes of the State Harbor Commissioners for New Haven Harbor.

In 1895, the General Assembly established a three person board known as the State Highway Commission to monitor town expenditures of state funds as well as construction and improvements to public roads. In 1897, the legislature abolished the board and created the State Highway Department headed by the State Highway Commissioner. In October 1969, it merged into the new Department of Transportation.

The State Library and Supreme Court Club formed in 1951 as a successor to the Ex Libris Club. It disbanded in 1986.

In 1913 the Assembly created a permanent State Park Commission charged with "supervision of all lands acquired by the state, as public reservations, for the purpose of public recreation or the preservation of natural beauty or historic association. In 1921 the name changed to the State Park and Forest Commission. The Commission now had oversight of state forests as well as parks with the authority to appoint the State Forester.

The State Planning Board coordinated and integrated information pertaining to growth and development of the State. They collected information, data and maps from across departmental lines and made the information available to all. There were several projects initiated by the Board relating to water quality, forests, highways, population demographics and zoning. An aerial map of the State was considered "the most essential single step for our state-wide data."

The State Revenue Task Force was appointed pursuant to Special Act 274 of the 1969 Session of the General Assembly for the purpose of preparing recommendations for a revised Connecticut tax structure. The Task Force received suggestions and heard testimony from many government, community and business leaders, and it commissioned and studied a series of special reports on various aspects of the subject.

The State Salvage Committee informed the public of the need for conserving scarce materials and assisted in collecting and utilizing salvage during World War II.

The State Teachers' Retirement Board administers the Teacher's Retirement System that provides members, public school teachers and their beneficiaries, with retirement, disability, survivorship, and health benefits.

The State Traffic Commission was established as the legal traffic authority of Connecticut, to provide rules and regulations for the establishment of uniform traffic control signals, devices, signs, and markings for the use of vehicular and pedestrian traffic upon the public highway.