Sec. 13b-20. Records. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 13b-20. Records. The commissioner shall keep a record of all proceedings and orders pertaining to the matters under his direction and copies of all plans, specifications and estimates submitted to him. Said commissioner shall furnish to any court in this state without charge certified copies of any document or record pertaining to the operation of the department, and any certified document or record of the commissioner, attested as a true copy by the commissioner, the Deputy Commissioner of Transportation, the chief engineer of the department, or any deputy commissioner for an operating bureau, shall be competent evidence in any court of this state of the facts therein contained. The commissioner may delegate to the Deputy Commissioner of Transportation, the chief engineer, and the deputy commissioners for operating bureaus the authority to sign any agreement, contract, document or instrument which he is authorized to sign and any such signature shall be binding and valid.

      (1969, P.A. 768, S. 52.)

      Former statute cited. 120 C. 435; 150 C. 374.

      Highway commissioner, when acting in his official capacity, is immune from suit without consent for he is an agent of the state. 21 CS 214.