Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-389

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Sec. 10-389. Regulations establishing procedures for storage, analysis and reburial of human skeletal remains.

Official statutory text

(b) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall designate state lands for use as sites for the reburial of Native American human skeletal remains. Such sites shall be deemed sacred lands and designated as state archaeological preserves in accordance with section 10-384 .

(c) Any such human remains discovered on and after October 1, 1989, shall be reburied. The State Archaeologist, the Native American Heritage Advisory Council and the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall jointly determine the contents and organization of each reburial ceremony for Native Americans.

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