Conn. Gen. Stat. § 3-25

(b) Subject to the approval of the Comptroller and in accordance with such procedures as he may specify, the chief executive officer of a constituent unit of the state system of higher education or, in the case of the Connecticut State University System, the chief executive officer of a state university, may make payment of any claim against the constituent unit or institution, as appropriate, other than a payment for payroll, debt service payable on state bonds to bondholders, paying agents or trustees, or any payment the source of which includes the proceeds of a state bond issue. Upon receipt of a request to make such payment, the Treasurer shall delegate such authority to such chief executive officer and shall approve such banking arrangements as are necessary for such unit or institution to make such payments. Payments for payroll, debt services payable on state bonds to bondholders, paying agents or trustees, or payments from the proceeds of state bonds shall be made solely by the Treasurer in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.

(c) The State Treasurer may authorize the assistant treasurer for investments, or any successor therefor with the approval of the Comptroller and in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the Comptroller, to certify to the Comptroller that the services for which claims against the Connecticut retirement and trust funds are made have been properly received or performed or, if not yet received or performed, are covered (1) by contracts properly drawn and executed or (2) under procedures approved by said assistant treasurer for investments, and that such claims are supported by vouchers or receipts for the payment of any money exceeding twenty-five dollars at one time, and by an accurate account, showing the items of such claims, and a detailed account of expenses, when expenses constitute a portion of them, specifying the purpose for which they were incurred; and the original vouchers or receipts shall be filed with the assistant treasurer for investments, or any successor therefor, as support for the direct disbursement of funds from income derived from the trust funds. Copies of such documentation shall be provided to the Comptroller upon request.

Payment of gratuities upon order of the Senate, registered on books of Comptroller. 85 C. 657. Cited. 129 C. 277; 133 C. 131.

Not the function of highway commissioner to pay out money for construction. 5 CS 114.