The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may, with the approval of the Governor, grant leases for public purposes to any public authority for any portion of any state forest or state park if said commissioner finds that such purposes are not in conflict with park or forest purposes.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 23-25
(1949 Rev., S. 3453; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 188; P.A. 96-180, S. 87, 166; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)