There shall be a Department of Transportation which shall be responsible for all aspects of the planning, development, maintenance and improvement of transportation in the state. The department head shall be the Commissioner of Transportation, who shall be appointed by the Governor in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-5 to 4-8, inclusive, with the powers and duties therein prescribed.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 13b-3
(1969, P.A. 768, S. 3.)