Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-163: Commissioner may designate alternate.

The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection is authorized to designate an alternate to serve in his place and stead on the New England State Police Administrators Conference as permitted by subsections (b) and (c) of Article III of the compact. However, it is the intention of the legislature that said commissioner shall attend and participate in the work of the conference in person to the maximum extent practicable.