Connecticut 2021 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06555 Compare Versions

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	7	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6555
	8	+	January Session, 2021
	9	+	LCO No. 4377
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	12	+	Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
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	15	+	Introduced by:
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4		-	House Bill No. 6555
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6		-	Special Act No. 21-1
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9		-	AN ACT CONCERNING LE GISLATIVE OVERSIGHT AND
10		-	APPROVAL OF COVID -19 RELIEF FUNDS.
	20	+	AN ACT CONCERNING LE GISLATIVE OVERSIGHT AND APPROVAL
	21	+	OF COVID-19 RELIEF FUNDS.
11	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
12	23		Assembly convened:
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14		-	Section 1. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding any provision of
15		-	the general statutes, not later than April 26, 2021, the Governor shall
16		-	submit to the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president
17		-	pro tempore of the Senate recommended allocations of federal funds
18		-	designated for the state pursuant to the provisions of Subtitle M of Title
19		-	IX of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, P.L. 117-2, as amended from
20		-	time to time, except for any funds designated under the Coronavirus
21		-	Local Fiscal Recovery Fund. Not later than five days after receipt of the
22		-	recommended allocations, the speaker and the president pro tempore
23		-	shall submit the recommended allocations to the joint standing
24		-	committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters
25		-	relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies. Said
26		-	committee shall report their approval or modifications, if any, of such
27		-	recommended allocations to the speaker and the president pro tempore
28		-	not later than May 16, 2021. The final allocations of such funds shall be
29		-	authorized by public or special act of the General Assembly.
30		-	Disbursement of such funds shall be in accordance with such final
31		-	allocations and no disbursement of such funds shall occur prior to such
32		-	authorization. House Bill No. 6555
	25	+	Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Notwithstanding any 1
	26	+	provision of the general statutes, if, during any fiscal year, the state is 2
	27	+	designated to receive federal funds pursuant to the provisions of the 3
	28	+	American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, or any subsequent federal act 4
	29	+	granting more than ____ dollars to the state related to COVID-19, the 5
	30	+	Governor shall submit recommended allocations of such funds to the 6
	31	+	speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro tempore 7
	32	+	of the Senate not later than thirty days after the passage of such act. 8
	33	+	Within five days of receipt of the recommended allocations, the speaker 9
	34	+	and the president pro tempore shall submit the recommended 10
	35	+	allocations to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly 11
	36	+	having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets 12
	37	+	of state agencies. Said committee shall report their approval or 13
	38	+	modifications, if any, of such recommended allocations to the General 14
	39	+	Assembly for approval. Disbursement of such funds shall be in 15 Raised Bill No. 6555
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36		-	Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) Not later than April 26, 2021, the
37		-	Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall submit a report,
38		-	in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes,
39		-	to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having
40		-	cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state
41		-	agencies. Such report shall include an overview of all funds received by
42		-	the state pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic
43		-	Security Act, P.L. 116-136, as amended from time to time, and the
44		-	Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act,
45		-	P.L. 116-260, as amended from time to time, including a full accounting
46		-	of all funds that have been disbursed and a plan for the disbursement of
47		-	any remaining funds.
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	46	+	accordance with the allocations approved by the General Assembly. No 16
	47	+	disbursement of such funds shall occur prior to such approval by the 17
	48	+	General Assembly. As used in this section, "COVID-19" means the 18
	49	+	respiratory disease designated by the World Health Organization on 19
	50	+	February 11, 2020, as coronavirus 2019, and any related mutation thereof 20
	51	+	recognized by said organization as a communicable respiratory disease. 21
	52	+	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
	53	+	sections:
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	55	+	Section 1 from passage New section
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	57	+	APP Joint Favorable
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