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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 146
January Session, 2021
AN ACT CONCERNING RE VENUE FROM GAMING AC TIVITIES,
GRANTS IN LIEU OF TAXES FOR TRIBAL LANDS AND SALE OF
ALCOHOL BY CASINO PE RMITTEES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) If sports wagering or 1
online casino gaming outside of Indian lands, as defined in the Indian 2
Gaming Regulatory Act, 25 USC 2703(4), is authorized pursuant to (1) 3
amendments to the Mashantucket Pequot procedures and to the 4
Mashantucket Pequot memorandum of understanding with the 5
Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and amendments to the Mohegan compact 6
and to the Mohegan memorandum of understanding with the Mohegan 7
Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, or new compacts with the 8
Mashantucket Pequot Tribe or the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of 9
Connecticut, or both, and (2) any provision of the general statutes or a 10
public or special act, any funds received by the state from an operator 11
of such sports wagering or online casino gaming shall be deposited in 12
the General Fund. 13
(b) Beginning in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and each fiscal 14
year thereafter, the following amounts shall be transferred annually 15
from the funds deposited in the General Fund pursuant to subsection 16
(a) of this section: 17 Substitute Bill No. 146
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(1) Any amount required to be transferred to the Mashantucket 18
Pequot and Mohegan Fund pursuant to the provisions of section 3-55i 19
of the general statutes, as amended by this act; 20
(2) Twenty million dollars, to the state-wide tourism marketing 21
account, established pursuant to section 10-395a of the general statutes; 22
and 23
(3) Ten million dollars, to the Arts, Culture and Tourism Fund, 24
established pursuant to section 10-395b of the general statutes, as 25
amended by this act. 26
Sec. 2. Section 3-55i of the general statutes is repealed and the 27
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 28
(a) There is established the "Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan 29
Fund" which shall be a separate nonlapsing fund. All funds received by 30
the state of Connecticut from the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe pursuant 31
to the joint memorandum of understanding entered into by and 32
between the state and the tribe on January 13, 1993, as amended on April 33
30, 1993, and any successor thereto, shall be deposited in the General 34
Fund. [During the fiscal year] For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2015, 35
[and each fiscal year thereafter,] to June 30, 2023, inclusive, from the 36
funds received by the state from the tribe pursuant to said joint 37
memorandum of understanding, as amended, and any successor 38
thereto, an amount equal to the appropriation to the Mashantucket 39
Pequot and Mohegan Fund for Grants to Towns shall be transferred to 40
the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund. [and shall be distributed 41
by the Office of Policy and Management, during said fiscal year, in 42
accordance with the provisions of section 3-55j.] For the fiscal year 43
ending June 30, 2024, and each fiscal year thereafter, one hundred thirty-44
nine million three hundred eighty thousand dollars of the funds 45
deposited in the General Fund pursuant to this subsection, the 46
memorandum of understanding entered into by and between the state 47
and the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut on May 17, 1994, as 48
amended from time to time, and section 1 of this act shall be transferred 49 Substitute Bill No. 146
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from the General Fund to the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund. 50
During each fiscal year, the Office of Policy and Management shall make 51
distributions of any funds transferred to the Mashantucket Pequot and 52
Mohegan Fund pursuant to this section in accordance with the 53
provisions of section 3-55j, as amended by this act. The amount of the 54
grant payable to each municipality during any fiscal year, in accordance 55
with [said] section 3-55j, as amended by this act, shall be reduced 56
proportionately if the total of such grants exceeds the amount of funds 57
available for such year. The grant shall be paid in three installments as 58
follows: The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall, 59
annually, not later than the fifteenth day of December, the fifteenth day 60
of March and the fifteenth day of June certify to the Comptroller the 61
amount due each municipality under the provisions of section 3-55j, as 62
amended by this act, and the Comptroller shall draw an order on the 63
Treasurer on or before the fifth business day following the fifteenth day 64
of December, the fifth business day following the fifteenth day of March 65
and the fifth business day following the fifteenth day of June and the 66
Treasurer shall pay the amount thereof to such municipality on or before 67
the first day of January, the first day of April and the thirtieth day of 68
June. 69
(b) The transfers from the General Fund to the Mashantucket Pequot 70
and Mohegan Fund required by subsection (a) of this section and 71
subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 1 of this act shall not be 72
reduced except upon (1) submission to the General Assembly by the 73
Governor of a certification of an emergency requiring such reduction; 74
and (2) a vote of at least two-thirds of the members of each house of the 75
General Assembly approving such reduction. 76
Sec. 3. Section 3-55j of the general statutes is repealed and the 77
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 78
(a) Twenty million dollars of the moneys available in the 79
Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund established by section 3-55i, 80
as amended by this act, shall be paid to municipalities eligible for a state 81
grant in lieu of taxes pursuant to subsection (b) of section 12-18b, as 82 Substitute Bill No. 146
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amended by this act, in addition to the grants payable to such 83
municipalities pursuant to section 12-18b, as amended by this act, 84
subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section. Such grant shall 85
be equal to that paid to the municipality pursuant to this subsection for 86
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015. Any eligible special services district 87
shall receive a portion of the grant payable under this subsection to the 88
town in which such district is located. The portion payable to any such 89
district under this subsection shall be the amount of the grant to the 90
town under this subsection which results from application of the district 91
mill rate to exempt property in the district. As used in this subsection 92
and subsection (c) of this section, "eligible special services district" 93
means any special services district created by a town charter, having its 94
own governing body and for the assessment year commencing October 95
1, 1996, containing fifty per cent or more of the value of total taxable 96
property within the town in which such district is located. 97
(b) No municipality shall receive a grant pursuant to subsection (a) 98
of this section which, when added to the amount of the grant payable to 99
such municipality pursuant to subsection (b) of section 12-18b, as 100
amended by this act, would exceed one hundred per cent of the property 101
taxes which would have been paid with respect to all state-owned real 102
property, except for the exemption applicable to such property, on the 103
assessment list in such municipality for the assessment date two years 104
prior to the commencement of the state fiscal year in which such grants 105
are payable, except that, notwithstanding the provisions of said 106
subsection (a), no municipality shall receive a grant pursuant to said 107
subsection which is less than one thousand six hundred sixty-seven 108
dollars. 109
(c) Twenty million one hundred twenty-three thousand nine 110
hundred sixteen dollars of the moneys available in the Mashantucket 111
Pequot and Mohegan Fund established by section 3-55i, as amended by 112
this act, shall be paid to municipalities eligible for a state grant in lieu of 113
taxes pursuant to subsection (b) of section 12-18b, as amended by this 114
act, in addition to the grants payable to such municipalities pursuant to 115 Substitute Bill No. 146
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section 12-18b, as amended by this act, subject to the provisions of 116
subsection (d) of this section. Such grant shall be equal to that paid to 117
the municipality pursuant to this subsection for the fiscal year ending 118
June 30, 2015. Any eligible special services district shall receive a portion 119
of the grant payable under this subsection to the town in which such 120
district is located. The portion payable to any such district under this 121
subsection shall be the amount of the grant to the town under this 122
subsection which results from application of the district mill rate to 123
exempt property in the district. 124
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c) of this section, 125
no municipality shall receive a grant pursuant to said subsection which, 126
when added to the amount of the grant payable to such municipality 127
pursuant to subsection (b) of section 12-18b, as amended by this act, 128
would exceed one hundred per cent of the property taxes which, except 129
for any exemption applicable to any private nonprofit institution of 130
higher education, nonprofit general hospital facility or freestanding 131
chronic disease hospital under the provisions of section 12-81, as 132
amended by this act, would have been paid with respect to such exempt 133
real property on the assessment list in such municipality for the 134
assessment date two years prior to the commencement of the state fiscal 135
year in which such grants are payable. 136
(e) Thirty-five million dollars of the moneys available in the 137
Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund established by section 3-55i, 138
as amended by this act, shall be paid to municipalities in accordance 139
with the provisions of section 7-528, except that for the purposes of 140
section 7-528, "adjusted equalized net grand list per capita" means the 141
equalized net grand list divided by the total population of a town, as 142
defined in subdivision (7) of subsection (a) of section 10-261, multiplied 143
by the ratio of the per capita income of the town to the per capita income 144
of the town at the one hundredth percentile among all towns in the state 145
ranked from lowest to highest in per capita income, and "equalized net 146
grand list" means the net grand list of such town upon which taxes were 147
levied for the general expenses of such town two years prior to the fiscal 148 Substitute Bill No. 146
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year in which a grant is to be paid, equalized in accordance with section 149
10-261a. 150
(f) Five million four hundred seventy-five thousand dollars of the 151
moneys available in the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund 152
established by section 3-55i, as amended by this act, shall be paid to the 153
following municipalities in accordance with the provisions of section 7-154
528, except that for the purposes of said section 7-528, "adjusted 155
equalized net grand list per capita" means the equalized net grand list 156
divided by the total population of a town, as defined in subdivision (7) 157
of subsection (a) of section 10-261, multiplied by the ratio of the per 158
capita income of the town to the per capita income of the town at the 159
one hundredth percentile among all towns in the state ranked from 160
lowest to highest in per capita income, and "equalized net grand list" 161
means the net grand list of such town upon which taxes were levied for 162
the general expenses of such town two years prior to the fiscal year in 163
which a grant is to be paid, equalized in accordance with section 10-164
261a: Bridgeport, Hamden, Hartford, Meriden, New Britain, New 165
Haven, New London, Norwalk, Norwich, Waterbury and Windham. 166
(g) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) to (f), inclusive, 167
of this section, and except as provided in subsection (l) of this section, 168
the total grants paid to the following municipalities from the moneys 169
available in the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund established 170
by section 3-55i, as amended by this act, shall be as follows: 171
T1 Bloomfield $ 267,489
T2 Bridgeport 10,506,506
T3 Bristol 1,004,050
T4 Chaplin 141,725
T5 Danbury 1,612,564
T6 Derby 432,162
T7 East Hartford 522,421
T8 East Lyme 488,160
T9 Groton 2,037,088 Substitute Bill No. 146
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T10 Hamden 1,592,270
T11 Manchester 1,014,244
T12 Meriden 1,537,900
T13 Middletown 2,124,960
T14 Milford 676,535
T15 New Britain 3,897,434
T16 New London 2,649,363
T17 North Haven 268,582
T18 Norwalk 1,451,367
T19 Norwich 1,662,147
T20 Preston 461,939
T21 Rocky Hill 477,950
T22 Stamford 1,570,767
T23 Union 38,101
T24 Voluntown 156,902
T25 Waterbury 5,179,655
T26 Wethersfield 371,629
T27 Windham 1,307,974
T28 Windsor Locks 754,833
(h) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, and each fiscal year 172
thereafter, if the amount of grant payable to a municipality in 173
accordance with this section is increased as the result of an 174
appropriation to the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund for such 175
fiscal year which exceeds eighty-five million dollars, the portion of the 176
grant payable to each eligible service district, in accordance with 177
subsections (a) and (c) of this section shall be increased by the same 178
proportion as the grant payable to such municipality under this section 179
as a result of said increased appropriation. 180
(i) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, to the fiscal year ending 181
June 30, 2006, inclusive, the municipalities of Ledyard, Montville, 182
Norwich, North Stonington and Preston shall each receive a grant of five 183
hundred thousand dollars which shall be paid from the Mashantucket 184
Pequot and Mohegan Fund established by section 3-55i, as amended by 185 Substitute Bill No. 146
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this act, and which shall be in addition to the grants paid to said 186
municipalities pursuant to subsections (a) to (g), inclusive, of this 187
section. 188
(j) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2000, June 30, 2001, and June 189
30, 2002, the sum of forty-nine million seven hundred fifty thousand 190
dollars shall be paid to municipalities, and for the fiscal year ending 191
June 30, 2003, and each fiscal year thereafter, the sum of forty-seven 192
million five hundred thousand dollars shall be paid to municipalities, in 193
accordance with this subsection, from the Mashantucket Pequot and 194
Mohegan Fund established by section 3-55i, as amended by this act. The 195
grants payable under this subsection shall be used to proportionately 196
increase the amount of the grants payable to each municipality in 197
accordance with subsections (a) to (i), inclusive, of this section and shall 198
be in addition to the grants payable under subsections (a) to (g), 199
inclusive, of this section. 200
(k) The amount of the grant payable to each municipality in 201
accordance with subsection (j) of this section shall be reduced 202
proportionately in the event that the total of the grants payable to each 203
municipality pursuant to this section exceeds the amount appropriated 204
for such grants with respect to such year. 205
(l) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) to (k), inclusive, 206
of this section, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and each fiscal 207
year thereafter, the total annual grants paid to the following 208
municipalities from the moneys available in the Mashantucket Pequot 209
and Mohegan Fund established by section 3-55i, as amended by this act, 210
shall be as follows: 211
T29 Andover 38,366
T30 Ansonia 518,735
T31 Ashford 56,334
T32 Avon 42,157
T33 Barkhamsted 36,457
T34 Beacon Falls 65,409
T35 Berlin 97,586 Substitute Bill No. 146
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T36 Bethany 40,605
T37 Bethel 99,897
T38 Bethlehem 33,057
T39 Bloomfield 372,983
T40 Bolton 37,216
T41 Bozrah 36,796
T42 Branford 133,076
T43 Bridgeport 14,650,117
T44 Bridgewater 20,139
T45 Bristol 1,400,033
T46 Brookfield 67,478
T47 Brooklyn 498,866
T48 Burlington 51,227
T49 Canaan 22,570
T50 Canterbury 74,283
T51 Canton 51,867
T52 Chaplin 209,219
T53 Cheshire 5,097,406
T54 Chester 36,024
T55 Clinton 75,663
T56 Colchester 124,418
T57 Colebrook 26,729
T58 Columbia 48,715
T59 Cornwall 20,466
T60 Coventry 91,065
T61 Cromwell 91,516
T62 Danbury 2,248,535
T63 Darien 22,796
T64 Deep River 37,233
T65 Derby 602,600
T66 Durham 38,070
T67 Eastford 30,794
T68 East Granby 40,418
T69 East Haddam 64,436
T70 East Hampton 205,334
T71 East Hartford 728,456
T72 East Haven 206,161
T73 East Lyme 723,587
T74 Easton 47,081
T75 East Windsor 79,664
T76 Ellington 102,992 Substitute Bill No. 146
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T77 Enfield 3,382,575
T78 Essex 34,333
T79 Fairfield 691,814
T80 Farmington 73,803
T81 Franklin 28,464
T82 Glastonbury 86,195
T83 Goshen 26,981
T84 Granby 59,255
T85 Greenwich 232,963
T86 Griswold 195,858
T87 Groton 3,036,119
T88 Guilford 64,257
T89 Haddam 47,808
T90 Hamden 2,220,238
T91 Hampton 33,517
T92 Hartford 17,012,247
T93 Hartland 30,435
T94 Harwinton 42,276
T95 Hebron 67,331
T96 Kent 26,274
T97 Killingly 235,490
T98 Killingworth 40,700
T99 Lebanon 68,853
T100 Ledyard 1,505,924
T101 Lisbon 50,010
T102 Litchfield 43,529
T103 Lyme 21,625
T104 Madison 51,675
T105 Manchester 1,414,247
T106 Mansfield 658,506
T107 Marlborough 46,284
T108 Meriden 2,144,425
T109 Middlebury 43,159
T110 Middlefield 37,073
T111 Middletown 2,963,013
T112 Milford 943,350
T113 Monroe 75,374
T114 Montville 1,676,151
T115 Morris 24,521
T116 Naugatuck 462,114
T117 New Britain 5,434,525 Substitute Bill No. 146
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T118 New Canaan 21,982
T119 New Fairfield 65,447
T120 New Hartford 56,151
T121 New Haven 14,403,776
T122 Newington 980,744
T123 New London 3,959,059
T124 New Milford 210,172
T125 Newtown 2,256,828
T126 Norfolk 33,383
T127 North Branford 90,149
T128 North Canaan 46,735
T129 North Haven 374,507
T130 North Stonington 935,691
T131 Norwalk 2,023,765
T132 Norwich 3,863,048
T133 Old Lyme 38,649
T134 Old Saybrook 36,357
T135 Orange 104,569
T136 Oxford 75,321
T137 Plainfield 253,700
T138 Plainville 191,054
T139 Plymouth 162,780
T140 Pomfret 39,806
T141 Portland 57,938
T142 Preston 1,579,151
T143 Prospect 74,850
T144 Putnam 222,266
T145 Redding 29,236
T146 Ridgefield 35,884
T147 Rocky Hill 666,446
T148 Roxbury 19,665
T149 Salem 38,201
T150 Salisbury 21,660
T151 Scotland 37,306
T152 Seymour 161,335
T153 Sharon 20,830
T154 Shelton 175,721
T155 Sherman 21,922
T156 Simsbury 83,580
T157 Somers 3,994,926
T158 Southbury 89,712 Substitute Bill No. 146
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T159 Southington 282,109
T160 South Windsor 109,525
T161 Sprague 59,377
T162 Stafford 206,863
T163 Stamford 2,190,254
T164 Sterling 84,665
T165 Stonington 95,178
T166 Stratford 409,829
T167 Suffield 7,015,494
T168 Thomaston 106,406
T169 Thompson 115,766
T170 Tolland 82,456
T171 Torrington 664,969
T172 Trumbull 123,609
T173 Union 53,127
T174 Vernon 410,003
T175 Voluntown 218,782
T176 Wallingford 346,634
T177 Warren 20,455
T178 Washington 20,805
T179 Waterbury 7,222,435
T180 Waterford 87,622
T181 Watertown 155,820
T182 Westbrook 36,113
T183 West Hartford 1,022,726
T184 West Haven 1,524,994
T185 Weston 23,007
T186 Westport 66,088
T187 Wethersfield 518,194
T188 Willington 60,215
T189 Wilton 28,491
T190 Winchester 170,938
T191 Windham 1,949,760
T192 Windsor 184,924
T193 Windsor Locks 1,052,528
T194 Wolcott 172,581
T195 Woodbridge 36,709
T196 Woodbury 51,195
T197 Woodstock 67,128
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Sec. 4. Section 3-55l of the general statutes is repealed and the 212
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 213
(a) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, the municipalities of 214
Ledyard, Montville, Norwich, North Stonington and Preston shall each 215
receive a grant of two hundred fifty thousand dollars which shall be 216
paid from the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund established by 217
section 3-55i, as amended by this act, and which shall be in addition to 218
the grants paid to said municipalities pursuant to section 3-55j, as 219
amended by this act. 220
(b) For the fiscal [year] years ending June 30, 2007, [and each fiscal 221
year thereafter] to June 30, 2023, inclusive, the municipalities of 222
Ledyard, Montville, Norwich, North Stonington and Preston shall each 223
receive a grant of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars which shall be 224
paid from said fund and which shall be in addition to the grants paid to 225
said municipalities pursuant to section 3-55j, as amended by this act. 226
(c) The grants payable in accordance with this section shall be 227
determined prior to the determination of grants pursuant to said section 228
3-55j, as amended by this act, and shall not be reduced proportionately 229
if the total of the grants payable to each municipality pursuant to said 230
section exceeds the amount appropriated for grants pursuant to section 231
3-55i, as amended by this act, with respect to each such year. 232
Sec. 5. Section 3-55m of the general statutes is repealed and the 233
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 234
For the fiscal [year] years ending June 30, 2008, [and each fiscal year 235
thereafter] to June 30, 2023, inclusive, one million six hundred thousand 236
dollars of the appropriation to the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan 237
Fund, for Grants to Towns, shall be distributed to municipalities that are 238
members of the Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments and 239
to any distressed municipality that is a member of the Northeastern 240
Connecticut Council of Governments or the Windham Area Council of 241
Governments. Said amount shall be distributed proportionately to each 242 Substitute Bill No. 146
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such municipality based on the total amount of payments received by 243
all such municipalities from said fund in the preceding fiscal year, 244
determined in accordance with section 3-55j, as amended by this act. The 245
grants payable in accordance with this section shall be determined prior 246
to the determination of grants pursuant to said section 3-55j, as amended 247
by this act, and shall not be reduced proportionately if the total of the 248
grants payable to each municipality pursuant to said section exceeds the 249
amount appropriated for such grants with respect to such year. The 250
payments to municipalities authorized by this section shall be made in 251
accordance with the schedule set forth in section 3-55i, as amended by 252
this act. 253
Sec. 6. Subparagraph (G) of subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 254
12-18b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted 255
in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 256
(G) [Forty-five] One hundred per cent of the property taxes that 257
would have been paid with respect to any land designated within the 258
1983 Settlement boundary and taken into trust by the federal 259
government for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation prior to June 8, 260
1999, or taken into trust by the federal government for the Mohegan 261
Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, provided the real property subject to 262
this subparagraph shall be the land only, and shall not include the 263
assessed value of any structures, buildings or other improvements on 264
such land; and 265
Sec. 7. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) If the Connecticut Lottery 266
Corporation is authorized to establish a program to sell lottery tickets 267
for lottery draw games through the corporation's Internet web site, an 268
online service or a mobile application pursuant to (1) amendments to 269
the Mashantucket Pequot procedures and to the Mashantucket Pequot 270
memorandum of understanding with the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe 271
and amendments to the Mohegan compact and to the Mohegan 272
memorandum of understanding with the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of 273
Connecticut, or new compacts with the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe or 274
the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, or both, and (2) any 275 Substitute Bill No. 146
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provision of the general statutes or a public or special act, the 276
corporation shall establish a fund into which all revenue from such 277
program shall be deposited, from which all payments and expenses of 278
the corporation for such program shall be paid and from which transfers 279
to the debt-free community college account, established in section 8 of 280
this act, shall be made pursuant to subsection (d) of section 12-812 of the 281
general statutes, as amended by this act. 282
Sec. 8. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) There is established an account 283
to be known as the "debt-free community college account" which shall 284
be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account 285
shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account, 286
including, but not limited to, deposits from the Connecticut Lottery 287
Corporation in accordance with subsection (d) of section 12-812 of the 288
general statutes, as amended by this act. Moneys in the account shall be 289
expended by the Board of Regents for Higher Education for the 290
purposes of the debt-free community college program established 291
pursuant to section 10a-174 of the general statutes. 292
(b) Not later than thirty days after the initial offering of lottery tickets 293
for lottery draw games through the Connecticut Lottery Corporation's 294
Internet web site, online service or mobile application, and on January 295
first annually thereafter, the president of said corporation shall estimate 296
and report to the Board of Regents for Higher Education the anticipated 297
amount of the deposit required pursuant to subsection (d) of section 12-298
812 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or the anticipated net 299
revenue from such online offering during the current and next fiscal 300
year. 301
Sec. 9. Section 12-801 of the general statutes is repealed and the 302
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 303
As used in section 12-563a and sections 12-800 to 12-818, inclusive, as 304
amended by this act, and section 7 of this act, the following terms [shall] 305
have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates another 306
meaning: 307 Substitute Bill No. 146
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(1) "Board" or "board of directors" means the board of directors of the 308
corporation; 309
(2) "Corporation" means the Connecticut Lottery Corporation as 310
created under section 12-802; 311
(3) "Division" means the former Division of Special Revenue in the 312
Department of Revenue Services; 313
(4) "Lottery" means (A) the Connecticut state lottery conducted prior 314
to the transfer authorized under section 12-808 by the Division of Special 315
Revenue, (B) after such transfer, the Connecticut state lottery conducted 316
by the corporation pursuant to sections 12-563a and 12-800 to 12-818, 317
inclusive, as amended by this act, and section 7 of this act, (C) the state 318
lottery referred to in subsection (a) of section 53-278g, and (D) keno 319
conducted by the corporation pursuant to section 12-806c; 320
(5) "Keno" means a lottery game in which a subset of numbers are 321
drawn from a larger field of numbers by a central computer system 322
using an approved random number generator, wheel system device or 323
other drawing device. "Keno" does not include a game operated on a 324
video facsimile machine; 325
(6) "Lottery fund" means a fund or funds established by, and under 326
the management and control of, the corporation, into which all lottery 327
revenues of the corporation are deposited, from which all payments and 328
expenses of the corporation are paid and from which transfers to the 329
General Fund or the Connecticut Teachers' Retirement Fund Bonds 330
Special Capital Reserve Fund, established in section 10-183vv, are made 331
pursuant to section 12-812, as amended by this act, but "lottery fund" 332
does not include a fund established under section 7 of this act; and 333
(7) "Operating revenue" means total revenue received from lottery 334
sales less all cancelled sales and amounts paid as prizes but before 335
payment or provision for payment of any other expenses. 336
Sec. 10. Section 12-812 of the general statutes is repealed and the 337 Substitute Bill No. 146
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following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 338
(a) The president of the corporation, subject to the direction of the 339
board, shall conduct daily, weekly, multistate, special instant or other 340
lottery games and shall determine the number of times a lottery shall be 341
held each year, the form and price of the tickets and the aggregate 342
amount of prizes, which shall not be less than forty-five per cent of the 343
sales unless required by the terms of any agreement entered into for the 344
conduct of multistate lottery games. The proceeds of the sale of tickets 345
shall be deposited in the lottery fund of the corporation from which 346
prizes shall be paid, upon vouchers signed by the president, or by either 347
of two persons designated and authorized by him, in such numbers and 348
amounts as the president determines. The corporation may limit its 349
liability in games with fixed payouts and may cause a cessation of sales 350
of tickets of certain designation when such liability limit has been 351
reached. 352
(b) The president, subject to the direction of the board, may enter into 353
agreements for the sale of product advertising on lottery tickets, play 354
slips and other lottery media. 355
(c) On a weekly basis, the president shall estimate, and certify to the 356
State Treasurer, that portion of the balance in the lottery fund which 357
exceeds the current needs of the corporation for the payment of prizes, 358
the payment of current operating expenses and funding of approved 359
reserves of the corporation. The corporation shall transfer the amount 360
so certified from the lottery fund of the corporation to the General Fund 361
upon notification of receipt of such certification by the Treasurer, except 362
that if the amount on deposit in the Connecticut Teachers' Retirement 363
Fund Bonds Special Capital Reserve Fund, established in section 10-364
183vv, is less than the required minimum capital reserve, as defined in 365
subsection (b) of said section, the corporation shall pay such amount so 366
certified to the trustee of the fund for deposit in the fund. If the 367
corporation transfers any moneys to the General Fund at any time when 368
the amount on deposit in said capital reserve fund is less than the 369
required minimum capital reserve, the amount of such transfer shall be 370 Substitute Bill No. 146
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deemed appropriated from the General Fund to the Connecticut 371
Teachers' Retirement Fund Bonds Special Capital Reserve Fund. 372
(d) On a weekly basis, the president shall estimate, and certify to the 373
State Treasurer, that portion of the balance in the fund established 374
pursuant to section 7 of this act which exceeds the current needs of the 375
corporation for the payment of prizes, the payment of current operating 376
expenses and funding of approved reserves of the corporation for the 377
online lottery program described in section 7 of this act. The corporation 378
shall transfer the amount so certified to the debt-free community college 379
account established pursuant to section 8 of this act upon notification of 380
receipt of such certification by the State Treasurer. 381
Sec. 11. Section 12-818 of the general statutes is repealed and the 382
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 383
[For each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 2010, and June 30, 2011, 384
the Connecticut Lottery Corporation shall transfer one million nine 385
hundred thousand dollars of the revenue received from the sale of 386
lottery tickets to the chronic gamblers treatment rehabilitation account 387
created pursuant to section 17a-713. For the fiscal years ending June 30, 388
2012, to June 30, 2013, inclusive, the Connecticut Lottery Corporation 389
shall transfer one million nine hundred thousand dollars of the revenue 390
received from the sale of lottery tickets to the chronic gamblers 391
treatment rehabilitation account created pursuant to section 17a-713.] 392
For the fiscal [year] years ending June 30, 2014, [and each fiscal year 393
thereafter,] to June 30, 2021, inclusive, the Connecticut Lottery 394
Corporation shall transfer two million three hundred thousand dollars 395
of the revenue received from the sale of lottery tickets to the chronic 396
gamblers treatment rehabilitation account created pursuant to section 397
17a-713. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year 398
thereafter, the Connecticut Lottery Corporation shall transfer four 399
million six hundred thousand dollars of the revenue received from the 400
sale of lottery tickets to the chronic gamblers treatment rehabilitation 401
account created pursuant to section 17a-713. 402 Substitute Bill No. 146
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Sec. 12. Subsection (a) of section 30-91 of the general statutes is 403
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 404
passage): 405
(a) The sale or the dispensing or consumption or the presence in 406
glasses or other receptacles suitable to permit the consumption of 407
alcoholic liquor by an individual in places operating under hotel 408
permits, restaurant permits, cafe permits, Connecticut craft cafe permits, 409
restaurant permits for catering establishments, bowling establishment 410
permits, racquetball facility permits, club permits, coliseum permits, 411
coliseum concession permits, special sporting facility restaurant 412
permits, special sporting facility employee recreational permits, special 413
sporting facility guest permits, special sporting facility concession 414
permits, special sporting facility bar permits, golf country club permits, 415
nonprofit public museum permits, university permits, airport 416
restaurant permits, airport bar permits, airport airline club permits, 417
tavern permits, manufacturer permits for beer, casino permits, caterer 418
liquor permits and charitable organization permits shall be unlawful on: 419
(1) Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday between the 420
hours of one o'clock a.m. and nine o'clock a.m.; (2) Saturday between the 421
hours of two o'clock a.m. and nine o'clock a.m.; (3) Sunday between the 422
hours of two o'clock a.m. and ten o'clock a.m.; (4) Christmas, except [(A)] 423
for alcoholic liquor that is served where food is also available during the 424
hours otherwise permitted by this section for the day on which 425
Christmas falls; [, and (B) by casino permittees at casinos, as defined in 426
section 30-37k;] and (5) January first between the hours of three o'clock 427
a.m. and nine o'clock a.m., except that on any Sunday that is January 428
first the prohibitions of this section shall be between the hours of three 429
o'clock a.m. and ten o'clock a.m. 430
Sec. 13. Subsection (l) of section 30-91 of the general statutes is 431
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 432
passage): 433
(l) Notwithstanding any provision of subsection (a) of this section, it 434
shall be lawful for casino permittees at casinos, as defined in section 30-435 Substitute Bill No. 146
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37k, to (1) allow the sale or dispensing of alcohol to, or consumption or 436
presence in glasses or other receptacles suitable to permit the 437
consumption of alcoholic liquor by, an individual who is staying at a 438
hotel in the casino or a hotel or campground affiliated with the casino 439
and accessible by a shuttle service, except such alcoholic liquor shall not 440
be served to a patron of such casino on (A) Monday, Tuesday, 441
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday between the hours of four 442
o'clock a.m. and nine o'clock a.m.; and (B) Sunday between the hours of 443
four o'clock a.m. and ten o'clock a.m.; and (2) allow the presence of 444
alcoholic liquor in glasses or other receptacles suitable to permit the 445
consumption thereof by an individual at any time on its gaming facility, 446
as defined in subsection (a) of section 30-37k. [, provided such alcoholic 447
liquor shall not be served to a patron of such casino during the hours 448
specified in subsection (a) of this section.] Each casino permittee shall 449
maintain, in writing, an alcohol service policy that provides for the safe 450
sale and dispensing of alcohol pursuant to the casino permit. Each 451
casino permittee shall review such policy at least once each year. For 452
purposes of this section, "receptacles suitable to permit the consumption 453
of alcoholic liquor" [shall] does not include bottles of distilled spirits or 454
bottles of wine. 455
Sec. 14. Section 10-395b of the general statutes is repealed and the 456
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 457
There is established a fund to be known as the ["Tourism Fund"] 458
"Arts, Culture and Tourism Fund" which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 459
fund. The fund shall contain any moneys required by law to be 460
deposited in the fund. 461
Sec. 15. Subparagraph (K) of subdivision (1) of section 12-408 of the 462
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 463
thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 464
(K) (i) For calendar quarters ending on or after September 30, 2019, 465
the commissioner shall deposit into the regional planning incentive 466
account, established pursuant to section 4-66k, six and seven-tenths per 467 Substitute Bill No. 146
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cent of the amounts received by the state from the tax imposed under 468
subparagraph (B) of this subdivision and ten and seven-tenths per cent 469
of the amounts received by the state from the tax imposed under 470
subparagraph (G) of this subdivision; 471
(ii) For calendar quarters ending on or after September 30, 2018, the 472
commissioner shall deposit into the Arts, Culture and Tourism Fund 473
established under section 10-395b, as amended by this act, ten per cent 474
of the amounts received by the state from the tax imposed under 475
subparagraph (B) of this subdivision; 476
Sec. 16. Subparagraph (J) of subdivision (1) of section 12-411 of the 477
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 478
thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 479
(J) (i) For calendar quarters ending on or after September 30, 2019, the 480
commissioner shall deposit into the regional planning incentive 481
account, established pursuant to section 4-66k, six and seven-tenths per 482
cent of the amounts received by the state from the tax imposed under 483
subparagraph (B) of this subdivision and ten and seven-tenths per cent 484
of the amounts received by the state from the tax imposed under 485
subparagraph (G) of this subdivision; 486
(ii) For calendar quarters ending on or after September 30, 2018, the 487
commissioner shall deposit into the Arts, Culture and Tourism Fund 488
established under section 10-395b, as amended by this act, ten per cent 489
of the amounts received by the state from the tax imposed under 490
subparagraph (B) of this subdivision; 491
Sec. 17. Sections 12-565a and 12-578j of the general statutes are 492
repealed. (Effective from passage) 493
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 2 July 1, 2021 3-55i Substitute Bill No. 146
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Sec. 3 July 1, 2021 3-55j
Sec. 4 July 1, 2021 3-55l
Sec. 5 July 1, 2021 3-55m
Sec. 6 July 1, 2021 12-18b(b)(1)(G)
Sec. 7 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 8 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 9 July 1, 2021 12-801
Sec. 10 July 1, 2021 12-812
Sec. 11 from passage 12-818
Sec. 12 from passage 30-91(a)
Sec. 13 from passage 30-91(l)
Sec. 14 July 1, 2021 10-395b
Sec. 15 July 1, 2021 12-408(1)(K)
Sec. 16 July 1, 2021 12-411(1)(J)
Sec. 17 from passage Repealer section
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Section 3(g), "and except as provided in subsection (l) of this section,"
was added for clarity and consistency with the provisions of Subsec. (l),
in Section 9, the exclusion from the definition of "lottery fund" was
rewritten for clarity, and in Section 12, the exception was deleted for
consistency with standard drafting conventions.
PS Joint Favorable Subst.