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General Assembly Governor's Bill No. 9
February Session, 2022
LCO No. 709
Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
Introduced by:
Request of the Governor Pursuant
to Joint Rule 9
AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 12-71e of the 2022 supplement to the general 1
statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 2
(Effective from passage): 3
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any special act, municipal 4
charter or home rule ordinance, (1) for the assessment year commencing 5
October 1, 2016, the mill rate for motor vehicles shall not exceed 39 mills, 6
[and] (2) for the assessment [year] years commencing October 1, 2017, 7
[and each assessment year thereafter] to October 1, 2020, inclusive, the 8
mill rate for motor vehicles shall not exceed 45 mills, and (3) for the 9
assessment year commencing October 1, 2021, and each assessment year 10
thereafter, the mill rate for motor vehicles shall not exceed 29 mills. 11
(b) Any municipality or district may establish a mill rate for motor 12
vehicles that is different from its mill rate for real property and personal 13
property other than motor vehicles to comply with the provisions of this 14 Governor's Bill No. 9
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section. No district or borough may set a motor vehicle mill rate that if 15
combined with the motor vehicle mill rate of the town, city, consolidated 16
town and city or consolidated town and borough in which such district 17
or borough is located would result in a combined motor vehicle mill rate 18
(1) above 39 mills for the assessment year commencing October 1, 2016, 19
[or] (2) above 45 mills for the assessment [year] years commencing 20
October 1, 2017, to October 1, 2020, inclusive, or (3) above 29 mills for 21
the assessment year commencing October 1, 2021, and each assessment 22
year thereafter. 23
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of any special act, municipal 24
charter or home rule ordinance, a municipality or district that set a 25
motor vehicle mill rate prior to October 31, 2017, for the assessment year 26
commencing October 1, 2016, may, by vote of its legislative body, or if 27
the legislative body is a town meeting, the board of selectmen, revise 28
such mill rate to meet the requirements of this section, provided such 29
revision occurs not later than December 15, 2017. 30
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 12-112, any board of 31
assessment appeals of a municipality that mailed or distributed, prior to 32
October 31, 2017, bills to taxpayers for motor vehicle property taxes 33
based on assessments made for the assessment year commencing 34
October 1, 2016, shall hear or entertain any appeals related to such 35
assessments not later than December 15, 2017. 36
(e) For the purposes of this section, "municipality" means any town, 37
city, borough, consolidated town and city, consolidated town and 38
borough and "district" means any district, as defined in section 7-324. 39
Sec. 2. Subsection (c) of section 4-66l of the 2022 supplement to the 40
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 41
thereof (Effective from passage): 42
(c) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, [and each fiscal year 43
thereafter,] motor vehicle property tax grants to municipalities that 44
impose mill rates on real property and personal property other than 45
motor vehicles greater than 45 mills or that, when combined with the 46 Governor's Bill No. 9
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mill rate of any district located within the municipality, impose mill 47
rates greater than 45 mills, shall be made in an amount equal to the 48
difference between the amount of property taxes levied by the 49
municipality and any district located within the municipality on motor 50
vehicles for the assessment year commencing October 1, 2017, and the 51
amount such levy would have been if the mill rate on motor vehicles for 52
said assessment year was equal to the mill rate imposed by such 53
municipality and any district located within the municipality on real 54
property and personal property other than motor vehicles. 55
[(2) Not later than fifteen calendar days after receiving a property tax 56
grant pursuant to this section, the municipality shall disburse to any 57
district located within the municipality the amount of any such property 58
tax grant that is attributable to the district.] 59
(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and each fiscal year 60
thereafter, motor vehicle property tax grants shall be made to: 61
(A) Municipalities that imposed mill rates greater than 29 mills on 62
real property and personal property other than motor vehicles for the 63
preceding fiscal year, in an amount equal to the difference between (i) 64
the amount of property taxes the municipality would have levied on 65
motor vehicles for the preceding fiscal year if the mill rate imposed on 66
motor vehicles for such year was 29 mills, and (ii) the amount of 67
property taxes the municipality would have levied on motor vehicles 68
for the preceding fiscal year if the mill rate imposed on motor vehicles 69
for such year was equal to the mill rate imposed on real property and 70
personal property other than motor vehicles for such year; and 71
(B) Districts that imposed mill rates that, when combined with the 72
mill rate of the municipality in which the district is located, were greater 73
than 29 mills on real property and personal property other than motor 74
vehicles for the preceding fiscal year, in an amount equal to the 75
difference between (i) the amount of property taxes the district would 76
have levied on motor vehicles for the preceding fiscal year if the mill 77
rate imposed on motor vehicles for such year, when combined with the 78 Governor's Bill No. 9
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mill rate imposed on motor vehicles for such year by the municipality 79
in which the district is located, was 29 mills, and (ii) the amount of 80
property taxes the district would have levied on motor vehicles for the 81
preceding fiscal year if the mill rate imposed on motor vehicles for such 82
year, when combined with the mill rate imposed on motor vehicles for 83
such year by the municipality in which the district is located, was equal 84
to the mill rate imposed by the district on real property and personal 85
property other than motor vehicles for such year. 86
Sec. 3. Section 5-156a of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 87
is amended by adding subsection (h) as follows (Effective July 1, 2022): 88
(NEW) (h) Any recovery of pension costs from an appropriated or 89
nonappropriated source other than the General Fund or Special 90
Transportation Fund that causes the payments to the State Employees 91
Retirement System to exceed the actuarially determined employer 92
contribution for any fiscal year shall be deposited into the State 93
Employees Retirement Fund as an additional employer contribution at 94
the end of such fiscal year. 95
Sec. 4. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2022) (a) As used in this section: 96
(1) "State agency electric vehicle charging station" means an electric 97
component assembly or cluster of component assemblies designed 98
specifically to charge electric vehicles by permitting the transfer of 99
electric energy to a battery or other storage device used in an electric 100
vehicle that is owned and operated by a state agency on state property; 101
(2) "State property" means real property owned by a state agency; 102
(3) "State agency" means any state office, officer, department, 103
division, bureau, board and commission, permanent or temporary in 104
nature, whether in the legislative, executive or judicial branch, and the 105
subdivisions of each, including the constituent units of the state system 106
of higher education; 107
(4) "State employee" means any employee in the executive, legislative 108 Governor's Bill No. 9
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or judicial branch of state government, whether in the classified or 109
unclassified service and whether full or part-time; and 110
(5) "Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle", "battery electric vehicle" and 111
"electric vehicle" have the same meanings as provided in section 16-112
19eee of the general statutes. 113
(b) Each state agency may designate certain state agency electric 114
vehicle charging stations as available for public use, for the sole use of 115
state employees, or for a combination of both state employees and the 116
public. In designating such charging stations, state agencies shall give 117
consideration to state-owned properties that receive visitors conducting 118
business with state agencies, including, but not limited to, service 119
centers, maintenance facilities, correctional facilities, visitor centers, 120
health care facilities and recreational facilities. 121
(c) No person shall park a vehicle in a parking space equipped with 122
a state agency electric vehicle charging station unless such person is 123
charging a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle or battery electric vehicle. 124
(d) Each state agency may determine the appropriate maximum 125
charging time limits per user per charging session for its state agency 126
electric vehicle charging stations based upon the parking needs at the 127
state property where such charging stations are installed. Any such time 128
limits shall be posted at such charging stations. No person shall charge 129
a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle or battery electric vehicle in a space 130
equipped with a state agency electric vehicle charging station for a 131
period longer than the maximum time limit set by a state agency 132
pursuant to this subsection. 133
(e) State agencies shall assess and collect a fee established under 134
subsection (f) of this section to both public and state employee users of 135
state agency electric vehicle charging stations purchased and installed 136
on or after October 1, 2022, except that any user charging an electric 137
vehicle that is owned or leased by the state shall be exempt from paying 138
such fee. The amount of any fees assessed pursuant to this section shall 139
be posted at the charging station. Any fees collected under this section 140 Governor's Bill No. 9
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shall be deposited into the General Fund. 141
(f) The Department of Administrative Services, the Joint Committee 142
on Legislative Management and the Office of the Chief Court 143
Administrator shall, in consultation with the Department of Energy and 144
Environmental Protection, establish a reasonable fee for users of state 145
agency electric vehicle charging stations for their respective branch of 146
government at a level that recovers, to the maximum extent practicable, 147
the costs associated with the electricity used by the charging stations 148
and with operating and maintaining such charging stations. Such fees 149
shall be structured on a per-kilowatt-hour basis. The fees shall be 150
updated on an annual basis or sooner if deemed necessary by the branch 151
of government setting the fee. The Department of Administrative 152
Services shall post any fees established for the executive branch of 153
government pursuant to this subsection on its Internet web site. 154
(g) A violation of any provision of subsection (c) or (d) of this section 155
shall be an infraction, provided the provisions of this subsection shall 156
not apply to an emergency vehicle, as defined in section 14-283 of the 157
general statutes. 158
Sec. 5. Section 2-90 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes is 159
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 160
2022): 161
(a) The Auditors of Public Accounts shall organize the work of their 162
office in such manner as they deem most economical and efficient and 163
shall determine the scope and frequency of any audit they conduct. 164
(b) Said auditors, with the Comptroller, shall, at least annually and as 165
frequently as they deem necessary, audit the books and accounts of the 166
Treasurer, including, but not limited to, trust funds, as defined in section 167
3-13c, and certify the results to the Governor. The auditors shall, at least 168
annually and as frequently as they deem necessary, audit the books and 169
accounts of the Comptroller and certify the results to the Governor. 170
They shall examine and prepare certificates of audit with respect to the 171
financial statements contained in the annual reports of the Treasurer 172 Governor's Bill No. 9
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and Comptroller, which certificates shall be made part of such annual 173
reports. In carrying out their responsibilities under this section, said 174
auditors may retain independent auditors to assist them. 175
(c) Said auditors shall audit, on a biennial basis if deemed most 176
economical and efficient, or as frequently as they deem necessary, the 177
books and accounts, records of operations and activities, systems and 178
data of each officer, department, commission, board and court of the 179
state government, all institutions supported by the state and all public 180
and quasi-public bodies, politic and corporate, created by public or 181
special act of the General Assembly and not required to be audited or 182
subject to reporting requirements, under the provisions of chapter 111. 183
Each such audit may include an examination of any relevant 184
information concerning the department, commission, board or court of 185
state government being audited that is in the possession or control of a 186
private entity that has a contract with such department, commission, 187
board or court, and such information shall be provided upon demand 188
in a format prescribed by the auditors at no cost to the auditors or the 189
department, commission, board or court. Each such audit may include 190
an examination of performance in order to determine effectiveness in 191
achieving expressed legislative purposes. Said auditors may audit each 192
state contracting agency, as defined in section 4e-1, for compliance with 193
provisions of statutes and regulations concerning procurement and may 194
periodically review the procurement processes of each such state 195
contracting agency. If a contract or procurement is referred to said 196
auditors by the State Contracting Standards Board pursuant to section 197
4e-4, as amended by this act, said auditors shall evaluate any 198
deficiencies or material weaknesses in such contract or procurement and 199
shall provide recommendations for correction. The auditors shall report 200
their findings and recommendations to the Governor, the State 201
Comptroller and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly 202
having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets 203
of state agencies. 204
(d) The Auditors of Public Accounts may enter into such contractual 205
agreements as may be necessary for the discharge of their duties. Any 206 Governor's Bill No. 9
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audit or report which is prepared by a person, firm or corporation 207
pursuant to any contract with the Auditors of Public Accounts shall bear 208
the signature of the person primarily responsible for the preparation of 209
such audit or report. As used in this subsection, the term "person" means 210
a natural person. 211
(e) (1) If the Auditors of Public Accounts discover, or if it should come 212
to their knowledge, that any unauthorized, illegal, irregular or unsafe 213
handling or expenditure of state funds or quasi-public agency funds or 214
any breakdown in the safekeeping of any resources of the state or a 215
quasi-public agency has occurred or is contemplated, they shall 216
forthwith report the facts to the Governor, the State Comptroller, the 217
clerk of each house of the General Assembly and the Attorney General, 218
except that if a matter reported to the Auditors of Public Accounts 219
pursuant to section 4-33a is still under investigation by a state or quasi-220
public agency, the Auditors of Public Accounts may give the agency a 221
reasonable amount of time to conduct such investigation prior to the 222
auditors reporting the matter to said officials. (2) If the Auditors of 223
Public Accounts decide to delay reporting such matter in accordance 224
with subdivision (1) of this subsection, the auditors shall immediately 225
notify the Attorney General of such decision. (3) Any Auditor of Public 226
Accounts neglecting to make the report required under subdivision (1) 227
of this subsection, or any agent of the auditors neglecting to report to 228
the Auditors of Public Accounts any such matter discovered by such 229
agent or coming to such agent's knowledge, shall be fined not more than 230
one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. 231
(f) All reports issued or made pursuant to this section shall be 232
retained in the offices of the Auditors of Public Accounts for a period of 233
not less than five years. The auditors shall file one copy of each such 234
report with the State Librarian. 235
(g) Each state agency shall keep its accounts in such form and by such 236
methods as to exhibit the facts required by said auditors and, the 237
provisions of any other general statute notwithstanding, shall make all 238
records and accounts available to them or their agents, upon demand. 239 Governor's Bill No. 9
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Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, no state agency 240
may deny the auditors access to their records or accounts. 241
(h) Where there are statutory requirements of confidentiality with 242
regard to such records and accounts or examinations of 243
nongovernmental entities which are maintained by a state agency, such 244
requirements of confidentiality and the penalties for the violation 245
thereof shall apply to the auditors and to their authorized 246
representatives in the same manner and to the same extent as such 247
requirements of confidentiality and penalties apply to such state agency. 248
In addition, the portion of (1) any audit or report prepared by the 249
Auditors of Public Accounts that concerns the internal control structure 250
of a state information system or the identity of an employee who 251
provides information regarding alleged fraud or weaknesses in the 252
control structure of a state agency that may lead to fraud, or (2) any 253
document that may reveal the identity of such employee, shall not be 254
subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, as defined 255
in section 1-200. 256
(i) Said auditors shall audit, in accordance with the provisions of 257
section 10-91g, the records and accounts of any private provider of 258
special education services, as defined in said section. Any private 259
provider of special education services being audited by said auditors 260
shall provide any information said auditors deem necessary to conduct 261
such audit. 262
Sec. 6. Section 4e-4 of the general statutes is repealed and the 263
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): 264
Except as otherwise provided in the general statutes, the board shall 265
have the following authority and responsibilities with respect to 266
procurements by state contracting agencies: 267
(a) Recommend the repeal of repetitive, conflicting or obsolete 268
statutes concerning state procurement; 269
(b) Review and make recommendations concerning proposed 270 Governor's Bill No. 9
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legislation and regulations concerning procurement, management, 271
control, and disposal of any and all supplies, services, and construction 272
to be procured by the state, including, but not limited to: 273
(1) Conditions and procedures for delegation of procurement 274
authority; 275
(2) Prequalification, suspension, debarment and reinstatement of 276
prospective bidders and contractors; 277
(3) Small purchase procedures; 278
(4) Conditions and procedures for the procurement of perishables 279
and items for resale; 280
(5) Conditions and procedures for the use of source selection methods 281
authorized by statutes and regulations concerning procurement; 282
(6) Conditions and procedures for the use of emergency 283
procurements; 284
(7) Conditions and procedures for the selection of contractors by 285
processes or methods that restrict full and open competition; 286
(8) The opening or rejection of bids and offers, and waiver of errors 287
in bids and offers; 288
(9) Confidentiality of technical data and trade secrets submitted by 289
actual or prospective bidders; 290
(10) Partial, progressive and multiple awards; 291
(11) Supervision of storerooms and inventories, including 292
determination of appropriate stock levels and the management, 293
transfer, sale or other disposal of publicly-owned supplies; 294
(12) Definitions and classes of contractual services and procedures for 295
acquiring such services; 296 Governor's Bill No. 9
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(13) Regulations providing for conducting cost and price analysis; 297
(14) Use of payment and performance bonds; 298
(15) Guidelines for use of cost principles in negotiations, adjustments 299
and settlements; and 300
(16) Identification of procurement best practices; 301
(c) Adopt regulations, pursuant to chapter 54, to carry out the 302
provisions of statutes concerning procurement, in order to facilitate 303
consistent application of the law and require the implementation of 304
procurement best practices; 305
(d) Make recommendations with regard to information systems for 306
state procurement including, but not limited to, data element and design 307
and the State Contracting Portal; 308
(e) Develop a guide to state statutes and regulations concerning 309
procurement, for use by all state contracting agencies; 310
(f) Assist state contracting agencies in complying with the statutes 311
and regulations concerning procurement by providing guidance, 312
models, advice and practical assistance to state contracting agency staff 313
relating to: (1) Buying the best service at the best price, (2) properly 314
selecting contractors, and (3) drafting contracts that achieve state goals 315
of accountability, transparency and results based outcomes and to 316
protect taxpayers' interest; 317
(g) Train and oversee the agency procurement officer of each state 318
contracting agency and any contracting officers thereunder; 319
(h) Review and certify, on or after January 1, 2009, that a state 320
contracting agency's procurement processes are in compliance with 321
statutes and regulations concerning procurement by: 322
(1) Establishing procurement and project management education and 323
training criteria and certification procedures for agency procurement 324 Governor's Bill No. 9
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officers and contracting officers. All agency procurement officers and 325
contracting officers designated under this provision shall be required to 326
maintain the certification in good standing at all times while performing 327
procurement functions; 328
(2) Approving an ethics training course, in consultation with the 329
Office of State Ethics, including, but not limited to, state employees 330
involved in procurement and for state contractors and substantial 331
subcontractors who are prequalified pursuant to chapter 58a. Such 332
ethics training course may be developed and provided by the Office of 333
State Ethics or by any person, firm or corporation provided such course 334
is approved by the State Contracting Standards Board; 335
(i) Recertify each state contracting agency's procurement processes, 336
triennially, and provide agencies with notice of any certification 337
deficiency and exercise those powers authorized by section 4e-34, 4e-39 338
or 4e-40, as applicable, if a determination of noncompliance is made; 339
(j) Define the contract data reporting requirements to the board for 340
state agencies concerning information on: (1) The number and type of 341
state contracts of each state contracting agency currently in effect state-342
wide; (2) the term and dollar value of such contracts; (3) a list of client 343
agencies; (4) a description of services purchased under such contracts; 344
(5) contractor names; (6) an evaluation of contractor performance, 345
including, but not limited to records pertaining to the suspension or 346
disqualification of contractors, and assuring such information is 347
available on the State Contracting Portal; and (7) a list of contracts and 348
contractors awarded without full and open competition stating the 349
reasons for and identifying the approving authority; [and] 350
(k) Provide the Governor and the joint standing committee of the 351
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government 352
administration with recommendations concerning the statutes and 353
regulations concerning procurement; [.] and 354
(l) Refer a contract or procurement of a state contracting agency to the 355
Auditors of Public Accounts for evaluation of any deficiencies or 356 Governor's Bill No. 9
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material weaknesses in such contract or procurement. 357
Sec. 7. Section 21a-420f of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 358
is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 359
passage): 360
(a) (1) There is established an account to be known as the "cannabis 361
regulatory and investment account" which shall be a separate, 362
nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain 363
any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in 364
the account shall be allocated by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 365
Management, in consultation with the Social Equity Council, as defined 366
in section 21a-420, to state agencies for the purpose of paying costs 367
incurred to implement the activities authorized under RERACA, as 368
defined in section 21a-420. 369
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 21a-420e, for the fiscal 370
year ending June 30, 2022, the following shall be deposited in the 371
cannabis regulatory and investment account: (A) All fees received by 372
the state pursuant to section 21a-421b and subdivisions (1) to (11), 373
inclusive, of subsection (c) of section 21a-420e; (B) the tax received by 374
the state under section 12-330ll; and (C) the tax received by the state 375
under chapter 219 from a cannabis retailer, hybrid retailer or micro-376
cultivator, as those terms are defined in section 12-330ll. 377
(b) (1) There is established an account to be known as the "social 378
equity and innovation account" which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 379
account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys 380
required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account 381
shall be allocated by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 382
Management, in consultation with the Social Equity Council, to state 383
agencies for the purpose of (A) paying costs incurred by the Social 384
Equity Council, [as defined in section 21a-420, and] (B) administering 385
programs under RERACA to provide (i) access to capital for businesses, 386
(ii) technical assistance for the start-up and operation of a business, (iii) 387
funding for workforce education, and (iv) funding for community 388 Governor's Bill No. 9
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investments, and (C) paying costs incurred to implement the activities 389
authorized under RERACA. 390
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 21a-420e and 21a-391
420o, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, the following shall be 392
deposited in the social equity and innovation account: All fees received 393
by the state pursuant to sections 21a-420l, 21a-420o and 21a-420u and 394
subdivisions (12) and (13) of subsection (c) of section 21a-420e. 395
(c) (1) On and after July 1, 2022, there is established a fund to be 396
known as the "Social Equity and Innovation Fund" which shall be a 397
separate, nonlapsing fund. The fund shall contain any moneys required 398
by law to be deposited in the fund and shall be held by the Treasurer 399
separate and apart from all other moneys, funds and accounts. Moneys 400
in the fund shall be appropriated for the purposes of providing the 401
following: Access to capital for businesses; technical assistance for the 402
start-up and operation of a business; funding for workforce education; 403
[and] funding for community investments; and paying costs incurred to 404
implement the activities authorized under RERACA . All such 405
appropriations shall be dedicated to expenditures that further the 406
principles of equity, as defined in section 21a-420. 407
(2) (A) For the purposes of subdivision (1) of this subsection, for the 408
fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the 409
Social Equity Council shall transmit, for even-numbered years, 410
estimates of expenditure requirements and for odd-numbered years, 411
recommended adjustments and revisions, if any, of such estimates, to 412
the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, in the manner 413
prescribed for a budgeted agency under subsection (a) of section 4-77. 414
The council shall recommend for each fiscal year commencing with the 415
fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, appropriate funding for all credits 416
payable to angel investors that invest in cannabis businesses pursuant 417
to section 12-704d. 418
(B) The Office of Policy and Management may not make adjustments 419
to any such estimates or adjustments and revisions of such estimates 420 Governor's Bill No. 9
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transmitted by the council. Notwithstanding any provision of the 421
general statutes or any special act, the Governor shall not reduce the 422
allotment requisitions or allotments in force pursuant to section 4-85 or 423
make reductions in allotments in order to achieve budget savings in the 424
General Fund, concerning any appropriations made by the General 425
Assembly for the purposes of subdivision (1) of this subsection. 426
(d) On and after July 1, 2022, there is established a fund to be known 427
as the "Prevention and Recovery Services Fund" which shall be a 428
separate, nonlapsing fund. The fund shall contain any moneys required 429
by law to be deposited in the fund and shall be held by the Treasurer 430
separate and apart from all other moneys, funds and accounts. Moneys 431
in the fund shall be appropriated for the purposes of (1) substance abuse 432
prevention, treatment and recovery services, and (2) collection and 433
analysis of data regarding substance use. The Social Equity Council may 434
make recommendations to any relevant state agency regarding 435
expenditures to be made for the purposes set forth in this subsection. 436
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage 12-71e
Sec. 2 from passage 4-66l(c)
Sec. 3 July 1, 2022 5-156a
Sec. 4 October 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 5 July 1, 2022 2-90
Sec. 6 July 1, 2022 4e-4
Sec. 7 from passage 21a-420f
Statement of Purpose:
To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]