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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 9
February Session, 2022
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statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 2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 32.46 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
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 Substitute Bill No. 9
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(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 32.46 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
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 Substitute Bill No. 9
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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
(3) 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 32.46 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 32.46 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 32.46 mills on real property and personal property other than 74
motor 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
mill rate imposed on motor vehicles for such year by the municipality 79
in which the district is located, was 32.46 mills, and (ii) the amount of 80
property taxes the district would have levied on motor vehicles for the 81 Substitute Bill No. 9
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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
or judicial branch of state government, whether in the classified or 109
unclassified service and whether full or part-time; and 110 Substitute Bill No. 9
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(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
shall be deposited into the fund of the state from which funds were 141
provided for the acquisition and installation of the charging station. 142 Substitute Bill No. 9
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(f) The Department of Administrative Services, the Joint Committee 143
on Legislative Management and the Office of the Chief Court 144
Administrator shall, in consultation with the Department of Energy and 145
Environmental Protection, establish a reasonable fee for users of state 146
agency electric vehicle charging stations for their respective branch of 147
government at a level that recovers, to the maximum extent practicable, 148
the costs associated with the electricity used by the charging stations 149
and with operating and maintaining such charging stations. Such fees 150
shall be structured on a per-kilowatt-hour basis. The fees shall be 151
updated on an annual basis or sooner if deemed necessary by the branch 152
of government setting the fee. The Department of Administrative 153
Services shall post any fees established for the executive branch of 154
government pursuant to this subsection on its Internet web site. 155
(g) A violation of any provision of subsection (c) or (d) of this section 156
shall be an infraction, provided the provisions of this subsection shall 157
not apply to an emergency vehicle, as defined in section 14-283 of the 158
general statutes. 159
Sec. 5. Section 21a-420f of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 160
is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 161
passage): 162
(a) (1) There is established an account to be known as the "cannabis 163
regulatory and investment account" which shall be a separate, 164
nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain 165
any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in 166
the account shall be allocated by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 167
Management, in consultation with the Social Equity Council, as defined 168
in section 21a-420, to state agencies for the purpose of paying costs 169
incurred to implement the activities authorized under RERACA, as 170
defined in section 21a-420. 171
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 21a-420e, for the fiscal 172
year ending June 30, 2022, the following shall be deposited in the 173
cannabis regulatory and investment account: (A) All fees received by 174 Substitute Bill No. 9
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the state pursuant to section 21a-421b and subdivisions (1) to (11), 175
inclusive, of subsection (c) of section 21a-420e; (B) the tax received by 176
the state under section 12-330ll; and (C) the tax received by the state 177
under chapter 219 from a cannabis retailer, hybrid retailer or micro-178
cultivator, as those terms are defined in section 12-330ll. 179
(b) (1) There is established an account to be known as the "social 180
equity and innovation account" which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 181
account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys 182
required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account 183
shall be allocated by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 184
Management, in consultation with the Social Equity Council, to state 185
agencies for the purpose of (A) paying costs incurred by the Social 186
Equity Council, [as defined in section 21a-420, and] (B) administering 187
programs under RERACA to provide (i) access to capital for businesses, 188
(ii) technical assistance for the start-up and operation of a business, (iii) 189
funding for workforce education, and (iv) funding for community 190
investments, and (C) paying costs incurred to implement the activities 191
authorized under RERACA. 192
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 21a-420e and 21a-193
420o, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, the following shall be 194
deposited in the social equity and innovation account: All fees received 195
by the state pursuant to sections 21a-420l, 21a-420o and 21a-420u and 196
subdivisions (12) and (13) of subsection (c) of section 21a-420e. 197
(c) (1) On and after July 1, 2022, there is established a fund to be 198
known as the "Social Equity and Innovation Fund" which shall be a 199
separate, nonlapsing fund. The fund shall contain any moneys required 200
by law to be deposited in the fund and shall be held by the Treasurer 201
separate and apart from all other moneys, funds and accounts. Moneys 202
in the fund shall be appropriated for the purposes of providing the 203
following: Access to capital for businesses; technical assistance for the 204
start-up and operation of a business; funding for workforce education; 205
[and] funding for community investments; and paying costs incurred to 206
implement the activities authorized under RERACA . All such 207 Substitute Bill No. 9
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appropriations shall be dedicated to expenditures that further the 208
principles of equity, as defined in section 21a-420. 209
(2) (A) For the purposes of subdivision (1) of this subsection, for the 210
fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the 211
Social Equity Council shall transmit, for even-numbered years, 212
estimates of expenditure requirements and for odd-numbered years, 213
recommended adjustments and revisions, if any, of such estimates, to 214
the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, in the manner 215
prescribed for a budgeted agency under subsection (a) of section 4-77. 216
The council shall recommend for each fiscal year commencing with the 217
fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, appropriate funding for all credits 218
payable to angel investors that invest in cannabis businesses pursuant 219
to section 12-704d. 220
(B) The Office of Policy and Management may not make adjustments 221
to any such estimates or adjustments and revisions of such estimates 222
transmitted by the council. Notwithstanding any provision of the 223
general statutes or any special act, the Governor shall not reduce the 224
allotment requisitions or allotments in force pursuant to section 4-85 or 225
make reductions in allotments in order to achieve budget savings in the 226
General Fund, concerning any appropriations made by the General 227
Assembly for the purposes of subdivision (1) of this subsection. 228
(d) On and after July 1, 2022, there is established a fund to be known 229
as the "Prevention and Recovery Services Fund" which shall be a 230
separate, nonlapsing fund. The fund shall contain any moneys required 231
by law to be deposited in the fund and shall be held by the Treasurer 232
separate and apart from all other moneys, funds and accounts. Moneys 233
in the fund shall be appropriated for the purposes of (1) substance abuse 234
prevention, treatment and recovery services, and (2) collection and 235
analysis of data regarding substance use. The Social Equity Council may 236
make recommendations to any relevant state agency regarding 237
expenditures to be made for the purposes set forth in this subsection. 238 Substitute Bill No. 9
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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 from passage 21a-420f
APP Joint Favorable Subst.