16 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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17 | 29 | | Assembly convened: |
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19 | 31 | | Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 12-704c of the 2022 supplement to 1 |
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20 | 32 | | the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 2 |
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21 | 33 | | thereof (Effective from passage): 3 |
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22 | 34 | | (b) (1) The credit allowed under this section shall not exceed (A) for 4 |
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23 | 35 | | taxable years commencing on or after January 1, 2011, but prior to 5 |
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24 | 36 | | January 1, 2016, three hundred dollars; [and] (B) for taxable years 6 |
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25 | 37 | | commencing on or after January 1, 2016, but prior to January 1, 2022, 7 |
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26 | 38 | | two hundred dollars; and (C) for taxable years commencing on or after 8 |
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27 | 39 | | January 1, 2022, three hundred dollars. In the case of any husband and 9 |
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28 | 40 | | wife who file a return under the federal income tax for such taxable year 10 |
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29 | 41 | | as married individuals filing a joint return, the credit allowed, in the 11 |
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43 | 54 | | dependents. 19 |
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44 | 55 | | Sec. 2. Subparagraph (B) of subdivision (20) of subsection (a) of 20 |
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45 | 56 | | section 12-701 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes is repealed 21 |
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46 | 57 | | and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 22 |
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47 | 58 | | (B) There shall be subtracted therefrom: 23 |
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48 | 59 | | (i) To the extent properly includable in gross income for federal 24 |
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49 | 60 | | income tax purposes, any income with respect to which taxation by any 25 |
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50 | 61 | | state is prohibited by federal law; 26 |
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51 | 62 | | (ii) To the extent allowable under section 12-718, exempt dividends 27 |
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52 | 63 | | paid by a regulated investment company; 28 |
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53 | 64 | | (iii) To the extent properly includable in gross income for federal 29 |
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54 | 65 | | income tax purposes, the amount of any refund or credit for 30 |
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55 | 66 | | overpayment of income taxes imposed by this state, or any other state 31 |
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56 | 67 | | of the United States or a political subdivision thereof, or the District of 32 |
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57 | 68 | | Columbia; 33 |
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58 | 69 | | (iv) To the extent properly includable in gross income for federal 34 |
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59 | 70 | | income tax purposes and not otherwise subtracted from federal 35 |
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60 | 71 | | adjusted gross income pursuant to clause (x) of this subparagraph in 36 |
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61 | 72 | | computing Connecticut adjusted gross income, any tier 1 railroad 37 |
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62 | 73 | | retirement benefits; 38 |
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63 | 74 | | (v) To the extent any additional allowance for depreciation under 39 |
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64 | 75 | | Section 168(k) of the Internal Revenue Code for property placed in 40 |
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65 | 76 | | service after September 27, 2017, was added to federal adjusted gross 41 |
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78 | 88 | | on behalf of the state of Connecticut, any political subdivision thereof, 48 |
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79 | 89 | | or public instrumentality, state or local authority, district or similar 49 |
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80 | 90 | | public entity created under the laws of the state of Connecticut; 50 |
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81 | 91 | | (vii) To the extent properly includable in determining the net gain or 51 |
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82 | 92 | | loss from the sale or other disposition of capital assets for federal income 52 |
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83 | 93 | | tax purposes, any gain from the sale or exchange of obligations issued 53 |
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84 | 94 | | by or on behalf of the state of Connecticut, any political subdivision 54 |
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85 | 95 | | thereof, or public instrumentality, state or local authority, district or 55 |
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86 | 96 | | similar public entity created under the laws of the state of Connecticut, 56 |
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87 | 97 | | in the income year such gain was recognized; 57 |
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88 | 98 | | (viii) Any interest on indebtedness incurred or continued to purchase 58 |
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89 | 99 | | or carry obligations or securities the interest on which is subject to tax 59 |
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90 | 100 | | under this chapter but exempt from federal income tax, to the extent that 60 |
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91 | 101 | | such interest on indebtedness is not deductible in determining federal 61 |
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92 | 102 | | adjusted gross income and is attributable to a trade or business carried 62 |
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93 | 103 | | on by such individual; 63 |
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94 | 104 | | (ix) Ordinary and necessary expenses paid or incurred during the 64 |
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95 | 105 | | taxable year for the production or collection of income which is subject 65 |
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96 | 106 | | to taxation under this chapter but exempt from federal income tax, or 66 |
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97 | 107 | | the management, conservation or maintenance of property held for the 67 |
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98 | 108 | | production of such income, and the amortizable bond premium for the 68 |
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99 | 109 | | taxable year on any bond the interest on which is subject to tax under 69 |
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100 | 110 | | this chapter but exempt from federal income tax, to the extent that such 70 |
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101 | 111 | | expenses and premiums are not deductible in determining federal 71 |
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102 | 112 | | adjusted gross income and are attributable to a trade or business carried 72 |
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103 | 113 | | on by such individual; 73 |
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116 | 125 | | return under the federal income tax as married individuals filing jointly 80 |
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117 | 126 | | whose federal adjusted gross income for such taxable year is less than 81 |
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118 | 127 | | sixty thousand dollars or a person who files a return under the federal 82 |
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119 | 128 | | income tax as a head of household whose federal adjusted gross income 83 |
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120 | 129 | | for such taxable year is less than sixty thousand dollars, an amount 84 |
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121 | 130 | | equal to the Social Security benefits includable for federal income tax 85 |
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122 | 131 | | purposes; 86 |
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123 | 132 | | (II) For taxable years commencing prior to January 1, 2019, for a 87 |
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124 | 133 | | person who files a return under the federal income tax as an unmarried 88 |
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125 | 134 | | individual whose federal adjusted gross income for such taxable year is 89 |
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126 | 135 | | fifty thousand dollars or more, or as a married individual filing 90 |
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127 | 136 | | separately whose federal adjusted gross income for such taxable year is 91 |
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128 | 137 | | fifty thousand dollars or more, or for a husband and wife who file a 92 |
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129 | 138 | | return under the federal income tax as married individuals filing jointly 93 |
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130 | 139 | | whose federal adjusted gross income from such taxable year is sixty 94 |
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131 | 140 | | thousand dollars or more or for a person who files a return under the 95 |
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132 | 141 | | federal income tax as a head of household whose federal adjusted gross 96 |
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133 | 142 | | income for such taxable year is sixty thousand dollars or more, an 97 |
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134 | 143 | | amount equal to the difference between the amount of Social Security 98 |
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135 | 144 | | benefits includable for federal income tax purposes and the lesser of 99 |
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136 | 145 | | twenty-five per cent of the Social Security benefits received during the 100 |
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137 | 146 | | taxable year, or twenty-five per cent of the excess described in Section 101 |
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138 | 147 | | 86(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code; 102 |
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139 | 148 | | (III) For the taxable year commencing January 1, 2019, and each 103 |
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140 | 149 | | taxable year thereafter, for a person who files a return under the federal 104 |
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141 | 150 | | income tax as an unmarried individual whose federal adjusted gross 105 |
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142 | 151 | | income for such taxable year is less than seventy-five thousand dollars, 106 |
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143 | 152 | | or as a married individual filing separately whose federal adjusted gross 107 |
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155 | 163 | | household whose federal adjusted gross income for such taxable year is 113 |
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156 | 164 | | less than one hundred thousand dollars, an amount equal to the Social 114 |
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157 | 165 | | Security benefits includable for federal income tax purposes; and 115 |
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158 | 166 | | (IV) For the taxable year commencing January 1, 2019, and each 116 |
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159 | 167 | | taxable year thereafter, for a person who files a return under the federal 117 |
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160 | 168 | | income tax as an unmarried individual whose federal adjusted gross 118 |
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161 | 169 | | income for such taxable year is seventy-five thousand dollars or more, 119 |
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162 | 170 | | or as a married individual filing separately whose federal adjusted gross 120 |
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163 | 171 | | income for such taxable year is seventy-five thousand dollars or more, 121 |
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164 | 172 | | or for a husband and wife who file a return under the federal income tax 122 |
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165 | 173 | | as married individuals filing jointly whose federal adjusted gross 123 |
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166 | 174 | | income from such taxable year is one hundred thousand dollars or more 124 |
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167 | 175 | | or for a person who files a return under the federal income tax as a head 125 |
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168 | 176 | | of household whose federal adjusted gross income for such taxable year 126 |
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169 | 177 | | is one hundred thousand dollars or more, an amount equal to the 127 |
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170 | 178 | | difference between the amount of Social Security benefits includable for 128 |
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171 | 179 | | federal income tax purposes and the lesser of twenty-five per cent of the 129 |
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172 | 180 | | Social Security benefits received during the taxable year, or twenty-five 130 |
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173 | 181 | | per cent of the excess described in Section 86(b)(1) of the Internal 131 |
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174 | 182 | | Revenue Code; 132 |
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175 | 183 | | (xi) To the extent properly includable in gross income for federal 133 |
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176 | 184 | | income tax purposes, any amount rebated to a taxpayer pursuant to 134 |
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177 | 185 | | section 12-746; 135 |
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178 | 186 | | (xii) To the extent properly includable in the gross income for federal 136 |
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179 | 187 | | income tax purposes of a designated beneficiary, any distribution to 137 |
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180 | 188 | | such beneficiary from any qualified state tuition program, as defined in 138 |
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181 | 189 | | Section 529(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, established and 139 |
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182 | 190 | | maintained by this state or any official, agency or instrumentality of the 140 |
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193 | 200 | | maintained by this state or any official, agency or instrumentality of the 145 |
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194 | 201 | | state; 146 |
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195 | 202 | | (xiv) To the extent properly includable in gross income for federal 147 |
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196 | 203 | | income tax purposes, the amount of any Holocaust victims' settlement 148 |
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197 | 204 | | payment received in the taxable year by a Holocaust victim; 149 |
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198 | 205 | | (xv) To the extent properly includable in gross income for federal 150 |
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199 | 206 | | income tax purposes of an account holder, as defined in section 31-151 |
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200 | 207 | | 51ww, interest earned on funds deposited in the ind ividual 152 |
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201 | 208 | | development account, as defined in section 31-51ww, of such account 153 |
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202 | 209 | | holder; 154 |
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203 | 210 | | (xvi) To the extent properly includable in the gross income for federal 155 |
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204 | 211 | | income tax purposes of a designated beneficiary, as defined in section 156 |
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205 | 212 | | 3-123aa, interest, dividends or capital gains earned on contributions to 157 |
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206 | 213 | | accounts established for the designated beneficiary pursuant to the 158 |
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207 | 214 | | Connecticut Homecare Option Program for the Elderly established by 159 |
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208 | 215 | | sections 3-123aa to 3-123ff, inclusive; 160 |
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209 | 216 | | (xvii) To the extent properly includable in gross income for federal 161 |
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210 | 217 | | income tax purposes, any income received from the United States 162 |
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211 | 218 | | government as retirement pay for a retired member of (I) the Armed 163 |
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212 | 219 | | Forces of the United States, as defined in Section 101 of Title 10 of the 164 |
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213 | 220 | | United States Code, or (II) the National Guard, as defined in Section 101 165 |
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214 | 221 | | of Title 10 of the United States Code; 166 |
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215 | 222 | | (xviii) To the extent properly includable in gross income for federal 167 |
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216 | 223 | | income tax purposes for the taxable year, any income from the discharge 168 |
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217 | 224 | | of indebtedness in connection with any reacquisition, after December 169 |
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218 | 225 | | 31, 2008, and before January 1, 2011, of an applicable debt instrument or 170 |
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219 | 226 | | instruments, as those terms are defined in Section 108 of the Internal 171 |
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220 | 227 | | Revenue Code, as amended by Section 1231 of the American Recovery 172 |
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230 | 236 | | preceding taxable year; 176 |
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231 | 237 | | (xix) To the extent not deductible in determining federal adjusted 177 |
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232 | 238 | | gross income, the amount of any contribution to a manufacturing 178 |
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233 | 239 | | reinvestment account established pursuant to section 32-9zz in the 179 |
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234 | 240 | | taxable year that such contribution is made; 180 |
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235 | 241 | | (xx) To the extent properly includable in gross income for federal 181 |
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236 | 242 | | income tax purposes, (I) for the taxable year commencing January 1, 182 |
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237 | 243 | | 2015, ten per cent of the income received from the state teachers' 183 |
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238 | 244 | | retirement system, (II) for the taxable years commencing January 1, 184 |
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239 | 245 | | 2016, to January 1, 2020, inclusive, twenty-five per cent of the income 185 |
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240 | 246 | | received from the state teachers' retirement system, and (III) for the 186 |
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241 | 247 | | taxable year commencing January 1, 2021, and each taxable year 187 |
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242 | 248 | | thereafter, fifty per cent of the income received from the state teachers' 188 |
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243 | 249 | | retirement system or, for a taxpayer whose federal adjusted gross 189 |
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244 | 250 | | income does not exceed the applicable threshold under clause (xxi) of 190 |
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245 | 251 | | this subparagraph, the percentage pursuant to said clause of the income 191 |
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246 | 252 | | received from the state teachers' retirement system, whichever 192 |
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247 | 253 | | deduction is greater; 193 |
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248 | 254 | | (xxi) To the extent properly includable in gross income for federal 194 |
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249 | 255 | | income tax purposes, except for retirement benefits under clause (iv) of 195 |
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250 | 256 | | this subparagraph and retirement pay under clause (xvii) of this 196 |
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251 | 257 | | subparagraph, for a person who files a return under the federal income 197 |
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252 | 258 | | tax as an unmarried individual whose federal adjusted gross income for 198 |
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253 | 259 | | such taxable year is less than seventy-five thousand dollars, or as a 199 |
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254 | 260 | | married individual filing separately whose federal adjusted gross 200 |
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255 | 261 | | income for such taxable year is less than seventy-five thousand dollars, 201 |
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256 | 262 | | or as a head of household whose federal adjusted gross income for such 202 |
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257 | 263 | | taxable year is less than seventy-five thousand dollars, or for a husband 203 |
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258 | 264 | | and wife who file a return under the federal income tax as married 204 |
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259 | 265 | | individuals filing jointly whose federal adjusted gross income for such 205 |
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269 | 274 | | twenty-eight per cent of any pension or annuity income, (III) for the 209 |
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270 | 275 | | taxable year commencing January 1, 2021, forty-two per cent of any 210 |
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271 | 276 | | pension or annuity income, and (IV) for the taxable year commencing 211 |
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272 | 277 | | January 1, 2022, [fifty-six per cent of any pension or annuity income, (V) 212 |
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273 | 278 | | for the taxable year commencing January 1, 2023, seventy per cent of any 213 |
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274 | 279 | | pension or annuity income, (VI) for the taxable year commencing 214 |
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275 | 280 | | January 1, 2024, eighty-four per cent of any pension or annuity income, 215 |
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276 | 281 | | and (VII) for the taxable year commencing January 1, 2025,] and each 216 |
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277 | 282 | | taxable year thereafter, one hundred per cent of any pension or annuity 217 |
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278 | 283 | | income; 218 |
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279 | 284 | | (xxii) The amount of lost wages and medical, travel and housing 219 |
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280 | 285 | | expenses, not to exceed ten thousand dollars in the aggregate, incurred 220 |
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281 | 286 | | by a taxpayer during the taxable year in connection with the donation 221 |
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282 | 287 | | to another person of an organ for organ transplantation occurring on or 222 |
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283 | 288 | | after January 1, 2017; 223 |
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284 | 289 | | (xxiii) To the extent properly includable in gross income for federal 224 |
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285 | 290 | | income tax purposes, the amount of any financial assistance received 225 |
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286 | 291 | | from the Crumbling Foundations Assistance Fund or paid to or on 226 |
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287 | 292 | | behalf of the owner of a residential building pursuant to sections 8-442 227 |
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288 | 293 | | and 8-443; 228 |
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289 | 294 | | (xxiv) To the extent properly includable in gross income for federal 229 |
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290 | 295 | | income tax purposes, the amount calculated pursuant to subsection (b) 230 |
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291 | 296 | | of section 12-704g for income received by a general partner of a venture 231 |
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292 | 297 | | capital fund, as defined in 17 CFR 275.203(l)-1, as amended from time to 232 |
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293 | 298 | | time; 233 |
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294 | 299 | | (xxv) To the extent any portion of a deduction under Section 179 of 234 |
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295 | 300 | | the Internal Revenue Code was added to federal adjusted gross income 235 |
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296 | 301 | | pursuant to subparagraph (A)(xiv) of this subdivision in computing 236 |
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297 | 302 | | Connecticut adjusted gross income, twenty-five per cent of such 237 |
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306 | 310 | | (xxvi) To the extent properly includable in gross income for federal 240 |
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307 | 311 | | income tax purposes, for a person who files a return under the federal 241 |
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308 | 312 | | income tax as an unmarried individual whose federal adjusted gross 242 |
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309 | 313 | | income for such taxable year is less than seventy-five thousand dollars, 243 |
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310 | 314 | | or as a married individual filing separately whose federal adjusted gross 244 |
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311 | 315 | | income for such taxable year is less than seventy-five thousand dollars, 245 |
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312 | 316 | | or as a head of household whose federal adjusted gross income for such 246 |
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313 | 317 | | taxable year is less than seventy-five thousand dollars, or for a husband 247 |
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314 | 318 | | and wife who file a return under the federal income tax as married 248 |
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315 | 319 | | individuals filing jointly whose federal adjusted gross income for such 249 |
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316 | 320 | | taxable year is less than one hundred thousand dollars, (I) for the taxable 250 |
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317 | 321 | | year commencing January 1, 2023, twenty-five per cent of any 251 |
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318 | 322 | | distribution from an individual retirement account other than a Roth 252 |
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319 | 323 | | individual retirement account, (II) for the taxable year commencing 253 |
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320 | 324 | | January 1, 2024, fifty per cent of any distribution from an individual 254 |
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321 | 325 | | retirement account other than a Roth individual retirement account, (III) 255 |
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322 | 326 | | for the taxable year commencing January 1, 2025, seventy-five per cent 256 |
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323 | 327 | | of any distribution from an individual retirement account other than a 257 |
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324 | 328 | | Roth individual retirement account, and (IV) for the taxable year 258 |
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325 | 329 | | commencing January 1, 2026, and each taxable year thereafter, any 259 |
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326 | 330 | | distribution from an individual retirement account other than a Roth 260 |
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327 | 331 | | individual retirement account; and 261 |
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328 | 332 | | (xxvii) To the extent properly includable in gross income for federal 262 |
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329 | 333 | | income tax purposes, for the taxable year commencing January 1, 2022, 263 |
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330 | 334 | | the amount or amounts paid or otherwise credited to any eligible 264 |
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331 | 335 | | resident of this state under (I) the 2020 Earned Income Tax Credit 265 |
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332 | 336 | | enhancement program from funding allocated to the state through the 266 |
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333 | 337 | | Coronavirus Relief Fund established under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, 267 |
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334 | 338 | | and Economic Security Act, P.L. 116-136, and (II) the 2021 Earned 268 |
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335 | 339 | | Income Tax Credit enhancement program from funding allocated to the 269 |
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336 | 340 | | state pursuant to Section 9901 of Subtitle M of Title IX of the American 270 |
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345 | 348 | | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage and 273 |
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346 | 349 | | applicable to calendar and income years commencing on or after January 1, 274 |
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347 | 350 | | 2022): 275 |
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348 | 351 | | (a) As used in this section: 276 |
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349 | 352 | | (1) "Authority" means the Connecticut Higher Education 277 |
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350 | 353 | | Supplemental Loan Authority; 278 |
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351 | 354 | | (2) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Revenue Services; 279 |
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352 | 355 | | [(2)] (3) "Eligible education loan" means [a loan issued by the 280 |
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353 | 356 | | authority to an individual to refinance one or more student loans] an 281 |
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354 | 357 | | authority loan, as defined in section 10a-223, that is in repayment; 282 |
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355 | 358 | | [(3)] (4) "Full-time" means required to work at least thirty-five hours 283 |
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356 | 359 | | per week; 284 |
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357 | 360 | | [(4)] (5) "Qualified employee" means an individual who (A) is a 285 |
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358 | 361 | | resident of the state, (B) has earned his or her first bachelor's degree from 286 |
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359 | 362 | | an institution of higher education in the immediately preceding five-287 |
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360 | 363 | | year period, (C) is employed full-time in the state by a qualified 288 |
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361 | 364 | | employer, (D) is not an owner, member or partner of such qualified 289 |
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362 | 365 | | employer or a family member of an owner, member or partner of such 290 |
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363 | 366 | | qualified employer, and (E) has received an eligible education loan; 291 |
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364 | 367 | | [(5)] (6) "Qualified employer" means a corporation licensed to operate 292 |
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365 | 368 | | a business in the state that is subject to tax under this chapter or chapter 293 |
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366 | 369 | | 207; and 294 |
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367 | 370 | | [(6) "Student loan" means any loan in repayment that was issued by 295 |
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368 | 371 | | (A) the authority, or (B) any other private or governmental lender to 296 |
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369 | 372 | | finance attendance at an institution of higher education] 297 |
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370 | 373 | | (7) "Qualified small business" means a qualified employer that has 298 |
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371 | 374 | | gross receipts of not more than five million dollars for the calendar or 299 |
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380 | 382 | | (b) (1) For calendar or income years commencing on and after January 302 |
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381 | 383 | | 1, 2022, each qualified employer that employs a qualified employee and 303 |
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382 | 384 | | makes a payment directly to the authority on behalf of such qualified 304 |
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383 | 385 | | employee on an eligible education loan [on behalf of such qualified 305 |
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384 | 386 | | employee] that was used to finance the qualified employee's attendance 306 |
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385 | 387 | | at an institution of higher education may claim a credit against the tax 307 |
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386 | 388 | | imposed under this chapter or chapter 207. Such credit shall be granted 308 |
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387 | 389 | | in an amount equal to fifty per cent of the amount of payments made to 309 |
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388 | 390 | | the outstanding principal balance of such loans by the qualified 310 |
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389 | 391 | | employer during the calendar or income year, provided (A) the credit 311 |
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390 | 392 | | shall not be allowed against the tax imposed under this chapter and 312 |
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391 | 393 | | chapter 207 for the same loan payment, and (B) the amount of credit 313 |
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392 | 394 | | allowed for any calendar or income year with respect to a specific 314 |
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393 | 395 | | qualified employee shall not exceed two thousand six hundred twenty-315 |
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394 | 396 | | five dollars. 316 |
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395 | 397 | | (2) A qualified employer may claim the credit under subdivision (1) 317 |
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396 | 398 | | of this subsection for a payment made during the part of the calendar or 318 |
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397 | 399 | | income year the qualified employee worked and resided in the state, 319 |
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398 | 400 | | provided a qualified employee who worked and resided in the state for 320 |
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399 | 401 | | any part of a month shall be deemed to have worked and resided in the 321 |
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400 | 402 | | state for the entire month for purposes of this section. 322 |
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401 | 403 | | (c) A qualified employer that claims the credit under subsection (b) 323 |
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402 | 404 | | of this section shall provide any documentation required by the 324 |
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403 | 405 | | [Commissioner of Revenue Services] commissioner in a form and 325 |
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404 | 406 | | manner prescribed by the commissioner. 326 |
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405 | 407 | | (d) (1) A qualified small business may apply to the commissioner in 327 |
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406 | 408 | | accordance with the provisions of subdivision (2) of this subsection to 328 |
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407 | 409 | | exchange any credit allowed under subsection (b) of this section for a 329 |
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408 | 410 | | credit refund equal to the value of the credit. Any amount of credit 330 |
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409 | 411 | | refunded under this subsection shall be refunded to the qualified small 331 |
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419 | 420 | | under this subsection shall be subject to the provisions of section 12-39h. 335 |
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420 | 421 | | (2) Each application for a credit refund under this subsection shall be 336 |
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421 | 422 | | filed, on such forms and containing such information as prescribed by 337 |
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422 | 423 | | the commissioner, on or before the original due date of the return 338 |
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423 | 424 | | prescribed under section 12-205 or 12-222, as applicable, for the calendar 339 |
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424 | 425 | | or income year for which such credit was earned or, if applicable, the 340 |
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425 | 426 | | extended due date of such year's return. No application for a credit 341 |
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426 | 427 | | refund under this subsection may be filed after the due date or extended 342 |
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427 | 428 | | due date, as the case may be, of such return. 343 |
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428 | 429 | | Sec. 4. Section 453 of public act 21-2 of the June special session is 344 |
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429 | 430 | | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 345 |
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430 | 431 | | passage): 346 |
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431 | 432 | | The Comptroller shall transfer to the General Fund from funds 347 |
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432 | 433 | | allocated, in accordance with the provisions of special act 21-1, from the 348 |
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433 | 434 | | federal funds designated for the state pursuant to the provisions of 349 |
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434 | 435 | | Section 604 of Subtitle M of Title IX of the American Rescue Plan Act of 350 |
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435 | 436 | | 2021, P.L. 117-2, as amended from time to time, [: (1) Five hundred fifty-351 |
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436 | 437 | | nine million nine hundred thousand dollars, for the fiscal year ending 352 |
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437 | | - | June 30, 2022; and (2) one billion one hundred ninety-four] nine hundred 353 |
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438 | | - | forty-four million nine hundred thousand dollars for the fiscal year 354 |
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439 | | - | ending June 30, 2023. 355 |
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440 | | - | Sec. 5. (Effective from passage) The Comptroller shall reserve eighty-356 |
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441 | | - | three million two hundred thousand dollars of General Fund revenue 357 |
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442 | | - | received from the federal government during the fiscal year ending June 358 |
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443 | | - | 30, 2022, pursuant to Section 9817 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 359 |
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444 | | - | 2021, P.L. 117-2, for federal revenue collections during the fiscal year 360 |
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445 | | - | ending June 30, 2023. 361 |
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446 | | - | Sec. 6. Section 38a-91aa of the general statutes is repealed and the 362 |
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447 | | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): 363 |
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448 | | - | As used in [sections 38a-91aa to 38a-91tt] this section, sections 38a-364 |
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449 | | - | 91bb to 38a-91uu, inclusive, as amended by this act, and sections 38a-365 Substitute Bill No. 11 |
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| 438 | + | June 30, 2022; and (2) one billion one] nine hundred ninety-four million 353 |
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| 439 | + | nine hundred thousand dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023. 354 |
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| 440 | + | Sec. 5. (Effective from passage) The Comptroller shall reserve eighty-355 |
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| 441 | + | three million two hundred thousand dollars of General Fund revenue 356 |
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| 442 | + | received from the federal government during the fiscal year ending June 357 |
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| 443 | + | 30, 2022, pursuant to Section 9817 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 358 |
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| 444 | + | 2021, P.L. 117-2, for federal revenue collections during the fiscal year 359 |
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| 445 | + | ending June 30, 2023. 360 |
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| 446 | + | Sec. 6. Section 38a-91aa of the general statutes is repealed and the 361 |
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| 447 | + | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): 362 |
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| 448 | + | As used in [sections 38a-91aa to 38a-91tt] this section, sections 38a-363 Governor's Bill No. 11 |
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456 | | - | 91ww and 38a-91xx: 366 |
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457 | | - | (1) "Affiliated company" means any company in the same corporate 367 |
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458 | | - | system as a parent, an industrial insured or a member organization by 368 |
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459 | | - | virtue of common ownership, control, operation or management. 369 |
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460 | | - | (2) "Agency captive insurance company" means a captive insurance 370 |
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461 | | - | company that: 371 |
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462 | | - | (A) Is owned or directly or indirectly controlled by one or more 372 |
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463 | | - | insurance agents or insurance producers licensed in accordance with 373 |
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464 | | - | sections 38a-702a to 38a-702r, inclusive; 374 |
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465 | | - | (B) Only insures against risks covered by insurance policies sold, 375 |
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466 | | - | solicited or negotiated through the insurance agents or insurance 376 |
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467 | | - | producers that own or control such captive insurance company; and 377 |
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468 | | - | (C) Does not insure against risks covered by any health insurance 378 |
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469 | | - | policy or plan. 379 |
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470 | | - | (3) "Alien captive insurance company" means any insurance 380 |
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471 | | - | company formed to write insurance business for its parent and affiliated 381 |
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472 | | - | companies and licensed pursuant to the laws of an alien jurisdiction that 382 |
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473 | | - | imposes statutory or regulatory standards on companies transacting the 383 |
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474 | | - | business of insurance in such jurisdiction that the commissioner deems 384 |
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475 | | - | to be acceptable. 385 |
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476 | | - | (4) "Association" means any legal association of individuals, 386 |
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477 | | - | corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, associations or 387 |
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478 | | - | other entities, [that has been in continuous existence for at least one 388 |
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479 | | - | year,] where the association itself or some or all of the member 389 |
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480 | | - | organizations: 390 |
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481 | | - | (A) Directly or indirectly own, control or hold with power to vote all 391 |
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482 | | - | of the outstanding voting securities or other voting interests of an 392 |
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483 | | - | association captive insurance company incorporated as a stock insurer; 393 Substitute Bill No. 11 |
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| 452 | + | LCO No. 641 13 of 39 |
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| 453 | + | |
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| 454 | + | 91bb to 38a-91uu, inclusive, as amended by this act, and sections 38a-364 |
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| 455 | + | 91ww and 38a-91xx: 365 |
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| 456 | + | (1) "Affiliated company" means any company in the same corporate 366 |
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| 457 | + | system as a parent, an industrial insured or a member organization by 367 |
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| 458 | + | virtue of common ownership, control, operation or management. 368 |
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| 459 | + | (2) "Agency captive insurance company" means a captive insurance 369 |
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| 460 | + | company that: 370 |
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| 461 | + | (A) Is owned or directly or indirectly controlled by one or more 371 |
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| 462 | + | insurance agents or insurance producers licensed in accordance with 372 |
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| 463 | + | sections 38a-702a to 38a-702r, inclusive; 373 |
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| 464 | + | (B) Only insures against risks covered by insurance policies sold, 374 |
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| 465 | + | solicited or negotiated through the insurance agents or insurance 375 |
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| 466 | + | producers that own or control such captive insurance company; and 376 |
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| 467 | + | (C) Does not insure against risks covered by any health insurance 377 |
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| 468 | + | policy or plan. 378 |
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| 469 | + | (3) "Alien captive insurance company" means any insurance 379 |
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| 470 | + | company formed to write insurance business for its parent and affiliated 380 |
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| 471 | + | companies and licensed pursuant to the laws of an alien jurisdiction that 381 |
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| 472 | + | imposes statutory or regulatory standards on companies transacting the 382 |
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| 473 | + | business of insurance in such jurisdiction that the commissioner deems 383 |
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| 474 | + | to be acceptable. 384 |
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| 475 | + | (4) "Association" means any legal association of individuals, 385 |
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| 476 | + | corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, associations or 386 |
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| 477 | + | other entities, [that has been in continuous existence for at least one 387 |
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| 478 | + | year,] where the association itself or some or all of the member 388 |
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| 479 | + | organizations: 389 |
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| 480 | + | (A) Directly or indirectly own, control or hold with power to vote all 390 |
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| 481 | + | of the outstanding voting securities or other voting interests of an 391 |
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| 482 | + | association captive insurance company incorporated as a stock insurer; 392 Governor's Bill No. 11 |
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490 | | - | (B) Have complete voting control over an association captive 394 |
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491 | | - | insurance company incorporated as a mutual corporation or formed as 395 |
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492 | | - | a limited liability company; or 396 |
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493 | | - | (C) Constitute all of the subscribers of an association captive 397 |
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494 | | - | insurance company formed as a reciprocal insurer. 398 |
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495 | | - | (5) "Association captive insurance company" means any company 399 |
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496 | | - | that insures risks of the member organizations of an association, and 400 |
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497 | | - | includes a company that also insures risks of such member 401 |
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498 | | - | organizations' affiliated companies or of the association. 402 |
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499 | | - | (6) "Branch business" means any insurance business transacted in this 403 |
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500 | | - | state by a branch captive insurance company. 404 |
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501 | | - | (7) "Branch captive insurance company" means any alien captive 405 |
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502 | | - | insurance company or foreign captive insurance company licensed by 406 |
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503 | | - | the commissioner to transact the business of insurance in this state 407 |
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504 | | - | through a business unit with a principal place of business in this state. 408 |
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505 | | - | (8) "Branch operations" means any business operations in this state of 409 |
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506 | | - | a branch captive insurance company. 410 |
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507 | | - | (9) "Captive insurance company" means any (A) pure captive 411 |
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508 | | - | insurance company, agency captive insurance company, association 412 |
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509 | | - | captive insurance company, industrial insured captive insurance 413 |
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510 | | - | company, risk retention group, sponsored captive insurance company 414 |
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511 | | - | or special purpose financial captive insurance company that is 415 |
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512 | | - | domiciled in this state and formed or licensed under the provisions of 416 |
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513 | | - | [sections 38a-91aa] this section and sections 38a-91bb to 38a-91tt, 417 |
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514 | | - | inclusive, as amended by this act, or (B) branch captive insurance 418 |
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515 | | - | company. 419 |
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516 | | - | (10) "Ceding insurer" means an insurance company, approved by the 420 |
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517 | | - | commissioner and licensed or otherwise authorized to transact the 421 |
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518 | | - | business of insurance or reinsurance in its state or country of domicile, 422 |
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519 | | - | that cedes risk to a special purpose financial captive insurance company 423 Substitute Bill No. 11 |
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| 486 | + | LCO No. 641 14 of 39 |
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| 487 | + | |
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| 488 | + | (B) Have complete voting control over an association captive 393 |
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| 489 | + | insurance company incorporated as a mutual corporation or formed as 394 |
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| 490 | + | a limited liability company; or 395 |
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| 491 | + | (C) Constitute all of the subscribers of an association captive 396 |
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| 492 | + | insurance company formed as a reciprocal insurer. 397 |
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| 493 | + | (5) "Association captive insurance company" means any company 398 |
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| 494 | + | that insures risks of the member organizations of an association, and 399 |
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| 495 | + | includes a company that also insures risks of such member 400 |
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| 496 | + | organizations' affiliated companies or of the association. 401 |
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| 497 | + | (6) "Branch business" means any insurance business transacted in this 402 |
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| 498 | + | state by a branch captive insurance company. 403 |
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| 499 | + | (7) "Branch captive insurance company" means any alien captive 404 |
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| 500 | + | insurance company or foreign captive insurance company licensed by 405 |
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| 501 | + | the commissioner to transact the business of insurance in this state 406 |
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| 502 | + | through a business unit with a principal place of business in this state. 407 |
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| 503 | + | (8) "Branch operations" means any business operations in this state of 408 |
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| 504 | + | a branch captive insurance company. 409 |
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| 505 | + | (9) "Captive insurance company" means any (A) pure captive 410 |
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| 506 | + | insurance company, agency captive insurance company, association 411 |
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| 507 | + | captive insurance company, industrial insured captive insurance 412 |
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| 508 | + | company, risk retention group, sponsored captive insurance company 413 |
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| 509 | + | or special purpose financial captive insurance company that is 414 |
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| 510 | + | domiciled in this state and formed or licensed under the provisions of 415 |
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| 511 | + | [sections 38a-91aa] this section and sections 38a-91bb to 38a-91tt, 416 |
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| 512 | + | inclusive, as amended by this act, or (B) branch captive insurance 417 |
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| 513 | + | company. 418 |
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| 514 | + | (10) "Ceding insurer" means an insurance company, approved by the 419 |
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| 515 | + | commissioner and licensed or otherwise authorized to transact the 420 |
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| 516 | + | business of insurance or reinsurance in its state or country of domicile, 421 |
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| 517 | + | that cedes risk to a special purpose financial captive insurance company 422 Governor's Bill No. 11 |
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526 | | - | pursuant to a reinsurance contract. 424 |
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527 | | - | (11) "Commissioner" means the Insurance Commissioner. 425 |
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528 | | - | (12) "Controlled unaffiliated business" means any person: 426 |
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529 | | - | (A) Who, (i) in the case of a pure captive insurance company, is not 427 |
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530 | | - | in the corporate system of a parent and the parent's affiliated companies, 428 |
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531 | | - | [or] (ii) in the case of an industrial insured captive insurance company, 429 |
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532 | | - | is not in the corporate system of an industrial insured and the industrial 430 |
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533 | | - | insured's affiliated companies, or (iii) in the case of a sponsored captive 431 |
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534 | | - | insurance company, is not in the corporate system of a participant and 432 |
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535 | | - | the participant's affiliated companies; 433 |
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536 | | - | (B) Who, (i) in the case of a pure captive insurance company, has an 434 |
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537 | | - | existing contractual relationship with a parent or one of the parent's 435 |
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538 | | - | affiliated companies, [or] (ii) in the case of an industrial insured captive 436 |
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539 | | - | insurance company, has an existing contractual relationship with an 437 |
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540 | | - | industrial insured or one of the industrial insured's affiliated companies, 438 |
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541 | | - | or (iii) in the case of a sponsored captive insurance company, has an 439 |
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542 | | - | existing contractual relationship with a participant or one of the 440 |
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543 | | - | participant's affiliated companies; and 441 |
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544 | | - | (C) Whose risks are managed by a pure captive insurance company, 442 |
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545 | | - | [or] an industrial insured captive insurance company or a sponsored 443 |
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546 | | - | captive insurance company, as applicable, in accordance with section 444 |
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547 | | - | 38a-91qq, as amended by this act. 445 |
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548 | | - | (13) "Excess workers' compensation insurance" means, in the case of 446 |
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549 | | - | an employer that has insured or self-insured its workers' compensation 447 |
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550 | | - | risks in accordance with applicable state or federal law, insurance in 448 |
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551 | | - | excess of a specified per-incident or aggregate limit established by the 449 |
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552 | | - | commissioner. 450 |
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553 | | - | (14) "Foreign captive insurance company" means any insurance 451 |
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554 | | - | company formed to write insurance business for its parent and affiliated 452 |
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555 | | - | companies and licensed pursuant to the laws of a foreign jurisdiction 453 Substitute Bill No. 11 |
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| 521 | + | LCO No. 641 15 of 39 |
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| 522 | + | |
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| 523 | + | pursuant to a reinsurance contract. 423 |
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| 524 | + | (11) "Commissioner" means the Insurance Commissioner. 424 |
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| 525 | + | (12) "Controlled unaffiliated business" means any person: 425 |
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| 526 | + | (A) Who, (i) in the case of a pure captive insurance company, is not 426 |
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| 527 | + | in the corporate system of a parent and the parent's affiliated companies, 427 |
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| 528 | + | [or] (ii) in the case of an industrial insured captive insurance company, 428 |
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| 529 | + | is not in the corporate system of an industrial insured and the industrial 429 |
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| 530 | + | insured's affiliated companies, or (iii) in the case of a sponsored captive 430 |
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| 531 | + | insurance company, is not in the corporate system of a participant and 431 |
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| 532 | + | the participant's affiliated companies; 432 |
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| 533 | + | (B) Who, (i) in the case of a pure captive insurance company, has an 433 |
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| 534 | + | existing contractual relationship with a parent or one of the parent's 434 |
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| 535 | + | affiliated companies, [or] (ii) in the case of an industrial insured captive 435 |
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| 536 | + | insurance company, has an existing contractual relationship with an 436 |
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| 537 | + | industrial insured or one of the industrial insured's affiliated companies, 437 |
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| 538 | + | or (iii) in the case of a sponsored captive insurance company, has an 438 |
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| 539 | + | existing contractual relationship with a participant or one of the 439 |
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| 540 | + | participant's affiliated companies; and 440 |
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| 541 | + | (C) Whose risks are managed by a pure captive insurance company, 441 |
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| 542 | + | [or] an industrial insured captive insurance company or a sponsored 442 |
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| 543 | + | captive insurance company, as applicable, in accordance with section 443 |
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| 544 | + | 38a-91qq, as amended by this act. 444 |
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| 545 | + | (13) "Excess workers' compensation insurance" means, in the case of 445 |
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| 546 | + | an employer that has insured or self-insured its workers' compensation 446 |
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| 547 | + | risks in accordance with applicable state or federal law, insurance in 447 |
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| 548 | + | excess of a specified per-incident or aggregate limit established by the 448 |
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| 549 | + | commissioner. 449 |
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| 550 | + | (14) "Foreign captive insurance company" means any insurance 450 |
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| 551 | + | company formed to write insurance business for its parent and affiliated 451 |
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| 552 | + | companies and licensed pursuant to the laws of a foreign jurisdiction 452 Governor's Bill No. 11 |
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562 | | - | that imposes statutory or regulatory standards on companies 454 |
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563 | | - | transacting the business of insurance in such jurisdiction that the 455 |
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564 | | - | commissioner deems to be acceptable. 456 |
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565 | | - | [(14)] (15) "Incorporated protected cell" means a protected cell that is 457 |
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566 | | - | established as a corporation or a limited liability company, separate 458 |
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567 | | - | from the sponsored captive insurance company with which it has 459 |
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568 | | - | entered into a participant contract. 460 |
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569 | | - | [(15)] (16) "Industrial insured" means an insured: 461 |
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570 | | - | (A) Who procures the insurance of any risk or risks by use of the 462 |
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571 | | - | services of a full-time employee acting as an insurance manager or 463 |
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572 | | - | buyer; 464 |
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573 | | - | (B) Whose aggregate annual premiums for insurance on all risks total 465 |
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574 | | - | at least twenty-five thousand dollars; and 466 |
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575 | | - | (C) Who has at least twenty-five full-time employees. 467 |
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576 | | - | [(16)] (17) "Industrial insured captive insurance company" means any 468 |
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577 | | - | company that insures risks of the industrial insureds that comprise an 469 |
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578 | | - | industrial insured group, and includes a company that also insures risks 470 |
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579 | | - | of such industrial insureds' affiliated companies. 471 |
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580 | | - | [(17)] (18) "Industrial insured group" means any group of industrial 472 |
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581 | | - | insureds that collectively: 473 |
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582 | | - | (A) Directly or indirectly own, control or hold with power to vote all 474 |
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583 | | - | of the outstanding voting securities or other voting interests of an 475 |
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584 | | - | industrial insured captive insurance company incorporated as a stock 476 |
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585 | | - | insurer; 477 |
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586 | | - | (B) Have complete voting control over an industrial insured captive 478 |
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587 | | - | insurance company incorporated as a mutual corporation or formed as 479 |
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588 | | - | a limited liability company; or 480 |
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589 | | - | (C) Constitute all of the subscribers of an industrial insured captive 481 Substitute Bill No. 11 |
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| 556 | + | LCO No. 641 16 of 39 |
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| 557 | + | |
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| 558 | + | that imposes statutory or regulatory standards on companies 453 |
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| 559 | + | transacting the business of insurance in such jurisdiction that the 454 |
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| 560 | + | commissioner deems to be acceptable. 455 |
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| 561 | + | [(14)] (15) "Incorporated protected cell" means a protected cell that is 456 |
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| 562 | + | established as a corporation or a limited liability company, separate 457 |
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| 563 | + | from the sponsored captive insurance company with which it has 458 |
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| 564 | + | entered into a participant contract. 459 |
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| 565 | + | [(15)] (16) "Industrial insured" means an insured: 460 |
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| 566 | + | (A) Who procures the insurance of any risk or risks by use of the 461 |
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| 567 | + | services of a full-time employee acting as an insurance manager or 462 |
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| 568 | + | buyer; 463 |
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| 569 | + | (B) Whose aggregate annual premiums for insurance on all risks total 464 |
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| 570 | + | at least twenty-five thousand dollars; and 465 |
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| 571 | + | (C) Who has at least twenty-five full-time employees. 466 |
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| 572 | + | [(16)] (17) "Industrial insured captive insurance company" means any 467 |
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| 573 | + | company that insures risks of the industrial insureds that comprise an 468 |
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| 574 | + | industrial insured group, and includes a company that also insures risks 469 |
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| 575 | + | of such industrial insureds' affiliated companies. 470 |
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| 576 | + | [(17)] (18) "Industrial insured group" means any group of industrial 471 |
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| 577 | + | insureds that collectively: 472 |
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| 578 | + | (A) Directly or indirectly own, control or hold with power to vote all 473 |
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| 579 | + | of the outstanding voting securities or other voting interests of an 474 |
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| 580 | + | industrial insured captive insurance company incorporated as a stock 475 |
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| 581 | + | insurer; 476 |
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| 582 | + | (B) Have complete voting control over an industrial insured captive 477 |
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| 583 | + | insurance company incorporated as a mutual corporation or formed as 478 |
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| 584 | + | a limited liability company; or 479 |
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| 585 | + | (C) Constitute all of the subscribers of an industrial insured captive 480 Governor's Bill No. 11 |
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596 | | - | insurance company formed as a reciprocal insurer. 482 |
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597 | | - | [(18)] (19) "Insurance securitization" or "securitization" means a 483 |
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598 | | - | transaction or a group of related transactions, which may include capital 484 |
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599 | | - | market offerings, that are effected through related risk transfer 485 |
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600 | | - | instruments and facilitating administrative agreements, in which all or 486 |
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601 | | - | part of the result of such transaction is used to fund a special purpose 487 |
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602 | | - | financial captive insurance company's obligations under a reinsurance 488 |
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603 | | - | contract with a ceding insurer and by which: 489 |
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604 | | - | (A) A special purpose financial captive insurance company directly 490 |
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605 | | - | or indirectly obtains proceeds through the issuance of securities by such 491 |
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606 | | - | company or any other person; or 492 |
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607 | | - | (B) A person provides, for the benefit of a special purpose financial 493 |
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608 | | - | captive insurance company, one or more letters of credit or other assets 494 |
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609 | | - | that the commissioner has authorized such company to treat as 495 |
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610 | | - | admitted assets for purposes of its annual report. "Insurance 496 |
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611 | | - | securitization" or "securitization" does not include the issuance of a 497 |
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612 | | - | letter of credit for the benefit of the commissioner to satisfy all or part of 498 |
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613 | | - | a special purpose financial captive insurance company's capital and 499 |
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614 | | - | surplus requirements under section 38a-91dd, as amended by this act. 500 |
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615 | | - | [(19)] (20) "Member organization" means any individual, corporation, 501 |
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616 | | - | limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity that 502 |
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617 | | - | belongs to an association. 503 |
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618 | | - | [(20)] (21) "Mutual corporation" means a corporation organized 504 |
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619 | | - | without stockholders and includes a nonprofit corporation with 505 |
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620 | | - | members. 506 |
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621 | | - | [(21)] (22) "Parent" means any individual, corporation, limited 507 |
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622 | | - | liability company, partnership or other entity that directly or indirectly 508 |
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623 | | - | owns, controls or holds with power to vote more than fifty per cent of 509 |
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624 | | - | the outstanding voting: 510 |
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625 | | - | (A) Securities of a pure captive insurance company organized as a 511 Substitute Bill No. 11 |
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| 589 | + | LCO No. 641 17 of 39 |
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| 590 | + | |
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| 591 | + | insurance company formed as a reciprocal insurer. 481 |
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| 592 | + | [(18)] (19) "Insurance securitization" or "securitization" means a 482 |
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| 593 | + | transaction or a group of related transactions, which may include capital 483 |
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| 594 | + | market offerings, that are effected through related risk transfer 484 |
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| 595 | + | instruments and facilitating administrative agreements, in which all or 485 |
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| 596 | + | part of the result of such transaction is used to fund a special purpose 486 |
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| 597 | + | financial captive insurance company's obligations under a reinsurance 487 |
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| 598 | + | contract with a ceding insurer and by which: 488 |
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| 599 | + | (A) A special purpose financial captive insurance company directly 489 |
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| 600 | + | or indirectly obtains proceeds through the issuance of securities by such 490 |
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| 601 | + | company or any other person; or 491 |
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| 602 | + | (B) A person provides, for the benefit of a special purpose financial 492 |
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| 603 | + | captive insurance company, one or more letters of credit or other assets 493 |
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| 604 | + | that the commissioner has authorized such company to treat as 494 |
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| 605 | + | admitted assets for purposes of its annual report. "Insurance 495 |
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| 606 | + | securitization" or "securitization" does not include the issuance of a 496 |
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| 607 | + | letter of credit for the benefit of the commissioner to satisfy all or part of 497 |
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| 608 | + | a special purpose financial captive insurance company's capital and 498 |
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| 609 | + | surplus requirements under section 38a-91dd, as amended by this act. 499 |
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| 610 | + | [(19)] (20) "Member organization" means any individual, corporation, 500 |
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| 611 | + | limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity that 501 |
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| 612 | + | belongs to an association. 502 |
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| 613 | + | [(20)] (21) "Mutual corporation" means a corporation organized 503 |
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| 614 | + | without stockholders and includes a nonprofit corporation with 504 |
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| 615 | + | members. 505 |
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| 616 | + | [(21)] (22) "Parent" means any individual, corporation, limited 506 |
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| 617 | + | liability company, partnership or other entity that directly or indirectly 507 |
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| 618 | + | owns, controls or holds with power to vote more than fifty per cent of 508 |
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| 619 | + | the outstanding voting: 509 |
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| 620 | + | (A) Securities of a pure captive insurance company organized as a 510 Governor's Bill No. 11 |
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632 | | - | stock insurer; or 512 |
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633 | | - | (B) Membership interests of a pure captive insurance company 513 |
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634 | | - | organized as a nonprofit corporation or as a limited liability company. 514 |
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635 | | - | [(22)] (23) "Participant" means any association, corporation, limited 515 |
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636 | | - | liability company, partnership, trust or other entity, and any affiliated 516 |
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637 | | - | company or controlled unaffiliated business thereof, that is insured by 517 |
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638 | | - | a sponsored captive insurance company pursuant to a participant 518 |
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639 | | - | contract. 519 |
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640 | | - | [(23)] (24) "Participant contract" means a contract entered into by a 520 |
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641 | | - | sponsored captive insurance company and a participant by which the 521 |
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642 | | - | sponsored captive insurance company insures the risks of the 522 |
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643 | | - | participant and limits the losses of each such participant to its pro rata 523 |
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644 | | - | share of the assets of one or more protected cells identified in such 524 |
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645 | | - | participant contract. 525 |
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646 | | - | [(24)] (25) "Protected cell" means a separate account established by a 526 |
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647 | | - | sponsored captive insurance company, in which assets are maintained 527 |
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648 | | - | for one or more participants in accordance with the terms of one or more 528 |
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649 | | - | participant contracts to fund the liability of the sponsored captive 529 |
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650 | | - | insurance company assumed on behalf of such participants as set forth 530 |
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651 | | - | in such participant contracts. 531 |
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652 | | - | [(25)] (26) "Pure captive insurance company" means any company 532 |
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653 | | - | that insures risks of its parent and affiliated companies or controlled 533 |
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654 | | - | unaffiliated business. 534 |
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655 | | - | [(26)] (27) "Reinsurance contract" means a contract entered into by a 535 |
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656 | | - | special purpose financial captive insurance company and a ceding 536 |
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657 | | - | insurer by which the special purpose financial captive insurance 537 |
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658 | | - | company agrees to provide reinsurance to the ceding insurer for risks 538 |
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659 | | - | associated with the ceding insurer's insurance or reinsurance business. 539 |
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660 | | - | [(27)] (28) "Risk retention group" means a captive insurance company 540 |
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661 | | - | organized under the laws of this state pursuant to the federal Liability 541 Substitute Bill No. 11 |
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| 624 | + | LCO No. 641 18 of 39 |
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| 625 | + | |
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| 626 | + | stock insurer; or 511 |
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| 627 | + | (B) Membership interests of a pure captive insurance company 512 |
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| 628 | + | organized as a nonprofit corporation or as a limited liability company. 513 |
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| 629 | + | [(22)] (23) "Participant" means any association, corporation, limited 514 |
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| 630 | + | liability company, partnership, trust or other entity, and any affiliated 515 |
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| 631 | + | company or controlled unaffiliated business thereof, that is insured by 516 |
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| 632 | + | a sponsored captive insurance company pursuant to a participant 517 |
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| 633 | + | contract. 518 |
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| 634 | + | [(23)] (24) "Participant contract" means a contract entered into by a 519 |
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| 635 | + | sponsored captive insurance company and a participant by which the 520 |
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| 636 | + | sponsored captive insurance company insures the risks of the 521 |
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| 637 | + | participant and limits the losses of each such participant to its pro rata 522 |
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| 638 | + | share of the assets of one or more protected cells identified in such 523 |
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| 639 | + | participant contract. 524 |
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| 640 | + | [(24)] (25) "Protected cell" means a separate account established by a 525 |
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| 641 | + | sponsored captive insurance company, in which assets are maintained 526 |
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| 642 | + | for one or more participants in accordance with the terms of one or more 527 |
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| 643 | + | participant contracts to fund the liability of the sponsored captive 528 |
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| 644 | + | insurance company assumed on behalf of such participants as set forth 529 |
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| 645 | + | in such participant contracts. 530 |
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| 646 | + | [(25)] (26) "Pure captive insurance company" means any company 531 |
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| 647 | + | that insures risks of its parent and affiliated companies or controlled 532 |
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| 648 | + | unaffiliated business. 533 |
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| 649 | + | [(26)] (27) "Reinsurance contract" means a contract entered into by a 534 |
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| 650 | + | special purpose financial captive insurance company and a ceding 535 |
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| 651 | + | insurer by which the special purpose financial captive insurance 536 |
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| 652 | + | company agrees to provide reinsurance to the ceding insurer for risks 537 |
---|
| 653 | + | associated with the ceding insurer's insurance or reinsurance business. 538 |
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| 654 | + | [(27)] (28) "Risk retention group" means a captive insurance company 539 |
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| 655 | + | organized under the laws of this state pursuant to the federal Liability 540 Governor's Bill No. 11 |
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668 | | - | Risk Retention Act of 1986, 15 USC 3901 et seq., as amended from time 542 |
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669 | | - | to time, as a stock insurer or mutual corporation, a reciprocal or other 543 |
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670 | | - | limited liability entity. 544 |
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671 | | - | [(28)] (29) "Security" has the same meaning as provided in section 545 |
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672 | | - | 36b-3 and includes any form of debt obligation, equity, surplus 546 |
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673 | | - | certificate, surplus note, funding agreement, derivative or other 547 |
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674 | | - | financial instrument that the commissioner designates as a security for 548 |
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675 | | - | purposes of [sections 38a-91aa] this section and sections 38a-91bb to 38a-549 |
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676 | | - | 91tt, inclusive, as amended by this act. 550 |
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677 | | - | [(29)] (30) "Special purpose financial captive insurance company" 551 |
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678 | | - | means a company that is licensed by the commissioner in accordance 552 |
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679 | | - | with section 38a-91bb, as amended by this act. 553 |
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680 | | - | [(30)] (31) "Special purpose financial captive insurance company 554 |
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681 | | - | security" means a security issued by (A) a special purpose financial 555 |
---|
682 | | - | captive insurance company, or (B) a third party, the proceeds of which 556 |
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683 | | - | are obtained directly or indirectly by a special purpose financial captive 557 |
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684 | | - | insurance company. 558 |
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685 | | - | [(31)] (32) "Sponsor" means any association, corporation, limited 559 |
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686 | | - | liability company, partnership, trust or other entity that is approved by 560 |
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687 | | - | the commissioner to organize and operate a sponsored captive 561 |
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688 | | - | insurance company and to provide all or part of the required 562 |
---|
689 | | - | unimpaired paid-in capital and surplus. 563 |
---|
690 | | - | [(32)] (33) "Sponsored captive insurance company" means a captive 564 |
---|
691 | | - | insurance company: 565 |
---|
692 | | - | (A) In which the minimum required unimpaired paid-in capital and 566 |
---|
693 | | - | surplus are provided by one or more sponsors; 567 |
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694 | | - | (B) That insures risks of its participants only through separate 568 |
---|
695 | | - | participant contracts; and 569 |
---|
696 | | - | (C) That funds its liability to each participant through one or more 570 Substitute Bill No. 11 |
---|
| 659 | + | LCO No. 641 19 of 39 |
---|
| 660 | + | |
---|
| 661 | + | Risk Retention Act of 1986, 15 USC 3901 et seq., as amended from time 541 |
---|
| 662 | + | to time, as a stock insurer or mutual corporation, a reciprocal or other 542 |
---|
| 663 | + | limited liability entity. 543 |
---|
| 664 | + | [(28)] (29) "Security" has the same meaning as provided in section 544 |
---|
| 665 | + | 36b-3 and includes any form of debt obligation, equity, surplus 545 |
---|
| 666 | + | certificate, surplus note, funding agreement, derivative or other 546 |
---|
| 667 | + | financial instrument that the commissioner designates as a security for 547 |
---|
| 668 | + | purposes of [sections 38a-91aa] this section and sections 38a-91bb to 38a-548 |
---|
| 669 | + | 91tt, inclusive, as amended by this act. 549 |
---|
| 670 | + | [(29)] (30) "Special purpose financial captive insurance company" 550 |
---|
| 671 | + | means a company that is licensed by the commissioner in accordance 551 |
---|
| 672 | + | with section 38a-91bb, as amended by this act. 552 |
---|
| 673 | + | [(30)] (31) "Special purpose financial captive insurance company 553 |
---|
| 674 | + | security" means a security issued by (A) a special purpose financial 554 |
---|
| 675 | + | captive insurance company, or (B) a third party, the proceeds of which 555 |
---|
| 676 | + | are obtained directly or indirectly by a special purpose financial captive 556 |
---|
| 677 | + | insurance company. 557 |
---|
| 678 | + | [(31)] (32) "Sponsor" means any association, corporation, limited 558 |
---|
| 679 | + | liability company, partnership, trust or other entity that is approved by 559 |
---|
| 680 | + | the commissioner to organize and operate a sponsored captive 560 |
---|
| 681 | + | insurance company and to provide all or part of the required 561 |
---|
| 682 | + | unimpaired paid-in capital and surplus. 562 |
---|
| 683 | + | [(32)] (33) "Sponsored captive insurance company" means a captive 563 |
---|
| 684 | + | insurance company: 564 |
---|
| 685 | + | (A) In which the minimum required unimpaired paid-in capital and 565 |
---|
| 686 | + | surplus are provided by one or more sponsors; 566 |
---|
| 687 | + | (B) That insures risks of its participants only through separate 567 |
---|
| 688 | + | participant contracts; and 568 |
---|
| 689 | + | (C) That funds its liability to each participant through one or more 569 |
---|
| 690 | + | protected cells and segregates the assets of each protected cell from the 570 Governor's Bill No. 11 |
---|
703 | | - | protected cells and segregates the assets of each protected cell from the 571 |
---|
704 | | - | assets of other protected cells and from the assets of the sponsored 572 |
---|
705 | | - | captive insurance company's general account. 573 |
---|
706 | | - | [(33)] (34) "Surplus note" means an unsecured subordinated debt 574 |
---|
707 | | - | obligation possessing characteristics consistent with the National 575 |
---|
708 | | - | Association of Insurance Commissioners Statement of Statutory 576 |
---|
709 | | - | Accounting Principles No. 41, as amended from time to time, and as 577 |
---|
710 | | - | modified or supplemented by the commissioner. 578 |
---|
711 | | - | Sec. 7. (Effective July 1, 2022) (a) As used in this section, "alien captive 579 |
---|
712 | | - | insurance company", "branch captive insurance company" and "foreign 580 |
---|
713 | | - | captive insurance company" have the same meanings as provided in 581 |
---|
714 | | - | section 38a-91aa of the general statutes, as amended by this act. 582 |
---|
715 | | - | (b) The Commissioner of Revenue Services shall waive any and all 583 |
---|
716 | | - | penalties that would otherwise be due under section 38a-277 of the 584 |
---|
717 | | - | general statutes for any taxable period beginning on or after July 1, 2019, 585 |
---|
718 | | - | and ending prior to July 1, 2022, if, not later than June 30, 2023, the 586 |
---|
719 | | - | insured: 587 |
---|
720 | | - | (1) Establishes a branch captive insurance company in this state or 588 |
---|
721 | | - | transfers the domicile of its alien captive insurance company or foreign 589 |
---|
722 | | - | captive insurance company to this state in accordance with the 590 |
---|
723 | | - | provisions of section 38a-58a of the general statutes; and 591 |
---|
724 | | - | (2) Pays all taxes and interest due and outstanding under section 38a-592 |
---|
725 | | - | 277 of the general statutes for all taxable periods ending on or after July 593 |
---|
726 | | - | 1, 2019, but prior to July 1, 2022. 594 |
---|
727 | | - | (c) Any insured that satisfies the provisions of subsection (b) of this 595 |
---|
728 | | - | section shall not be liable for any taxes, interest and penalties that would 596 |
---|
729 | | - | otherwise be due under section 38a-277 of the general statutes for any 597 |
---|
730 | | - | taxable period ending prior to July 1, 2019. 598 |
---|
731 | | - | Sec. 8. Section 38a-91bb of the general statutes is repealed and the 599 |
---|
732 | | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): 600 Substitute Bill No. 11 |
---|
| 694 | + | LCO No. 641 20 of 39 |
---|
| 695 | + | |
---|
| 696 | + | assets of other protected cells and from the assets of the sponsored 571 |
---|
| 697 | + | captive insurance company's general account. 572 |
---|
| 698 | + | [(33)] (34) "Surplus note" means an unsecured subordinated debt 573 |
---|
| 699 | + | obligation possessing characteristics consistent with the National 574 |
---|
| 700 | + | Association of Insurance Commissioners Statement of Statutory 575 |
---|
| 701 | + | Accounting Principles No. 41, as amended from time to time, and as 576 |
---|
| 702 | + | modified or supplemented by the commissioner. 577 |
---|
| 703 | + | Sec. 7. (Effective July 1, 2022) (a) As used in this section, "alien captive 578 |
---|
| 704 | + | insurance company", "branch captive insurance company" and "foreign 579 |
---|
| 705 | + | captive insurance company" have the same meanings as provided in 580 |
---|
| 706 | + | section 38a-91aa of the general statutes, as amended by this act. 581 |
---|
| 707 | + | (b) The Commissioner of Revenue Services shall waive any and all 582 |
---|
| 708 | + | penalties that would otherwise be due under section 38a-277 of the 583 |
---|
| 709 | + | general statutes for any taxable period beginning on or after July 1, 2019, 584 |
---|
| 710 | + | and ending prior to July 1, 2022, if, not later than June 30, 2023, the 585 |
---|
| 711 | + | insured: 586 |
---|
| 712 | + | (1) Establishes a branch captive insurance company in this state or 587 |
---|
| 713 | + | transfers the domicile of its alien captive insurance company or foreign 588 |
---|
| 714 | + | captive insurance company to this state in accordance with the 589 |
---|
| 715 | + | provisions of section 38a-58a of the general statutes; and 590 |
---|
| 716 | + | (2) Pays all taxes and interest due and outstanding under section 38a-591 |
---|
| 717 | + | 277 of the general statutes for all taxable periods ending on or after July 592 |
---|
| 718 | + | 1, 2019, but prior to July 1, 2022. 593 |
---|
| 719 | + | (c) Any insured that satisfies the provisions of subsection (b) of this 594 |
---|
| 720 | + | section shall not be liable for any taxes, interest and penalties that would 595 |
---|
| 721 | + | otherwise be due under section 38a-277 of the general statutes for any 596 |
---|
| 722 | + | taxable period ending prior to July 1, 2019. 597 |
---|
| 723 | + | Sec. 8. Section 38a-91bb of the general statutes is repealed and the 598 |
---|
| 724 | + | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): 599 |
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| 725 | + | (a) Any captive insurance company, when permitted by its articles of 600 Governor's Bill No. 11 |
---|
739 | | - | (a) Any captive insurance company, when permitted by its articles of 601 |
---|
740 | | - | association, charter or other organizational document, may apply to the 602 |
---|
741 | | - | [Insurance Commissioner] commissioner for a license to do the business 603 |
---|
742 | | - | of insurance against any kind of loss, damage or liability properly a 604 |
---|
743 | | - | subject of insurance, if such insurance is not prohibited by law or [is not] 605 |
---|
744 | | - | disapproved by the commissioner as being contrary to public policy, 606 |
---|
745 | | - | including life insurance, annuities, health insurance, as defined in 607 |
---|
746 | | - | section 38a-469, and commercial risk insurance, as defined in section 608 |
---|
747 | | - | 38a-663, provided: 609 |
---|
748 | | - | (1) No pure captive insurance company may insure any risks other 610 |
---|
749 | | - | than those of its parent and affiliated companies or controlled 611 |
---|
750 | | - | unaffiliated business; 612 |
---|
751 | | - | (2) No association captive insurance company may insure any risks 613 |
---|
752 | | - | other than those of its association, the member organizations of its 614 |
---|
753 | | - | association, and the member organizations' affiliated companies; 615 |
---|
754 | | - | (3) No industrial insured captive insurance company may insure any 616 |
---|
755 | | - | risks other than those of (A) the industrial insureds that comprise the 617 |
---|
756 | | - | industrial insured group, (B) the industrial insureds' affiliated 618 |
---|
757 | | - | companies, or (C) the industrial insureds' controlled unaffiliated 619 |
---|
758 | | - | businesses; 620 |
---|
759 | | - | (4) No risk retention group may insure any risks other than those of 621 |
---|
760 | | - | its members and owners; 622 |
---|
761 | | - | (5) No captive insurance company may provide personal risk 623 |
---|
762 | | - | insurance, as defined in section 38a-663, for private passenger motor 624 |
---|
763 | | - | vehicle or homeowners insurance coverage or any component thereof; 625 |
---|
764 | | - | (6) No captive insurance company may accept or cede reinsurance 626 |
---|
765 | | - | except as provided in section 38a-91kk, as amended by this act; 627 |
---|
766 | | - | (7) Any captive insurance company may provide excess workers' 628 |
---|
767 | | - | compensation insurance to its parent and affiliated companies, unless 629 |
---|
768 | | - | prohibited by the laws of the state having jurisdiction over the 630 Substitute Bill No. 11 |
---|
| 729 | + | LCO No. 641 21 of 39 |
---|
| 730 | + | |
---|
| 731 | + | association, charter or other organizational document, may apply to the 601 |
---|
| 732 | + | [Insurance Commissioner] commissioner for a license to do the business 602 |
---|
| 733 | + | of insurance against any kind of loss, damage or liability properly a 603 |
---|
| 734 | + | subject of insurance, if such insurance is not prohibited by law or [is not] 604 |
---|
| 735 | + | disapproved by the commissioner as being contrary to public policy, 605 |
---|
| 736 | + | including life insurance, annuities, health insurance, as defined in 606 |
---|
| 737 | + | section 38a-469, and commercial risk insurance, as defined in section 607 |
---|
| 738 | + | 38a-663, provided: 608 |
---|
| 739 | + | (1) No pure captive insurance company may insure any risks other 609 |
---|
| 740 | + | than those of its parent and affiliated companies or controlled 610 |
---|
| 741 | + | unaffiliated business; 611 |
---|
| 742 | + | (2) No association captive insurance company may insure any risks 612 |
---|
| 743 | + | other than those of its association, the member organizations of its 613 |
---|
| 744 | + | association, and the member organizations' affiliated companies; 614 |
---|
| 745 | + | (3) No industrial insured captive insurance company may insure any 615 |
---|
| 746 | + | risks other than those of (A) the industrial insureds that comprise the 616 |
---|
| 747 | + | industrial insured group, (B) the industrial insureds' affiliated 617 |
---|
| 748 | + | companies, or (C) the industrial insureds' controlled unaffiliated 618 |
---|
| 749 | + | businesses; 619 |
---|
| 750 | + | (4) No risk retention group may insure any risks other than those of 620 |
---|
| 751 | + | its members and owners; 621 |
---|
| 752 | + | (5) No captive insurance company may provide personal risk 622 |
---|
| 753 | + | insurance, as defined in section 38a-663, for private passenger motor 623 |
---|
| 754 | + | vehicle or homeowners insurance coverage or any component thereof; 624 |
---|
| 755 | + | (6) No captive insurance company may accept or cede reinsurance 625 |
---|
| 756 | + | except as provided in section 38a-91kk, as amended by this act; 626 |
---|
| 757 | + | (7) Any captive insurance company may provide excess workers' 627 |
---|
| 758 | + | compensation insurance to its parent and affiliated companies, unless 628 |
---|
| 759 | + | prohibited by the laws of the state having jurisdiction over the 629 |
---|
| 760 | + | transaction or by federal law. Any captive insurance company may 630 Governor's Bill No. 11 |
---|
775 | | - | transaction or by federal law. Any captive insurance company may 631 |
---|
776 | | - | reinsure a workers' compensation qualified self-insured plan of its 632 |
---|
777 | | - | parent and affiliated companies, unless prohibited by federal law; 633 |
---|
778 | | - | (8) Any captive insurance company that provides life insurance, 634 |
---|
779 | | - | annuities or health insurance shall comply with all applicable state and 635 |
---|
780 | | - | federal laws. 636 |
---|
781 | | - | (b) No captive insurance company shall do any insurance business in 637 |
---|
782 | | - | this state unless: 638 |
---|
783 | | - | (1) [It] The captive insurance company first obtains from the 639 |
---|
784 | | - | [Insurance Commissioner] commissioner a license authorizing [it] the 640 |
---|
785 | | - | captive insurance company to do insurance business in this state; 641 |
---|
786 | | - | (2) [Its] The captive insurance company's board of directors or 642 |
---|
787 | | - | committee of managers or, in the case of a reciprocal insurer, its 643 |
---|
788 | | - | subscribers' advisory committee holds at least one meeting each year in 644 |
---|
789 | | - | this state; 645 |
---|
790 | | - | (3) [It] The captive insurance company maintains its principal place 646 |
---|
791 | | - | of business in this state; and 647 |
---|
792 | | - | (4) [It] The captive insurance company appoints a registered agent to 648 |
---|
793 | | - | accept service of process and to otherwise act on its behalf in this state. 649 |
---|
794 | | - | Whenever such registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be 650 |
---|
795 | | - | found at the registered office of the captive insurance company, the 651 |
---|
796 | | - | [Insurance Commissioner] commissioner shall be an agent of [such] the 652 |
---|
797 | | - | captive insurance company upon whom any process, notice or demand 653 |
---|
798 | | - | may be served. 654 |
---|
799 | | - | (c) (1) To be considered for a license, a captive insurance company 655 |
---|
800 | | - | shall: 656 |
---|
801 | | - | (A) File with the commissioner a certified copy of its organizational 657 |
---|
802 | | - | documents, a statement under oath of its president and secretary 658 |
---|
803 | | - | showing its financial condition, and any other statements or documents 659 Substitute Bill No. 11 |
---|
| 764 | + | LCO No. 641 22 of 39 |
---|
| 765 | + | |
---|
| 766 | + | reinsure a workers' compensation qualified self-insured plan of its 631 |
---|
| 767 | + | parent and affiliated companies, unless prohibited by federal law; 632 |
---|
| 768 | + | (8) Any captive insurance company that provides life insurance, 633 |
---|
| 769 | + | annuities or health insurance shall comply with all applicable state and 634 |
---|
| 770 | + | federal laws. 635 |
---|
| 771 | + | (b) No captive insurance company shall do any insurance business in 636 |
---|
| 772 | + | this state unless: 637 |
---|
| 773 | + | (1) [It] The captive insurance company first obtains from the 638 |
---|
| 774 | + | [Insurance Commissioner] commissioner a license authorizing [it] the 639 |
---|
| 775 | + | captive insurance company to do insurance business in this state; 640 |
---|
| 776 | + | (2) [Its] The captive insurance company's board of directors or 641 |
---|
| 777 | + | committee of managers or, in the case of a reciprocal insurer, its 642 |
---|
| 778 | + | subscribers' advisory committee holds at least one meeting each year in 643 |
---|
| 779 | + | this state; 644 |
---|
| 780 | + | (3) [It] The captive insurance company maintains its principal place 645 |
---|
| 781 | + | of business in this state; and 646 |
---|
| 782 | + | (4) [It] The captive insurance company appoints a registered agent to 647 |
---|
| 783 | + | accept service of process and to otherwise act on its behalf in this state. 648 |
---|
| 784 | + | Whenever such registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be 649 |
---|
| 785 | + | found at the registered office of the captive insurance company, the 650 |
---|
| 786 | + | [Insurance Commissioner] commissioner shall be an agent of [such] the 651 |
---|
| 787 | + | captive insurance company upon whom any process, notice or demand 652 |
---|
| 788 | + | may be served. 653 |
---|
| 789 | + | (c) (1) To be considered for a license, a captive insurance company 654 |
---|
| 790 | + | shall: 655 |
---|
| 791 | + | (A) File with the commissioner a certified copy of its organizational 656 |
---|
| 792 | + | documents, a statement under oath of its president and secretary 657 |
---|
| 793 | + | showing its financial condition, and any other statements or documents 658 |
---|
| 794 | + | required by the commissioner; and 659 Governor's Bill No. 11 |
---|
810 | | - | required by the commissioner; and 660 |
---|
811 | | - | (B) Submit to the commissioner for approval a description of the 661 |
---|
812 | | - | coverages, deductibles, coverage limits and rates and such additional 662 |
---|
813 | | - | information as the commissioner may require. In the event of any 663 |
---|
814 | | - | subsequent material change in any item in such description, the captive 664 |
---|
815 | | - | insurance company shall submit to the commissioner for approval an 665 |
---|
816 | | - | appropriate revision and shall not offer any additional kinds of 666 |
---|
817 | | - | insurance until a revision of such description is approved by the 667 |
---|
818 | | - | commissioner. The captive insurance company shall inform the 668 |
---|
819 | | - | commissioner of any material change in rates not later than thirty days 669 |
---|
820 | | - | after the adoption of such change. 670 |
---|
821 | | - | (2) Each applicant captive insurance company shall also file with the 671 |
---|
822 | | - | commissioner evidence of the following: 672 |
---|
823 | | - | (A) The amount and liquidity of the company's assets relative to the 673 |
---|
824 | | - | risks to be assumed; 674 |
---|
825 | | - | (B) The adequacy of the expertise, experience and character of the 675 |
---|
826 | | - | persons who will manage the company; 676 |
---|
827 | | - | (C) The overall soundness of the company's plan of operation; 677 |
---|
828 | | - | (D) The adequacy of the loss prevention programs of the company's 678 |
---|
829 | | - | insureds; and 679 |
---|
830 | | - | (E) Such other factors deemed relevant by the commissioner in 680 |
---|
831 | | - | ascertaining whether the proposed captive insurance company will be 681 |
---|
832 | | - | able to meet its policy obligations. 682 |
---|
833 | | - | (3) Each applicant sponsored captive insurance company shall also 683 |
---|
834 | | - | file with the commissioner: 684 |
---|
835 | | - | (A) Materials demonstrating how the applicant will account for the 685 |
---|
836 | | - | loss and expense experience of each protected cell at a level of detail 686 |
---|
837 | | - | deemed sufficient by the commissioner, and how [it] such applicant will 687 Substitute Bill No. 11 |
---|
| 798 | + | LCO No. 641 23 of 39 |
---|
| 799 | + | |
---|
| 800 | + | (B) Submit to the commissioner for approval a description of the 660 |
---|
| 801 | + | coverages, deductibles, coverage limits and rates and such additional 661 |
---|
| 802 | + | information as the commissioner may require. In the event of any 662 |
---|
| 803 | + | subsequent material change in any item in such description, the captive 663 |
---|
| 804 | + | insurance company shall submit to the commissioner for approval an 664 |
---|
| 805 | + | appropriate revision and shall not offer any additional kinds of 665 |
---|
| 806 | + | insurance until a revision of such description is approved by the 666 |
---|
| 807 | + | commissioner. The captive insurance company shall inform the 667 |
---|
| 808 | + | commissioner of any material change in rates not later than thirty days 668 |
---|
| 809 | + | after the adoption of such change. 669 |
---|
| 810 | + | (2) Each applicant captive insurance company shall also file with the 670 |
---|
| 811 | + | commissioner evidence of the following: 671 |
---|
| 812 | + | (A) The amount and liquidity of the company's assets relative to the 672 |
---|
| 813 | + | risks to be assumed; 673 |
---|
| 814 | + | (B) The adequacy of the expertise, experience and character of the 674 |
---|
| 815 | + | persons who will manage the company; 675 |
---|
| 816 | + | (C) The overall soundness of the company's plan of operation; 676 |
---|
| 817 | + | (D) The adequacy of the loss prevention programs of the company's 677 |
---|
| 818 | + | insureds; and 678 |
---|
| 819 | + | (E) Such other factors deemed relevant by the commissioner in 679 |
---|
| 820 | + | ascertaining whether the proposed captive insurance company will be 680 |
---|
| 821 | + | able to meet its policy obligations. 681 |
---|
| 822 | + | (3) Each applicant sponsored captive insurance company shall also 682 |
---|
| 823 | + | file with the commissioner: 683 |
---|
| 824 | + | (A) Materials demonstrating how the applicant will account for the 684 |
---|
| 825 | + | loss and expense experience of each protected cell at a level of detail 685 |
---|
| 826 | + | deemed sufficient by the commissioner, and how [it] such applicant will 686 |
---|
| 827 | + | report such experience to the commissioner; 687 |
---|
| 828 | + | (B) A statement acknowledging that all financial records of the 688 Governor's Bill No. 11 |
---|
844 | | - | report such experience to the commissioner; 688 |
---|
845 | | - | (B) A statement acknowledging that all financial records of the 689 |
---|
846 | | - | sponsored captive insurance company, including records pertaining to 690 |
---|
847 | | - | any protected cells, shall be made available for examination or 691 |
---|
848 | | - | inspection or by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee; 692 |
---|
849 | | - | (C) All contracts or sample contracts between the sponsored captive 693 |
---|
850 | | - | insurance company and any participants; and 694 |
---|
851 | | - | (D) Evidence that expenses shall be allocated to each protected cell in 695 |
---|
852 | | - | a fair and equitable manner. 696 |
---|
853 | | - | (4) Each applicant special purpose financial captive insurance 697 |
---|
854 | | - | company shall also: 698 |
---|
855 | | - | (A) Include with its plan of operation: 699 |
---|
856 | | - | (i) A complete description of all significant transactions, including 700 |
---|
857 | | - | reinsurance, reinsurance security arrangements, securitizations, related 701 |
---|
858 | | - | transactions or arrangements, and to the extent not included in the 702 |
---|
859 | | - | transactions listed in this clause, a complete description of all parties 703 |
---|
860 | | - | other than the special purpose financial captive insurance company and 704 |
---|
861 | | - | the ceding insurer that will be involved in the issuance of special 705 |
---|
862 | | - | purpose financial captive insurance company securities and a 706 |
---|
863 | | - | description of any pledge, hypothecation or grant of a security interest 707 |
---|
864 | | - | in any of the special purpose financial captive insurance company's 708 |
---|
865 | | - | assets and in any stock or limited liability company interest in the 709 |
---|
866 | | - | special purpose financial captive insurance company; 710 |
---|
867 | | - | (ii) The source and form of the special purpose financial captive 711 |
---|
868 | | - | insurance company's capital and surplus; 712 |
---|
869 | | - | (iii) The proposed investment policy of the special purpose financial 713 |
---|
870 | | - | captive insurance company; 714 |
---|
871 | | - | (iv) A description of the underwriting, reporting and claims payment 715 Substitute Bill No. 11 |
---|
| 832 | + | LCO No. 641 24 of 39 |
---|
| 833 | + | |
---|
| 834 | + | sponsored captive insurance company, including records pertaining to 689 |
---|
| 835 | + | any protected cells, shall be made available for examination or 690 |
---|
| 836 | + | inspection or by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee; 691 |
---|
| 837 | + | (C) All contracts or sample contracts between the sponsored captive 692 |
---|
| 838 | + | insurance company and any participants; and 693 |
---|
| 839 | + | (D) Evidence that expenses shall be allocated to each protected cell in 694 |
---|
| 840 | + | a fair and equitable manner. 695 |
---|
| 841 | + | (4) Each applicant special purpose financial captive insurance 696 |
---|
| 842 | + | company shall also: 697 |
---|
| 843 | + | (A) Include with its plan of operation: 698 |
---|
| 844 | + | (i) A complete description of all significant transactions, including 699 |
---|
| 845 | + | reinsurance, reinsurance security arrangements, securitizations, related 700 |
---|
| 846 | + | transactions or arrangements, and to the extent not included in the 701 |
---|
| 847 | + | transactions listed in this clause, a complete description of all parties 702 |
---|
| 848 | + | other than the special purpose financial captive insurance company and 703 |
---|
| 849 | + | the ceding insurer that will be involved in the issuance of special 704 |
---|
| 850 | + | purpose financial captive insurance company securities and a 705 |
---|
| 851 | + | description of any pledge, hypothecation or grant of a security interest 706 |
---|
| 852 | + | in any of the special purpose financial captive insurance company's 707 |
---|
| 853 | + | assets and in any stock or limited liability company interest in the 708 |
---|
| 854 | + | special purpose financial captive insurance company; 709 |
---|
| 855 | + | (ii) The source and form of the special purpose financial captive 710 |
---|
| 856 | + | insurance company's capital and surplus; 711 |
---|
| 857 | + | (iii) The proposed investment policy of the special purpose financial 712 |
---|
| 858 | + | captive insurance company; 713 |
---|
| 859 | + | (iv) A description of the underwriting, reporting and claims payment 714 |
---|
| 860 | + | methods by which losses covered by the reinsurance contract will be 715 |
---|
| 861 | + | reported, accounted for and settled; 716 |
---|
| 862 | + | (v) Pro forma balance sheets and income statements illustrating one 717 Governor's Bill No. 11 |
---|
878 | | - | methods by which losses covered by the reinsurance contract will be 716 |
---|
879 | | - | reported, accounted for and settled; 717 |
---|
880 | | - | (v) Pro forma balance sheets and income statements illustrating one 718 |
---|
881 | | - | or more adverse case scenarios, as determined under criteria required 719 |
---|
882 | | - | by the commissioner, for the performance of the special purpose 720 |
---|
883 | | - | financial captive insurance company under all reinsurance contracts; 721 |
---|
884 | | - | and 722 |
---|
885 | | - | (vi) The proposed rate and method for discounting reserves, if the 723 |
---|
886 | | - | special purpose financial captive insurance company is requesting 724 |
---|
887 | | - | authority to discount its reserves; 725 |
---|
888 | | - | (B) Submit an affidavit of its president, a vice president, its treasurer 726 |
---|
889 | | - | or its chief financial officer that includes the following statements, that 727 |
---|
890 | | - | to the best of such person's knowledge and belief after reasonable 728 |
---|
891 | | - | inquiry: 729 |
---|
892 | | - | (i) The proposed organization and operation of the special purpose 730 |
---|
893 | | - | financial captive insurance company comply with all applicable 731 |
---|
894 | | - | provisions of this chapter; 732 |
---|
895 | | - | (ii) The special purpose financial captive insurance company's 733 |
---|
896 | | - | investment policy reflects and takes into account the liquidity of assets 734 |
---|
897 | | - | and the reasonable preservation, administration and management of 735 |
---|
898 | | - | such assets with respect to the risks associated with the reinsurance 736 |
---|
899 | | - | contract and the insurance securitization transaction. With respect to a 737 |
---|
900 | | - | special purpose financial captive insurance company, "management" 738 |
---|
901 | | - | means the board of directors, managing board or other individual or 739 |
---|
902 | | - | individuals vested with overall responsibility for the management of the 740 |
---|
903 | | - | affairs of such company, including, but not limited to, officers or other 741 |
---|
904 | | - | agents elected or appointed to act on behalf of such company; and 742 |
---|
905 | | - | (iii) The reinsurance contract and any arrangement for securing the 743 |
---|
906 | | - | special purpose financial captive insurance company's obligations 744 |
---|
907 | | - | under such reinsurance contract, including, but not limited to, any 745 |
---|
908 | | - | agreements or other documentation to implement such arrangement, 746 Substitute Bill No. 11 |
---|
| 866 | + | LCO No. 641 25 of 39 |
---|
| 867 | + | |
---|
| 868 | + | or more adverse case scenarios, as determined under criteria required 718 |
---|
| 869 | + | by the commissioner, for the performance of the special purpose 719 |
---|
| 870 | + | financial captive insurance company under all reinsurance contracts; 720 |
---|
| 871 | + | and 721 |
---|
| 872 | + | (vi) The proposed rate and method for discounting reserves, if the 722 |
---|
| 873 | + | special purpose financial captive insurance company is requesting 723 |
---|
| 874 | + | authority to discount its reserves; 724 |
---|
| 875 | + | (B) Submit an affidavit of its president, a vice president, its treasurer 725 |
---|
| 876 | + | or its chief financial officer that includes the following statements, that 726 |
---|
| 877 | + | to the best of such person's knowledge and belief after reasonable 727 |
---|
| 878 | + | inquiry: 728 |
---|
| 879 | + | (i) The proposed organization and operation of the special purpose 729 |
---|
| 880 | + | financial captive insurance company comply with all applicable 730 |
---|
| 881 | + | provisions of this chapter; 731 |
---|
| 882 | + | (ii) The special purpose financial captive insurance company's 732 |
---|
| 883 | + | investment policy reflects and takes into account the liquidity of assets 733 |
---|
| 884 | + | and the reasonable preservation, administration and management of 734 |
---|
| 885 | + | such assets with respect to the risks associated with the reinsurance 735 |
---|
| 886 | + | contract and the insurance securitization transaction. With respect to a 736 |
---|
| 887 | + | special purpose financial captive insurance company, "management" 737 |
---|
| 888 | + | means the board of directors, managing board or other individual or 738 |
---|
| 889 | + | individuals vested with overall responsibility for the management of the 739 |
---|
| 890 | + | affairs of such company, including, but not limited to, officers or other 740 |
---|
| 891 | + | agents elected or appointed to act on behalf of such company; and 741 |
---|
| 892 | + | (iii) The reinsurance contract and any arrangement for securing the 742 |
---|
| 893 | + | special purpose financial captive insurance company's obligations 743 |
---|
| 894 | + | under such reinsurance contract, including, but not limited to, any 744 |
---|
| 895 | + | agreements or other documentation to implement such arrangement, 745 |
---|
| 896 | + | comply with the provisions of this chapter; and 746 |
---|
| 897 | + | (C) Include with its application: 747 Governor's Bill No. 11 |
---|
915 | | - | comply with the provisions of this chapter; and 747 |
---|
916 | | - | (C) Include with its application: 748 |
---|
917 | | - | (i) Copies of all agreements and documentation described in 749 |
---|
918 | | - | subparagraph (A) of this subdivision unless otherwise approved by the 750 |
---|
919 | | - | commissioner, and any other statements or documents required by the 751 |
---|
920 | | - | commissioner to evaluate the special purpose financial captive 752 |
---|
921 | | - | insurance company's application for licensure; and 753 |
---|
922 | | - | (ii) An opinion of qualified legal counsel, in a form acceptable to the 754 |
---|
923 | | - | commissioner, that the offer and sale of any special purpose financial 755 |
---|
924 | | - | captive insurance company securities complies with all applicable 756 |
---|
925 | | - | registration requirements or applicable exemptions from or exceptions 757 |
---|
926 | | - | to such requirements of the federal securities laws and that the offer and 758 |
---|
927 | | - | sale of securities by the special purpose financial captive insurance 759 |
---|
928 | | - | company itself comply with all registration requirements or applicable 760 |
---|
929 | | - | exemptions from or exceptions to such requirements of the securities 761 |
---|
930 | | - | laws of this state. Such opinion shall not be required as part of the 762 |
---|
931 | | - | application if the special purpose financial captive insurance company 763 |
---|
932 | | - | includes a specific statement in its plan of operation that such opinions 764 |
---|
933 | | - | will be provided to the commissioner in advance of the offer or sale of 765 |
---|
934 | | - | any special purpose financial captive insurance company securities. 766 |
---|
935 | | - | (5) A sponsored captive insurance company may apply to be licensed 767 |
---|
936 | | - | as a special purpose financial captive insurance company. Such 768 |
---|
937 | | - | company shall be subject to the provisions of sections 38a-91aa to 38a-769 |
---|
938 | | - | 91tt, inclusive, as amended by this act, applicable to a sponsored captive 770 |
---|
939 | | - | insurance company and to a special purpose financial captive insurance 771 |
---|
940 | | - | company. In the event of conflict between such provisions applicable to 772 |
---|
941 | | - | a sponsored captive insurance company and to a special purpose 773 |
---|
942 | | - | financial captive insurance company, the provisions applicable to a 774 |
---|
943 | | - | special purpose financial captive insurance company shall control. 775 |
---|
944 | | - | (6) Information submitted pursuant to this subsection shall be and 776 |
---|
945 | | - | shall remain confidential and shall not be made public by the 777 Substitute Bill No. 11 |
---|
| 901 | + | LCO No. 641 26 of 39 |
---|
| 902 | + | |
---|
| 903 | + | (i) Copies of all agreements and documentation described in 748 |
---|
| 904 | + | subparagraph (A) of this subdivision unless otherwise approved by the 749 |
---|
| 905 | + | commissioner, and any other statements or documents required by the 750 |
---|
| 906 | + | commissioner to evaluate the special purpose financial captive 751 |
---|
| 907 | + | insurance company's application for licensure; and 752 |
---|
| 908 | + | (ii) An opinion of qualified legal counsel, in a form acceptable to the 753 |
---|
| 909 | + | commissioner, that the offer and sale of any special purpose financial 754 |
---|
| 910 | + | captive insurance company securities complies with all applicable 755 |
---|
| 911 | + | registration requirements or applicable exemptions from or exceptions 756 |
---|
| 912 | + | to such requirements of the federal securities laws and that the offer and 757 |
---|
| 913 | + | sale of securities by the special purpose financial captive insurance 758 |
---|
| 914 | + | company itself comply with all registration requirements or applicable 759 |
---|
| 915 | + | exemptions from or exceptions to such requirements of the securities 760 |
---|
| 916 | + | laws of this state. Such opinion shall not be required as part of the 761 |
---|
| 917 | + | application if the special purpose financial captive insurance company 762 |
---|
| 918 | + | includes a specific statement in its plan of operation that such opinions 763 |
---|
| 919 | + | will be provided to the commissioner in advance of the offer or sale of 764 |
---|
| 920 | + | any special purpose financial captive insurance company securities. 765 |
---|
| 921 | + | (5) A sponsored captive insurance company may apply to be licensed 766 |
---|
| 922 | + | as a special purpose financial captive insurance company. Such 767 |
---|
| 923 | + | company shall be subject to the provisions of sections 38a-91aa to 38a-768 |
---|
| 924 | + | 91tt, inclusive, as amended by this act, applicable to a sponsored captive 769 |
---|
| 925 | + | insurance company and to a special purpose financial captive insurance 770 |
---|
| 926 | + | company. In the event of conflict between such provisions applicable to 771 |
---|
| 927 | + | a sponsored captive insurance company and to a special purpose 772 |
---|
| 928 | + | financial captive insurance company, the provisions applicable to a 773 |
---|
| 929 | + | special purpose financial captive insurance company shall control. 774 |
---|
| 930 | + | (6) Information submitted pursuant to this subsection shall be and 775 |
---|
| 931 | + | shall remain confidential and shall not be made public by the 776 |
---|
| 932 | + | commissioner or an employee or agent of the commissioner without the 777 |
---|
| 933 | + | written consent of the company, except that: 778 |
---|
| 934 | + | (A) Such information may be discoverable by a party in a civil action 779 Governor's Bill No. 11 |
---|
952 | | - | commissioner or an employee or agent of the commissioner without the 778 |
---|
953 | | - | written consent of the company, except that: 779 |
---|
954 | | - | (A) Such information may be discoverable by a party in a civil action 780 |
---|
955 | | - | or contested case to which the captive insurance company that 781 |
---|
956 | | - | submitted such information is a party upon a showing by the party 782 |
---|
957 | | - | seeking to discover such information that: 783 |
---|
958 | | - | (i) The information sought is relevant to and necessary for the 784 |
---|
959 | | - | furtherance of such action or case; 785 |
---|
960 | | - | (ii) The information sought is unavailable from other nonconfidential 786 |
---|
961 | | - | sources; and 787 |
---|
962 | | - | (iii) A subpoena issued by a judicial or administrative officer of 788 |
---|
963 | | - | competent jurisdiction has been submitted to the commissioner, 789 |
---|
964 | | - | provided such submission requirement shall not apply to a risk 790 |
---|
965 | | - | retention group; and 791 |
---|
966 | | - | (B) The commissioner may, in the commissioner's discretion, disclose 792 |
---|
967 | | - | such information to a public official having jurisdiction over the 793 |
---|
968 | | - | regulation of insurance in another state, provided: 794 |
---|
969 | | - | (i) Such public official agrees, in writing, to maintain the 795 |
---|
970 | | - | confidentiality of such information; and 796 |
---|
971 | | - | (ii) The laws of the state in which such public official serves require 797 |
---|
972 | | - | such information to be and [to] remain confidential. 798 |
---|
973 | | - | (d) (1) Each captive insurance company shall pay to the commissioner 799 |
---|
974 | | - | a nonrefundable fee of eight hundred dollars for examining, 800 |
---|
975 | | - | investigating and processing its application for a license. The 801 |
---|
976 | | - | commissioner may retain legal, financial and examination services from 802 |
---|
977 | | - | outside the department for the licensing and financial oversight of a 803 |
---|
978 | | - | captive insurance company, the reasonable cost of which may be 804 |
---|
979 | | - | charged against such company. The provisions of subdivisions (2) to (5), 805 |
---|
980 | | - | inclusive, of subsection (k) of section 38a-14 shall apply to this 806 Substitute Bill No. 11 |
---|
| 938 | + | LCO No. 641 27 of 39 |
---|
| 939 | + | |
---|
| 940 | + | or contested case to which the captive insurance company that 780 |
---|
| 941 | + | submitted such information is a party upon a showing by the party 781 |
---|
| 942 | + | seeking to discover such information that: 782 |
---|
| 943 | + | (i) The information sought is relevant to and necessary for the 783 |
---|
| 944 | + | furtherance of such action or case; 784 |
---|
| 945 | + | (ii) The information sought is unavailable from other nonconfidential 785 |
---|
| 946 | + | sources; and 786 |
---|
| 947 | + | (iii) A subpoena issued by a judicial or administrative officer of 787 |
---|
| 948 | + | competent jurisdiction has been submitted to the commissioner, 788 |
---|
| 949 | + | provided such submission requirement shall not apply to a risk 789 |
---|
| 950 | + | retention group; and 790 |
---|
| 951 | + | (B) The commissioner may, in the commissioner's discretion, disclose 791 |
---|
| 952 | + | such information to a public official having jurisdiction over the 792 |
---|
| 953 | + | regulation of insurance in another state, provided: 793 |
---|
| 954 | + | (i) Such public official agrees, in writing, to maintain the 794 |
---|
| 955 | + | confidentiality of such information; and 795 |
---|
| 956 | + | (ii) The laws of the state in which such public official serves require 796 |
---|
| 957 | + | such information to be and [to] remain confidential. 797 |
---|
| 958 | + | (d) (1) Each captive insurance company shall pay to the commissioner 798 |
---|
| 959 | + | a nonrefundable fee of eight hundred dollars for examining, 799 |
---|
| 960 | + | investigating and processing its application for a license. The 800 |
---|
| 961 | + | commissioner may retain legal, financial and examination services from 801 |
---|
| 962 | + | outside the department for the licensing and financial oversight of a 802 |
---|
| 963 | + | captive insurance company, the reasonable cost of which may be 803 |
---|
| 964 | + | charged against such company. The provisions of subdivisions (2) to (5), 804 |
---|
| 965 | + | inclusive, of subsection (k) of section 38a-14 shall apply to this 805 |
---|
| 966 | + | subdivision. 806 |
---|
| 967 | + | (2) Each captive insurance company shall pay a license fee for the first 807 |
---|
| 968 | + | year of licensure and a renewal fee for each year thereafter as set forth 808 |
---|
| 969 | + | in section 38a-11. 809 Governor's Bill No. 11 |
---|
987 | | - | subdivision. 807 |
---|
988 | | - | (2) Each captive insurance company shall pay a license fee for the first 808 |
---|
989 | | - | year of licensure and a renewal fee for each year thereafter as set forth 809 |
---|
990 | | - | in section 38a-11. 810 |
---|
991 | | - | (e) (1) If the commissioner finds that the documents and statements 811 |
---|
992 | | - | that a captive insurance company, other than a special purpose financial 812 |
---|
993 | | - | captive insurance company, has filed comply with the provisions of 813 |
---|
994 | | - | sections 38a-91aa to 38a-91tt, inclusive, as amended by this act, the 814 |
---|
995 | | - | commissioner may grant a license authorizing the company to do 815 |
---|
996 | | - | insurance business in this state until April first thereafter. The captive 816 |
---|
997 | | - | insurance company may apply to renew such license on such forms as 817 |
---|
998 | | - | the commissioner prescribes. 818 |
---|
999 | | - | (2) (A) The commissioner may grant a license authorizing a special 819 |
---|
1000 | | - | purpose financial captive insurance company to do reinsurance 820 |
---|
1001 | | - | business in this state until April first thereafter upon the commissioner's 821 |
---|
1002 | | - | finding that (i) the proposed plan of operation provides for a reasonable 822 |
---|
1003 | | - | and expected successful operation, (ii) the terms of the reinsurance 823 |
---|
1004 | | - | contract and related transactions comply with sections 38a-91aa to 38a-824 |
---|
1005 | | - | 91tt, inclusive, as amended by this act, (iii) the proposed plan of 825 |
---|
1006 | | - | operation is not hazardous to any ceding insurer, and (iv) the insurance 826 |
---|
1007 | | - | regulator of the state of domicile of each ceding insurer has notified the 827 |
---|
1008 | | - | commissioner in writing or has otherwise provided assurance 828 |
---|
1009 | | - | satisfactory to the commissioner that such regulator has approved or 829 |
---|
1010 | | - | has not disapproved the transaction, provided the commissioner shall 830 |
---|
1011 | | - | not be precluded from issuing a license to a special purpose financial 831 |
---|
1012 | | - | captive insurance company if such regulator has not responded with 832 |
---|
1013 | | - | respect to all or any part of the transaction. 833 |
---|
1014 | | - | (B) In conjunction with granting such license, the commissioner may 834 |
---|
1015 | | - | issue an order to the special purpose financial captive insurance 835 |
---|
1016 | | - | company of any additional provisions, terms or conditions regarding 836 |
---|
1017 | | - | the organization, licensing or operation of such company that are not 837 |
---|
1018 | | - | inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter and are deemed 838 Substitute Bill No. 11 |
---|
| 973 | + | LCO No. 641 28 of 39 |
---|
| 974 | + | |
---|
| 975 | + | (e) (1) If the commissioner finds that the documents and statements 810 |
---|
| 976 | + | that a captive insurance company, other than a special purpose financial 811 |
---|
| 977 | + | captive insurance company, has filed comply with the provisions of 812 |
---|
| 978 | + | sections 38a-91aa to 38a-91tt, inclusive, as amended by this act, the 813 |
---|
| 979 | + | commissioner may grant a license authorizing the company to do 814 |
---|
| 980 | + | insurance business in this state until April first thereafter. The captive 815 |
---|
| 981 | + | insurance company may apply to renew such license on such forms as 816 |
---|
| 982 | + | the commissioner prescribes. 817 |
---|
| 983 | + | (2) (A) The commissioner may grant a license authorizing a special 818 |
---|
| 984 | + | purpose financial captive insurance company to do reinsurance 819 |
---|
| 985 | + | business in this state until April first thereafter upon the commissioner's 820 |
---|
| 986 | + | finding that (i) the proposed plan of operation provides for a reasonable 821 |
---|
| 987 | + | and expected successful operation, (ii) the terms of the reinsurance 822 |
---|
| 988 | + | contract and related transactions comply with sections 38a-91aa to 38a-823 |
---|
| 989 | + | 91tt, inclusive, as amended by this act, (iii) the proposed plan of 824 |
---|
| 990 | + | operation is not hazardous to any ceding insurer, and (iv) the insurance 825 |
---|
| 991 | + | regulator of the state of domicile of each ceding insurer has notified the 826 |
---|
| 992 | + | commissioner in writing or has otherwise provided assurance 827 |
---|
| 993 | + | satisfactory to the commissioner that such regulator has approved or 828 |
---|
| 994 | + | has not disapproved the transaction, provided the commissioner shall 829 |
---|
| 995 | + | not be precluded from issuing a license to a special purpose financial 830 |
---|
| 996 | + | captive insurance company if such regulator has not responded with 831 |
---|
| 997 | + | respect to all or any part of the transaction. 832 |
---|
| 998 | + | (B) In conjunction with granting such license, the commissioner may 833 |
---|
| 999 | + | issue an order to the special purpose financial captive insurance 834 |
---|
| 1000 | + | company of any additional provisions, terms or conditions regarding 835 |
---|
| 1001 | + | the organization, licensing or operation of such company that are not 836 |
---|
| 1002 | + | inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter and are deemed 837 |
---|
| 1003 | + | appropriate by the commissioner. 838 |
---|
| 1004 | + | (3) The commissioner shall not grant a license to a branch captive 839 |
---|
| 1005 | + | insurance company unless the alien captive insurance company or 840 |
---|
| 1006 | + | foreign captive insurance company grants the commissioner authority 841 |
---|
| 1007 | + | to examine the alien captive insurance company or foreign captive 842 Governor's Bill No. 11 |
---|
1025 | | - | appropriate by the commissioner. 839 |
---|
1026 | | - | (3) The commissioner shall not grant a license to a branch captive 840 |
---|
1027 | | - | insurance company unless the alien captive insurance company or 841 |
---|
1028 | | - | foreign captive insurance company grants the commissioner authority 842 |
---|
1029 | | - | to examine the alien captive insurance company or foreign captive 843 |
---|
1030 | | - | insurance company in the jurisdiction in which the alien captive 844 |
---|
1031 | | - | insurance company or foreign captive insurance company is formed, 845 |
---|
1032 | | - | operates or maintains books and records. 846 |
---|
1033 | | - | Sec. 9. Section 38a-91dd of the general statutes is repealed and the 847 |
---|
1034 | | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): 848 |
---|
1035 | | - | (a) (1) [The Insurance Commissioner] Except as provided in 849 |
---|
1036 | | - | subdivision (3) of this subsection, the commissioner shall not issue a 850 |
---|
1037 | | - | license to a captive insurance company or allow the company to retain 851 |
---|
1038 | | - | such license unless the company has and maintains unimpaired paid-in 852 |
---|
1039 | | - | capital and surplus of: 853 |
---|
1040 | | - | (A) In the case of a pure captive insurance company, not less than 854 |
---|
1041 | | - | [two hundred fifty thousand dollars;] the greater of: 855 |
---|
1042 | | - | (i) Fifty thousand dollars; or 856 |
---|
1043 | | - | (ii) An amount that the commissioner determines is necessary for the 857 |
---|
1044 | | - | pure captive insurance company to meet such pure captive insurance 858 |
---|
1045 | | - | company's policy obligations; 859 |
---|
1046 | | - | (B) In the case of an association captive insurance company, not less 860 |
---|
1047 | | - | than [five hundred thousand dollars;] the greater of: 861 |
---|
1048 | | - | (i) Two hundred fifty thousand dollars; or 862 |
---|
1049 | | - | (ii) An amount that the commissioner determines is necessary for the 863 |
---|
1050 | | - | association captive insurance company to meet such association captive 864 |
---|
1051 | | - | insurance company's policy obligations; 865 |
---|
1052 | | - | (C) In the case of an industrial insured captive insurance company, 866 Substitute Bill No. 11 |
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| 1011 | + | LCO No. 641 29 of 39 |
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| 1012 | + | |
---|
| 1013 | + | insurance company in the jurisdiction in which the alien captive 843 |
---|
| 1014 | + | insurance company or foreign captive insurance company is formed, 844 |
---|
| 1015 | + | operates or maintains books and records. 845 |
---|
| 1016 | + | Sec. 9. Section 38a-91dd of the general statutes is repealed and the 846 |
---|
| 1017 | + | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): 847 |
---|
| 1018 | + | (a) (1) [The Insurance Commissioner] Except as provided in 848 |
---|
| 1019 | + | subdivision (3) of this subsection, the commissioner shall not issue a 849 |
---|
| 1020 | + | license to a captive insurance company or allow the company to retain 850 |
---|
| 1021 | + | such license unless the company has and maintains unimpaired paid-in 851 |
---|
| 1022 | + | capital and surplus of: 852 |
---|
| 1023 | + | (A) In the case of a pure captive insurance company, not less than 853 |
---|
| 1024 | + | [two hundred fifty thousand dollars;] the greater of: 854 |
---|
| 1025 | + | (i) Fifty thousand dollars; or 855 |
---|
| 1026 | + | (ii) An amount that the commissioner determines is necessary for the 856 |
---|
| 1027 | + | pure captive insurance company to meet such pure captive insurance 857 |
---|
| 1028 | + | company's policy obligations; 858 |
---|
| 1029 | + | (B) In the case of an association captive insurance company, not less 859 |
---|
| 1030 | + | than [five hundred thousand dollars;] the greater of: 860 |
---|
| 1031 | + | (i) Two hundred fifty thousand dollars; or 861 |
---|
| 1032 | + | (ii) An amount that the commissioner determines is necessary for the 862 |
---|
| 1033 | + | association captive insurance company to meet such association captive 863 |
---|
| 1034 | + | insurance company's policy obligations; 864 |
---|
| 1035 | + | (C) In the case of an industrial insured captive insurance company, 865 |
---|
| 1036 | + | not less than [five hundred thousand dollars;] the greater of: 866 |
---|
| 1037 | + | (i) Two hundred fifty thousand dollars; or 867 |
---|
| 1038 | + | (ii) An amount that the commissioner determines is necessary for the 868 |
---|
| 1039 | + | industrial insured captive insurance company to meet such industrial 869 |
---|
| 1040 | + | insured captive insurance company's policy obligations; 870 Governor's Bill No. 11 |
---|
1059 | | - | not less than [five hundred thousand dollars;] the greater of: 867 |
---|
1060 | | - | (i) Two hundred fifty thousand dollars; or 868 |
---|
1061 | | - | (ii) An amount that the commissioner determines is necessary for the 869 |
---|
1062 | | - | industrial insured captive insurance company to meet such industrial 870 |
---|
1063 | | - | insured captive insurance company's policy obligations; 871 |
---|
1064 | | - | (D) In the case of a risk retention group, not less than one million 872 |
---|
1065 | | - | dollars; 873 |
---|
1066 | | - | (E) In the case of a sponsored captive insurance company, not less 874 |
---|
1067 | | - | than [two hundred twenty-five thousand dollars;] the greater of: 875 |
---|
1068 | | - | (i) Seventy-five thousand dollars; or 876 |
---|
1069 | | - | (ii) An amount that the commissioner determines is necessary for the 877 |
---|
1070 | | - | sponsored captive insurance company to meet such sponsored captive 878 |
---|
1071 | | - | insurance company's policy obligations; 879 |
---|
1072 | | - | (F) In the case of a special purpose financial captive insurance 880 |
---|
1073 | | - | company, not less than [two hundred fifty thousand dollars;] the greater 881 |
---|
1074 | | - | of: 882 |
---|
1075 | | - | (i) Two hundred fifty thousand dollars; or 883 |
---|
1076 | | - | (ii) An amount that the commissioner determines is necessary for the 884 |
---|
1077 | | - | special purpose financial captive insurance company to meet such 885 |
---|
1078 | | - | special purpose financial captive insurance company's policy 886 |
---|
1079 | | - | obligations; 887 |
---|
1080 | | - | (G) In the case of a sponsored captive insurance company licensed as 888 |
---|
1081 | | - | a special purpose financial captive insurance company, not less than 889 |
---|
1082 | | - | [five hundred thousand dollars;] the greater of: 890 |
---|
1083 | | - | (i) Two hundred fifty thousand dollars; or 891 |
---|
1084 | | - | (ii) An amount that the commissioner determines is necessary for 892 Substitute Bill No. 11 |
---|
| 1044 | + | LCO No. 641 30 of 39 |
---|
| 1045 | + | |
---|
| 1046 | + | (D) In the case of a risk retention group, not less than one million 871 |
---|
| 1047 | + | dollars; 872 |
---|
| 1048 | + | (E) In the case of a sponsored captive insurance company, not less 873 |
---|
| 1049 | + | than [two hundred twenty-five thousand dollars;] the greater of: 874 |
---|
| 1050 | + | (i) Seventy-five thousand dollars; or 875 |
---|
| 1051 | + | (ii) An amount that the commissioner determines is necessary for the 876 |
---|
| 1052 | + | sponsored captive insurance company to meet such sponsored captive 877 |
---|
| 1053 | + | insurance company's policy obligations; 878 |
---|
| 1054 | + | (F) In the case of a special purpose financial captive insurance 879 |
---|
| 1055 | + | company, not less than [two hundred fifty thousand dollars;] the greater 880 |
---|
| 1056 | + | of: 881 |
---|
| 1057 | + | (i) Two hundred fifty thousand dollars; or 882 |
---|
| 1058 | + | (ii) An amount that the commissioner determines is necessary for the 883 |
---|
| 1059 | + | special purpose financial captive insurance company to meet such 884 |
---|
| 1060 | + | special purpose financial captive insurance company's policy 885 |
---|
| 1061 | + | obligations; 886 |
---|
| 1062 | + | (G) In the case of a sponsored captive insurance company licensed as 887 |
---|
| 1063 | + | a special purpose financial captive insurance company, not less than 888 |
---|
| 1064 | + | [five hundred thousand dollars;] the greater of: 889 |
---|
| 1065 | + | (i) Two hundred fifty thousand dollars; or 890 |
---|
| 1066 | + | (ii) An amount that the commissioner determines is necessary for 891 |
---|
| 1067 | + | such captive insurance company to meet such captive insurance 892 |
---|
| 1068 | + | company's policy obligations; and 893 |
---|
| 1069 | + | (H) In the case of an agency captive insurance company, not less than 894 |
---|
| 1070 | + | [five hundred thousand dollars] the greater of: 895 |
---|
| 1071 | + | (i) Two hundred fifty thousand dollars; or 896 |
---|
| 1072 | + | (ii) An amount that the commissioner determines is necessary for the 897 Governor's Bill No. 11 |
---|
1091 | | - | such captive insurance company to meet such captive insurance 893 |
---|
1092 | | - | company's policy obligations; and 894 |
---|
1093 | | - | (H) In the case of an agency captive insurance company, not less than 895 |
---|
1094 | | - | [five hundred thousand dollars] the greater of: 896 |
---|
1095 | | - | (i) Two hundred fifty thousand dollars; or 897 |
---|
1096 | | - | (ii) An amount that the commissioner determines is necessary for the 898 |
---|
1097 | | - | agency captive insurance company to meet such agency captive 899 |
---|
1098 | | - | insurance company's policy obligations. 900 |
---|
1099 | | - | (2) (A) The [Insurance Commissioner] commissioner shall not issue a 901 |
---|
1100 | | - | license to a branch captive insurance company or allow the branch 902 |
---|
1101 | | - | captive insurance company to retain such license unless the branch 903 |
---|
1102 | | - | captive insurance company has and maintains, as security for the 904 |
---|
1103 | | - | payment of liabilities attributable to the branch operations: 905 |
---|
1104 | | - | (i) Not less than [two hundred fifty thousand dollars;] the greater of: 906 |
---|
1105 | | - | (I) Fifty thousand dollars; or 907 |
---|
1106 | | - | (II) An amount that the commissioner determines is necessary to 908 |
---|
1107 | | - | secure the payment of liabilities attributable to the branch captive 909 |
---|
1108 | | - | insurance company's operations; and 910 |
---|
1109 | | - | (ii) Reserves on such insurance policies or such reinsurance contracts 911 |
---|
1110 | | - | as may be issued or assumed by the branch captive insurance company 912 |
---|
1111 | | - | through its branch operations, including reserves for losses, allocated 913 |
---|
1112 | | - | loss adjustment expenses, incurred but not reported losses and 914 |
---|
1113 | | - | unearned premiums with regard to business written through the branch 915 |
---|
1114 | | - | operations. The commissioner may permit a branch captive insurance 916 |
---|
1115 | | - | company to credit against any such reserves any [security for loss 917 |
---|
1116 | | - | reserves that the branch captive insurance company posts with a ceding 918 |
---|
1117 | | - | insurer or is posted by a reinsurer with the branch captive insurance 919 |
---|
1118 | | - | company, so long as such security remains posted] assets belonging to: 920 Substitute Bill No. 11 |
---|
| 1076 | + | LCO No. 641 31 of 39 |
---|
| 1077 | + | |
---|
| 1078 | + | agency captive insurance company to meet such agency captive 898 |
---|
| 1079 | + | insurance company's policy obligations. 899 |
---|
| 1080 | + | (2) (A) The [Insurance Commissioner] commissioner shall not issue a 900 |
---|
| 1081 | + | license to a branch captive insurance company or allow the branch 901 |
---|
| 1082 | + | captive insurance company to retain such license unless the branch 902 |
---|
| 1083 | + | captive insurance company has and maintains, as security for the 903 |
---|
| 1084 | + | payment of liabilities attributable to the branch operations: 904 |
---|
| 1085 | + | (i) Not less than [two hundred fifty thousand dollars;] the greater of: 905 |
---|
| 1086 | + | (I) Fifty thousand dollars; or 906 |
---|
| 1087 | + | (II) An amount that the commissioner determines is necessary to 907 |
---|
| 1088 | + | secure the payment of liabilities attributable to the branch captive 908 |
---|
| 1089 | + | insurance company's operations; and 909 |
---|
| 1090 | + | (ii) Reserves on such insurance policies or such reinsurance contracts 910 |
---|
| 1091 | + | as may be issued or assumed by the branch captive insurance company 911 |
---|
| 1092 | + | through its branch operations, including reserves for losses, allocated 912 |
---|
| 1093 | + | loss adjustment expenses, incurred but not reported losses and 913 |
---|
| 1094 | + | unearned premiums with regard to business written through the branch 914 |
---|
| 1095 | + | operations. The commissioner may permit a branch captive insurance 915 |
---|
| 1096 | + | company to credit against any such reserves any [security for loss 916 |
---|
| 1097 | + | reserves that the branch captive insurance company posts with a ceding 917 |
---|
| 1098 | + | insurer or is posted by a reinsurer with the branch captive insurance 918 |
---|
| 1099 | + | company, so long as such security remains posted] assets belonging to: 919 |
---|
| 1100 | + | (I) The branch captive insurance company that are held in trust for, 920 |
---|
| 1101 | + | or otherwise segregated or controlled by, a ceding insurer, that secure 921 |
---|
| 1102 | + | the branch captive insurance company's reinsurance obligations to the 922 |
---|
| 1103 | + | ceding insurer; or 923 |
---|
| 1104 | + | (II) A reinsurer that are held in trust for, or otherwise under the 924 |
---|
| 1105 | + | control of, the branch captive insurance company, that secure the 925 |
---|
| 1106 | + | reinsurer's reinsurance obligations to the branch captive insurance 926 |
---|
| 1107 | + | company. 927 Governor's Bill No. 11 |
---|
1125 | | - | (I) The branch captive insurance company that are held in trust for, 921 |
---|
1126 | | - | or otherwise segregated or controlled by, a ceding insurer, that secure 922 |
---|
1127 | | - | the branch captive insurance company's reinsurance obligations to the 923 |
---|
1128 | | - | ceding insurer; or 924 |
---|
1129 | | - | (II) A reinsurer that are held in trust for, or otherwise under the 925 |
---|
1130 | | - | control of, the branch captive insurance company, that secure the 926 |
---|
1131 | | - | reinsurer's reinsurance obligations to the branch captive insurance 927 |
---|
1132 | | - | company. 928 |
---|
1133 | | - | (B) The amounts required under subparagraph (A) of this 929 |
---|
1134 | | - | subdivision may be held, with the prior approval of the commissioner, 930 |
---|
1135 | | - | in the form of: 931 |
---|
1136 | | - | (i) [a] A trust formed under a trust agreement and funded by assets 932 |
---|
1137 | | - | acceptable to the commissioner; [,] 933 |
---|
1138 | | - | (ii) [an] An irrevocable letter of credit issued or confirmed by a bank 934 |
---|
1139 | | - | approved by the commissioner; [,] 935 |
---|
1140 | | - | (iii) [with] With respect to the amount required under subparagraph 936 |
---|
1141 | | - | (A)(i) of this subdivision only, cash on deposit with the commissioner; 937 |
---|
1142 | | - | [,] or 938 |
---|
1143 | | - | (iv) [any] Any combination [thereof] of the forms described in 939 |
---|
1144 | | - | subparagraphs (B)(i) to (B)(iii), inclusive, of this subdivision. 940 |
---|
1145 | | - | (3) The commissioner may exempt a branch captive insurance 941 |
---|
1146 | | - | company from the provisions of subdivisions (1) and (2) of this 942 |
---|
1147 | | - | subsection if the branch captive insurance company is a foreign captive 943 |
---|
1148 | | - | insurance company and the commissioner, in the commissioner's 944 |
---|
1149 | | - | discretion, determines that the branch captive insurance company is 945 |
---|
1150 | | - | financially stable. 946 |
---|
1151 | | - | [(b) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with 947 |
---|
1152 | | - | chapter 54, to establish additional capital and surplus requirements 948 |
---|
1153 | | - | based upon the type, volume and nature of insurance business 949 Substitute Bill No. 11 |
---|
| 1111 | + | LCO No. 641 32 of 39 |
---|
| 1112 | + | |
---|
| 1113 | + | (B) The amounts required under subparagraph (A) of this 928 |
---|
| 1114 | + | subdivision may be held, with the prior approval of the commissioner, 929 |
---|
| 1115 | + | in the form of: 930 |
---|
| 1116 | + | (i) [a] A trust formed under a trust agreement and funded by assets 931 |
---|
| 1117 | + | acceptable to the commissioner; [,] 932 |
---|
| 1118 | + | (ii) [an] An irrevocable letter of credit issued or confirmed by a bank 933 |
---|
| 1119 | + | approved by the commissioner; [,] 934 |
---|
| 1120 | + | (iii) [with] With respect to the amount required under subparagraph 935 |
---|
| 1121 | + | (A)(i) of this subdivision only, cash on deposit with the commissioner; 936 |
---|
| 1122 | + | [,] or 937 |
---|
| 1123 | + | (iv) [any] Any combination [thereof] of the forms described in 938 |
---|
| 1124 | + | subparagraphs (B)(i) to (B)(iii), inclusive, of this subdivision. 939 |
---|
| 1125 | + | (3) The commissioner may exempt a branch captive insurance 940 |
---|
| 1126 | + | company from the provisions of subdivisions (1) and (2) of this 941 |
---|
| 1127 | + | subsection if the branch captive insurance company is a foreign captive 942 |
---|
| 1128 | + | insurance company and the commissioner, in the commissioner's 943 |
---|
| 1129 | + | discretion, determines that the branch captive insurance company is 944 |
---|
| 1130 | + | financially stable. 945 |
---|
| 1131 | + | [(b) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with 946 |
---|
| 1132 | + | chapter 54, to establish additional capital and surplus requirements 947 |
---|
| 1133 | + | based upon the type, volume and nature of insurance business 948 |
---|
| 1134 | + | transacted.] 949 |
---|
| 1135 | + | [(c)] (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the 950 |
---|
| 1136 | + | commissioner shall have the discretion to allow a captive insurance 951 |
---|
| 1137 | + | company, other than a captive insurance company organized as a risk 952 |
---|
| 1138 | + | retention group, to maintain less than the required unimpaired paid-in 953 |
---|
| 1139 | + | capital and surplus set forth in subsection (a) of this section. The 954 |
---|
| 1140 | + | commissioner shall consider the type, volume and nature of the 955 |
---|
| 1141 | + | insurance or reinsurance business transacted by such a captive 956 |
---|
| 1142 | + | insurance company in establishing the amount of unimpaired paid-in 957 Governor's Bill No. 11 |
---|
1160 | | - | transacted.] 950 |
---|
1161 | | - | [(c)] (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the 951 |
---|
1162 | | - | commissioner shall have the discretion to allow a captive insurance 952 |
---|
1163 | | - | company, other than a captive insurance company organized as a risk 953 |
---|
1164 | | - | retention group, to maintain less than the required unimpaired paid-in 954 |
---|
1165 | | - | capital and surplus set forth in subsection (a) of this section. The 955 |
---|
1166 | | - | commissioner shall consider the type, volume and nature of the 956 |
---|
1167 | | - | insurance or reinsurance business transacted by such a captive 957 |
---|
1168 | | - | insurance company in establishing the amount of unimpaired paid-in 958 |
---|
1169 | | - | capital and surplus the company is required to maintain. 959 |
---|
1170 | | - | [(d)] (c) Except as specified in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this 960 |
---|
1171 | | - | section, capital and surplus may be in the form of cash or an irrevocable 961 |
---|
1172 | | - | letter of credit issued by a bank approved by the commissioner. 962 |
---|
1173 | | - | (d) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with 963 |
---|
1174 | | - | chapter 54, to establish additional capital and surplus requirements 964 |
---|
1175 | | - | based upon the type, volume and nature of insurance business 965 |
---|
1176 | | - | transacted. 966 |
---|
1177 | | - | Sec. 10. Subsection (h) of section 38a-91ff of the general statutes is 967 |
---|
1178 | | - | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 968 |
---|
1179 | | - | 2022): 969 |
---|
1180 | | - | (h) In the case of a captive insurance company licensed as a branch 970 |
---|
1181 | | - | captive insurance company, the alien captive insurance company or 971 |
---|
1182 | | - | foreign captive insurance company shall petition the commissioner to 972 |
---|
1183 | | - | issue a certificate setting forth the commissioner's finding that, after 973 |
---|
1184 | | - | considering the character, reputation, financial responsibility, insurance 974 |
---|
1185 | | - | experience, and business qualifications of the officers and directors of 975 |
---|
1186 | | - | the alien captive insurance company or foreign captive insurance 976 |
---|
1187 | | - | company, the licensing and maintenance of the branch operations will 977 |
---|
1188 | | - | promote the general good of the state. The alien captive insurance 978 |
---|
1189 | | - | company or foreign captive insurance company may register to do 979 |
---|
1190 | | - | business in this state after the commissioner's certificate is issued. 980 Substitute Bill No. 11 |
---|
| 1146 | + | LCO No. 641 33 of 39 |
---|
| 1147 | + | |
---|
| 1148 | + | capital and surplus the company is required to maintain. 958 |
---|
| 1149 | + | [(d)] (c) Except as specified in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this 959 |
---|
| 1150 | + | section, capital and surplus may be in the form of cash or an irrevocable 960 |
---|
| 1151 | + | letter of credit issued by a bank approved by the commissioner. 961 |
---|
| 1152 | + | (d) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with 962 |
---|
| 1153 | + | chapter 54, to establish additional capital and surplus requirements 963 |
---|
| 1154 | + | based upon the type, volume and nature of insurance business 964 |
---|
| 1155 | + | transacted. 965 |
---|
| 1156 | + | Sec. 10. Subsection (h) of section 38a-91ff of the general statutes is 966 |
---|
| 1157 | + | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 967 |
---|
| 1158 | + | 2022): 968 |
---|
| 1159 | + | (h) In the case of a captive insurance company licensed as a branch 969 |
---|
| 1160 | + | captive insurance company, the alien captive insurance company or 970 |
---|
| 1161 | + | foreign captive insurance company shall petition the commissioner to 971 |
---|
| 1162 | + | issue a certificate setting forth the commissioner's finding that, after 972 |
---|
| 1163 | + | considering the character, reputation, financial responsibility, insurance 973 |
---|
| 1164 | + | experience, and business qualifications of the officers and directors of 974 |
---|
| 1165 | + | the alien captive insurance company or foreign captive insurance 975 |
---|
| 1166 | + | company, the licensing and maintenance of the branch operations will 976 |
---|
| 1167 | + | promote the general good of the state. The alien captive insurance 977 |
---|
| 1168 | + | company or foreign captive insurance company may register to do 978 |
---|
| 1169 | + | business in this state after the commissioner's certificate is issued. 979 |
---|
| 1170 | + | Sec. 11. Subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 38a-91gg of the 980 |
---|
| 1171 | + | general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 981 |
---|
| 1172 | + | thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): 982 |
---|
| 1173 | + | (b) (1) (A) [Prior] Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this 983 |
---|
| 1174 | + | subdivision, prior to March first of each year and, in the case of pure 984 |
---|
| 1175 | + | captive insurance companies and industrial insured captive insurance 985 |
---|
| 1176 | + | companies, prior to March fifteenth of each year, each captive insurance 986 |
---|
| 1177 | + | company [other than a branch captive insurance company shall submit 987 |
---|
| 1178 | + | to the Insurance Commissioner] shall file with the commissioner a 988 Governor's Bill No. 11 |
---|
1197 | | - | Sec. 11. Subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 38a-91gg of the 981 |
---|
1198 | | - | general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 982 |
---|
1199 | | - | thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): 983 |
---|
1200 | | - | (b) (1) (A) [Prior] Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this 984 |
---|
1201 | | - | subdivision, prior to March first of each year and, in the case of pure 985 |
---|
1202 | | - | captive insurance companies and industrial insured captive insurance 986 |
---|
1203 | | - | companies, prior to March fifteenth of each year, each captive insurance 987 |
---|
1204 | | - | company [other than a branch captive insurance company shall submit 988 |
---|
1205 | | - | to the Insurance Commissioner] shall file with the commissioner a 989 |
---|
1206 | | - | report of [its] the captive insurance company's financial condition 990 |
---|
1207 | | - | verified by oath of two [of its] executive officers of the captive insurance 991 |
---|
1208 | | - | company. The commissioner shall establish the form and content of the 992 |
---|
1209 | | - | annual report to be filed by special purpose captive insurance 993 |
---|
1210 | | - | companies. 994 |
---|
1211 | | - | (B) [In the case of branch captive insurance companies, prior to March 995 |
---|
1212 | | - | first of each year, each such] Each branch captive insurance company 996 |
---|
1213 | | - | shall [submit to] file with the commissioner a copy of all reports and 997 |
---|
1214 | | - | statements required to be filed under the laws of the jurisdiction in 998 |
---|
1215 | | - | which the alien captive insurance company or foreign captive insurance 999 |
---|
1216 | | - | company is formed. Such reports and statements shall be verified by 1000 |
---|
1217 | | - | oath of two [of its] executive officers of the branch captive insurance 1001 |
---|
1218 | | - | company and filed with the commissioner on the same day that such 1002 |
---|
1219 | | - | reports and statements must be filed in the domiciliary jurisdiction of 1003 |
---|
1220 | | - | the alien captive insurance company or foreign captive insurance 1004 |
---|
1221 | | - | company. If the commissioner is satisfied that the annual report filed by 1005 |
---|
1222 | | - | the alien captive insurance company or foreign captive insurance 1006 |
---|
1223 | | - | company in [its] the domiciliary jurisdiction of the alien captive 1007 |
---|
1224 | | - | insurance company or foreign captive insurance company provides 1008 |
---|
1225 | | - | adequate information concerning the financial condition of the alien 1009 |
---|
1226 | | - | captive insurance company or foreign captive insurance company, the 1010 |
---|
1227 | | - | commissioner may waive the requirement for completion of the [captive 1011 |
---|
1228 | | - | annual statement for business written in the alien jurisdiction] annual 1012 |
---|
1229 | | - | report required under subparagraph (A) of this subdivision. If the 1013 Substitute Bill No. 11 |
---|
| 1182 | + | LCO No. 641 34 of 39 |
---|
| 1183 | + | |
---|
| 1184 | + | report of [its] the captive insurance company's financial condition 989 |
---|
| 1185 | + | verified by oath of two [of its] executive officers of the captive insurance 990 |
---|
| 1186 | + | company. The commissioner shall establish the form and content of the 991 |
---|
| 1187 | + | annual report to be filed by special purpose captive insurance 992 |
---|
| 1188 | + | companies. 993 |
---|
| 1189 | + | (B) [In the case of branch captive insurance companies, prior to March 994 |
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| 1190 | + | first of each year, each such] Each branch captive insurance company 995 |
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| 1191 | + | shall [submit to] file with the commissioner a copy of all reports and 996 |
---|
| 1192 | + | statements required to be filed under the laws of the jurisdiction in 997 |
---|
| 1193 | + | which the alien captive insurance company or foreign captive insurance 998 |
---|
| 1194 | + | company is formed. Such reports and statements shall be verified by 999 |
---|
| 1195 | + | oath of two [of its] executive officers of the branch captive insurance 1000 |
---|
| 1196 | + | company and filed with the commissioner on the same day that such 1001 |
---|
| 1197 | + | reports and statements must be filed in the domiciliary jurisdiction of 1002 |
---|
| 1198 | + | the alien captive insurance company or foreign captive insurance 1003 |
---|
| 1199 | + | company. If the commissioner is satisfied that the annual report filed by 1004 |
---|
| 1200 | + | the alien captive insurance company or foreign captive insurance 1005 |
---|
| 1201 | + | company in [its] the domiciliary jurisdiction of the alien captive 1006 |
---|
| 1202 | + | insurance company or foreign captive insurance company provides 1007 |
---|
| 1203 | + | adequate information concerning the financial condition of the alien 1008 |
---|
| 1204 | + | captive insurance company or foreign captive insurance company, the 1009 |
---|
| 1205 | + | commissioner may waive the requirement for completion of the [captive 1010 |
---|
| 1206 | + | annual statement for business written in the alien jurisdiction] annual 1011 |
---|
| 1207 | + | report required under subparagraph (A) of this subdivision. If the 1012 |
---|
| 1208 | + | commissioner is not satisfied with such reports and statements, or if the 1013 |
---|
| 1209 | + | branch captive insurance company is not required to file such reports 1014 |
---|
| 1210 | + | and statements in the domiciliary jurisdiction of the alien captive 1015 |
---|
| 1211 | + | insurance company or foreign captive insurance company, the branch 1016 |
---|
| 1212 | + | captive insurance company shall file a report, at a time and in a form 1017 |
---|
| 1213 | + | and manner prescribed by the commissioner, that provides the 1018 |
---|
| 1214 | + | commissioner with adequate information concerning the financial 1019 |
---|
| 1215 | + | condition of the alien captive insurance company or foreign captive 1020 |
---|
| 1216 | + | insurance company. 1021 |
---|
| 1217 | + | Sec. 12. Subsection (a) of section 38a-91hh of the general statutes is 1022 Governor's Bill No. 11 |
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1236 | | - | commissioner is not satisfied with such reports and statements, or if the 1014 |
---|
1237 | | - | branch captive insurance company is not required to file such reports 1015 |
---|
1238 | | - | and statements in the domiciliary jurisdiction of the alien captive 1016 |
---|
1239 | | - | insurance company or foreign captive insurance company, the branch 1017 |
---|
1240 | | - | captive insurance company shall file a report, at a time and in a form 1018 |
---|
1241 | | - | and manner prescribed by the commissioner, that provides the 1019 |
---|
1242 | | - | commissioner with adequate information concerning the financial 1020 |
---|
1243 | | - | condition of the alien captive insurance company or foreign captive 1021 |
---|
1244 | | - | insurance company. 1022 |
---|
1245 | | - | Sec. 12. Subsection (a) of section 38a-91hh of the general statutes is 1023 |
---|
1246 | | - | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1024 |
---|
1247 | | - | 2022): 1025 |
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1248 | | - | (a) (1) [At least once every three years, and additionally whenever the 1026 |
---|
1249 | | - | Insurance Commissioner] Except as provided in subdivision (3) of this 1027 |
---|
1250 | | - | subsection, the commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall, 1028 |
---|
1251 | | - | whenever the commissioner determines it to be prudent [, the 1029 |
---|
1252 | | - | commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall visit each captive 1030 |
---|
1253 | | - | insurance company and thoroughly] but not less frequently than once 1031 |
---|
1254 | | - | every five years, inspect and examine [its] each captive insurance 1032 |
---|
1255 | | - | company's affairs to ascertain [its] the captive insurance company's 1033 |
---|
1256 | | - | financial condition, [its] the captive insurance company's ability to fulfill 1034 |
---|
1257 | | - | its obligations and whether [it] the captive insurance company has 1035 |
---|
1258 | | - | complied with the provisions of sections 38a-91aa to 38a-91tt, inclusive, 1036 |
---|
1259 | | - | as amended by this act, and any other applicable provisions of this title. 1037 |
---|
1260 | | - | [The commissioner may extend the three-year period to five years, 1038 |
---|
1261 | | - | provided a captive insurance company is subject to a comprehensive 1039 |
---|
1262 | | - | annual audit during such period by independent auditors approved by 1040 |
---|
1263 | | - | the commissioner and of a scope satisfactory to the commissioner.] 1041 |
---|
1264 | | - | (2) The examination of a branch captive insurance company pursuant 1042 |
---|
1265 | | - | to this section shall be of branch business and branch operations only, 1043 |
---|
1266 | | - | as long as the branch captive insurance company provides annually to 1044 |
---|
1267 | | - | the commissioner a certificate of compliance or its equivalent, issued by 1045 |
---|
1268 | | - | or filed with the licensing authority of the jurisdiction in which the 1046 Substitute Bill No. 11 |
---|
| 1221 | + | LCO No. 641 35 of 39 |
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| 1222 | + | |
---|
| 1223 | + | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1023 |
---|
| 1224 | + | 2022): 1024 |
---|
| 1225 | + | (a) (1) [At least once every three years, and additionally whenever the 1025 |
---|
| 1226 | + | Insurance Commissioner] Except as provided in subdivision (3) of this 1026 |
---|
| 1227 | + | subsection, the commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall, 1027 |
---|
| 1228 | + | whenever the commissioner determines it to be prudent [, the 1028 |
---|
| 1229 | + | commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall visit each captive 1029 |
---|
| 1230 | + | insurance company and thoroughly] but not less frequently than once 1030 |
---|
| 1231 | + | every five years, inspect and examine [its] each captive insurance 1031 |
---|
| 1232 | + | company's affairs to ascertain [its] the captive insurance company's 1032 |
---|
| 1233 | + | financial condition, [its] the captive insurance company's ability to fulfill 1033 |
---|
| 1234 | + | its obligations and whether [it] the captive insurance company has 1034 |
---|
| 1235 | + | complied with the provisions of sections 38a-91aa to 38a-91tt, inclusive, 1035 |
---|
| 1236 | + | as amended by this act, and any other applicable provisions of this title. 1036 |
---|
| 1237 | + | [The commissioner may extend the three-year period to five years, 1037 |
---|
| 1238 | + | provided a captive insurance company is subject to a comprehensive 1038 |
---|
| 1239 | + | annual audit during such period by independent auditors approved by 1039 |
---|
| 1240 | + | the commissioner and of a scope satisfactory to the commissioner.] 1040 |
---|
| 1241 | + | (2) The examination of a branch captive insurance company pursuant 1041 |
---|
| 1242 | + | to this section shall be of branch business and branch operations only, 1042 |
---|
| 1243 | + | as long as the branch captive insurance company provides annually to 1043 |
---|
| 1244 | + | the commissioner a certificate of compliance or its equivalent, issued by 1044 |
---|
| 1245 | + | or filed with the licensing authority of the jurisdiction in which the 1045 |
---|
| 1246 | + | branch captive insurance company is formed, and demonstrates to the 1046 |
---|
| 1247 | + | commissioner's satisfaction that [it] such branch captive insurance 1047 |
---|
| 1248 | + | company is operating in sound financial condition in accordance with 1048 |
---|
| 1249 | + | all applicable laws and regulations of such jurisdiction. 1049 |
---|
| 1250 | + | (3) The commissioner may waive the requirement that the 1050 |
---|
| 1251 | + | commissioner or the commissioner's designee inspect and examine a 1051 |
---|
| 1252 | + | captive insurance company's affairs pursuant to this subsection if the 1052 |
---|
| 1253 | + | captive insurance company is a pure captive insurance company or a 1053 |
---|
| 1254 | + | branch captive insurance company of the pure captive insurance 1054 |
---|
| 1255 | + | company. 1055 Governor's Bill No. 11 |
---|
1275 | | - | branch captive insurance company is formed, and demonstrates to the 1047 |
---|
1276 | | - | commissioner's satisfaction that [it] such branch captive insurance 1048 |
---|
1277 | | - | company is operating in sound financial condition in accordance with 1049 |
---|
1278 | | - | all applicable laws and regulations of such jurisdiction. 1050 |
---|
1279 | | - | (3) The commissioner may waive the requirement that the 1051 |
---|
1280 | | - | commissioner or the commissioner's designee inspect and examine a 1052 |
---|
1281 | | - | captive insurance company's affairs pursuant to this subsection if the 1053 |
---|
1282 | | - | captive insurance company is a pure captive insurance company or a 1054 |
---|
1283 | | - | branch captive insurance company of the pure captive insurance 1055 |
---|
1284 | | - | company. 1056 |
---|
1285 | | - | Sec. 13. Subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 38a-91ii of the 1057 |
---|
1286 | | - | general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 1058 |
---|
1287 | | - | thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): 1059 |
---|
1288 | | - | (a) (1) The commissioner may, at any time, for cause, suspend, revoke 1060 |
---|
1289 | | - | or refuse to renew any license of a captive insurance company, or in lieu 1061 |
---|
1290 | | - | of or in addition to suspension or revocation of such license, the 1062 |
---|
1291 | | - | commissioner, after reasonable notice to and hearing of any holder of 1063 |
---|
1292 | | - | such license, may impose a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars. Such 1064 |
---|
1293 | | - | hearings may be held by the commissioner or any person designated by 1065 |
---|
1294 | | - | the commissioner. For purposes of this subsection, cause for such 1066 |
---|
1295 | | - | administrative action shall include, but not be limited to, the following 1067 |
---|
1296 | | - | reasons: (A) Insolvency or impairment of capital or surplus; (B) failure 1068 |
---|
1297 | | - | to meet the requirements of section 38a-91dd, as amended by this act; 1069 |
---|
1298 | | - | (C) refusal or failure to [submit] file an annual report, as required by 1070 |
---|
1299 | | - | section 38a-91gg, as amended by this act, or any other report or 1071 |
---|
1300 | | - | statement required by law or by lawful order of the commissioner; (D) 1072 |
---|
1301 | | - | failure to comply with the provisions of its own charter, bylaws or other 1073 |
---|
1302 | | - | organizational document; (E) failure to submit to or pay the cost of 1074 |
---|
1303 | | - | examination or any legal obligation relative thereto; (F) use of methods 1075 |
---|
1304 | | - | that, although not otherwise specifically prohibited by law, nevertheless 1076 |
---|
1305 | | - | render its operation detrimental or its condition unsound with respect 1077 |
---|
1306 | | - | to the public or to its policyholders; or (G) failure otherwise to comply 1078 |
---|
1307 | | - | with the laws of this state. 1079 Substitute Bill No. 11 |
---|
| 1259 | + | LCO No. 641 36 of 39 |
---|
| 1260 | + | |
---|
| 1261 | + | Sec. 13. Subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 38a-91ii of the 1056 |
---|
| 1262 | + | general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 1057 |
---|
| 1263 | + | thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): 1058 |
---|
| 1264 | + | (a) (1) The commissioner may, at any time, for cause, suspend, revoke 1059 |
---|
| 1265 | + | or refuse to renew any license of a captive insurance company, or in lieu 1060 |
---|
| 1266 | + | of or in addition to suspension or revocation of such license, the 1061 |
---|
| 1267 | + | commissioner, after reasonable notice to and hearing of any holder of 1062 |
---|
| 1268 | + | such license, may impose a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars. Such 1063 |
---|
| 1269 | + | hearings may be held by the commissioner or any person designated by 1064 |
---|
| 1270 | + | the commissioner. For purposes of this subsection, cause for such 1065 |
---|
| 1271 | + | administrative action shall include, but not be limited to, the following 1066 |
---|
| 1272 | + | reasons: (A) Insolvency or impairment of capital or surplus; (B) failure 1067 |
---|
| 1273 | + | to meet the requirements of section 38a-91dd, as amended by this act; 1068 |
---|
| 1274 | + | (C) refusal or failure to [submit] file an annual report, as required by 1069 |
---|
| 1275 | + | section 38a-91gg, as amended by this act, or any other report or 1070 |
---|
| 1276 | + | statement required by law or by lawful order of the commissioner; (D) 1071 |
---|
| 1277 | + | failure to comply with the provisions of its own charter, bylaws or other 1072 |
---|
| 1278 | + | organizational document; (E) failure to submit to or pay the cost of 1073 |
---|
| 1279 | + | examination or any legal obligation relative thereto; (F) use of methods 1074 |
---|
| 1280 | + | that, although not otherwise specifically prohibited by law, nevertheless 1075 |
---|
| 1281 | + | render its operation detrimental or its condition unsound with respect 1076 |
---|
| 1282 | + | to the public or to its policyholders; or (G) failure otherwise to comply 1077 |
---|
| 1283 | + | with the laws of this state. 1078 |
---|
| 1284 | + | Sec. 14. Subsection (a) of section 38a-91kk of the general statutes is 1079 |
---|
| 1285 | + | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1080 |
---|
| 1286 | + | 2022): 1081 |
---|
| 1287 | + | (a) Any captive insurance company may assume reinsurance from 1082 |
---|
| 1288 | + | any other insurer. [only on risks that such company is authorized to 1083 |
---|
| 1289 | + | write directly.] 1084 |
---|
| 1290 | + | Sec. 15. Section 38a-91qq of the general statutes is repealed and the 1085 |
---|
| 1291 | + | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): 1086 |
---|
| 1292 | + | The [Insurance Commissioner] commissioner may adopt regulations, 1087 Governor's Bill No. 11 |
---|
1314 | | - | Sec. 14. Subsection (a) of section 38a-91kk of the general statutes is 1080 |
---|
1315 | | - | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1081 |
---|
1316 | | - | 2022): 1082 |
---|
1317 | | - | (a) Any captive insurance company may assume reinsurance from 1083 |
---|
1318 | | - | any other insurer. [only on risks that such company is authorized to 1084 |
---|
1319 | | - | write directly.] 1085 |
---|
1320 | | - | Sec. 15. Section 38a-91qq of the general statutes is repealed and the 1086 |
---|
1321 | | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): 1087 |
---|
1322 | | - | The [Insurance Commissioner] commissioner may adopt regulations, 1088 |
---|
1323 | | - | in accordance with chapter 54, as are necessary to carry out the 1089 |
---|
1324 | | - | provisions of sections 38a-91aa to [38a-91tt] 38a-91uu, inclusive, as 1090 |
---|
1325 | | - | amended by this act, and sections 38a-91ww and 38a-91xx and to 1091 |
---|
1326 | | - | establish standards to ensure that a parent or affiliated company is able 1092 |
---|
1327 | | - | to exercise control of the risk management function of any controlled 1093 |
---|
1328 | | - | unaffiliated business to be insured by a pure captive insurance 1094 |
---|
1329 | | - | company, an industrial insured captive insurance company or a 1095 |
---|
1330 | | - | sponsored captive insurance company, except that until such 1096 |
---|
1331 | | - | regulations are approved, the commissioner may approve the coverage 1097 |
---|
1332 | | - | of such risks by a pure captive insurance company, an industrial insured 1098 |
---|
1333 | | - | captive insurance company or a sponsored captive insurance company. 1099 |
---|
1334 | | - | Sec. 16. Subparagraph (A) of subdivision (2) of subsection (g) of 1100 |
---|
1335 | | - | section 38a-91ss of the general statutes is repealed and the following is 1101 |
---|
1336 | | - | substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): 1102 |
---|
1337 | | - | (A) Proceeds from a special purpose financial captive insurance 1103 |
---|
1338 | | - | company securitization or letters of credit or other assets described in 1104 |
---|
1339 | | - | subdivision [(18)] (19) of section 38a-91aa, as amended by this act; 1105 |
---|
1340 | | - | Sec. 17. Subsections (b) and (c) of section 38a-91uu of the general 1106 |
---|
1341 | | - | statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 1107 |
---|
1342 | | - | (Effective July 1, 2022): 1108 |
---|
1343 | | - | (b) A dormant captive insurance company that is domiciled in this 1109 Substitute Bill No. 11 |
---|
| 1296 | + | LCO No. 641 37 of 39 |
---|
| 1297 | + | |
---|
| 1298 | + | in accordance with chapter 54, as are necessary to carry out the 1088 |
---|
| 1299 | + | provisions of sections 38a-91aa to [38a-91tt] 38a-91uu, inclusive, as 1089 |
---|
| 1300 | + | amended by this act, and sections 38a-91ww and 38a-91xx and to 1090 |
---|
| 1301 | + | establish standards to ensure that a parent or affiliated company is able 1091 |
---|
| 1302 | + | to exercise control of the risk management function of any controlled 1092 |
---|
| 1303 | + | unaffiliated business to be insured by a pure captive insurance 1093 |
---|
| 1304 | + | company, an industrial insured captive insurance company or a 1094 |
---|
| 1305 | + | sponsored captive insurance company, except that until such 1095 |
---|
| 1306 | + | regulations are approved, the commissioner may approve the coverage 1096 |
---|
| 1307 | + | of such risks by a pure captive insurance company, an industrial insured 1097 |
---|
| 1308 | + | captive insurance company or a sponsored captive insurance company. 1098 |
---|
| 1309 | + | Sec. 16. Subparagraph (A) of subdivision (2) of subsection (g) of 1099 |
---|
| 1310 | + | section 38a-91ss of the general statutes is repealed and the following is 1100 |
---|
| 1311 | + | substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): 1101 |
---|
| 1312 | + | (A) Proceeds from a special purpose financial captive insurance 1102 |
---|
| 1313 | + | company securitization or letters of credit or other assets described in 1103 |
---|
| 1314 | + | subdivision [(18)] (19) of section 38a-91aa, as amended by this act; 1104 |
---|
| 1315 | + | Sec. 17. Subsections (b) and (c) of section 38a-91uu of the general 1105 |
---|
| 1316 | + | statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 1106 |
---|
| 1317 | + | (Effective July 1, 2022): 1107 |
---|
| 1318 | + | (b) A dormant captive insurance company that is domiciled in this 1108 |
---|
| 1319 | + | state may apply to the Insurance Commissioner for a certificate of 1109 |
---|
| 1320 | + | dormancy. The certificate of dormancy shall be subject to renewal once 1110 |
---|
| 1321 | + | every [two] five years, and shall be forfeited if the dormant captive 1111 |
---|
| 1322 | + | insurance company commences transacting insurance business or fails 1112 |
---|
| 1323 | + | to timely renew such certificate. 1113 |
---|
| 1324 | + | (c) A dormant captive insurance company that has been issued a 1114 |
---|
| 1325 | + | certificate of dormancy shall: 1115 |
---|
| 1326 | + | (1) Possess and maintain unimpaired, paid-in capital and surplus of 1116 |
---|
| 1327 | + | not less than [twenty-five] fifteen thousand dollars, provided such 1117 |
---|
| 1328 | + | dormant captive insurance company shall not be required to add capital 1118 Governor's Bill No. 11 |
---|
1350 | | - | state may apply to the Insurance Commissioner for a certificate of 1110 |
---|
1351 | | - | dormancy. The certificate of dormancy shall be subject to renewal once 1111 |
---|
1352 | | - | every [two] five years, and shall be forfeited if the dormant captive 1112 |
---|
1353 | | - | insurance company commences transacting insurance business or fails 1113 |
---|
1354 | | - | to timely renew such certificate. 1114 |
---|
1355 | | - | (c) A dormant captive insurance company that has been issued a 1115 |
---|
1356 | | - | certificate of dormancy shall: 1116 |
---|
1357 | | - | (1) Possess and maintain unimpaired, paid-in capital and surplus of 1117 |
---|
1358 | | - | not less than [twenty-five] fifteen thousand dollars, provided such 1118 |
---|
1359 | | - | dormant captive insurance company shall not be required to add capital 1119 |
---|
1360 | | - | upon entering dormancy if such dormant captive insurance company 1120 |
---|
1361 | | - | was never capitalized; 1121 |
---|
1362 | | - | (2) Not later than March [15, 2018] fifteenth, annually, submit to the 1122 |
---|
1363 | | - | commissioner a report on the financial condition of such company, 1123 |
---|
1364 | | - | verified by oath of two executive officers of such company, in such form 1124 |
---|
1365 | | - | as the commissioner prescribes; and 1125 |
---|
1366 | | - | (3) Pay the license renewal fee specified in section 38a-11 for a captive 1126 |
---|
1367 | | - | insurance company. 1127 |
---|
1368 | | - | Sec. 18. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2023) (a) There is established an 1128 |
---|
1369 | | - | account to be known as the "children's trust account" which shall be a 1129 |
---|
1370 | | - | separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account 1130 |
---|
1371 | | - | shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. 1131 |
---|
1372 | | - | (b) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and each fiscal year 1132 |
---|
1373 | | - | thereafter, an amount equal to the percentage remaining after the 1133 |
---|
1374 | | - | amounts have been calculated pursuant section 2-33c of the general 1134 |
---|
1375 | | - | statutes shall be transferred from the resources of the General Fund to 1135 |
---|
1376 | | - | the children's trust account. 1136 |
---|
1377 | | - | Sec. 19. Section 431 of public act 21-2 of the June special session is 1137 |
---|
1378 | | - | repealed. (Effective from passage) 1138 Substitute Bill No. 11 |
---|
| 1332 | + | LCO No. 641 38 of 39 |
---|
1385 | 1344 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
---|
1386 | 1345 | | sections: |
---|
1387 | 1346 | | |
---|
1388 | 1347 | | Section 1 from passage 12-704c(b) |
---|
1389 | 1348 | | Sec. 2 from passage 12-701(a)(20)(B) |
---|
1390 | 1349 | | Sec. 3 from passage and |
---|
1391 | 1350 | | applicable to calendar and |
---|
1392 | 1351 | | income years commencing |
---|
1393 | 1352 | | on or after January 1, 2022 |
---|
1394 | 1353 | | 12-217qq |
---|
1395 | 1354 | | Sec. 4 from passage PA 21-2 of the June Sp. |
---|
1396 | 1355 | | Sess., Sec. 453 |
---|
1397 | 1356 | | Sec. 5 from passage New section |
---|
1398 | 1357 | | Sec. 6 July 1, 2022 38a-91aa |
---|
1399 | 1358 | | Sec. 7 July 1, 2022 New section |
---|
1400 | 1359 | | Sec. 8 July 1, 2022 38a-91bb |
---|
1401 | 1360 | | Sec. 9 July 1, 2022 38a-91dd |
---|
1402 | 1361 | | Sec. 10 July 1, 2022 38a-91ff(h) |
---|
1403 | 1362 | | Sec. 11 July 1, 2022 38a-91gg(b)(1) |
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1404 | 1363 | | Sec. 12 July 1, 2022 38a-91hh(a) |
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1405 | 1364 | | Sec. 13 July 1, 2022 38a-91ii(a)(1) |
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1406 | 1365 | | Sec. 14 July 1, 2022 38a-91kk(a) |
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1407 | 1366 | | Sec. 15 July 1, 2022 38a-91qq |
---|
1408 | 1367 | | Sec. 16 July 1, 2022 38a-91ss(g)(2)(A) |
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1409 | 1368 | | Sec. 17 July 1, 2022 38a-91uu(b) and (c) |
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