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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 106
February Session, 2022
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Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
Introduced by:
(APP)
AN ACT CONCERNING LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT AND APPROVAL
FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) (1) Not later than ten days 1
after the effective date of this section, the Secretary of the Office of Policy 2
and Management shall submit recommended allocations of the first 3
installment of federal funds received, or anticipated to be received, by 4
the state pursuant to the provisions of the Infrastructure Investment and 5
Jobs Act, P.L. 117-58, as amended from time to time, to the joint standing 6
committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 7
relating to transportation and appropriations and the budgets of state 8
agencies. 9
(2) Not later than fifteen days after receipt of the recommended 10
allocations from the secretary, said joint standing committees shall hold 11
a meeting to report their approval or modifications, if any, of such 12
recommended allocations to the secretary. Disbursement of such funds 13
shall be in accordance with such partial or final allocations, as approved 14 Raised Bill No. 106
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or modified by said committees, and no disbursement of such funds 15
shall occur prior to said committees reporting their approval or 16
modifications to the secretary. 17
(b) On and after June 1, 2022, not later than fifteen days after receipt 18
of any funds received pursuant to the Infrastructure Investment and 19
Jobs Act, P.L. 117-58, as amended from time to time, the Secretary of the 20
Office of Policy and Management shall submit recommended 21
allocations of such funds to the joint standing committees of the General 22
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to transportation and 23
appropriations and the budgets of state agencies. Not later than fifteen 24
days after receipt of such report, said joint standing committees shall 25
hold a meeting to report their approval or modifications, if any, of such 26
recommended allocations to the secretary. Disbursement of such funds 27
shall be in accordance with such partial or final allocations, as approved 28
or modified by said committees, and no disbursement of such funds 29
shall occur prior to said committees reporting their approval or 30
modifications to the secretary. 31
(c) If it is determined that any amount allocated and approved or 32
modified pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of this section is not allowable 33
under guidance provided by the federal government, including, but not 34
limited to, the United States Treasury, the Secretary of the Office of 35
Policy and Management shall immediately notify the joint standing 36
committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 37
relating to transportation and appropriations and the budgets of state 38
agencies of the specific amount and recipient of such allocation and the 39
reason for such determination. 40
(d) The secretary shall report any proposed change in the 41
recommended allocations made pursuant to this section to the joint 42
standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of 43
matters relating to transportation and appropriations and the budgets 44
of state agencies. Not later than fifteen days after receipt of such report, 45
said committees shall hold a meeting to report their approval or 46
modifications, if any, of such recommended allocations to the secretary. 47 Raised Bill No. 106
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Disbursement of such funds shall be in accordance with such partial or 48
final allocations, as approved or modified by said committees, and no 49
disbursement of such funds shall occur prior to said committees 50
reporting their approval or modifications to the secretary. 51
(e) Not later than October 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, the 52
Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall submit a report, 53
in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, 54
to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having 55
cognizance of matters relating to transportation and appropriations and 56
the budgets of state agencies concerning the receipt and expenditure of 57
funds received by the state pursuant to the Infrastructure Investment 58
and Jobs Act, P.L. 117-58, as amended from time to time. Such report 59
shall include, but need not be limited to, (1) a full accounting of all funds 60
that have been received and disbursed, (2) a plan for the disbursement 61
of any remaining funds the secretary anticipates receiving pursuant to 62
said act, (3) a description of any project funded in whole or in part by 63
funds received pursuant to said act, and (4) the status of each such 64
project, including the timeline for completion. 65
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require legislative oversight and approval for the expenditure of
federal transportation infrastructure funds.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]