House Bill No. 6671
Public Act No. 23-1
AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR SCHOOL LUNCHES AND A
CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE AVIATION, SPECIAL EDUCATION
FUNDING, CERTAIN BOTTLE DEPOSITS, CERTAIN STATE
POSITIONS AND THE POSTING OF STATE JOB OPENINGS AND
BOND COVENANT RESTRICTIONS AND THE BUDGET RESERVE
FUND.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 41 of special act 21-15, as amended by section 306
of public act 21-2 of the June special session, section 3 of special act 22-
2, section 10 of public act 22-118, section 1 of public act 22-146, and
section 2 of public act 22-1 of the November special session, is amended
to read as follows (Effective from passage):
The following sums are allocated, in accordance with the provisions
of special act 21-1, from the federal funds designated for the state
pursuant to the provisions of section 602 of Subtitle M of Title IX of the
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, P.L. 117-2, as amended from time to
time, for the annual periods indicated for the purposes described.
FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025
BOARD OF REGENTS House Bill No. 6671
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Enhance Student
Retention at Community
Colleges
6,500,000 6,500,000 6,500,000
Education Technology
Training at Gateway
100,000
CONNECTICUT STATE
COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES
Healthcare Workforce
Needs - both public and
private schools
20,000,000 15,000,000
Higher Education – CSCU 10,000,000 5,000,000
Provide Operating
Support
118,000,000
Provide Support to
Certain Facilities
5,000,000
Temporary Support -
Charter Oak
500,000
Temporary Support - CT
State Universities
14,500,000
Temporary Support -
Community Colleges
9,000,000
DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE
Senior Food Vouchers 100,000 100,000
Farmer's Market Nutrition 100,000 100,000
Farm-to-School Grant 250,000 500,000
Food Insecurity Grants to
Food Pantries and Food
Banks
1,000,000
DEPARTMENT OF
DEVELOPMENTAL
SERVICES
Enhance Community
Engagement
Opportunities
2,000,000
Improve Camps 2,000,000 House Bill No. 6671
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Respite Care for Family
Caregivers
3,000,000 -
One Time Stabilization
Grant
20,000,000
Vista 500,000
DEPARTMENT OF
ECONOMIC AND
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
Beardsley Zoo 246,121 246,121
Amistad 200,000 200,000
Maritime Center
Authority
196,295 196,295
Mystic Aquarium 177,603 177,603
Music Haven 100,000 100,000
Norwalk Symphony 50,000 50,000
Riverfront Recapture 250,000 250,000
Connecticut Main Street
Center
350,000 350,000
Middletown Downtown
Business District
100,000 100,000
CRDA Economic Support
for Venues
5,000,000 2,500,000
Working Cities Challenge 1,000,000 1,000,000
Charter Oak Temple
Restoration Association
100,000 100,000
West Haven Veterans
Museum
25,000 25,000
VFW Rocky Hill 15,000 15,000
Playhouse on Park 15,000 15,000
Family Justice Center 50,000 50,000
East Hartford Little
League
50,000
Hartford YMCA 1,000,000
ESF/Dream Camp of
Hartford
100,000
Beta Iota Boule
Foundation -Youth
Services
100,000 House Bill No. 6671
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Legacy Foundation of
Hartford
100,000
Connecticut Center for
Advanced Technologies
1,000,000
Middlesex YMCA 50,000
Shatterproof 100,000
Summer Experience at
Connecticut's Top Venues
15,000,000
Statewide Marketing 7,107,000
Governor's Workforce
Initiatives
70,000,000
CT Hospitality Industry
Support
30,000,000
Regulatory Modernization 1,000,000
Historic Wooster Square
Association
500,000
Humane
Commission/Animal
Shelter of New Haven
500,000
Ball and Sockets –
Cheshire
200,000
Junta for Progressive
Action
750,000
International Festival of
Arts and Ideas New
Haven
200,000
CT Summer at the
Museum Program
15,000,000
CT Next 2,000,000
Hartford YMCA Family
Programming
500,000
Future, Inc. 1,300,000
Sons of Thunder 100,000
Youth Service Corp 1,100,000
Northside Institution
Neighborhood Alliance -
Historic Preservation
100,000
Amistad Center 200,000
Charter Oak Cultural
Center
200,000 House Bill No. 6671
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City Seed of New Haven 200,000
Beta Iota Boule
Foundation
500,000
Legacy Foundation of
Hartford
500,000
Bartlem Park South 250,000
Team, Inc. - Derby 250,000
YWCA of Hartford 250,000
WBDC 250,000
Concat New Haven 250,000
Montville Parks and Rec
Tennis Courts
500,000
Vietnam Memorial
Cheshire
200,000
Norwich Historical
Society
500,000
Friends of FOSRV 44,000
Dixwell Church Historic
Preservation
2,000,000
Opportunities
Industrialization Center
150,000
Bernard Buddy Jordan 50,000
Bridgeport Arts Cultural
Council
50,000
McBride Foundation 100,000
Artreach 300,000
Ball and Sockets 400,000
Bridgeport Youth
LaCrosse Academy
25,000
Cape Verdean Women's
Association
25,000
Cardinal Shehan Center 250,000
Caribe 100,000
Cheshire - Plan for
Municipal Parking Lot
150,000
Compass Youth
Collaborative
350,000
Dixwell Community
Center
200,000
Emery Park 100,000 House Bill No. 6671
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Farnam Neighborhood
House
100,000
Flotilla 73, INC 5,000
Municipal Outdoor
Recreation
4,200,000
Greater Bridgeport
Community Enterprises
50,000
Lebanon Pines 300,000
Madison Cultural Art 60,000
Minority Construction
Council, Inc
100,000
Nellie McKnight Museum 25,000
Blue Hills Civic
Association
500,000 500,000
IMHOTEP CT National
Medical Association
Society
200,000 200,000
Upper Albany
Neighborhood
Collaborative
125,000 125,000
Noah Webster 100,000
Norwalk International
Cultural Exchange / NICE
Festival
50,000
Nutmeg Games 50,000
Parenting Center -
Stamford
250,000
Ridgefield Playhouse 100,000
Sisters at the Shore 50,000
Taftville VFW Auxiliary 100,000
The Knowlton 25,000
The Legacy Foundation of
Hartford, Inc
125,000 125,000
The Ridgefield Theatre
Barn
250,000
Youth Business Initiative 50,000
DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION
Right to Read 12,860,000 12,860,000 House Bill No. 6671
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Faith Acts Priority School
Districts
5,000,000 5,000,000
CT Writing Project 79,750 79,750
Ascend Mentoring –
Windsor
150,000 150,000
Women in Manufacturing
- Platt Tech Regional
Vocational Technical
School
65,000 65,000
Elevate Bridgeport 200,000 200,000
Grant to RHAM
Manufacturing Program
22,000 -
East Hartford Youth
Services
200,000
Student Achievement
Through Opportunity
100,000
Summer Camp
Scholarships for Families
3,500,000
New Haven Local Little
League
500,000
Hamden Before and After
School Programming
400,000
Hamden Pre-K
Programming
100,000
Expand Support for
Learner Engagement and
Attendance Program
(LEAP)
7,000,000
Increase College
Opportunities Through
Dual Enrollment
3,500,000
Provide Funding for the
American School for the
Deaf
1,115,000
Provide Funding to
Support FAFSA
Completion
500,000
Big Brothers / Big Sisters 2,000,000
Social Worker Grant SB 1 5,000,000
School Mental Health
Workers
15,000,000 House Bill No. 6671
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School Mental Health
Services Grant
8,000,000
RESC Trauma
Coordinators
1,200,000
ParaEducational
Professional Development
HB 5321
1,800,000
Leadership Education
Athletic Partnership
400,000
Sphere Summer Program 500,000
Dream Camp Foundation 1,000,000
Student Achievement
Through Opportunities
300,000
Keane Foundation 300,000
Greater Hartford YMCA 300,000
Free Meals for Students [30,000,000]
90,000,000
Summer Enrichment
Funds to cover fifty per
cent required match
8,000,000
YWCA of New Britain 200,000
FRLP/Direct Certification
Census Assistance
200,000
Drug and Alcohol
Counseling - Woodstock
Academy
200,000
Hartford Knights 100,000
BSL Educational
Foundation
100,000
Magnets - Tuition
Coverage for 1 year
11,000,000
Bridgeport Education
Fund
100,000
Haddam-Killingworth
Recreation Department
15,000
Hall Neighborhood House 75,000
New Haven Board of
Education Adult
Education Facility
500,000
New Haven Reads 50,000
Solar Youth 100,000 House Bill No. 6671
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Bullard-Havens Technical
High School for Operating
50,000
DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
Air Quality Study 20,000 -
Swimming Lessons to
DEEP
500,000 500,000 500,000
Health and Safety Barriers
to Housing Remediation
7,000,000 -
Efficient Energy Retrofit
for Housing
7,000,000 -
Quinnipiac Avenue Canoe
Launch
250,000
Outdoor Recreation with
$1,000,000 for East Rock
Park and $1,000,000 for
West Rock Park for
maintenance, repair and
renovations
22,500,000
Engineering Study for
Dam Removal on
Papermill Pond
500,000
Land Trust Boardwalk
Installation
200,000
Clinton Town Beach 55,000
Crystal Lake & Bob
Tedford Park Renovations
50,000
Ludlowe Park 75,000
Lighthouse Park 500,000
Park Commission
Edgewood Park
800,000
DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING
Downtown Evening Soup
Kitchen
200,000
Hands on Hartford 100,000
Angel of Edgewood 175,000 House Bill No. 6671
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Homeless Youth
Transitional Housing
1,000,000
Homeless Services 5,000,000
Southside Institutions
Neighborhood Alliance
500,000
Support for Affordable
Housing
50,000,000
Rental Assistance
Program
1,000,000
DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC HEALTH
DPH Loan Repayment 500,000 5,100,000 3,000,000 3,000,000
Obesity & COVID-19
Study
500,000 500,000
Cornell Scott - Hill Health 250,000
Community Violence
Prevention Programs
1,000,000
Promote Healthy and
Lead-Safe Homes
20,000,000 10,000,000
Provide Funding to
Address and Respond to
an Increase in Homicides
1,500,000
School Based Health
Centers
10,000,000
Storage and Maintenance
Costs of COVID 19
Preparedness Supplies
325,000
CCMC Pediatrician
Training
150,000
Gaylord Hospital
Electronic Records
2,600,000
HB 5272 - Menstrual
Products
2,000,000
Pilot Program for
Promoting Social Workers
and Pediatrician Offices
2,500,000
ICHC School Based
Health Centers
604,000
Durational Loan Manager 100,000 House Bill No. 6671
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Community Health
Worker Association of
Connecticut
100,000
Child Psychiatrist
Workforce Development
2,000,000
CT VIP Street Outreach 300,000
E-cigarette and Marijuana
Prevention Pilot Program
conducted by Yale to be in
Stamford, Milford, East
Haven
300,000
DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION
Groton Water Taxi 100,000 100,000
Free Bus Service for July
and August 2022
5,000,000
Outfit M8 Rail Cars with
5G
23,000,000
Extend Free Bus Service 18,900,000
Replace Infrastructure
Match
150,000,000
Free Bus Public
Transportation Services
8,100,000
LABOR DEPARTMENT
Domestic Worker Grants 200,000 200,000
Veterans Employment
Opportunity PILOT
350,000 350,000
Opportunities for Long
Term Unemployed
Returning Citizens
750,000 750,000
TBICO Danbury Women's
Employment Program
25,000 25,000
Boys and Girls Club
Workforce Development -
Milford
50,000 50,000
Women's Mentoring
Network - Strategic Life
Skills Workshop
5,000 5,000 House Bill No. 6671
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Senior Jobs Bank - West
Hartford
10,000 10,000
Greater Bridgeport OIC
Job Development and
Training Program
250,000 100,000
Unemployment Trust
Fund
155,000,000 -
Unemployment Support 15,000,000
Reduce State UI Tax on
Employers
40,000,000
CDL Training at
Community Colleges
1,000,000
Bridgeport Workplace 750,000
YouthBuild 750,000
Cradle to Career -
Bridgeport
150,000
LABOR DEPARTMENT -
BANKING FUND
Customized Services for
Mortgage Crisis Jobs
Training Program
550,000 550,000
OFFICE OF EARLY
CHILDHOOD
Care4Kids Parent Fees 5,300,000 -
Parents Fees for 3-4 Year
Old's at State Funded
Childcare Centers
3,500,000 -
Universal Home Visiting 8,000,000 2,300,000
Expand Access -
Apprenticeship
5,000,000
Care4Kids 10,000,000
Early Childhood - Facility
Renovation and
Construction
15,000,000
Capitol Child Day Care
Center
75,000
Childcare Apprenticeship
Program
1,500,000
School Readiness 30,000,000 House Bill No. 6671
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Seed Childrens Services
Fund
20,000,000
Start Early - Early
Childhood Development
Initiatives
20,000,000
OFFICE OF HIGHER
EDUCATION
Roberta Willis Need-
Based Scholarships
20,000,000 40,000,000
Summer College Corps 1,500,000 -
Higher Education Mental
Health Services
3,000,000
OFFICE OF POLICY AND
MANAGEMENT
Private Providers 30,000,000 30,000,000
PPE & Supplies 10,000,000 10,000,000
State Employee Essential
Workers and National
Guard Premium Pay
20,000,000 15,000,000
Audits of ARPA
Recipients
1,250,000
COVID Response
Measures
157,500,000
Provide Private Provider
Support - One Time
Payments
20,000,000
Evidence Based
Evaluation of Initiatives
928,779
Support ARPA Grant
Administration
800,000
Statewide GIS Capacity
for Broadband
Mapping/Data and Other
Critical Services
9,532,000
Invest Connecticut [122,715,214]
62,715,214
Bethany Town Hall
Auditorium
350,000 House Bill No. 6671
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Bethany Town Hall
Windows
350,000
Durham Town Website 25,000
Hall Memorial Library
Reading and Meditation
Garden
66,626
Orange Fire Department
Clock purchase
10,000
Resources to develop a
combined Grammar
School Support between
Hampton and Scotland
25,000
Senior Center Outdoor
Fitness Area - Ellington
57,418
South Windsor Riverfront
Linear Park Study and
Planning
100,000
Valley Regional High
School Tennis Courts
300,000
Lebanon Historical Society [$]300,000
Bloomfield Social and
Youth Services
[$]100,000
Bridgeport – Revenue
Replacement
2,200,000
DEPARTMENT OF
MOTOR VEHICLES
IT Modernization [$]3,000,000
UNIVERSITY OF
CONNECTICUT
Higher Education –
UConn
20,000,000 5,000,000
Temporary Support 33,200,000
Social Media Impact
Study
500,000
Puerto Rican Studies
Initiative UConn Hartford
500,000
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UNIVERSITY OF
CONNECTICUT
HEALTH CENTER
Revenue Impact 35,000,000
University of Connecticut
Health Center
38,000,000 -
Temporary Support 72,700,000
STATE LIBRARY
Mary Cheney Library 500,000
DEPARTMENT OF
CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES
Fostering Community 10,000 10,000
Casa Boricua-Meriden 50,000 50,000
Children's Mental Health
Initiatives
10,500,000
Child First 5,100,000 5,100,000
Expand Mobile Crisis
Intervention Services
8,600,000 8,600,000
Support Additional
Urgent Crisis Centers and
Sub-Acute Crisis
Stabilization Units
21,000,000
Support for Improved
Outcomes for Youth (YSBs
and JRBs)
2,000,000
Social Determinant Mental
Health Fund
1,000,000 1,000,000
Family Assistance Grants 1,000,000
Expand Access Mental
Health
990,000
Resource Guide 50,000
Peer to Peer Training for
Students
150,000
Respite for non-DCF
Children
85,000
Children in Placement,
Inc.
25,000
Valley Save Our Youth 70,000 House Bill No. 6671
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Girls for Technology 100,000
R-Kids 100,000
JUDICIAL
DEPARTMENT
Mothers Against Violence 25,000 25,000
Legal Representation for
Tenant Eviction
10,000,000 10,000,000
New Haven Police
Activities League
100,000
Provide Funding to Build
Out the Juvenile Intake
Custody and Probable
Cause Applications
377,742 363,752
Provide Funding to
Continue Temporary
Staffing for the
Foreclosure Mediation
Program
3,410,901 3,444,293
Provide Funding to
Enhance Contracts for
Direct Service Partnership
for Households and
Families
200,000 200,000
Provide Funding to
Enhance Technology for
Citations and Hearings in
the Criminal Infractions
Bureau
606,915
Provide Funding to
Enhance the Department's
Case Management and
Scheduler Application
1,382,900
Provide Funding to
Establish Video
Conferencing for
Municipal Stations for Bail
and Support Services
60,000
Provide Funding to
Expand Housing
Opportunities for
Individuals on Bail
2,915,614 2,915,614 House Bill No. 6671
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Provide Funding to Hire
Assistant Clerks and
Family Relations
Counselors to Reduce
Family and Support
Matter Case Backlogs
3,294,851 3,294,851
Provide Funding to
Support Application
Development for Monitor
Note-Taking and
Recording
923,467 226,337
Provide Increased
Funding for Victim
Service Providers
14,865,300
Provide Remote
Equipment to Reduce
Child Support Backlog
121,600
Inspire Basketball 2,000,000
Children's Law Center 190,000
Brother Carl Hardrick
Institute - Violence
Prevention
400,000
Community Resources for
Justice (Family Reentry)
300,000
DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTION
TRUE Unit - Cheshire CI 500,000 500,000
WORTH Program York CI 250,000 250,000
Vocational Village Dept
Corrections
20,000,000 -
DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL SERVICES
Fair Haven Clinic 10,000,000 -
Workforce Development,
Education and Training
1,000,000
Nursing Home Facility
Support
10,000,000
MyCT Resident One Stop 2,500,000 House Bill No. 6671
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New Reach Life Haven
Shelter
500,000
Mary Wade 750,000
Community Action
Agencies
5,000,000
Expand
Medical/Psychiatric
Inpatient Unit at
Connecticut Children's
Medical Center
15,000,000
Provide Additional
Supports for Victims of
Domestic Violence
2,900,000
Provide Support for Infant
and Early Childhood
Mental Health Services
5,000,000
Strengthen Family
Planning
2,000,000
Community Action
Agencies - Community
Health Workers
3,000,000 4,000,000
Charter Oak Urgent Care 330,000
ROCA 500,000
Waterbury Seed Funds for
Wheeler Clinic
650,000
Provide Support for
Residential Care Homes
(RCH)
3,700,000
Brain Injury Alliance of
CT
300,000
Hartford Communities
that Care
500,000
Hebrew Senior Care 150,000
Connecticut Health
Foundation
500,000
Health Equity Solutions 500,000
CT Oral Health Initiative 300,000
Day Kimball Hospital 5,000,000
Mothers United Against
Violence
300,000
Fair Haven 10,000,000 House Bill No. 6671
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Adult Day 3,000,000
HRA 150,000
Hands on Hartford 100,000
Human Resources Agency
of New Britain
300,000
Teeg 200,000
Home Heating Energy
Assistance Supplemental
Reserve
30,000,000
LEGISLATIVE
MANAGEMENT
CTN 1,000,000 -
Review of Title 7 27,000
DEPARTMENT OF
MENTAL HEALTH AND
ADDICTION SERVICES
DMHAS Private Providers 25,000,000 25,000,000
Enhance Mobile Crisis
Services- Case
Management
3,200,000
Enhance Respite Bed
Services for Forensic
Population
4,292,834
Expand Availability of
Privately-Provided Mobile
Crisis Services
6,000,000
Fund Supportive Services
to Accompany New
Housing Vouchers
1,125,000 1,125,000 562,500
Provide Mental Health
Peer Supports in Hospital
Emergency Departments
2,400,000
Implement Electronic
Health Records
16,000,000
Public Awareness Grants 1,000,000
Peer-to-Peer 500,000
United Services Pilot on
Crisis Intervention
200,000
Clifford Beers 200,000 House Bill No. 6671
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The Pathfinders
Association
100,000
Fellowship Place New
Haven
150,000
DEPARTMENT OF
AGING AND
DISABILITY SERVICES
Blind and Deaf
Community Supports
2,000,000
Senior Centers 10,000,000
Meals on Wheels 3,000,000
Respite Care for
Alzheimers
1,000,000
Area Agencies on Aging 4,000,000
Avon Senior Center 100,000
Dixwell Senior Center 100,000
Eisenhower Senior Center 100,000
Orange Senior Center 100,000
Sullivan Senior Center 100,000
DEPARTMENT OF
EMERGENCY SERVICES
AND PUBLIC
PROTECTION
Provide Funding for a
Mobile Crime Laboratory
995,000
Provide Funding for the
Gun Tracing Task Force
2,500,000
Provide Funding to State
and Local Police
Departments to Address
Auto Theft and Violence
2,600,000 2,600,000
Upgrade Forensic
Technology at the State
Crime Lab
1,500,000 1,343,000
Rural Roads Speed
Enforcement
2,600,000
Expand [Violet] Violent
Crimes Task Force
1,108,000
Online Abuse Grant SB 5 500,000 House Bill No. 6671
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Fire Data Collection 300,000
P.O.S.T. High School
Recruitment Program for
Police
200,000
Poquetanuck Volunteer
Fire Department
150,000
Preston City Volunteer
Fire Department
150,000
DEPARTMENT OF
REVENUE SERVICES
Provide Payments to
Filers Eligible for the
Earned Income Tax Credit
42,250,000
DIVISION OF CRIMINAL
JUSTICE
Provide Funding to
Reduce Court Case
Backlogs Through
Temporary Prosecutors
2,199,879 2,126,550
OFFICE OF HEALTH
STRATEGY
Improve Data Collection
and Integration with HIE
500,000 650,000
Study Behavioral Health
Coverage by Private
Insurers
200,000
Payment Parity Study 655,000
Telehealth Study 300,000
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF
MEDICAL EXAMINER
Testing and Other
COVID-Related
Expenditures
860,667
PUBLIC DEFENDER
SERVICES COMMISSION
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Provide Funding to
Reduce Court Backlogs
Through Temporary
Public Defenders
2,023,821 1,956,360
POLICE OFFICER
STANDARDS AND
TRAINING COUNCIL
Time Limited Police Loan
Forgiveness
1,000,000
DEPARTMENT OF
ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES
Support School Air
Quality
75,000,000
OFFICE OF
WORKFORCE
STRATEGY
HVAC Training Agency 300,000
Revenue 314,900,000
Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of
section 1 of special act 21-15, as amended by section 1 of public act 22-
118, the amounts appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023,
in said sections for the following purposes shall not be expended and
the following sums are appropriated in lieu thereof for the purposes
described:
GENERAL FUND 2022-2023
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Medicaid [3,036,265,362] 3,024,265,362
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
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Other Expenses [721,676] 12,721,676
Sec. 3. (Effective from passage) (a) The sum of $12,000,000 of the amount
appropriated in section 2 of this act to the Department of Economic and
Community Development, for Other Expenses, for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 2023, shall be made available for a center for sustainable
aviation, as described in section 4 of this act;
(b) The unexpended balance of such sum shall not lapse on June 30,
2023, and such sum shall continue to be available for expenditure during
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, for such purpose.
Sec. 4. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) The University of Connecticut
shall submit or participate in the submittal of a proposal for federal
funding under the United States Department of Energy Regional Clean
Hydrogen Hubs program to support the establishment, development
and operation of a center for sustainable aviation. The university shall,
provided the university is awarded, and elects to accept, such federal
funding, establish such center, which shall have at least one facility on a
campus of The University of Connecticut at Storrs. The university shall
consult with the Department of Economic and Community
Development in completing the requirements of this subsection.
(b) If the university is awarded federal funding, as described in
subsection (a) of this section, and elects to accept such federal funding,
it shall notify the Commissioner of Economic and Community
Development of such acceptance. Not later than ninety days after such
notification is provided, the Department of Economic and Community
Development shall provide a grant to the university in the amount of
the state's share, as determined by said commissioner and pursuant to
the proposal and the final award, of the capital costs of the center
described in subsection (a) of this section or twenty million dollars,
whichever is less, to be used by the university for the purposes set forth
in subsection (a) of this section. House Bill No. 6671
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Sec. 5. Subsection (b) of section 32-235 of the general statutes is
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
passage):
(b) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent of the amount
stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Department
of Economic and Community Development (1) for the purposes of
sections 32-220 to 32-234, inclusive, including economic cluster-related
programs and activities, and for the Connecticut job training finance
demonstration program pursuant to sections 32-23uu and 32-23vv,
provided (A) three million dollars shall be used by said department
solely for the purposes of section 32-23uu, (B) not less than one million
dollars shall be used for an educational technology grant to the
deployment center program and the nonprofit business consortium
deployment center approved pursuant to section 32-41l, (C) not less
than two million dollars shall be used by said department for the
establishment of a pilot program to make grants to businesses in
designated areas of the state for construction, renovation or
improvement of small manufacturing facilities, provided such grants
are matched by the business, a municipality or another financing entity.
The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall
designate areas of the state where manufacturing is a substantial part of
the local economy and shall make grants under such pilot program
which are likely to produce a significant economic development benefit
for the designated area, (D) five million dollars may be used by said
department for the manufacturing competitiveness grants program, (E)
one million dollars shall be used by said department for the purpose of
a grant to the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, for the
purposes of subdivision (5) of subsection (a) of section 32-7f, (F) fifty
million dollars shall be used by said department for the purpose of
grants to the United States Department of the Navy, the United States
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at the United States Naval Submarine Base-New London, located in
Groton, which will increase the military value of said base. Such projects
shall not be subject to the provisions of sections 4a-60 and 4a-60a, (G)
two million dollars shall be used by said department for the purpose of
a grant to the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, Inc., for
manufacturing initiatives, including aerospace and defense, and (H)
four million dollars shall be used by said department for the purpose of
a grant to companies adversely impacted by the construction at the
Quinnipiac Bridge, where such grant may be used to offset the increase
in costs of commercial overland transportation of goods or materials
brought to the port of New Haven by ship or vessel, (2) for the purposes
of the small business assistance program established pursuant to section
32-9yy, provided fifteen million dollars shall be deposited in the small
business assistance account established pursuant to said section 32-9yy,
(3) to deposit twenty million dollars in the small business express
assistance account established pursuant to section 32-7h, (4) to deposit
four million nine hundred thousand dollars per year in each of the fiscal
years ending June 30, 2017, to June 30, 2019, inclusive, and June 30, 2021,
and nine million nine hundred thousand dollars in the fiscal year ending
June 30, 2020, in the CTNext Fund established pursuant to section 32-
39i, which shall be used by CTNext to provide grants-in-aid to
designated innovation places, as defined in section 32-39j, planning
grants-in-aid pursuant to section 32-39l, and grants-in-aid for projects
that network innovation places pursuant to subsection (b) of section 32-
39m, provided not more than three million dollars be used for grants-
in-aid for such projects, and further provided any portion of any such
deposit that remains unexpended in a fiscal year subsequent to the date
of such deposit may be used by CTNext for any purpose described in
subsection (e) of section 32-39i, (5) to deposit two million dollars per
year in each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 2019, to June 30, 2021,
inclusive, in the CTNext Fund established pursuant to section 32-39i,
which shall be used by CTNext for the purpose of providing higher
education entrepreneurship grants-in-aid pursuant to section 32-39g, House Bill No. 6671
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provided any portion of any such deposit that remains unexpended in
a fiscal year subsequent to the date of such deposit may be used by
CTNext for any purpose described in subsection (e) of section 32-39i, (6)
for the purpose of funding the costs of the Technology Talent Advisory
Committee established pursuant to section 32-7p, provided two million
dollars per year in each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 2017, to June
30, 2021, inclusive, shall be used for such purpose, (7) to provide (A) a
grant-in-aid to the Connecticut Supplier Connection in an amount equal
to two hundred fifty thousand dollars in each of the fiscal years ending
June 30, 2017, to June 30, 2021, inclusive, and (B) a grant-in-aid to the
Connecticut Procurement Technical Assistance Program in an amount
equal to three hundred thousand dollars in each of the fiscal years
ending June 30, 2017, to June 30, 2021, inclusive, (8) to deposit four
hundred fifty thousand dollars per year, in each of the fiscal years
ending June 30, 2017, to June 30, 2021, inclusive, in the CTNext Fund
established pursuant to section 32-39i, which shall be used by CTNext
to provide growth grants-in-aid pursuant to section 32-39g, provided
any portion of any such deposit that remains unexpended in a fiscal year
subsequent to the date of such deposit may be used by CTNext for any
purpose described in subsection (e) of section 32-39i, (9) to transfer fifty
million dollars to the Labor Department which shall be used by said
department for the purpose of funding workforce pipeline programs
selected pursuant to section 31-11rr, provided, notwithstanding the
provisions of section 31-11rr, (A) not less than five million dollars shall
be provided to the workforce development board in Bridgeport serving
the southwest region, for purposes of such program, and the board shall
distribute such money in proportion to population and need, and (B)
not less than five million dollars shall be provided to the workforce
development board in Hartford serving the north central region, for
purposes of such program, (10) to transfer twenty million dollars to
Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated, provided ten million dollars
shall be used by Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated for the purpose
of the proof of concept fund established pursuant to subsection (b) of House Bill No. 6671
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section 32-39x and ten million dollars shall be used by Connecticut
Innovations, Incorporated for the purpose of the venture capital fund
program established pursuant to section 32-41oo, (11) to provide a grant
to The University of Connecticut of eight million dollars for the
establishment, development and operation of a center for sustainable
aviation pursuant to subsection (a) of section 4 of this act. Not later than
thirty days prior to any use of unexpended funds under subdivision (4),
(5) or (8) of this subsection, the CTNext board of directors shall provide
notice of and the reason for such use to the joint standing committees of
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to
commerce and finance, revenue and bonding.
Sec. 6. Subsection (a) of section 10a-109d of the general statutes is
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
passage):
(a) In order for the university to construct and issue securities for
UConn 2000 and to otherwise carry out its responsibilities and
requirements under sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, the
university shall have the following powers, which powers shall be
independent of and in addition to any other powers of the university
under state law:
(1) To have perpetual succession as a body politic and corporate and
an instrumentality and agency of the state pursuant to section 10a-109v;
(2) To adopt and have an official seal and alter it at pleasure;
(3) To contract and be contracted with, sue, be indemnified, insure its
assets, activities or actions or be a self-insurer and institute, prosecute,
maintain and defend any action or proceeding in any court or before
any agency or tribunal of competent jurisdiction;
(4) To indemnify and be sued, solely pursuant to subsection (a) of
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(5) To retain by contract or employ architects, accountants, engineers,
legal and securities counsel in accordance with the provisions of
subparagraph (F) of subdivision (4) of subsection (e) of section 10a-109n,
and other professional and technical consultants and advisers; provided
the university shall continue to be subject to audit, including its
operations under sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, pursuant to
section 2-90, and provided further, financial advisers, underwriters,
counsel, trustee, if any, and other financial consultants retained in
connection with the offering and sale of securities shall be selected in
consultation with the university, in the same manner as for state general
obligation bonds;
(6) To plan, design, acquire, construct, build, enlarge, alter,
reconstruct, renovate, improve, equip, own, operate, maintain, dispose
of and demolish any project or projects, or any combination of projects,
including without limitation any contract in furtherance of UConn 2000,
notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of section 10a-
105 or any other provisions of the general statutes regarding the powers
of the university to undertake capital projects and purchase personal
property;
(7) To acquire by purchase, contract, lease, long-term lease or gift, and
hold or dispose of, real or personal property or rights or interests in any
such property and to hold, sell, assign, lease, rent, encumber, other than
by mortgage, or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property, or
any interest therein, owned by the university or in its control, custody
or possession in accordance with section 10a-109n;
(8) To receive and accept grants, subsidies or loans of money from the
federal government or a federal agency or instrumentality, the state or
others, upon such terms and conditions as may be imposed, and to
pledge the proceeds of grants, subsidies or loans of money received or
to be received from the federal government or any federal agency or
instrumentality, the state or others, pursuant to agreements entered into House Bill No. 6671
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between the university and the federal government or any federal
agency or instrumentality, the state or others, provided (A) such
property shall be deemed property of the state for purposes of sections
4a-19 and 4a-20, and (B) the university may insure its property
independent of the state;
(9) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10a-150, to receive and
accept aid or contributions, from any source, of money, property, labor
or other things of value, to be held, used and applied to carry out the
purposes of sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, subject to the
conditions upon which such aid or contributions may be made,
including, but not limited to, gifts or grants from any department or
agency of the United States or the state for any purpose consistent with
said sections;
(10) To borrow money and issue securities to finance the acquisition,
construction, reconstruction, improvement or equipping of any one
project, or more than one, or any combination of projects, or to refund
securities issued after June 7, 1995, or to refund any such refunding
securities or for any one, or more than one, or all of those purposes, or
any combination of those purposes, and to provide for the security and
payment of those securities and for the rights of the holders of them,
except that the amount of any such borrowing, the special debt service
requirements for which are secured by the state debt service
commitment, exclusive of the amount of borrowing to refund securities,
or to fund issuance costs or necessary reserves, may not exceed the
aggregate principal amount of (A) for the fiscal years ending June 30,
1996, to June 30, 2005, inclusive, one billion thirty million dollars, (B) for
the fiscal years ending June 30, 2006, to June 30, 2027, inclusive, [three
billion two hundred ninety-five million] three billion two hundred
eighty-three million nine hundred thousand dollars, and (C) such
additional amount or amounts: (i) Required from time to time to fund
any special capital reserve fund or other debt service reserve fund in House Bill No. 6671
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accordance with the financing transaction proceedings, and (ii) to pay
or provide for the costs of issuance and capitalized interest, if any; the
aggregate amounts of subparagraphs (A), (B) and (C) of this subdivision
are established as the authorized funding amount, and no borrowing
within the authorized funding amount for a project or projects may be
effected unless the project or projects are included in accordance with
subsection (a) of section 10a-109e;
(11) To make, enter into, execute, deliver and amend any and all
contracts, including, but not limited to, total cost basis contracts,
agreements, leases, instruments and documents and perform all acts
and do all things necessary or convenient to plan, design, acquire,
construct, build, enlarge, alter, reconstruct, renovate, improve, equip,
finance, maintain and operate projects and to carry out the powers
granted by sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, or reasonably
implied from those powers;
(12) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the
contrary, including without limitation subsection (a) of section 10a-105,
to fix and collect fees, tuition, charges, rentals and other charges for
enrollment and attendance at the university and for the use of projects
or any part thereof, provided that no tuition or student fee revenue shall
be used for repairs performed solely to correct code violations that were
applicable at the time of project completion and were for named projects
pursuant to section 10a-109e completed prior to January 1, 2007; to
provide for the promulgation of such reasonable and proper policies
and procedures as may be necessary to assure the maximum use of the
facilities of any projects at all times; and
(13) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of section 10a-
105, to provide for or confirm the establishment of various funds and
accounts respecting university operations, bond proceeds and special
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reserve, special external gifts, pending receipts, assured revenues,
project revenues to the extent not otherwise pledged and securing
outstanding general obligation bonds of the state or other revenues and
other funds or accounts as may be more particularly required under this
subdivision and the indentures of trust or resolutions authorizing
securities and to provide, subject to section 10a-109q and the provisions
of such indentures or resolutions for the following to be deposited
therein, as follows:
(A) All proceeds received from the sale of all securities;
(B) All fees, tuition, rentals and other charges from students, faculty,
staff members and others using or being served by, or having the right
to use or the right to be served by the university or any project;
(C) All fees for student activities, student services and all other fees,
tuition and charges collected from students matriculated, registered or
otherwise enrolled at and attending the university, pledged under the
terms of financing transaction proceedings;
(D) All rentals from any facility or building leased to the federal
government or any other third party;
(E) Federal and state grants, gifts, state appropriations and special
external gift funds;
(F) All other assured revenues; and
(G) Project revenues.
Sec. 7. Subsection (a) of section 10a-109g of the general statutes is
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
passage):
(a) (1) The university is authorized to provide by resolution, at one
time or from time to time, for the issuance and sale of securities, in its House Bill No. 6671
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own name on behalf of the state, pursuant to section 10a-109f. The board
of trustees of the university is hereby authorized by such resolution to
delegate to its finance committee such matters as it may determine
appropriate other than the authorization and maximum amount of the
securities to be issued, the nature of the obligation of the securities as
established pursuant to subsection (c) of this section and the projects for
which the proceeds are to be used. The finance committee may act on
such matters unless and until the board of trustees elects to reassume
the same. The amount of securities the special debt service requirements
of which are secured by the state debt service commitment that the
board of trustees is authorized to provide for the issuance and sale in
accordance with this subsection shall be capped in each fiscal year in the
following amounts, provided, to the extent the board of trustees does
not provide for the issuance of all or a portion of such amount in a fiscal
year, all or such portion, as the case may be, may be carried forward to
any succeeding fiscal year and provided further, the actual amount for
funding, paying or providing for the items described in subparagraph
(C) of subdivision (10) of subsection (a) of section 10a-109d, as amended
by this act, may be added to the capped amount in each fiscal year:
Fiscal Year Amount
1996 $112,542,000
1997 112,001,000
1998 93,146,000
1999 64,311,000
2000 130,000,000
2001 100,000,000
2002 100,000,000
2003 100,000,000
2004 100,000,000
2005 100,000,000
2006 79,000,000
2007 89,000,000
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2009 140,000,000
2010 0
2011 138,800,000
2012 157,200,000
2013 143,000,000
2014 204,400,000
2015 315,500,000
2016 312,100,000
2017 240,400,000
2018 200,000,000
2019 200,000,000
2020 197,200,000
2021 260,000,000
2022 215,500,000
2023 125,100,000
2024 84,700,000
2025 [56,000,000]
44,000,000
2026 14,000,000
2027 9,000,000
(2) Subject to amount limitations of such capping provisions in
subdivision (1) of this subsection and following approval of such
resolution as provided in subsection (b) of section 10a-109f, the principal
amount of the securities authorized therein for such project or projects
shall be deemed to be an appropriation and allocation of such amount
for such project or projects, respectively, and such approval by the
Governor of such resolution shall be deemed the allotment by the
Governor of such capital outlays within the meaning of section 4-85 and
the university (A) may award a contract or contracts and incur an
obligation or obligations with respect to each such project or projects
authorized pursuant to and within the amount authorized in such
resolution, notwithstanding that such contract or obligation may at any
particular time exceed the amount of the proceeds from the sale of
securities theretofore received by the university, and (B) may issue and
sell securities respecting such contracts or obligations referred to in House Bill No. 6671
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subparagraph (A) only at such time or times as shall be needed to have
the proceeds thereof available to pay requisitions expected thereunder
within the year following issuance of such securities and to provide for
costs of UConn 2000 of not more than twenty per cent in excess and
regardless of such anticipated cash expenditure requirements but
subject to section 10a-109q, provided the amount needed for funding,
paying or providing for the items described in subparagraph (B) of
subdivision (10) of subsection (a) of section 10a-109d, as amended by
this act, may be added to the amount of securities so issued.
Sec. 8. Section 10-76g of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1984, and each fiscal year
thereafter, in any case in which special education is being provided at a
private residential institution, including the residential components of
regional educational service centers, to a child for whom no local or
regional board of education can be found responsible under subsection
(b) of section 10-76d, the Department of Children and Families shall pay
the costs of special education to such institution pursuant to its authority
under sections 17a-1 to 17a-26, inclusive, 17a-28 to 17a-49, inclusive, 17a-
52 and 17a-861. (2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1993, and each
fiscal year thereafter, any local or regional board of education which
provides special education and related services for any child (A) who is
placed by a public agency, including, but not limited to, offices of a
government of a federally recognized Native American tribe, in a
private residential facility or who is placed in a facility or institution
operated by the Department of Children and Families and who receives
such special education at a program operated by a regional education
service center or program operated by a local or regional board of
education, and (B) for whom no local or regional board of education can
be found responsible under subsection (b) of section 10-76d, shall be
eligible to receive one hundred per cent of the reasonable costs of special House Bill No. 6671
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education for such child as defined in the regulations of the State Board
of Education. Any such board eligible for payment shall file with the
Department of Education, in such manner as prescribed by the
Commissioner of Education, annually, on or before December first a
statement of the cost of providing special education for such child,
provided a board of education may submit, not later than March first,
claims for additional children or costs not included in the December
filing. Payment by the state for such costs shall be made to the local or
regional board of education as follows: Seventy-five per cent of the cost
in February and the balance in May.
(b) Any local or regional board of education which provides special
education pursuant to the provisions of sections 10-76a to 10-76g,
inclusive, as amended by this act, for any exceptional child described in
subparagraph (A) of subdivision (5) of section 10-76a, under its
jurisdiction, excluding (1) children placed by a state agency for whom a
board of education receives payment pursuant to the provisions of
subdivision (2) of subsection (e) of section 10-76d, as amended by this
act, and (2) children who require special education, who reside on state-
owned or leased property, and who are not the educational
responsibility of the unified school districts established pursuant to
sections 17a-37 and 18-99a, shall be financially responsible for the
reasonable costs of special education instruction, as defined in the
regulations of the State Board of Education, in an amount equal to (A)
for any fiscal year commencing prior to July 1, 2005, five times the
average per pupil educational costs of such board of education for the
prior fiscal year, determined in accordance with the provisions of
subsection (a) of section 10-76f, and (B) for the fiscal year commencing
July 1, 2005, and each fiscal year thereafter, four and one-half times such
average per pupil educational costs of such board of education. Except
as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section, the State Board
of Education shall, within available appropriations, pay on a current
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contribution paid by such board in accordance with the provisions of
this subsection. Any amounts paid by the State Board of Education on a
current basis pursuant to this subsection shall not be reimbursable in the
subsequent year. Application for such grant shall be made by filing with
the Department of Education, in such manner as prescribed by the
commissioner, annually on or before December first a statement of the
cost of providing special education pursuant to this subsection,
provided a board of education may submit, not later than March first,
claims for additional children or costs not included in the December
filing. Payment by the state for such excess costs shall be made to the
local or regional board of education as follows: Seventy-five per cent of
the cost in February and the balance in May. The amount due each town
pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall be paid to the
treasurer of each town entitled to such aid, provided the treasurer shall
treat such grant, or a portion of the grant, which relates to special
education expenditures incurred in excess of such town's board of
education budgeted estimate of such expenditures, as a reduction in
expenditures by crediting such expenditure account, rather than town
revenue. Such expenditure account shall be so credited no later than
thirty days after receipt by the treasurer of necessary documentation
from the board of education indicating the amount of such special
education expenditures incurred in excess of such town's board of
education budgeted estimate of such expenditures.
(c) Commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1996, and for
each fiscal year thereafter, within available appropriations, each town
whose ratio of (1) net costs of special education, as defined in subsection
(h) of section 10-76f, for the fiscal year prior to the year in which the
grant is to be paid to (2) the product of its total need students, as defined
in section 10-262f, and the average regular program expenditures, as
defined in section 10-262f, per need student for all towns for such year
exceeds the state-wide average for all such ratios shall be eligible to
receive a supplemental special education grant. Such grant shall be House Bill No. 6671
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equal to the product of a town's eligible excess costs and the town's base
aid ratio, as defined in section 10-262f, provided each town's grant shall
be adjusted proportionately if necessary to stay within the
appropriation. Payment pursuant to this subsection shall be made in
June. For purposes of this subsection, a town's eligible excess costs are
the difference between its net costs of special education and the amount
the town would have expended if it spent at the state-wide average rate.
(d) Notwithstanding [the provisions of this section] any provision of
the general statutes, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and each
fiscal year thereafter, if the total of the amount of the grants payable to
local or regional boards of education in accordance with [this section]
(1) subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of this section, except grants paid in
accordance with subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section, (2)
subdivision (2) of subsection (e) of section 10-76d, as amended by this
act, and (3) subsection (b) of section 10-253, as amended by this act, in
any fiscal year exceeds the amount appropriated for the purposes of
[this section] the grants described in subdivisions (1) to (3), inclusive, of
this subsection for such fiscal year, then each town shall be ranked in
descending order from one to one hundred sixty-nine according to such
town's adjusted equalized net grand list per capita, as defined in section
10-261, and the state board shall pay such grant to the local or regional
board of education for a town as follows: [(1)] (A) For any town ranked
one hundred fifteen to one hundred sixty-nine, inclusive, [seventy-six
and one-quarter] ninety-one per cent of the amount of such town's
eligible excess costs, [(2)] (B) for any town ranked fifty-nine to one
hundred fourteen, inclusive, [seventy-three] eighty-eight per cent of the
amount of such town's eligible excess costs, and [(3)] (C) for any town
ranked one to fifty-eight, inclusive, [seventy] eighty-five per cent of the
amount of such town's eligible excess costs. In the case of a regional
board of education, such ranking shall be determined by [(A)] (i)
multiplying the total population, as defined in section 10-261, of each
town in the regional school district by such town's ranking, as House Bill No. 6671
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determined in this subsection, [(B)] (ii) adding together the figures
determined under [subparagraph (A)] clause (i) of this [subdivision]
subparagraph, and [(C)] (iii) dividing the total computed under
[subparagraph (B)] clause (ii) of this [subdivision] subparagraph by the
total population of all towns in the district. The ranking of each regional
board of education shall be rounded to the next higher whole number.
If the total amount of the grants payable to local and regional boards of
education calculated under subparagraphs (A) to (C), inclusive, of this
subsection in any fiscal year exceeds the total amount appropriated for
the grants described in subdivisions (1) to (3), inclusive, of this
subsection for such fiscal year, the amount of the grants payable under
this subsection shall be reduced proportionately.
(e) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and each fiscal year
thereafter, if the total amount appropriated in any fiscal year for the
grants described in subdivisions (1) to (3), inclusive, of subsection (d) of
this section exceeds the total of the amount of the grants payable to local
and regional boards of education under subsection (d) of this section,
for such fiscal year, such excess amount shall be distributed to each local
and regional board of education as follows:
(A) Subtract the sum of all grants paid to local and regional boards of
education in such fiscal year under subsection (d) of this section from
the sum of all grants calculated under subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of
this section, subdivision (2) of subsection (e) of section 10-76d, as
amended by this act, and subsection (b) of section 10-253, as amended
by this act;
(B) Subtract the sum of all grants paid to local and regional boards of
education in such fiscal year under subsections (a) to (d), inclusive, of
this section from the total amount appropriated in such fiscal year for
all grants under this section;
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subdivision by the amount calculated under subparagraph (A) of this
subdivision; and
(D) To determine the amount of such excess to be distributed to each
local and regional board of education, multiply the amount calculated
under subparagraph (A) of this subdivision that is attributable to such
local or regional board of education by the per cent calculated under
subparagraph (C) of this subdivision.
(2) Any grants paid in accordance with subdivision (2) of subsection
(a) of this section shall be excluded from the calculations described in
subdivision (1) of this subsection.
Sec. 9. Subdivision (2) of subsection (e) of section 10-76d of the
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
thereof (Effective from passage):
(2) For purposes of this subdivision, "public agency" includes the
offices of a government of a federally recognized Native American tribe.
Notwithstanding any [other provisions] provision of the general
statutes, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1987, and each fiscal year
thereafter, whenever a public agency, other than a local or regional
board of education, the State Board of Education or the Superior Court
acting pursuant to section 10-76h, places a child in a foster home, group
home, hospital, state institution, receiving home, custodial institution or
any other residential or day treatment facility, and such child requires
special education, the local or regional board of education under whose
jurisdiction the child would otherwise be attending school or, if no such
board can be identified, the local or regional board of education of the
town where the child is placed, shall provide the requisite special
education and related services to such child in accordance with the
provisions of this section. Within one business day of such a placement
by the Department of Children and Families or offices of a government
of a federally recognized Native American tribe, said department or House Bill No. 6671
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offices shall orally notify the local or regional board of education
responsible for providing special education and related services to such
child of such placement. The department or offices shall provide written
notification to such board of such placement within two business days
of the placement. Such local or regional board of education shall
convene a planning and placement team meeting for such child within
thirty days of the placement and shall invite a representative of the
Department of Children and Families or offices of a government of a
federally recognized Native American tribe to participate in such
meeting. (A) The local or regional board of education under whose
jurisdiction such child would otherwise be attending school shall be
financially responsible for the reasonable costs of such special education
and related services in an amount equal to the lesser of one hundred per
cent of the costs of such education or the average per pupil educational
costs of such board of education for the prior fiscal year, determined in
accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of section 10-76f. The
State Board of Education shall pay on a current basis, except as provided
in subdivision (3) of this subsection, any costs in excess of such local or
regional board's basic contributions paid by such board of education in
accordance with the provisions of this subdivision. (B) Whenever a child
is placed pursuant to this subdivision, on or after July 1, 1995, by the
Department of Children and Families and the local or regional board of
education under whose jurisdiction such child would otherwise be
attending school cannot be identified, the local or regional board of
education under whose jurisdiction the child attended school or in
whose district the child resided at the time of removal from the home
by said department shall be responsible for the reasonable costs of
special education and related services provided to such child, for one
calendar year or until the child is committed to the state pursuant to
section 46b-129 or 46b-140 or is returned to the child's parent or
guardian, whichever is earlier. If the child remains in such placement
beyond one calendar year the Department of Children and Families
shall be responsible for such costs. During the period the local or House Bill No. 6671
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regional board of education is responsible for the reasonable cost of
special education and related services pursuant to this subparagraph,
the board shall be responsible for such costs in an amount equal to the
lesser of one hundred per cent of the costs of such education and related
services or the average per pupil educational costs of such board of
education for the prior fiscal year, determined in accordance with the
provisions of subsection (a) of section 10-76f. The State Board of
Education shall pay on a current basis, except as provided in
subdivision (3) of this subsection, any costs in excess of such local or
regional board's basic contributions paid by such board of education in
accordance with the provisions of this subdivision. The costs for services
other than educational shall be paid by the state agency which placed
the child. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to the school
districts established within the Department of Children and Families,
pursuant to section 17a-37 or the Department of Correction, pursuant to
section 18-99a, provided in any case in which special education is being
provided at a private residential institution, including the residential
components of regional educational service centers, to a child for whom
no local or regional board of education can be found responsible under
subsection (b) of this section, Unified School District #2 shall provide
the special education and related services and be financially responsible
for the reasonable costs of such special education instruction for such
children. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision, for the
fiscal years ending June 30, 2004, to June 30, 2007, inclusive, and for the
fiscal [years] year ending June 30, 2010, [to June 30, 2023, inclusive] and
each fiscal year thereafter, the amount of the grants payable to local or
regional boards of education in accordance with this subdivision shall
be [reduced proportionately] calculated in accordance with the
provisions of subsections (d) and (e) of section 10-76g, as amended by
this act, if the total of such grants in such year exceeds the amount
appropriated for the purposes of this subdivision for such year.
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repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
passage):
(b) The board of education of the school district under whose
jurisdiction a child would otherwise be attending school shall be
financially responsible for the reasonable costs of education for a child
placed out by the Commissioner of Children and Families or by other
agencies, including, but not limited to, offices of a government of a
federally recognized Native American tribe, in a private residential
facility when such child requires educational services other than special
education services. Such financial responsibility shall be the lesser of
one hundred per cent of the costs of such education or the average per
pupil educational costs of such board of education for the prior fiscal
year, determined in accordance with subsection (a) of section 10-76f.
Any costs in excess of the board's basic contribution shall be paid by the
State Board of Education on a current basis. The costs for services other
than educational shall be paid by the state agency which placed the
child. Application for the grant to be paid by the state for costs in excess
of the local or regional board of education's basic contribution shall be
made in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (5) of subsection
(e) of section 10-76d. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection,
for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2004, to June 30, 2007, inclusive, and
for the fiscal [years] year ending June 30, 2010, [to June 30, 2023,
inclusive] and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount of the grants
payable to local or regional boards of education in accordance with this
subsection shall be [reduced proportionately] calculated in accordance
with the provisions of subsections (d) and (e) of section 10-76g, as
amended by this act, if the total of such grants in such year exceeds the
amount appropriated for the purposes of this subsection for such year.
Sec. 11. Subdivisions (1) and (2) of section 22a-243 of the general
statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof
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(1) "Carbonated beverage" means beer or other malt beverages, hard
seltzer, hard cider and mineral waters, soda water and similar
carbonated soft drinks in liquid form and intended for human
consumption. "Carbonated beverage" does not include any product that
contains wine or spirits;
(2) "Noncarbonated beverage" means any water, including flavored
water, plant water, nutritionally enhanced water, juice, juice drink, tea,
coffee, kombucha, plant infused drink, sports drink or energy drink and
any beverage that is identified through the use of letters, words or
symbols on such beverage's product label as a type of water, juice, tea,
coffee, kombucha, plant infused drink, sports drink or energy drink but
excluding mineral water. "Noncarbonated beverage" does not include
any product that contains wine or spirits, any food for special dietary
use, as defined in 21 USC 350(c)(3), or any medical food, as defined in
21 USC 360ee(b)(3);
Sec. 12. Section 5-198 of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
The offices and positions filled by the following-described
incumbents shall be exempt from the classified service:
(1) All officers and employees of the Judicial Department;
(2) All officers and employees of the Legislative Department;
(3) All officers elected by popular vote;
(4) All agency heads, members of boards and commissions and other
officers appointed by the Governor;
(5) All persons designated by name in any special act to hold any state
office;
(6) All officers, noncommissioned officers and enlisted men in the House Bill No. 6671
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military or naval service of the state and under military or naval
discipline and control;
(7) (A) All correctional wardens, as provided in section 18-82, and (B)
all superintendents of state institutions, the State Librarian, the
president of The University of Connecticut and any other commissioner
or administrative head of a state department or institution who is
appointed by a board or commission responsible by statute for the
administration of such department or institution;
(8) The State Historian appointed by the State Library Board;
(9) Deputies to the administrative head of each department or
institution designated by statute to act for and perform all of the duties
of such administrative head during such administrative head's absence
or incapacity;
(10) Executive assistants to each state elective officer and each
department head, as defined in section 4-5, provided (A) each position
of executive assistant shall have been created in accordance with section
5-214, and (B) in no event shall the Commissioner of Administrative
Services or the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management
approve more than four executive assistants for a department head and,
for any department with two or more deputies, more than two executive
assistants for each such deputy;
(11) One personal secretary to the administrative head and to each
undersecretary or deputy to such head of each department or
institution;
(12) All members of the professional and technical staffs of the
constituent units of the state system of higher education, as defined in
section 10a-1, of all other state institutions of learning, of the Board of
Regents for Higher Education, and of the agricultural experiment
station at New Haven, professional and managerial employees of the House Bill No. 6671
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Department of Education and the Office of Early Childhood, teachers
and administrators employed by the Technical Education and Career
System and teachers certified by the State Board of Education and
employed in teaching positions at state institutions;
(13) Physicians, dentists, student nurses in institutions and other
professional specialists who are employed on a part-time basis;
(14) Persons employed to make or conduct a special inquiry,
investigation, examination or installation;
(15) Students in educational institutions who are employed on a part-
time basis;
(16) Forest fire wardens provided for by section 23-36;
(17) Patients or inmates of state institutions who receive
compensation for services rendered therein;
(18) Employees of the Governor including employees working at the
executive office, official executive residence at 990 Prospect Avenue,
Hartford and the Washington D.C. office;
(19) Persons filling positions expressly exempted by statute from the
classified service;
(20) Librarians employed by the State Board of Education or any
constituent unit of the state system of higher education;
(21) All officers and employees of the Division of Criminal Justice;
(22) Professional employees in the education professions bargaining
unit of the Department of Aging and Disability Services;
(23) Lieutenant colonels in the Division of State Police within the
Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection; House Bill No. 6671
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(24) The Deputy State Fire Marshal within the Department of
Administrative Services;
(25) The chief administrative officer of the Workers' Compensation
Commission;
(26) Employees in the education professions bargaining unit;
(27) Disability policy specialists employed by the Council on
Developmental Disabilities;
(28) The director for digital media and motion picture activities in the
Department of Economic and Community Development; and
(29) Any Director of Communications 1, Director of Communications
1 (Rc), Director of Communications 2, Director of Communications 2
(Rc), Legislative Program Manager, Communications and Legislative
Program Manager, Director of Legislation, Regulation and
Communication, Legislative and Administrative Advisor 1, or
Legislative and Administrative Advisor 2 as such positions are
classified within the Executive Department.
Sec. 13. Section 5-216 of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall hold
examinations for the purpose of establishing candidate lists for the
various classes of positions in the classified service, except as provided
in sections 5-227b and 5-233. Such examinations may be held on a
continuous basis or at such time or times as the commissioner deems
necessary to supply the needs of the state service. In establishing any
candidate list following examinations, the commissioner shall place on
the list, in the order of their ratings, the names of persons who show
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allocated to the class for which such examination is held or for which
such candidate list is held to be appropriate. Such ratings may take such
form as the commissioner deems appropriate to describe the
performance of any candidate on any examination.
(b) Where the needs of the service indicate that continuous
recruitment is justified, the commissioner may defer announcing a
closing date for filing applications for the examination. Announcements
of such examinations shall specify that recruitment is continuous and
that applications may be filed until further notice. Such examination
may be graded on a pass-fail basis in order to expedite certification and
appointment.
(c) The commissioner may consolidate, continue or cancel candidate
lists and may remove names from such lists for good cause. The
commissioner may apply an examination score from one examination
to the candidate list established for another examination, provided such
examinations are the same or equivalent forms of the same examination,
such provision is publicized on appropriate examination notices and the
candidate satisfies all other statutory requirements.
(d) Upon written request from a candidate on a form and in a manner
prescribed by the Department of Administrative Services, the
commissioner shall apply the candidate's most recent score from an
examination held for a promotional appointment, in accordance with
subsection (b) or (c) of section 5-228, to the candidate list established for
a subsequent examination for the same classification, provided: (1) The
subsequent examination is in the same or equivalent form as the
previous examination; (2) such provision is publicized on appropriate
examination notices; (3) the candidate satisfies all other requirements
for the classification and the examination; and (4) not more than seven
years have elapsed from the date of the candidate's most recent
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(e) Nothing in this section shall prevent the department from
applying scores from one examination to the candidate list established
for a subsequent examination for the same classification, provided: (1)
Such examinations are in the same or equivalent forms; (2) such
provision is publicized on appropriate examination notices; and (3) the
candidates on the list satisfy all other requirements for the classification
and the examination.
(f) The provisions of subsections (d) and (e) of this section shall not
apply to any promotional examination held for classifications in the
department's police-protective services occupational group.
(g) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, upon a
finding by the commissioner that the posting of job openings is
warranted to provide regular, updated candidate pools for specific
examined and nonexamined positions, the commissioner may place the
names of persons on a candidate list for the various classes of positions
in the classified service.
Sec. 14. Section 3-20 of the general statutes is amended by adding
subsection (bb) as follows (Effective July 1, 2023):
(NEW) (bb) (1) For each fiscal year during the period for which the
pledge and undertaking under this subsection is in effect pursuant to
subdivisions (3) and (4) of this subsection, the state of Connecticut shall
comply with the provisions of (A) section 4-30a of the general statutes,
revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2023, as amended by section 15 of
this act, (B) section 2-33a of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised
to January 1, 2023, (C) section 2-33c of the general statutes, revision of
1958, revised to January 1, 2023, as amended by section 16 of this act, (D)
subsections (d) and (g) of this section, revision of 1958, revised to
January 1, 2023, as amended by section 17 of this act, and (E) section 3-
21 of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2023, as
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(2) The state of Connecticut does hereby pledge to and agree with the
holders of any bonds, notes and other obligations issued pursuant to
subdivision (3) of this subsection that no public or special act of the
General Assembly taking effect (A) on or after July 1, 2023, and prior to
July 1, 2028, and, (B) subject to the provisions of subdivision (4) of this
subsection, on or after July 1, 2028, and prior to July 1, 2033, shall alter
the obligation to comply with the provisions of the sections and
subsections set forth in subparagraphs (A) to (E), inclusive, of
subdivision (1) of this subsection, during the period for which the
pledge and undertaking is in effect pursuant to subdivisions (3) and (4)
of this subsection, provided nothing in this subsection shall preclude
such alteration (i) if and when adequate provision shall be made by law
for the protection of the holders of such bonds, or (ii) (I) if and when the
Governor declares an emergency or the existence of extraordinary
circumstances, in which the provisions of section 4-85 are invoked, (II)
at least three-fifths of the members of each chamber of the General
Assembly vote to alter such required compliance during the fiscal year
for which the emergency or existence of extraordinary circumstances are
determined, and (III) any such alteration is for the fiscal year in progress
only.
(3) The Treasurer shall include the pledge and undertaking described
in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection in general obligation bonds
and credit revenue bonds issued on or after July 1, 2023, and prior to
July 1, 2025, and such pledge and undertaking (A) shall be in effect
through June 30, 2028, or, subject to the provisions of subdivision (4) of
this subsection, through June 30, 2033, and (B) shall not apply to
refunding bonds issued for bonds issued under this subdivision.
(4) The pledge and undertaking described in subdivisions (1) and (2)
of this subsection shall be in effect for the period set forth in
subparagraph (B) of subdivision (2) of this subsection unless the General
Assembly adopts a resolution on or after January 1, 2028, but prior to House Bill No. 6671
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July 1, 2028, not to continue such pledge and undertaking beyond June
30, 2028.
Sec. 15. Section 4-30a of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023):
(a) (1) All revenue in excess of three billion one hundred fifty million
dollars received by the state each fiscal year from estimated and final
payments of the personal income tax imposed under chapter 229 and
the affected business entity tax imposed under section 12-699 shall be
transferred by the Treasurer to a special fund to be known as the Budget
Reserve Fund. On and after July 1, 2018, the threshold amount shall be
adjusted annually by the compound annual growth rate of personal
income in the state over the preceding five calendar years, using data
reported by United States Bureau of Economic Analysis.
(2) The General Assembly may amend the threshold amount of three
billion one hundred fifty million dollars, by vote of at least three-fifths
of the members of each house of the General Assembly, due to changes
in state or federal tax law or policy or significant adjustments to
economic growth or tax collections.
(b) After the accounts for the General Fund have been closed for each
fiscal year and the Comptroller has determined the amount of
unappropriated surplus in said fund, after any amounts required by
provision of law to be transferred for other purposes have been
deducted, the amount of such surplus shall be transferred by the
Treasurer to the Budget Reserve Fund.
(c) (1) (A) [Whenever] Prior to July 1, 2024, whenever the amount in
the Budget Reserve Fund equals fifteen per cent of the net General Fund
appropriations for the current fiscal year, no further transfers shall be
made by the Treasurer to the Budget Reserve Fund and the amount of
such funds in excess of that transferred to said fund shall be deemed to House Bill No. 6671
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be appropriated, as selected by the Treasurer in the best interests of the
state, to (i) the State Employees Retirement Fund, in addition to the
contributions required pursuant to section 5-156a, but not exceeding
five per cent of the unfunded past service liability of the state employees
retirement system as set forth in the most recent actuarial valuation
certified by the State Employee Retirement Commission, or (ii) the
Teachers' Retirement Fund, in addition to the payments required
pursuant to section 10-183z, but not exceeding five per cent of the
unfunded past service liability of the teachers' retirement system as set
forth in the most recent actuarial valuation prepared for the Teachers'
Retirement Board.
(B) On and after July 1, 2024, whenever the amount in the Budget
Reserve Fund equals fifteen per cent or more but less than eighteen per
cent of the net General Fund appropriations for the current fiscal year,
(i) fifty per cent of the amount of such surplus in excess of that
transferred to the Budget Reserve Fund shall be transferred to said fund,
to a maximum amount in said fund of eighteen per cent of the net
General Fund appropriations for the current fiscal year, and (ii) fifty per
cent of the amount of such surplus shall be deemed to be appropriated,
as selected by the Treasurer in the best interests of the state, to (I) the
State Employees Retirement Fund, in addition to the contributions
required pursuant to section 5-156a, but not exceeding five per cent of
the unfunded past service liability of the state employees retirement
system as set forth in the most recent actuarial valuation certified by the
State Employee Retirement Commission, or (II) the Teachers'
Retirement Fund, in addition to the payments required pursuant to
section 10-183z, but not exceeding five per cent of the unfunded past
service liability of the teachers' retirement system as set forth in the most
recent actuarial valuation prepared for the Teachers' Retirement Board.
(C) On and after July 1, 2024, whenever the amount in the Budget
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appropriations for the current fiscal year, no further transfers shall be
made by the Treasurer to the Budget Reserve Fund and the amount of
such funds in excess of that transferred to said fund shall be deemed to
be appropriated, as selected by the Treasurer in the best interests of the
state, to (i) the State Employees Retirement Fund, in addition to the
contributions required pursuant to section 5-156a, but not exceeding
five per cent of the unfunded past service liability of the state employees
retirement system as set forth in the most recent actuarial valuation
certified by the State Employee Retirement Commission, or (ii) the
Teachers' Retirement Fund, in addition to the payments required
pursuant to section 10-183z, but not exceeding five per cent of the
unfunded past service liability of the teachers' retirement system as set
forth in the most recent actuarial valuation prepared for the Teachers'
Retirement Board.
[(B)] (d) Any surplus in excess of the amounts transferred to the
Budget Reserve Fund and the state employees retirement system or the
teachers' retirement system, as applicable, shall be deemed to be
appropriated for: [(i)] (1) Redeeming prior to maturity any outstanding
indebtedness of the state selected by the Treasurer in the best interests
of the state; [(ii)] (2) purchasing outstanding indebtedness of the state in
the open market at such prices and on such terms and conditions as the
Treasurer shall determine to be in the best interests of the state for the
purpose of extinguishing or defeasing such debt; [(iii)] (3) providing for
the defeasance of any outstanding indebtedness of the state selected by
the Treasurer in the best interests of the state by irrevocably placing with
an escrow agent in trust an amount to be used solely for, and sufficient
to satisfy, scheduled payments of both interest and principal on such
indebtedness; [(iv)] (4) making additional payments towards unfunded
past service liability of the state employees retirement system or of the
teachers' retirement system, as selected by the Treasurer in the best
interests of the state; [,] or [(v)] (5) any combination of these methods.
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interest and principal, such amount may be invested in [(I)] (A) direct
obligations of the United States government, including state and local
government treasury securities that the United States Treasury issues
specifically to provide state and local governments with required cash
flows at yields that do not exceed Internal Revenue Service arbitrage
limits, [(II)] (B) obligations guaranteed by the United States government,
and [(III)] (C) securities backed by United States government obligations
as collateral and for which interest and principal payments on the
collateral generally flow immediately through to the security holder.
[(2)] (e) Whenever the amount in the Budget Reserve Fund equals five
per cent or more of the net General Fund appropriations for the current
fiscal year, the General Assembly may transfer funds in excess of the
five per cent threshold from the Budget Reserve Fund, for the purpose
of paying unfunded past service liability of the state employees
retirement system or of the teachers' retirement system as the General
Assembly, in consultation with the Treasurer, determines to be in the
best interests of the state. Such payments shall be in addition to any
other contributions or payments required pursuant to section 5-156a or
10-183z or [subdivision (1)] subsections (c) and (d) of this section.
[(d)] (f) Moneys in the Budget Reserve Fund shall be expended only
as provided in this subsection and [subdivision (2) of] subsection [(c)]
(e) of this section.
(1) Whenever in any fiscal year the Comptroller has determined the
amount of a deficit applicable with respect to the immediately preceding
fiscal year, to the extent necessary, the amount of funds credited to the
Budget Reserve Fund shall be deemed to be appropriated for purposes
of funding such deficit.
(2) The General Assembly may transfer funds from the Budget
Reserve Fund to the General Fund if any consensus revenue estimate
maintained or revised pursuant to section 2-36c for the current House Bill No. 6671
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biennium projects a decline in General Fund revenues for the current
biennium of one per cent or more from the total amount of General Fund
estimated revenue on which the budget act or any adjusted
appropriation and revenue plan, enacted by the General Assembly for
the current biennium, was based. Any such transfer may be made at any
time during the remainder of the current biennium.
(3) The General Assembly may transfer funds from the Budget
Reserve Fund to the General Fund if the consensus revenue estimate
maintained or revised not later than April thirtieth annually pursuant
to section 2-36c projects a decline in General Fund revenues, in either
year or both years of the biennium immediately following such
consensus revenue estimate, of one per cent or more from the total of
General Fund appropriations for the current year. Any such transfer
shall be made in the fiscal year for which such deficit is projected.
[(e)] (g) The Treasurer is authorized to invest all or any part of said
fund in accordance with the provisions of section 3-31a. The interest
derived from the investment of said fund shall be credited to the General
Fund.
Sec. 16. Section 2-33c of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023):
(a) In addition to the provisions of section 2-33a, on and after July 1,
2019, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the General
Assembly shall not authorize General Fund and Special Transportation
Fund appropriations for any fiscal year in an amount that, in the
aggregate, exceeds the percentage of the statement of estimated revenue
passed pursuant to subsection (b) of section 2-35 for each fiscal year
indicated as follows:
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2020 99.5
2021 99.25
2022 99
2023, and each 98.75
fiscal year thereafter
[2024 98.5
2025 98.25
2026, and each 98
fiscal year thereafter]
(b) The General Assembly may authorize General Fund and Special
Transportation Fund appropriations for any fiscal year in an amount
that, in the aggregate, exceeds the percentage of estimated revenue
specified in subsection (a) of this section for such fiscal year, if:
(1) (A) The Governor declares an emergency or the existence of
extraordinary circumstances and at least three-fifths of the members of
each house of the General Assembly vote to exceed such percentage for
the purposes of such emergency or extraordinary circumstances, and (B)
any such appropriation is for the fiscal year in progress only. Any such
declaration shall specify the nature of such emergency or circumstances;
or
(2) Each house of the General Assembly approves by majority vote
any such appropriation for purposes of an adjusted appropriation and
revenue plan.
Sec. 17. Subdivision (2) of subsection (d) of section 3-20 of the general
statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof
(Effective July 1, 2023):
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2017, and [for each calendar year thereafter] through June 30, 2023, the
State Bond Commission may not authorize bond issuances or credit
revenue bond issuances of more than two billion dollars in the aggregate
in any calendar year. Commencing January 1, 2018, and [each calendar
year thereafter] through June 30, 2023, the aggregate limit shall be
adjusted in accordance with any change in the consumer price index for
all urban consumers for the preceding calendar year, less food and
energy, as published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau
of Labor Statistics. [In computing such aggregate amount at any time,
there shall be excluded or deducted, as the case may be, any
indebtedness authorized pursuant to section 3-21aa.]
(B) For the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2023, and for each fiscal
year thereafter, the State Bond Commission may not authorize bond
issuances or credit revenue bond issuances of more than two billion four
hundred million dollars in the aggregate in any fiscal year.
Commencing July 1, 2024, and each fiscal year thereafter, the aggregate
limit shall be adjusted in accordance with any change in the consumer
price index for all urban consumers for the preceding calendar year, less
food and energy, as published by the United States Department of
Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Sec. 18. Section 3-21 of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023):
(a) (1) No bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness for
borrowed money payable from General Fund tax receipts of the state
shall be authorized by the General Assembly or issued except such as
shall not cause the aggregate amount of the total amount of bonds, notes
or other evidences of indebtedness payable from General Fund tax
receipts authorized by the General Assembly but which have not been
issued and the total amount of such indebtedness which has been issued
and remains outstanding to exceed one and six-tenths times the total
General Fund tax receipts of the state for the fiscal year in which any House Bill No. 6671
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such authorization will become effective or in which such indebtedness
is issued, as estimated for such fiscal year by the joint standing
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of finance,
revenue and bonding in accordance with section 2-35. Credit revenue
bonds issued pursuant to section 3-20j shall be considered as payable
from General Fund tax receipts of the state for purposes of this
subsection. [In]
(2) In computing the amount of outstanding indebtedness, only the
accreted value of any capital appreciation obligation or any zero coupon
obligation that has accreted and been added to the stated initial value of
such obligation as of the date of any computation shall be included and
in computing [such] the aggregate amount of indebtedness at any time,
there shall be excluded or deducted, as the case may be: [,]
[(1) the] (A) The principal amount of all such obligations as may be
certified by the Treasurer [(A)] (i) as issued in anticipation of revenues
to be received by the state during the period of twelve calendar months
next following their issuance and to be paid by application of such
revenue, or [(B)] (ii) as having been refunded or replaced by other
indebtedness the proceeds and projected earnings on which or other
funds are held in escrow to pay and are sufficient to pay the principal,
interest and any redemption premium until maturity or earlier planned
redemption of such indebtedness, or [(C)] (iii) as issued and outstanding
in anticipation of particular bonds then unissued but fully authorized to
be issued in the manner provided by law for such authorization,
provided, as long as any of such obligations are outstanding, the entire
principal amount of such particular bonds thus authorized shall be
deemed to be outstanding and be included in such aggregate amount of
indebtedness, or [(D)] (iv) as payable solely from revenues of particular
public improvements; [,]
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retirement funds of the state to be used to meet principal of outstanding
obligations included in such aggregate amount of indebtedness; [,]
[(3) every] (C) Every such amount as may be certified by the Secretary
of the Office of Policy and Management as the estimated payments on
account of the costs of any public work or improvement thereafter to be
received by the state from the United States or agencies thereof and to
be used, in conformity with applicable federal law, to meet principal of
obligations included in such aggregate amount of indebtedness; [,]
[(4) all] (D) All authorized and issued indebtedness to fund any
budget deficits of the state for any fiscal year; [ending on or before June
30, 1991,]
[(5) all] (E) All authorized indebtedness to fund the program created
pursuant to section 32-285; [,]
[(6) all authorized and issued indebtedness to fund any budget
deficits of the state for any fiscal year ending on or before June 30, 2002,]
[(7) all] (F) All indebtedness authorized and issued pursuant to
section 1 of public act 03-1 of the September 8 special session; [,]
[(8) all] (G) All authorized indebtedness issued pursuant to section 3-
62h; [,]
[(9) any] (H) Any indebtedness represented by any agreement
entered into pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) of section 3-20a as certified
by the Treasurer, provided the indebtedness in connection with which
such agreements were entered into shall be included in such aggregate
amount of indebtedness; [,]
[(10) all indebtedness authorized and issued pursuant to section 3-
20g, and]
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accumulated deficit as determined on the basis of generally accepted
accounting principles, as prescribed by the Governmental Accounting
Standards Board;
(J) Any indebtedness authorized pursuant to any section of the
general statutes or any public or special act that is by its terms not in
effect until a future date, provided such indebtedness shall be included
from the date such authorization is in effect; and
(K) All indebtedness authorized and issued pursuant to a declaration
by the Governor of an emergency or the existence of extraordinary
circumstances and for which at least three-fifths of the members of each
house of the General Assembly has voted to authorize such
indebtedness. [In computing the amount of outstanding indebtedness,
only the accreted value of any capital appreciation obligation or any
zero coupon obligation which has accreted and been added to the stated
initial value of such obligation as of the date of any computation shall
be included.]
(b) The foregoing limitation on the aggregate amount of indebtedness
of the state shall not prevent the issuance of (1) obligations to refund or
replace any such indebtedness existing at any time in an amount not
exceeding such existing indebtedness, or (2) obligations in anticipation
of revenues to be received by the state during the period of twelve
calendar months next following their issuance, or (3) obligations
payable solely from revenues of particular public improvements.
(c) For the purposes of this section, but subject to the exclusions or
deductions herein provided for, the state shall be deemed to be indebted
upon, and to issue, all bonds and notes issued or guaranteed by it and
payable from General Fund tax receipts. To the extent necessary because
of the debt limitation herein provided, priorities with respect to the
issuance or guaranteeing of bonds or notes by the state shall be
determined by the State Bond Commission. House Bill No. 6671
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(d) The General Assembly shall not approve any bill [which] that
authorizes the issuance of any bonds, notes or other evidences of
indebtedness unless such bill has attached to it a certification by the
Treasurer that the amount of authorizations within the bill will not
cause the total amount of indebtedness calculated in accordance with
this section to exceed the limit for indebtedness set forth in this section.
The president pro tempore of the Senate or the speaker of the House of
Representatives, or their designees, shall notify the Treasurer prior to
consideration of such bill in the first chamber.
(e) The State Bond Commission shall not adopt any resolution
[which] that authorizes the issuance of any bonds, notes or other
evidences of indebtedness unless such resolution has attached to it a
certification by the Treasurer that the amount of such authorization will
not cause the total amount of indebtedness calculated in accordance
with this section to exceed the limit for indebtedness set forth in this
section.
(f) (1) (A) On and after July 1, 2018, and prior to July 1, 2023, the
Treasurer may not issue general obligation bonds or notes pursuant to
section 3-20, as amended by this act, or credit revenue bonds pursuant
to section 3-20j that exceed in the aggregate one billion nine hundred
million dollars in any fiscal year. Commencing July 1, 2019, and [each
fiscal year thereafter] through June 30, 2023, the aggregate limit shall be
adjusted in accordance with any change in the consumer price index for
all urban consumers for the preceding calendar year, less food and
energy, as published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau
of Labor Statistics.
(B) For the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2023, and for each fiscal
year thereafter, the Treasurer may not issue general obligation bonds or
notes pursuant to section 3-20, as amended by this act, or credit revenue
bonds pursuant to section 3-20j that exceed in the aggregate of two
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Commencing July 1, 2024, and each fiscal year thereafter, the aggregate
limit shall be adjusted in accordance with any change in the consumer
price index for all urban consumers for the preceding calendar year, less
food and energy, as published by the United States Department of
Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[(B)] (2) Any calculation made pursuant to [subparagraph (A) of this]
subdivision (1) of this subsection shall not include [(i)] (A) any general
obligation bonds issued as part of CSCU 2020, as defined in subdivision
(3) of section 10a-91c, or UConn 2000, as defined in subdivision (25) of
section 10a-109c, [(ii)] (B) any bonds, notes or other evidences of
indebtedness for borrowed money which are issued for the purpose of
refunding other bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, [(iii)]
or (C) obligations in anticipation of revenues to be received by the state
during the twelve calendar months next following their issuance. [, or
(iv) any indebtedness authorized pursuant to section 3-21aa.
(2) (A) Not later than January 1, 2018, and January first annually
thereafter, the Treasurer shall provide the Governor with a list of
allocated but unissued bonds. The Governor shall post such list on the
Internet web site of the office of the Governor.
(B) Notwithstanding section 4-85, the Governor shall not approve
allotment requisitions pursuant to said section that would result in the
issuance of general obligation bonds or notes pursuant to section 3-20
or credit revenue bonds pursuant to section 3-20j that exceed in the
aggregate one billion nine hundred million dollars in any fiscal year.
Commencing July 1, 2019, and each fiscal year thereafter, the aggregate
limit shall be adjusted in accordance with any change in the consumer
price index for all urban consumers for the preceding calendar year, less
food and energy, as published by the United States Department of
Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Not later than April 1, 2018, and April
first annually thereafter, the Governor shall provide the Treasurer with
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that can be made July first commencing the next fiscal year totaling not
more than one billion nine hundred million dollars. Commencing July
1, 2019, and each fiscal year thereafter, the aggregate limit shall be
adjusted in accordance with any change in the consumer price index for
all urban consumers for the preceding calendar year, less food and
energy, as published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau
of Labor Statistics. The Governor shall post such list on the Internet web
site of the office of the Governor.
(C) Any calculation made pursuant to subparagraph (B) of this
subdivision shall not include (i) any general obligation bonds issued as
part of CSCU 2020, as defined in subdivision (3) of section 10a-91c, or
UConn 2000, as defined in subdivision (25) of section 10a-109c, (ii) any
bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness for borrowed money
which are issued for the purpose of refunding other bonds, notes or
other evidences of indebtedness, (iii) obligations in anticipation of
revenues to be received by the state during the twelve calendar months
next following their issuance, or (iv) any indebtedness authorized
pursuant to section 3-21aa.]
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4-85, the Governor
shall not approve allotment requisitions pursuant to said section of
general obligation bonds or notes or credit revenue bonds in an amount
greater than the issuance limit set forth in subdivision (1) of subsection
(f) of this section.
(g) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any bonds, notes
or other evidences of indebtedness for borrowed money which are
issued for the purpose of: (1) Meeting cash flow needs; [or] (2) covering
emergency needs in times of natural disaster; or (3) funding any budget
deficits of the state for any fiscal year.
Sec. 19. Section 3-21aa of the general statutes is repealed. (Effective July
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