Senate Bill No. 1213
Public Act No. 23-179
AN ACT CONCERNING THE MASHANTUCKET PEQUOT AND
MOHEGAN FUND.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 3-55i of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023):
(a) (1) There is established the "Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan
Fund" which shall be a separate nonlapsing fund. All funds received by
the state of Connecticut from the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe pursuant
to the joint memorandum of understanding entered into by and
between the state and the tribe on January 13, 1993, as amended on April
30, 1993, and any successor thereto, shall be deposited in the General
Fund. [During the fiscal year]
(2) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2015, [and each fiscal year
thereafter] to June 30, 2025, inclusive, from the funds received by the
state from the tribe pursuant to said joint memorandum of
understanding, as amended, and any successor thereto, an amount
equal to the appropriation to the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan
Fund for Grants to Towns shall be transferred to the Mashantucket
Pequot and Mohegan Fund. [and shall be distributed by the Office of
Policy and Management, during said fiscal year, in accordance with the Senate Bill No. 1213
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provisions of section 3-55j] For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, and
each fiscal year thereafter, one hundred thirty-nine million three
hundred eighty thousand dollars of the funds deposited in the General
Fund pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection or received by the
state pursuant to the memorandum of understanding entered into by
and between the state and the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut
on May 17, 1994, as amended from time to time, shall be transferred
from the General Fund to the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund.
During each fiscal year, the Office of Policy and Management shall make
distributions of any funds transferred to the Mashantucket Pequot and
Mohegan Fund pursuant to this section in accordance with the
provisions of section 3-55j. The amount of the grant payable to each
municipality during any fiscal year, in accordance with [said] section 3-
55j, shall be reduced proportionately if the total of such grants exceeds
the amount of funds available for such year. The grant shall be paid in
three installments as follows: The Secretary of the Office of Policy and
Management shall, annually, not later than the fifteenth day of
December, the fifteenth day of March and the fifteenth day of June
certify to the Comptroller the amount due each municipality under the
provisions of section 3-55j and the Comptroller shall draw an order on
the Treasurer on or before the fifth business day following the fifteenth
day of December, the fifth business day following the fifteenth day of
March and the fifth business day following the fifteenth day of June and
the Treasurer shall pay the amount thereof to such municipality on or
before the first day of January, the first day of April and the thirtieth day
of June.
(b) The transfers from the General Fund to the Mashantucket Pequot
and Mohegan Fund required by subsection (a) of this section shall not
be reduced except upon (1) submission to the General Assembly by the
Governor of a certification of an emergency requiring such reduction;
and (2) a vote of at least two-thirds of the members of each house of the
General Assembly approving such reduction. Senate Bill No. 1213
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(c) The moneys available in the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan
Fund shall be paid to municipalities as specified in the general statutes
and biennial budget approved by the General Assembly.