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Connecticut Senate Bill SB01527

Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

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1919 AN ACT IMPLEMENTING A RECOMMENDATION OF THE AUDITORS
2020 OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS REGARDING NONLAPSING ACCOUNTS.
2121 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
2222 Assembly convened:
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2424 Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 3-22u of the general statutes is 1
2525 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2
2626 2025): 3
2727 (a) There is established an account to be known as the "CHET Baby 4
2828 Scholars fund", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within 5
2929 the General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys required by 6
3030 law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account shall be 7
3131 expended by the office of the Treasurer for the purposes of the CHET 8
3232 Baby Scholars program established pursuant to this section. 9
3333 Sec. 2. Section 3-123f of the general statutes is repealed and the 10
3434 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 11
3535 The State Comptroller shall establish a separate, nonlapsing capital 12
3636 reserve account [within the General Fund] for each constituent unit of 13
3737 the state system of higher education. The proceeds of the sale, pursuant 14
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4545 unit of the state system of higher education shall upon deposit in the 16
4646 General Fund be credited to the capital reserve account of the 17
4747 appropriate constituent unit for the purpose of capital projects 18
4848 authorized by the constituent unit. 19
4949 Sec. 3. Subsection (a) of section 3-123eee of the general statutes is 20
5050 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 21
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5252 (a) There is established an account to be known as the "partnership 23
5353 plan premium account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 24
5454 [within the General Fund.] All premiums paid by employers and their 25
5555 respective employees and retirees for coverage under a partnership plan 26
5656 pursuant to sections 3-123bbb to 3-123ddd, inclusive, shall be deposited 27
5757 into said account. The account shall be administered by the Comptroller 28
5858 for payment of claims and administrative fees to entities providing 29
5959 coverage or services under partnership plans. 30
6060 Sec. 4. Subsection (a) of section 4-66h of the general statutes is 31
6161 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 32
6262 2025): 33
6363 (a) There is established an account to be known as the "Main Street 34
6464 Investment Fund account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 35
6565 account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any 36
6666 moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the 37
6767 account shall be expended by the Department of Housing for the 38
6868 purposes of providing grants not to exceed five hundred thousand 39
6969 dollars to municipalities with populations of not more than thirty 40
7070 thousand or municipalities eligible for the small town economic 41
7171 assistance program pursuant to section 4-66g for eligible projects as 42
7272 defined in subsection (d) of this section. Municipalities shall apply for 43
7373 such grants in a manner to be determined by the Commissioner of 44
7474 Housing. Said commissioner may contract with a nonprofit entity to 45
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8282 Sec. 5. Subsection (a) of section 4-66k of the general statutes is 47
8383 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 48
8484 2025): 49
8585 (a) There is established an account to be known as the "regional 50
8686 planning incentive account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 51
8787 account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any 52
8888 moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the 53
8989 account shall be expended by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 54
9090 Management for the purposes of first providing funding to regional 55
9191 planning organizations in accordance with the provisions of this section, 56
9292 next providing grants for the support of regional election advisors 57
9393 pursuant to section 9-229c and then providing grants under the regional 58
9494 performance incentive program established pursuant to section 4-124s. 59
9595 Sec. 6. Subsection (b) of section 4-66l of the general statutes is repealed 60
9696 and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 61
9797 (b) There is established an account to be known as the "municipal 62
9898 revenue sharing account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 63
9999 account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any 64
100100 moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. The secretary 65
101101 shall set aside and ensure availability of moneys in the account in the 66
102102 following order of priority and shall transfer or disburse such moneys 67
103103 as follows: 68
104104 (1) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023, 69
105105 moneys sufficient to make motor vehicle property tax grants payable to 70
106106 municipalities pursuant to subsection (c) of this section shall be 71
107107 expended not later than August first annually by the secretary; 72
108108 (2) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023, 73
109109 moneys sufficient to make the grants payable pursuant to subsection (d) 74
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118118 section 12-20b shall be expended by the secretary; and 77
119119 (3) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023, 78
120120 moneys in the account remaining shall be expended annually by the 79
121121 secretary for the purposes of the municipal revenue sharing grants 80
122122 established pursuant to subsection (d) of this section. Any such moneys 81
123123 deposited in the account for municipal revenue sharing grants, 82
124124 including moneys accrued to the account during each fiscal year but 83
125125 received after the end of such fiscal year, shall be distributed to 84
126126 municipalities not later than October first following the end of each 85
127127 fiscal year. Any municipality may apply to the Office of Policy and 86
128128 Management on or after July first for early disbursement of a portion of 87
129129 such grant. The Office of Policy and Management may approve such an 88
130130 application if it finds that early disbursement is required in order for a 89
131131 municipality to meet its cash flow needs. No early disbursement 90
132132 approved by said office may be issued later than September thirtieth. 91
133133 Sec. 7. Subsection (a) of section 4-66n of the general statutes is 92
134134 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 93
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136136 (a) There is established an account to be known as the "municipal 95
137137 reimbursement and revenue account", which shall be a separate, 96
138138 nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall 97
139139 contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. 98
140140 Sec. 8. Subsection (a) of section 4-66aa of the general statutes is 99
141141 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 100
142142 2025): 101
143143 (a) There is established [, within the General Fund,] a separate, 102
144144 nonlapsing account to be known as the "community investment 103
145145 account". The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be 104
146146 deposited in the account. The funds in the account shall be distributed 105
147147 every three months as follows: (1) Ten dollars of each fee credited to said 106
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155155 established pursuant to section 4-66cc, as amended by this act, and, then, 108
156156 of the remaining funds, (2) twenty-five per cent to the Department of 109
157157 Economic and Community Development to use as follows: (A) Three 110
158158 hundred eighty thousand dollars, annually, to supplement the technical 111
159159 assistance and preservation activities of the Connecticut Trust for 112
160160 Historic Preservation, established pursuant to special act 75-93, and (B) 113
161161 the remainder to supplement historic preservation activities as provided 114
162162 in sections 10-409 to 10-415, inclusive; (3) twenty-five per cent to the 115
163163 Department of Housing to supplement new or existing affordable 116
164164 housing programs; (4) twenty-five per cent to the Department of Energy 117
165165 and Environmental Protection for municipal open space grants; and (5) 118
166166 twenty-five per cent to the Department of Agriculture to use as follows: 119
167167 (A) Five hundred thousand dollars annually for the agricultural 120
168168 viability grant program established pursuant to section 22-26j; (B) five 121
169169 hundred thousand dollars annually for the farm transition program 122
170170 established pursuant to section 22-26k; (C) one hundred thousand 123
171171 dollars annually to encourage the sale of Connecticut-grown food to 124
172172 schools, restaurants, retailers and other institutions and businesses in 125
173173 the state; (D) seventy-five thousand dollars annually for the Connecticut 126
174174 farm link program established pursuant to section 22-26l; (E) forty-127
175175 seven thousand five hundred dollars annually for the Seafood Advisory 128
176176 Council established pursuant to section 22-455; (F) forty-seven thousand 129
177177 five hundred dollars annually for the Connecticut Farm Wine 130
178178 Development Council established pursuant to section 22-26c; (G) 131
179179 twenty-five thousand dollars annually to the Connecticut Food Policy 132
180180 Council established pursuant to section 22-456; and (H) the remainder 133
181181 for farmland preservation programs pursuant to chapter 422. Each 134
182182 agency receiving funds under this section may use not more than ten 135
183183 per cent of such funds for administration of the programs for which the 136
184184 funds were provided. 137
185185 Sec. 9. Section 4-66cc of the general statutes is repealed and the 138
186186 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 139
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194194 sustainability account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 141
195195 [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys 142
196196 required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account 143
197197 shall be expended by the Commissioner of Agriculture for the purpose 144
198198 of providing agricultural assistance pursuant to section 22-265b. 145
199199 Sec. 10. Subsection (d) of section 4-68aa of the general statutes is 146
200200 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 147
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202202 (d) There is established an account to be known as the "social 149
203203 innovation account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 150
204204 [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys 151
205205 required by law to be deposited in the account. Any interest accruing to 152
206206 the account shall be credited to the account. Moneys may be transferred 153
207207 to the account from the General Fund. Moneys in the account shall be 154
208208 expended by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management for 155
209209 the purposes of facilitating the reentry of moderate and high-risk 156
210210 offenders into the community. The secretary may apply for and accept 157
211211 gifts, grants or donations from public or private sources to enable the 158
212212 account to be a source of payments to investors purchasing interests in 159
213213 a social investment vehicle. 160
214214 Sec. 11. Subsection (d) of section 4-68aaa of the general statutes is 161
215215 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 162
216216 2025): 163
217217 (d) There is established an account to be known as the "youth sports 164
218218 grant account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within 165
219219 the General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys required by 166
220220 law to be deposited in the account and may accept gifts, grants and 167
221221 donations from public or private sources. Moneys in the account shall 168
222222 be expended by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management 169
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231231 Sec. 12. Subsection (a) of section 4-124jj of the general statutes is 172
232232 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 173
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234234 (a) There is established an account to be known as the "Office of 175
235235 Workforce Strategy account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 176
236236 account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any 177
237237 moneys required by law to be deposited in the account and any funds 178
238238 received from any public or private contributions, gifts, grants, 179
239239 donations, bequests or devises to the account. Moneys in the account 180
240240 shall be expended by the Office of Workforce Strategy for the purposes 181
241241 of funding workforce training programs and supporting administrative 182
242242 expenses of the Office of Workforce Strategy. The Office of Workforce 183
243243 Strategy may enter into contracts or agreements with the constituent 184
244244 units of the state system of higher education and regional workforce 185
245245 development boards for the purposes of this section. The Chief 186
246246 Workforce Officer, in consultation with the Labor Commissioner and 187
247247 the regional workforce development boards, shall (1) ensure that, as 188
248248 appropriate, participants in a workforce training program funded 189
249249 through the Office of Workforce Strategy account also enroll in 190
250250 additional workforce development programs for the purpose of 191
251251 minimizing duplication across existing workforce programs and 192
252252 leveraging federal funds; and (2) establish funding eligibility criteria for 193
253253 workforce training programs for the purpose of meeting the workforce 194
254254 needs of in-demand occupations. 195
255255 Sec. 13. Section 4b-21a of the general statutes is repealed and the 196
256256 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 197
257257 There is established an account to be known as the "state properties 198
258258 improvement account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 199
259259 [within the General Fund.] The account may contain any moneys 200
260260 required by law to be deposited in the account. The moneys in said 201
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268268 improvements to, and the maintenance of, real property owned by the 203
269269 state. 204
270270 Sec. 14. Subsection (c) of section 4b-53 of the general statutes is 205
271271 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 206
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273273 (c) There is established [within the General Fund] a state building 208
274274 works of art account, which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. The 209
275275 moneys within said account shall be used (1) for the purchase of works 210
276276 of art from distinguished Connecticut artists, which shall be placed on 211
277277 public view in state buildings, (2) to establish a bank of major works of 212
278278 art, from which individual works of art may be circulated among state 213
279279 buildings, public art museums and nonprofit galleries, and (3) for repair 214
280280 of all works acquired under this section. The Department of Economic 215
281281 and Community Development, in consultation with the Commissioner 216
282282 of Administrative Services, shall adopt regulations in accordance with 217
283283 the provisions of chapter 54, which shall (A) indicate the portion of the 218
284284 one per cent allocation under subsection (b) of this section, up to one 219
285285 quarter of such allocation, which shall be deposited in the General Fund 220
286286 and credited to said account, (B) set forth the manner in which the 221
287287 moneys in said account shall be allocated and expended for the 222
288288 purposes of this subsection, and (C) establish procedures to ensure 223
289289 accountability in maintaining the integrity of such bank of works of art. 224
290290 Sec. 15. Subsection (a) of section 4d-82a of the general statutes is 225
291291 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 226
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293293 (a) There is established a separate, nonlapsing account, [within the 228
294294 General Fund to] which shall be known as the [Ed-Net account] "Ed-Net 229
295295 account". Any reimbursements received by the Department of 230
296296 Administrative Services for costs associated with the Connecticut 231
297297 Education Network shall be deposited in the General Fund and credited 232
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305305 of said network. 234
306306 Sec. 16. Section 7-131s of the general statutes is repealed and the 235
307307 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 236
308308 [(a)] There is established a Charter Oak open space trust account, 237
309309 [within the General Fund,] which shall be nonlapsing and shall be 238
310310 separate from bond funds provided for any similar programs or 239
311311 purposes. 240
312312 [(b) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, disbursements from the 241
313313 Charter Oak open space trust account shall be made as follows: (1) Sixty 242
314314 per cent of the funds shall be deposited into the Charter Oak open space 243
315315 grant program account established pursuant to section 7-131t; and (2) 244
316316 forty per cent of the funds shall be deposited in the Charter Oak state 245
317317 parks and forest account established pursuant to section 7-131u.] 246
318318 Sec. 17. Subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 7-131t of the 247
319319 general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 248
320320 thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 249
321321 (a) (1) There is established a Charter Oak open space grant program 250
322322 account, [within the General Fund,] which shall be a separate, 251
323323 nonlapsing account. The account shall consist of any funds required or 252
324324 allowed by law to be deposited into the account including, but not 253
325325 limited to, funds from the Charter Oak open space trust account 254
326326 established pursuant to section 7-131s, as amended by this act, gifts or 255
327327 donations received for the purposes of section 7-131d. Investment 256
328328 earnings credited to the assets of the account shall become part of the 257
329329 assets of the account. Any balance remaining in the account at the end 258
330330 of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in the account for the fiscal 259
331331 year next succeeding. Payments from the account shall be made upon 260
332332 authorization by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental 261
333333 Protection. Neither the proceeds of any general obligation bonds of the 262
334334 state nor the investment earnings of any such proceeds shall be 263
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342342 Sec. 18. Subsection (a) of section 7-131u of the general statutes is 265
343343 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 266
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345345 (a) There is established a Charter Oak state parks and forests account, 268
346346 [within the General Fund,] which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 269
347347 account. The account shall consist of any funds required or allowed by 270
348348 law to be deposited into the account including, but not limited to, funds 271
349349 from the Charter Oak open space trust account established pursuant to 272
350350 section 7-131s, as amended by this act, gifts or donations received for 273
351351 the purposes of this section. Investment earnings credited to the assets 274
352352 of the account shall become part of the assets of the account. Any 275
353353 balance remaining in the account at the end of any fiscal year shall be 276
354354 carried forward in the account for the fiscal year next succeeding. 277
355355 Payments from the account shall be made upon authorization by the 278
356356 Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. Neither the 279
357357 proceeds of any general obligation bonds of the state nor the investment 280
358358 earnings of any such proceeds shall be deposited in the account. Funds 281
359359 in the state parks and forests account shall be expended to acquire land 282
360360 as set forth in subsection (b) of this section. 283
361361 Sec. 19. Subsection (b) of section 7-294p of the general statutes is 284
362362 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 285
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364364 (b) The department may establish and maintain a municipal police 287
365365 officer training and education extension account, which shall be a 288
366366 separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The account 289
367367 shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. 290
368368 The account shall be used for the operation of such training and 291
369369 education programs and sessions as the Department of Emergency 292
370370 Services and Public Protection, in consultation with the Police Officer 293
371371 Standards and Training Council, may establish. All proceeds derived 294
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379379 shall be deposited in the General Fund and shall be credited to and 296
380380 become a part of the resources of the account. All direct expenses 297
381381 incurred in the conduct of the training and education programs and 298
382382 sessions shall be charged and any payments of interest and principal of 299
383383 bonds or any sums transferable to any fund for the payment of interest 300
384384 and principal of bonds and any cost of equipment for such operations 301
385385 may be charged, against the account on order of the State Comptroller. 302
386386 Any balance of receipts above expenditures shall remain in the account 303
387387 to be used for training and education programs and sessions. 304
388388 Sec. 20. Subsection (a) of section 7-313h of the general statutes is 305
389389 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 306
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391391 (a) There is established an account to be known as the "firefighters 308
392392 cancer relief account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 309
393393 [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys 310
394394 required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account 311
395395 shall be expended by (1) the cancer relief subcommittee of the 312
396396 Connecticut State Firefighters Association, established pursuant to 313
397397 section 7-313i, for the purposes of providing wage replacement benefits 314
398398 to firefighters who are diagnosed with a condition of cancer described 315
399399 in section 7-313j, and (2) by the State Treasurer for purposes of providing 316
400400 reimbursement to municipalities that provide compensation and 317
401401 benefits to firefighters diagnosed with a condition of cancer in 318
402402 accordance with section 7-313p. 319
403403 Sec. 21. Subsection (a) of section 7-406n of the general statutes is 320
404404 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 321
405405 2025): 322
406406 (a) There is established an account to be known as the "municipal 323
407407 pension solvency account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 324
408408 account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain: (1) The 325
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416416 purpose of deposit in said account and use in accordance with this 327
417417 section and section 7-406o; (2) payments received from any municipality 328
418418 in repayment of a municipal pension solvency loan; (3) interest or other 329
419419 income earned on the investment of moneys in said account; and (4) any 330
420420 additional moneys made available from any sources, public or private, 331
421421 for the purposes for which said account was established and for the 332
422422 purpose of deposit in said account. 333
423423 Sec. 22. Subsection (a) of section 8-441 of the general statutes is 334
424424 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 335
425425 2025): 336
426426 (a) There is established an account to be known as the "Crumbling 337
427427 Foundations Assistance Fund", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 338
428428 account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any 339
429429 moneys required by law to be deposited in the account and any 340
430430 voluntary contributions. Moneys in the account shall be made available 341
431431 to incorporate the captive insurance company established pursuant to 342
432432 section 38a-91vv. Moneys in the account shall be transferred to such 343
433433 captive insurance company upon licensure by the Insurance 344
434434 Department. Voluntary contributions to the fund shall be deemed to be 345
435435 given for the purpose of providing financial assistance to owners of 346
436436 residential buildings for the repair or replacement of concrete 347
437437 foundations of such buildings that have deteriorated due to the presence 348
438438 of pyrrhotite and to minimize any negative impact on the economies of 349
439439 municipalities in which such residential buildings are located. No such 350
440440 contributions shall be further restricted by the donor or used by the 351
441441 captive insurance company for any other purposes. The captive 352
442442 insurance company shall not return any portion of such contributions to 353
443443 any donor. Any bond proceeds deposited into the fund shall be kept 354
444444 separate from any and all other funds deposited into the fund. 355
445445 Sec. 23. Subsection (a) of section 8-446 of the general statutes is 356
446446 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 357
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454454 (a) There is established an account to be known as the "Healthy 359
455455 Homes Fund", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within 360
456456 the General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys required by 361
457457 law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account shall be 362
458458 expended by the Department of Housing for the purposes of: 363
459459 (1) Funding of not more than one million dollars, from remittances 364
460460 transferred pursuant to section 38a-331 for the period beginning January 365
461461 1, 2019, and ending December 31, 2019, shall be remitted to the 366
462462 Department of Economic and Community Development to be used for 367
463463 grants-in-aid to homeowners with homes located in the immediate 368
464464 vicinity of the West River in the Westville section of New Haven and 369
465465 Woodbridge for structurally damaged homes due to subsidence and to 370
466466 homeowners with homes abutting the Yale Golf Course in the Westville 371
467467 section of New Haven for damage to such homes from water infiltration 372
468468 or structural damage due to subsidence, and, from remittances 373
469469 transferred pursuant to section 38a-331, for the period beginning May 1, 374
470470 2022, and ending April 30, 2023, funding not exceeding the actual cost 375
471471 of remediation or relocation shall be remitted to the Department of 376
472472 Housing to be used for grants-in-aid for the remediation of structurally 377
473473 deficient foundations in owner-occupied units or the relocation of any 378
474474 owner of any such unit of any condominium associations located in the 379
475475 town of Hamden; 380
476476 (2) Funding a program, and any related administrative expense, to 381
477477 reduce health and safety hazards in residential dwellings in 382
478478 Connecticut, including, but not limited to, lead, radon and other 383
479479 contaminants or conditions, through removal, remediation, abatement 384
480480 and other appropriate methods. For purposes of this subdivision, 385
481481 "administrative expense" means any administrative or other cost or 386
482482 expense incurred by the Department of Housing in carrying out the 387
483483 provisions of this section, including, but not limited to, the hiring of 388
484484 necessary employees and entering into necessary contracts; and 389
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492492 dollars, from remittances transferred pursuant to section 38a-331 for the 391
493493 period beginning January 1, 2021, and ending December 31, 2021, shall 392
494494 be remitted to the captive insurance company established pursuant to 393
495495 section 38a-91vv, to be used for the research and development of the 394
496496 report described in section 4 of public act 21-120* and any related 395
497497 administrative expense. Such sum shall not be considered in calculating 396
498498 the total funds allocated or made available to the captive insurance 397
499499 company used for administrative or operational costs pursuant to 398
500500 section 38a-91vv. 399
501501 Sec. 24. Section 9-701 of the general statutes is repealed and the 400
502502 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 401
503503 There is established the "Citizens' Election Fund", which shall be a 402
504504 separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The fund may 403
505505 contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the fund. 404
506506 Investment earnings credited to the assets of the fund shall become part 405
507507 of the assets of the fund. The State Treasurer shall administer the fund. 406
508508 All moneys deposited in the fund shall be used for the purposes of 407
509509 sections 9-700 to 9-716, inclusive. 408
510510 Sec. 25. Section 10-21l of the general statutes is repealed and the 409
511511 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 410
512512 There is established an account to be known as the "computer science 411
513513 education account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 412
514514 [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys 413
515515 required or permitted by law to be deposited in the account and any 414
516516 funds received from any public or private contributions, gifts, grants, 415
517517 donations, bequests or devises to the account. The Department of 416
518518 Education may make expenditures from the account to support 417
519519 curriculum development, teacher professional development, capacity 418
520520 development for school districts, and other programs for the purposes 419
521521 of supporting computer science education. 420
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528528 Sec. 26. Subsection (a) of section 10-265ff of the general statutes is 421
529529 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 422
530530 2025): 423
531531 (a) There is established an account to be known as the "Philanthropic 424
532532 Match account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within 425
533533 the General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys required by 426
534534 law to be deposited in the account. 427
535535 Sec. 27. Section 10-373bb of the general statutes is repealed and the 428
536536 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 429
537537 There is established an account to be known as the "cultural heritage 430
538538 development account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 431
539539 [within the General Fund.] The account may contain any moneys 432
540540 required by law to be deposited in the account. The moneys in said 433
541541 account shall be allocated to a grant program administered by the 434
542542 Connecticut Humanities Council, to provide funds for local institutions 435
543543 in the humanities, including but not limited to, libraries, museums and 436
544544 historical and cultural societies and associations. No such grant for 437
545545 technical assistance shall exceed ten thousand dollars, no such grant for 438
546546 planning or professional development shall exceed twenty-five 439
547547 thousand dollars, and no such grant for implementation shall exceed 440
548548 one hundred fifty thousand dollars. Each grant under this section shall 441
549549 be matched equally by the local institution, through an in-kind 442
550550 contribution, monetary contribution, or any combination of an in-kind 443
551551 or monetary contribution. In the case of an implementation grant in the 444
552552 amount of five thousand dollars or more, but less than twenty-five 445
553553 thousand dollars, at least twenty-five per cent of the matching 446
554554 contribution by the local institution shall be from private sources. In the 447
555555 case of an implementation grant in the amount of twenty-five thousand 448
556556 dollars or more, at least fifty per cent of the matching contribution by 449
557557 the local institution shall be from private sources. The council shall 450
558558 report to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having 451
559559 cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the Department of 452
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565565
566566 Economic and Community Development in December of each year 453
567567 concerning the grants made under the program and their purposes. 454
568568 Sec. 28. Section 10-507 of the general statutes is repealed and the 455
569569 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 456
570570 (a) There is established an account to be known as the "smart start 457
571571 competitive capital grant account", which shall be a capital projects 458
572572 fund. The account shall contain the amounts authorized by the State 459
573573 Bond Commission in accordance with section 10-508 and any other 460
574574 moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the 461
575575 account shall be expended by the Office of Early Childhood for the 462
576576 purposes of the Connecticut Smart Start competitive grant program 463
577577 established pursuant to section 10-506. 464
578578 (b) There is established an account to be known as the "smart start 465
579579 competitive operating grant account", which shall be a separate, 466
580580 nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall 467
581581 contain moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys 468
582582 in the account shall be expended by the Office of Early Childhood for 469
583583 the purposes of the Connecticut Smart Start competitive grant program 470
584584 established pursuant to section 10-506. 471
585585 Sec. 29. Section 10a-11e of the general statutes is repealed and the 472
586586 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 473
587587 The Office of Higher Education may solicit and accept for use any gift 474
588588 of money or property made by will or otherwise, and any grant of 475
589589 money, services or property from the federal government, the state or 476
590590 any political subdivision thereof or any private source for the purpose 477
591591 of administering the Planning Commission of Higher Education. Such 478
592592 funds shall be deposited in an account to be known as the "Planning 479
593593 Commission for Higher Education Fund", which shall be a separate, 480
594594 nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] 481
595595 Sec. 30. Section 10a-22q of the general statutes is repealed and the 482
596596 Raised Bill No. 1527
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598598
599599
600600 LCO No. 4818 17 of 63
601601
602602 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 483
603603 After each annual determination of the balance of the private career 484
604604 school student protection account required by section 10a-22w, if the 485
605605 balance of the account is more than two million five hundred thousand 486
606606 dollars, the State Treasurer shall transfer to a separate, nonlapsing 487
607607 account, [within the General Fund,] to be known as the [private career 488
608608 school student benefit account] "private career school student benefit 489
609609 account", three-fourths of the annually accrued interest of said student 490
610610 protection account. 491
611611 Sec. 31. Subsection (a) of section 10a-170w of the general statutes is 492
612612 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 493
613613 2025): 494
614614 (a) The Board of Regents for Higher Education may establish and 495
615615 administer an account to be known as the [gear up for Connecticut 496
616616 futures account] "gear up for Connecticut futures account". The account 497
617617 shall be a separate and nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] 498
618618 The account shall be used for scholarships pursuant to the federal GEAR 499
619619 UP program, 20 USC 1070a-21 et seq. The board may deposit state funds 500
620620 appropriated as a state match to the federally funded GEAR UP grant 501
621621 in the account. 502
622622 Sec. 32. Section 11-8i of the general statutes is repealed and the 503
623623 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 504
624624 There is established [, within the General Fund,] a separate and 505
625625 nonlapsing account to be known as the "historic documents 506
626626 preservation account". The account shall contain any moneys required 507
627627 by law to be deposited in the account. Investment earnings credited to 508
628628 the assets of the account shall become part of the assets of the account. 509
629629 Any balance remaining in the account at the end of any fiscal year shall 510
630630 be carried forward for the fiscal year next succeeding. The moneys in 511
631631 said account shall be used for the purposes of sections 11-8j to 11-8l, 512
632632 inclusive. 513
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635635
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637637 LCO No. 4818 18 of 63
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639639 Sec. 33. Subsection (d) of section 12-806b of the general statutes is 514
640640 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 515
641641 2025): 516
642642 (d) There is established an account to be known as the "lottery 517
643643 assessment account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 518
644644 [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys 519
645645 required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account 520
646646 shall be expended by the Department of Consumer Protection. 521
647647 Sec. 34. Subsection (a) of section 13b-55b of the general statutes is 522
648648 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 523
649649 2025): 524
650650 (a) There is established an account to be known as the "harbor 525
651651 improvement account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 526
652652 [within the General Fund.] There shall be deposited in the account: (1) 527
653653 The proceeds of notes, bonds or other obligations issued by the state for 528
654654 the purpose of deposit therein and use in accordance with the 529
655655 permissible uses thereof; (2) funds appropriated by the General 530
656656 Assembly for the purpose of deposit therein and used in accordance 531
657657 with the permissible uses thereof; and (3) any other funds required or 532
658658 permitted by law to be deposited in the account. The funds in said 533
659659 account shall be expended by the Connecticut Port Authority for the 534
660660 purpose of initiating harbor improvement projects in accordance with 535
661661 section 13b-55a and for the purposes described in subsection (b) of this 536
662662 section. 537
663663 Sec. 35. Subsection (d) of section 14-19b of the general statutes is 538
664664 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 539
665665 2025): 540
666666 (d) The Comptroller shall establish an account for each institution of 541
667667 higher education for which the commissioner has established a 542
668668 commemorative number plate pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. 543
669669 Each such account shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the 544
670670 Raised Bill No. 1527
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675675
676676 General Fund.] Such account shall contain any moneys required to be 545
677677 deposited in the account pursuant to this section. The moneys in each 546
678678 such account shall be distributed quarterly by the commissioner to the 547
679679 institution of higher education for which the account is established. 548
680680 Such institutions of higher education shall expend funds received from 549
681681 such accounts to provide funding for scholarships on the basis of 550
682682 financial need and for alumni outreach efforts. 551
683683 Sec. 36. Subsection (a) of section 14-21g of the general statutes is 552
684684 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 553
685685 2025): 554
686686 (a) There is established an account to be known as the "Keep Kids Safe 555
687687 account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the 556
688688 General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys required by law 557
689689 to be deposited in the account. 558
690690 Sec. 37. Subsection (d) of section 14-21i of the general statutes is 559
691691 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 560
692692 2025): 561
693693 (d) There is established an account to be known as the "greenways 562
694694 commemorative account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 563
695695 account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any 564
696696 moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. The funds in the 565
697697 account shall be expended by the Commissioner of Energy and 566
698698 Environmental Protection to fund the greenways capital grant program 567
699699 established pursuant to section 23-101 and the bikeway, pedestrian 568
700700 walkway, recreational trail and greenway grant program described in 569
701701 section 23-103. 570
702702 Sec. 38. Subsection (a) of section 14-21k of the general statutes is 571
703703 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 572
704704 2025): 573
705705 (a) There is established an account to be known as the "Amistad 574
706706 Raised Bill No. 1527
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708708
709709
710710 LCO No. 4818 20 of 63
711711
712712 commemorative account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 575
713713 account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any 576
714714 moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. 577
715715 Sec. 39. Subsection (a) of section 14-21m of the general statutes is 578
716716 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 579
717717 2025): 580
718718 (a) There is established an account to be known as the "Olympic Spirit 581
719719 commemorative account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 582
720720 account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any 583
721721 moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. 584
722722 Sec. 40. Subsection (a) of section 14-21p of the general statutes is 585
723723 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 586
724724 2025): 587
725725 (a) There is established an account to be known as the "United We 588
726726 Stand commemorative account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 589
727727 account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any 590
728728 moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. 591
729729 Sec. 41. Subsection (a) of section 14-21r of the general statutes is 592
730730 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 593
731731 2025): 594
732732 (a) There is established an account to be known as the "childhood 595
733733 cancer awareness account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 596
734734 account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any 597
735735 moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. 598
736736 Sec. 42. Subsection (c) of section 14-21u of the general statutes is 599
737737 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 600
738738 2025): 601
739739 (c) There is established the "Support Our Troops!" commemorative 602
740740 account, which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the 603
741741 Raised Bill No. 1527
742742
743743
744744
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746746
747747 General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys required by law 604
748748 to be deposited in the account. The funds in said account shall be used 605
749749 by Connecticut Support Our Troops, Inc. for programs to assist troops, 606
750750 families of troops, and veterans. Connecticut Support Our Troops, Inc. 607
751751 may receive private donations to said account and any such donations 608
752752 shall be deposited in said account. 609
753753 Sec. 43. Subsection (c) of section 14-21v of the general statutes is 610
754754 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 611
755755 2025): 612
756756 (c) There is established the "Nursing" commemorative account, which 613
757757 shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The 614
758758 account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the 615
759759 account. The funds in the account shall be used by the Connecticut 616
760760 Nurses Foundation to provide scholarships for nursing education and 617
761761 training. The foundation may receive private donations to the account 618
762762 and any such donations shall be deposited in the account. 619
763763 Sec. 44. Subsection (d) of section 14-21w of the general statutes is 620
764764 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 621
765765 2025): 622
766766 (d) There is established a Share the Road account, which shall be a 623
767767 separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The account 624
768768 shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. 625
769769 The funds in the account shall be expended by the Department of 626
770770 Transportation to enhance public awareness of the rights and 627
771771 responsibilities of bicyclists and motorists while jointly using the 628
772772 highways of this state and to promote bicycle use and safety in this state. 629
773773 The Commissioner of Transportation may receive private donations to 630
774774 said account and any such receipts shall be deposited in said account. 631
775775 Sec. 45. Subsection (d) of section 14-21x of the general statutes is 632
776776 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 633
777777 2025): 634
778778 Raised Bill No. 1527
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780780
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782782 LCO No. 4818 22 of 63
783783
784784 (d) There is established a Men's Health account, which shall be a 635
785785 separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The account 636
786786 shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. 637
787787 The funds in the account shall be expended by the Department of Public 638
788788 Health to enhance public awareness of efforts to treat and cure prostate 639
789789 cancer and to support research into treatment for prostate cancer. The 640
790790 Commissioner of Public Health may receive private donations to the 641
791791 account and any such receipts shall be deposited in the account. 642
792792 Sec. 46. Subsection (d) of section 14-21y of the general statutes is 643
793793 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 644
794794 2025): 645
795795 (d) There is established an account to be known as the "Hartford 646
796796 Whalers commemorative account", which shall be a separate, 647
797797 nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall 648
798798 contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. 649
799799 Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Secretary of the Office 650
800800 of Policy and Management to provide funding to the Connecticut 651
801801 Children's Medical Center. The secretary may receive private donations 652
802802 to the account and any such receipts shall be deposited in the account. 653
803803 Sec. 47. Subsection (a) of section 14-21aa of the general statutes is 654
804804 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 655
805805 2025): 656
806806 (a) There is established an account to be known as the "Connecticut 657
807807 Lakes, Rivers and Ponds Preservation account", [. The Connecticut 658
808808 Lakes, Rivers and Ponds Preservation account] which shall be a 659
809809 separate, nonlapsing account. [of the General Fund.] Any moneys 660
810810 required by law to be deposited in the account shall be deposited in and 661
811811 credited to the Connecticut Lakes, Rivers and Ponds Preservation 662
812812 account. The account shall be available to the Commissioner of Energy 663
813813 and Environmental Protection for (1) restoration and rehabilitation of 664
814814 lakes, rivers and ponds in the state; (2) programs of the Department of 665
815815 Raised Bill No. 1527
816816
817817
818818
819819 LCO No. 4818 23 of 63
820820
821821 Energy and Environmental Protection for the eradication of aquatic 666
822822 invasive species and cyanobacteria blooms; (3) education and public 667
823823 outreach programs to enhance the public's understanding of the need to 668
824824 protect and preserve the state's lakes, rivers and ponds; (4) allocation of 669
825825 grants to state and municipal agencies and not-for-profit organizations 670
826826 to conduct research and to provide public education and public 671
827827 awareness to enhance understanding and management of the natural 672
828828 resources of the state's lakes, rivers and ponds; (5) provision of funds for 673
829829 all services that support the protection and conservation of the state's 674
830830 lakes, rivers and ponds; and (6) reimbursement of the Department of 675
831831 Motor Vehicles for the cost of producing, issuing, renewing and 676
832832 replacing Save Our Lakes commemorative number plates, including 677
833833 administrative expenses, pursuant to section 14-21z. 678
834834 Sec. 48. Subsection (a) of section 14-50b of the general statutes is 679
835835 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 680
836836 2025): 681
837837 (a) Any person (1) whose operator's license or privilege to operate a 682
838838 motor vehicle in this state has been suspended or revoked by the 683
839839 Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, (2) who has been disqualified from 684
840840 operating a commercial motor vehicle, or (3) whose identity card, issued 685
841841 under section 1-1h, has been revoked due to misrepresentation or deceit, 686
842842 shall pay a restoration fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars to said 687
843843 commissioner prior to the issuance to such person of a new operator's 688
844844 license or identity card or the restoration of such operator's license or 689
845845 privilege to operate a motor vehicle or commercial motor vehicle. Such 690
846846 restoration fee shall be in addition to any other fees provided by law. 691
847847 The commissioner shall deposit fifty dollars of such fee in [a separate 692
848848 nonlapsing] the school bus seat belt account, which shall be [established 693
849849 within the General Fund] a separate, nonlapsing account. 694
850850 Sec. 49. Subdivision (7) of subsection (i) of section 14-227a of the 695
851851 general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 696
852852 thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 697
853853 Raised Bill No. 1527
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859859 (7) There is established the ignition interlock administration account, 698
860860 which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [in the General Fund.] 699
861861 The commissioner shall deposit all fees paid pursuant to subdivision (6) 700
862862 of this subsection in the account. Funds in the account may be used by 701
863863 the commissioner for the administration of this subsection. 702
864864 Sec. 50. Section 14-295b of the general statutes is repealed and the 703
865865 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 704
866866 There is established a brain injury prevention and services account, 705
867867 which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General 706
868868 Fund.] The account shall contain all moneys required by law to be 707
869869 deposited in the account. Investment earnings from any moneys in the 708
870870 account shall be credited to the account and shall become part of the 709
871871 assets of the account. Any balance remaining in the account at the end 710
872872 of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in the account for the fiscal 711
873873 year next succeeding. The moneys in the account shall be allocated to 712
874874 the Department of Social Services for the purpose of providing grants to 713
875875 the Brain Injury Association of Connecticut. 714
876876 Sec. 51. Subsection (a) of section 16-50bb of the general statutes is 715
877877 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 716
878878 2025): 717
879879 (a) There is established an account to be known as the "municipal 718
880880 participation account", [within the General Fund,] which shall be a 719
881881 separate, nonlapsing account. There shall be deposited in the account 720
882882 the municipal participation fees received pursuant to subsection (a) of 721
883883 section 16-50l. The interest derived from the investment of the account 722
884884 shall be credited to the account. Any balance remaining in the account 723
885885 at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in the account for 724
886886 the fiscal year next succeeding. 725
887887 Sec. 52. Subsection (a) of section 16-244bb of the general statutes is 726
888888 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 727
889889 2025): 728
890890 Raised Bill No. 1527
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892892
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895895
896896 (a) There is established an account to be known as the [sustainable 729
897897 materials management account] "sustainable materials management 730
898898 account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the 731
899899 General Fund.] The account shall contain moneys collected by the 732
900900 alternative compliance payment for Class II renewable portfolio 733
901901 standards pursuant to subsection (h) of section 16-244c and subsection 734
902902 (k) of section 16-245 and moneys deposited pursuant to subsection (f) of 735
903903 section 22a-232. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental 736
904904 Protection shall expend moneys from the account for the purposes of 737
905905 the program established under this section, provided the commissioner 738
906906 may also pledge such moneys for revenue bonds the proceeds of which 739
907907 shall be used to support waste infrastructure projects described in this 740
908908 section. 741
909909 Sec. 53. Subsection (a) of section 16-331bb of the general statutes is 742
910910 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 743
911911 2025): 744
912912 (a) There is established an account to be known as the "municipal 745
913913 video competition trust account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 746
914914 account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any 747
915915 moneys required by this section to be deposited in the account. In the 748
916916 fiscal year commencing July 1, 2008, and in each fiscal year thereafter, 749
917917 the amount in said account at the end of the preceding fiscal year shall 750
918918 be distributed as property tax relief to the towns, cities and boroughs of 751
919919 this state pursuant to subsection (c) of this section. 752
920920 Sec. 54. Subsection (a) of section 16-331cc of the general statutes is 753
921921 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 754
922922 2025): 755
923923 (a) There is established an account to be known as the "public, 756
924924 educational and governmental programming and education technology 757
925925 investment account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 758
926926 [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys 759
927927 Raised Bill No. 1527
928928
929929
930930
931931 LCO No. 4818 26 of 63
932932
933933 required by law to be deposited in the account and any interest or 760
934934 penalties collected by the Commissioner of Revenue Services pursuant 761
935935 to subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of this section. 762
936936 Sec. 55. Subsection (a) of section 16a-47c of the general statutes is 763
937937 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 764
938938 2025): 765
939939 (a) There is established an account to be known as the "state-wide 766
940940 energy efficiency and outreach account", which shall be a separate, 767
941941 nonlapsing account. [of the General Fund.] The account shall contain 768
942942 any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Any balance 769
943943 remaining in said account at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried 770
944944 forward in said account for the fiscal year next succeeding. 771
945945 Sec. 56. Subsection (b) of section 17a-20b of the general statutes is 772
946946 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 773
947947 2025): 774
948948 (b) There is established an account to be known as the "Department 775
949949 of Children and Families in-home respite care services fund", which 776
950950 shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The 777
951951 account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the 778
952952 account. Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Commissioner 779
953953 of Children and Families for the purposes of funding the in-home 780
954954 respite care services program established pursuant to subsection (c) of 781
955955 this section. 782
956956 Sec. 57. Subsection (a) of section 17a-22ii of the general statutes is 783
957957 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 784
958958 2025): 785
959959 (a) There is established a Mental and Behavioral Health Treatment 786
960960 Fund, which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the 787
961961 General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys required by law 788
962962 to be deposited in the account, the resources of which shall be used by 789
963963 Raised Bill No. 1527
964964
965965
966966
967967 LCO No. 4818 27 of 63
968968
969969 the Commissioner of Children and Families to assist families with the 790
970970 cost of obtaining (1) a drug or treatment prescribed for a child by a 791
971971 health care provider for the treatment of a mental or behavioral health 792
972972 condition if the cost of such drug or treatment is not covered by 793
973973 insurance or Medicaid, and (2) intensive evidence-based services or 794
974974 other intensive services to treat mental and behavioral health conditions 795
975975 in children and adolescents, including, but not limited to, intensive in-796
976976 home child and adolescent psychiatric services and services provided 797
977977 by an intensive outpatient program, if the cost of such services is not 798
978978 covered by insurance or Medicaid. The Commissioner of Children and 799
979979 Families shall establish eligibility criteria for families to receive such 800
980980 assistance. Such eligibility requirements (A) shall include that a family 801
981981 has sought and been denied coverage or reimbursement for such drug 802
982982 or treatment or such intensive services by the family's health carrier, and 803
983983 (B) may include, but need not be limited to, a family's financial need. 804
984984 Not later than January 1, 2023, the Commissioner of Children and 805
985985 Families shall begin accepting applications for such assistance. 806
986986 Sec. 58. Subsection (a) of section 17a-22jj of the general statutes is 807
987987 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 808
988988 2025): 809
989989 (a) There is established a Social Determinants of Mental Health Fund, 810
990990 which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General 811
991991 Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be 812
992992 deposited in the account, the resources of which shall be used by the 813
993993 Commissioner of Children and Families to assist families in covering the 814
994994 cost of mental health services and treatment for their children. The 815
995995 commissioner shall establish eligibility criteria for families to receive 816
996996 such assistance based on social determinants of mental health, with a 817
997997 goal toward reducing racial, ethnic, gender and socioeconomic mental 818
998998 health disparities. As used in this section, "social determinants of mental 819
999999 health" includes, but is not limited to, discrimination and social 820
10001000 exclusion, adverse early life experiences, low educational attainment, 821
10011001 poor educational quality and educational inequality, poverty, income 822
10021002 Raised Bill No. 1527
10031003
10041004
10051005
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10071007
10081008 inequality and living in socioeconomically deprived neighborhoods, 823
10091009 food insecurity, unemployment, underemployment and job insecurity, 824
10101010 poor housing quality and housing instability, impact of climate change, 825
10111011 adverse features of the structures and systems in which persons live or 826
10121012 work and poor access to health care. 827
10131013 Sec. 59. Section 17a-451f of the general statutes is repealed and the 828
10141014 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 829
10151015 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 17a-451e, the funds 830
10161016 required by said section to be allocated to the Department of Mental 831
10171017 Health and Addiction Services, for grants for mental health services, 832
10181018 shall be deposited in [a separate, nonlapsing] the mental health services 833
10191019 grants account, [established within the General Fund] which shall be a 834
10201020 separate, nonlapsing account. The account shall contain any other 835
10211021 moneys required by law to be deposited in said account. The moneys in 836
10221022 said account shall be expended by the Commissioner of Mental Health 837
10231023 and Addiction Services as follows: (1) The sum of four hundred twenty-838
10241024 five thousand dollars for an inpatient behavioral health program 839
10251025 serving preschool children aged two to five years; (2) the sum of one 840
10261026 hundred eighty-five thousand dollars for behavioral health preventive 841
10271027 activities in the community; (3) the sum of five hundred thirty thousand 842
10281028 dollars for a study of the behavioral health aftereffects of service in 843
10291029 Operation Iraqi Freedom or in other combat theaters on Connecticut 844
10301030 soldiers and their families; (4) the sum of eight hundred ten thousand 845
10311031 dollars for transitional behavioral health benefits for soldiers and their 846
10321032 families; and (5) any remainder as determined by the Commissioner of 847
10331033 Mental Health and Addiction Services in accordance with section 17a-848
10341034 451. 849
10351035 Sec. 60. Section 17a-451g of the general statutes is repealed and the 850
10361036 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 851
10371037 There is established an account to be known as the "mental health 852
10381038 community investment account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 853
10391039 Raised Bill No. 1527
10401040
10411041
10421042
10431043 LCO No. 4818 29 of 63
10441044
10451045 account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any 854
10461046 moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the 855
10471047 account shall be expended by the Commissioner of Mental Health and 856
10481048 Addiction Services, in consultation with nonprofit mental health 857
10491049 organizations, for the purposes of improving services and programs in 858
10501050 the state, including, but not limited to, residential services, job training 859
10511051 and placement services, educational programs and support groups, 860
10521052 designed to support individuals diagnosed with mental health 861
10531053 conditions. 862
10541054 Sec. 61. Subsection (a) of section 17a-674a of the general statutes is 863
10551055 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 864
10561056 2025): 865
10571057 (a) There is established an account to be known as the "9-8-8 Suicide 866
10581058 Prevention and Mental Health Crisis Lifeline Fund", which shall be a 867
10591059 separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The account 868
10601060 shall contain any moneys required to be deposited in, or transferred to, 869
10611061 the account pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. Moneys in the 870
10621062 account shall be expended by the Department of Mental Health and 871
10631063 Addiction Services solely for the following purposes: (1) Ensuring the 872
10641064 efficient and effective routing of calls made to the 9-8-8 National Suicide 873
10651065 Prevention Lifeline by persons in the state to an appropriate crisis 874
10661066 center; and (2) personnel and the provision of acute mental health, crisis 875
10671067 outreach and stabilization services by directly responding to the 9–8–8 876
10681068 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. 877
10691069 Sec. 62. Subsection (b) of section 17a-674h of the general statutes is 878
10701070 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 879
10711071 2025): 880
10721072 (b) There is established an Opioid Antagonist Bulk Purchase Fund, 881
10731073 which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General 882
10741074 Fund.] The account shall contain any (1) amounts appropriated or 883
10751075 otherwise made available by the state for the purposes of this section, 884
10761076 Raised Bill No. 1527
10771077
10781078
10791079
10801080 LCO No. 4818 30 of 63
10811081
10821082 (2) moneys required by law to be deposited in the account, and (3) gifts, 885
10831083 grants, donations or bequests made for the purposes of this section. 886
10841084 Investment earnings credited to the assets of the account shall become 887
10851085 part of the assets of the account. Any balance remaining in the account 888
10861086 at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in the account for 889
10871087 the fiscal year next succeeding. The State Treasurer shall administer the 890
10881088 account. All moneys deposited in the account shall be used by the 891
10891089 Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services for the purposes 892
10901090 of this section. The department may deduct and retain from the moneys 893
10911091 in the account an amount equal to the costs incurred by the department 894
10921092 in administering the provisions of this section, except that said amount 895
10931093 shall not exceed two per cent of the moneys deposited in the account in 896
10941094 any fiscal year. 897
10951095 Sec. 63. Section 17b-55b of the general statutes is repealed and the 898
10961096 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 899
10971097 There is established a "two-generation poverty reduction account", 900
10981098 which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General 901
10991099 Fund.] The account may receive transfers of lapsing funds from General 902
11001100 Fund operations or poverty reduction accounts within the Department 903
11011101 of Social Services. The account may also receive moneys from public and 904
11021102 philanthropic sources or from the federal government for such 905
11031103 purposes. All moneys deposited in the account shall be used by said 906
11041104 department or persons acting under a contract with the department to 907
11051105 fund services in support of two-generation poverty reduction programs. 908
11061106 Sec. 64. Section 17b-88a of the general statutes is repealed and the 909
11071107 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 910
11081108 For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, and each fiscal year 911
11091109 thereafter, with the approval of the Office of Policy and Management, 912
11101110 the Department of Social Services may credit to a nonlapsing account, 913
11111111 [in the General Fund,] and expend from such nonlapsing account, the 914
11121112 amounts necessary for payment of the federal share of recoveries or 915
11131113 Raised Bill No. 1527
11141114
11151115
11161116
11171117 LCO No. 4818 31 of 63
11181118
11191119 overpayments established under the aid to families with dependent 916
11201120 children program. 917
11211121 Sec. 65. Subsection (a) of section 17b-112f of the general statutes is 918
11221122 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 919
11231123 2025): 920
11241124 (a) There is established a safety net services account, which shall be a 921
11251125 separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] Any moneys 922
11261126 collected under the contribution system established under section 12-923
11271127 743 shall be deposited by the Commissioner of Revenue Services into 924
11281128 the account. This account may also receive moneys from public and 925
11291129 private sources or from the federal government. All moneys deposited 926
11301130 in the account shall be used by the Department of Social Services or 927
11311131 persons acting under a contract with the department to fund services 928
11321132 provided pursuant to section 17b-112e. Expenditures from the account 929
11331133 in any fiscal year for the promotion of the contribution system or the 930
11341134 account shall not exceed ten per cent of the amount of moneys raised 931
11351135 during the previous fiscal year, provided such limitation shall not apply 932
11361136 to an expenditure of not more than fifteen thousand dollars from the 933
11371137 account on or before July 1, 1997, to reimburse expenditures made on or 934
11381138 before said date, with prior written authorization of the Commissioner 935
11391139 of Social Services, by private organizations to promote the contribution 936
11401140 system and safety net account. 937
11411141 Sec. 66. Section 17b-261f of the general statutes is repealed and the 938
11421142 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 939
11431143 There is established a mobile field hospital account, which shall be a 940
11441144 separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] Moneys in the 941
11451145 account shall be used by the Department of Social Services to fund the 942
11461146 operations of the mobile field hospital in the event of an activation. The 943
11471147 account shall contain all moneys required by law to be deposited in the 944
11481148 account. 945
11491149 Sec. 67. Subsection (a) of section 17b-288 of the general statutes is 946
11501150 Raised Bill No. 1527
11511151
11521152
11531153
11541154 LCO No. 4818 32 of 63
11551155
11561156 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 947
11571157 2025): 948
11581158 (a) There is established an organ transplant account, which shall be a 949
11591159 separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] Any moneys 950
11601160 collected under the contribution system established under section 12-951
11611161 743 shall be deposited by the Commissioner of Revenue Services into 952
11621162 the account. This account may also receive moneys from public and 953
11631163 private sources or from the federal government. All moneys deposited 954
11641164 in the account shall be used by the Department of Social Services or 955
11651165 persons acting under a contract with the department, (1) to assist 956
11661166 residents of the state in paying all or part of any costs associated with a 957
11671167 medically required organ transplant, (2) to assist individuals who have 958
11681168 donated an organ to a resident of the state in paying all or part of any 959
11691169 costs associated with the organ donation, including, but not limited to, 960
11701170 costs of transportation, accommodation and lost wages, or (3) for the 961
11711171 promotion of the income tax contribution system and the organ 962
11721172 transplant account. Expenditures from the account in any fiscal year for 963
11731173 the promotion of the contribution system or the account shall not exceed 964
11741174 ten per cent of the amount of moneys raised during the previous fiscal 965
11751175 year, provided such limitation shall not apply to an expenditure of not 966
11761176 more than fifteen thousand dollars from the account on or before July 1, 967
11771177 1994, to reimburse expenditures made on or before said date, with prior 968
11781178 written authorization of the Commissioner of Public Health, by private 969
11791179 organizations to promote the contribution system and the organ 970
11801180 transplant account. 971
11811181 Sec. 68. Subsection (j) of section 18-81qq of the general statutes is 972
11821182 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 973
11831183 2025): 974
11841184 (j) The Correction Ombuds may apply for and accept grants, gifts and 975
11851185 bequests of funds from other states, federal and interstate agencies, for 976
11861186 the purpose of carrying out the Correction Ombuds' responsibilities. 977
11871187 There is established [within the General Fund] a Correction Ombuds 978
11881188 Raised Bill No. 1527
11891189
11901190
11911191
11921192 LCO No. 4818 33 of 63
11931193
11941194 account, which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. Any funds 979
11951195 received under this subsection shall, upon deposit in the General Fund, 980
11961196 be credited to said account and may be used by the Correction Ombuds 981
11971197 in the performance of the Correction Ombuds' duties. 982
11981198 Sec. 69. Section 19a-12c of the general statutes is repealed and the 983
11991199 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 984
12001200 There is established an account to be known as the "professional 985
12011201 assistance program account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 986
12021202 account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any 987
12031203 moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the 988
12041204 account shall be paid by the Commissioner of Public Health to the 989
12051205 assistance program for health care professionals established pursuant to 990
12061206 section 19a-12a for the provision of education, prevention, intervention, 991
12071207 referral assistance, rehabilitation or support services to health care 992
12081208 professionals who have a chemical dependency, emotional or 993
12091209 behavioral disorder or physical or mental illness. 994
12101210 Sec. 70. Subsection (a) of section 19a-32a of the general statutes is 995
12111211 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 996
12121212 2025): 997
12131213 (a) There is established an AIDS research education account, which 998
12141214 shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] Any 999
12151215 moneys collected under the contribution system established under 1000
12161216 section 12-743 shall be deposited by the Commissioner of Revenue 1001
12171217 Services into the account. This account may also receive moneys from 1002
12181218 public and private sources or from the federal government. All moneys 1003
12191219 deposited in the account shall be used by the Department of Public 1004
12201220 Health or persons acting under a contract with the department, (1) to 1005
12211221 assist AIDS research, education and AIDS-related community service 1006
12221222 programs, or (2) for the promotion of the income tax contribution 1007
12231223 system and the AIDS research education account. Expenditures from 1008
12241224 the account in any fiscal year for the promotion of the contribution 1009
12251225 Raised Bill No. 1527
12261226
12271227
12281228
12291229 LCO No. 4818 34 of 63
12301230
12311231 system or the account shall not exceed ten per cent of the amount of 1010
12321232 moneys raised during the previous fiscal year provided such limitation 1011
12331233 shall not apply to an expenditure of not more than fifteen thousand 1012
12341234 dollars from the account on or before July 1, 1994, to reimburse 1013
12351235 expenditures made on or before said date, with prior written 1014
12361236 authorization of the Commissioner of Public Health, by private 1015
12371237 organizations to promote the contribution system and the AIDS 1016
12381238 research education account. 1017
12391239 Sec. 71. Section 19a-32b of the general statutes is repealed and the 1018
12401240 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1019
12411241 There is established a breast cancer research and education account, 1020
12421242 which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General 1021
12431243 Fund.] Any moneys collected under the contribution system established 1022
12441244 under section 12-743 shall be deposited by the Commissioner of 1023
12451245 Revenue Services into the account. This account may also receive 1024
12461246 moneys from public and private sources or from the federal 1025
12471247 government. All moneys deposited in the account shall be used by the 1026
12481248 Department of Public Health or persons acting under a contract with the 1027
12491249 department, (1) to assist breast cancer research, education and breast 1028
12501250 cancer related community service programs, or (2) for the promotion of 1029
12511251 the income tax contribution system and the breast cancer research and 1030
12521252 education account. Expenditures from the account in any fiscal year for 1031
12531253 the promotion of the contribution system or the account shall not exceed 1032
12541254 ten per cent of the amount of moneys raised during the previous fiscal 1033
12551255 year provided such limitation shall not apply to an expenditure of not 1034
12561256 more than fifteen thousand dollars from the account on or before July 1, 1035
12571257 1998, to reimburse expenditures made on or before said date, with prior 1036
12581258 written authorization of the Commissioner of Public Health, by private 1037
12591259 organizations to promote the contribution system and the breast cancer 1038
12601260 research and education account. 1039
12611261 Sec. 72. Section 19a-112d of the general statutes is repealed and the 1040
12621262 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1041
12631263 Raised Bill No. 1527
12641264
12651265
12661266
12671267 LCO No. 4818 35 of 63
12681268
12691269 There is established a sexual assault victims account, which shall be 1042
12701270 a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The account 1043
12711271 shall contain the moneys authorized pursuant to section 54-143c, and 1044
12721272 any other moneys required by law to be deposited in the account, and 1045
12731273 shall be held in trust separate and apart from all other moneys, funds 1046
12741274 and accounts. Any balance remaining in the account at the end of any 1047
12751275 fiscal year shall be carried forward in the account for the fiscal year next 1048
12761276 succeeding. Investment earnings credited to the account shall become 1049
12771277 part of the account. Amounts in the account shall be expended only 1050
12781278 pursuant to appropriations by the General Assembly, for the fiscal year 1051
12791279 ending June 30, 2006, and each fiscal year thereafter, for the purpose of 1052
12801280 providing funds to the Department of Public Health for sexual assault 1053
12811281 crisis services furnished to victims of sexual assault in this state, 1054
12821282 provided such amounts so expended shall not supplant any state or 1055
12831283 federal funds otherwise available for such services. 1056
12841284 Sec. 73. Subsection (a) of section 19a-308b of the general statutes is 1057
12851285 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1058
12861286 2025): 1059
12871287 (a) There is established an account to be known as the "neglected 1060
12881288 cemetery account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 1061
12891289 [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys 1062
12901290 required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account 1063
12911291 shall be expended by the Office of Policy and Management for the 1064
12921292 purposes of municipal maintenance of neglected burial grounds and 1065
12931293 cemeteries, as described in section 19a-308. 1066
12941294 Sec. 74. Section 20-638c of the general statutes is repealed and the 1067
12951295 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1068
12961296 There is established an account to be known as the "pharmacy 1069
12971297 professional assistance program account", which shall be a separate, 1070
12981298 nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall 1071
12991299 contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. 1072
13001300 Raised Bill No. 1527
13011301
13021302
13031303
13041304 LCO No. 4818 36 of 63
13051305
13061306 Moneys in the account shall be paid by the Commissioner of Consumer 1073
13071307 Protection to the assistance program for the provision of education, 1074
13081308 prevention, intervention, referral assistance, rehabilitation and support 1075
13091309 services to pharmacists and pharmacy interns who have a chemical 1076
13101310 dependency, an emotional or behavioral disorder or a physical or 1077
13111311 mental illness. 1078
13121312 Sec. 75. Subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 21a-420f of the 1079
13131313 general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 1080
13141314 thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1081
13151315 (a) (1) There is established an account to be known as the "cannabis 1082
13161316 regulatory and investment account", which shall be a separate, 1083
13171317 nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall 1084
13181318 contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. 1085
13191319 Moneys in the account shall be allocated by the Secretary of the Office 1086
13201320 of Policy and Management, in consultation with the Social Equity 1087
13211321 Council, as defined in section 21a-420, to state agencies for the purpose 1088
13221322 of paying costs incurred to implement the activities authorized under 1089
13231323 RERACA, as defined in section 21a-420. 1090
13241324 Sec. 76. Subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 21a-420f of the 1091
13251325 general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 1092
13261326 thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1093
13271327 (b) (1) There is established an account to be known as the "social 1094
13281328 equity and innovation account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 1095
13291329 account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any 1096
13301330 moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. 1097
13311331 (A) During the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023, 1098
13321332 moneys in the account shall be allocated by the Secretary of the Office 1099
13331333 of Policy and Management, in consultation with the Social Equity 1100
13341334 Council, to state agencies for the purpose of (i) paying costs incurred by 1101
13351335 the Social Equity Council, (ii) administering programs under RERACA 1102
13361336 to provide (I) access to capital for businesses, (II) technical assistance for 1103
13371337 Raised Bill No. 1527
13381338
13391339
13401340
13411341 LCO No. 4818 37 of 63
13421342
13431343 the start-up and operation of a business, (III) funding for workforce 1104
13441344 education, and (IV) funding for community investments, and (iii) 1105
13451345 paying costs incurred to implement the activities authorized under 1106
13461346 RERACA. 1107
13471347 (B) During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, moneys in the account 1108
13481348 shall be allocated by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 1109
13491349 Management for purposes that the Social Equity Council determines, in 1110
13501350 the Social Equity Council's sole discretion, further the principles of 1111
13511351 equity, as defined in section 21a-420, which purposes may include, but 1112
13521352 need not be limited to, providing (i) access to capital for businesses in 1113
13531353 any industry, (ii) technical assistance for the start-up and operation of a 1114
13541354 business in any industry, (iii) funding for workforce education in any 1115
13551355 industry, (iv) funding for community investments, and (v) funding for 1116
13561356 investments in disproportionately impacted areas. 1117
13571357 Sec. 77. Subsection (a) of section 22-26i of the general statutes is 1118
13581358 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1119
13591359 2025): 1120
13601360 (a) There is established a separate, nonlapsing account, [within the 1121
13611361 General Fund,] known as the [maintenance, repair and improvement 1122
13621362 account] "maintenance, repair and improvement account". All moneys 1123
13631363 collected from any rent paid by any person occupying or otherwise 1124
13641364 using any property owned by the Department of Agriculture, including 1125
13651365 houses or other buildings, shall be deposited into the account unless the 1126
13661366 Commissioner of Agriculture enters into a written agreement, signs an 1127
13671367 instrument or issues a license [which] that specifically states otherwise. 1128
13681368 Said account may also receive moneys from private or public sources, 1129
13691369 including the federal government or a municipal government. 1130
13701370 Sec. 78. Subsection (b) of section 22-26mm of the general statutes is 1131
13711371 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1132
13721372 2025): 1133
13731373 (b) There is established an account to be known as the "municipal 1134
13741374 Raised Bill No. 1527
13751375
13761376
13771377
13781378 LCO No. 4818 38 of 63
13791379
13801380 purchasing of agricultural land account", which shall be a separate, 1135
13811381 nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The account may 1136
13821382 contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. 1137
13831383 Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Commissioner of 1138
13841384 Agriculture for the purposes of providing municipalities with loans for 1139
13851385 the purchase of agricultural lands in accordance with subsection (a) of 1140
13861386 this section. 1141
13871387 Sec. 79. Section 22-38c of the general statutes is repealed and the 1142
13881388 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1143
13891389 There shall be an expand and grow Connecticut agriculture account, 1144
13901390 which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General 1145
13911391 Fund.] Funds received pursuant to sections 22-38a and 26-194 shall be 1146
13921392 deposited into said account. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall 1147
13931393 make payments from said account to fund the program established in 1148
13941394 section 22-38a. 1149
13951395 Sec. 80. Subsection (j) of section 22-329a of the general statutes is 1150
13961396 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1151
13971397 2025): 1152
13981398 (j) There is established a separate, nonlapsing account [within the 1153
13991399 General Fund,] to be known as the "animal abuse cost recovery account". 1154
14001400 All moneys collected from sales at public auction of animals seized by 1155
14011401 the Department of Agriculture pursuant to this section shall be 1156
14021402 deposited into the account. Deposits of moneys may be made into the 1157
14031403 account from public or private sources, including, but not limited to, the 1158
14041404 federal government or municipal governments. 1159
14051405 Sec. 81. Section 22a-21k of the general statutes is repealed and the 1160
14061406 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1161
14071407 There is established the "school bus emissions reduction account", 1162
14081408 which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General 1163
14091409 Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be 1164
14101410 Raised Bill No. 1527
14111411
14121412
14131413
14141414 LCO No. 4818 39 of 63
14151415
14161416 deposited in the account. The moneys in said account shall be expended 1165
14171417 by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection for the 1166
14181418 purposes of the school bus emissions reduction program established in 1167
14191419 section 22a-21j. The Department of Energy and Environmental 1168
14201420 Protection shall not use more than three per cent of the funds in said 1169
14211421 account for the administration of said program. 1170
14221422 Sec. 82. Subsection (a) of section 22a-27l of the general statutes is 1171
14231423 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1172
14241424 2025): 1173
14251425 (a) There is established an endangered species, natural area preserves 1174
14261426 and watchable wildlife account, which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 1175
14271427 account. [within the General Fund.] Any moneys collected under the 1176
14281428 contribution system established under section 12-743 shall be deposited 1177
14291429 by the Commissioner of Revenue Services into the account. [This] The 1178
14301430 account may also receive moneys from public and private sources or 1179
14311431 from the federal government. All moneys deposited in the account shall 1180
14321432 be used by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, or 1181
14331433 persons acting under a contract with the department, for (1) the 1182
14341434 identification, protection, conservation or management of, or the 1183
14351435 development and production of materials or facilities providing 1184
14361436 information or education concerning, endangered species, natural area 1185
14371437 preserves or nonharvested wildlife; or (2) the promotion of the income 1186
14381438 tax contribution system and the endangered species, natural area 1187
14391439 preserves and watchable wildlife account. Expenditures from the 1188
14401440 account in any fiscal year for the promotion of the contribution system 1189
14411441 or the account shall not exceed ten per cent of the amount of moneys 1190
14421442 raised during the previous fiscal year provided such limitation shall not 1191
14431443 apply to an expenditure of not more than fifteen thousand dollars from 1192
14441444 the account on or before July 1, 1994, to reimburse expenditures made 1193
14451445 on or before said date, with prior written authorization of the 1194
14461446 Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, by private 1195
14471447 organizations to promote the contribution system and the endangered 1196
14481448 species, natural area preserves and watchable wildlife account. 1197
14491449 Raised Bill No. 1527
14501450
14511451
14521452
14531453 LCO No. 4818 40 of 63
14541454
14551455 Sec. 83. Section 22a-27t of the general statutes is repealed and the 1198
14561456 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1199
14571457 There is established an account to be known as the "Face of 1200
14581458 Connecticut account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 1201
14591459 [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys 1202
14601460 required by law to be deposited in the account and contributions from 1203
14611461 any source, public or private. Any moneys in the account shall be 1204
14621462 expended by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental 1205
14631463 Protection, as directed by the Face of Connecticut Steering Committee 1206
14641464 established pursuant to section 22a-27s for the acquisition, restoration 1207
14651465 or stewardship of properties, each of which such properties, when 1208
14661466 acquired or restored, will serve not less than two of the following 1209
14671467 objectives: (1) The conservation of open space land, as defined in section 1210
14681468 12-107b; (2) the renovation and enhancement of urban parks; (3) the 1211
14691469 preservation of active agricultural land; or (4) the restoration or reuse of 1212
14701470 historic resources. 1213
14711471 Sec. 84. Subsection (a) of section 22a-27u of the general statutes is 1214
14721472 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1215
14731473 2025): 1216
14741474 (a) There is established an account to be known as the "air emissions 1217
14751475 permit operating fee account". Said account shall be established by the 1218
14761476 Comptroller as a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General 1219
14771477 Fund.] Any moneys collected in accordance with section 22a-174 shall 1220
14781478 be deposited in the General Fund and credited to the air emissions 1221
14791479 permit operating fee account. Any balance remaining in the account at 1222
14801480 the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in the account for the 1223
14811481 fiscal year next succeeding. The account shall be used by the 1224
14821482 Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection for the purpose 1225
14831483 of covering the direct and indirect costs of administering the program 1226
14841484 set forth in Title V of the federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. 1227
14851485 Sec. 85. Subsection (a) of section 22a-27v of the general statutes is 1228
14861486 Raised Bill No. 1527
14871487
14881488
14891489
14901490 LCO No. 4818 41 of 63
14911491
14921492 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1229
14931493 2025): 1230
14941494 (a) There is established an account to be known as the "Long Island 1231
14951495 Sound account". The Long Island Sound account shall be a separate, 1232
14961496 nonlapsing account. [of the General Fund.] Any moneys required by law 1233
14971497 to be deposited in the account shall be deposited in and credited to the 1234
14981498 Long Island Sound account. The account shall be available to the 1235
14991499 Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection for (1) (A) 1236
15001500 restoration and rehabilitation of tidal wetlands in proximity to Long 1237
15011501 Island Sound, (B) restoration and rehabilitation of estuarine 1238
15021502 embayments in proximity to Long Island Sound, (C) acquisition of 1239
15031503 public access to Long Island Sound, (D) propagation of and habitat 1240
15041504 protection for shellfish and finfish, including anadromous fish, and (E) 1241
15051505 education and public outreach programs to enhance the public's 1242
15061506 understanding of the need to protect and conserve the natural resources 1243
15071507 of Long Island Sound; (2) allocation of grants to agencies, institutions or 1244
15081508 persons, including, but not limited to, the Long Island Sound 1245
15091509 Foundation, to conduct research and to provide public education and 1246
15101510 public awareness to enhance understanding and management of the 1247
15111511 natural resources of Long Island Sound; (3) provision of funds for 1248
15121512 services which support the protection and conservation of the natural 1249
15131513 resources of Long Island Sound; or (4) reimbursement of the 1250
15141514 Department of Motor Vehicles for the cost of producing, issuing, 1251
15151515 renewing and replacing Long Island Sound commemorative number 1252
15161516 plates, including administrative expenses, pursuant to section 14-21e. 1253
15171517 Sec. 86. Subsection (b) of section 22a-200c of the general statutes is 1254
15181518 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1255
15191519 2025): 1256
15201520 (b) The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall 1257
15211521 auction all emissions allowances and invest the proceeds, which shall be 1258
15221522 deposited into a Regional Greenhouse Gas account established by the 1259
15231523 Comptroller as a separate, nonlapsing account, [within the General 1260
15241524 Raised Bill No. 1527
15251525
15261526
15271527
15281528 LCO No. 4818 42 of 63
15291529
15301530 Fund,] on behalf of electric ratepayers in energy conservation, load 1261
15311531 management, Class I renewable energy programs and programs that 1262
15321532 reduce transportation sector greenhouse gas emissions. In making such 1263
15331533 investments, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental 1264
15341534 Protection shall consider strategies that maximize cost effective 1265
15351535 reductions in greenhouse gas emission. Allowances shall be auctioned 1266
15361536 under the oversight of the Department of Energy and Environmental 1267
15371537 Protection by a contractor or trustee on behalf of the electric ratepayers. 1268
15381538 Sec. 87. Subsection (h) of section 22a-202 of the general statutes is 1269
15391539 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1270
15401540 2025): 1271
15411541 (h) There is established an account to be known as the "Connecticut 1272
15421542 hydrogen and electric automobile purchase rebate program account", 1273
15431543 which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General 1274
15441544 Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be 1275
15451545 deposited in the account. Moneys in the account shall be expended by 1276
15461546 the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection for the 1277
15471547 purposes of (1) administering the Connecticut Hydrogen and Electric 1278
15481548 Automobile Purchase Rebate program and the voucher program 1279
15491549 established pursuant to section 22a-201e, and (2) paying the staffing 1280
15501550 needs associated with administering the grant program for zero-1281
15511551 emission buses and providing administrative and technical assistance 1282
15521552 for such grant program pursuant to section 22a-201d. 1283
15531553 Sec. 88. Section 22a-316 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1284
15541554 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1285
15551555 There shall continue to be maintained from the income received in 1286
15561556 administering section 22a-314, an equipment account, which shall be a 1287
15571557 separate, nonlapsing account, [within the General Fund,] for the 1288
15581558 Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. The 1289
15591559 commissioner may use said account for the purchase and maintenance 1290
15601560 of equipment, provided no single article of equipment shall be 1291
15611561 Raised Bill No. 1527
15621562
15631563
15641564
15651565 LCO No. 4818 43 of 63
15661566
15671567 purchased from said account at a cost of more than one thousand dollars 1292
15681568 without the approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 1293
15691569 Management. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental 1294
15701570 Protection may at his discretion make state equipment available to any 1295
15711571 soil and water conservation district. 1296
15721572 Sec. 89. Section 22a-903b of the general statutes is repealed and the 1297
15731573 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1298
15741574 There is established an account to be known as the [PFAS Testing 1299
15751575 account] "PFAS Testing account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 1300
15761576 account. [within the General Fund.] Moneys in such account shall be 1301
15771577 used by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in 1302
15781578 consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health, to provide 1303
15791579 municipalities, as defined in section 7-381, and school districts with 1304
15801580 grants or reimbursements to test for the presence of PFAS 1305
15811581 contamination in drinking water supplies and to remediate any such 1306
15821582 contamination and for the implementation of section 22a-903c, 1307
15831583 including, but not limited to, any expense necessary for staffing 1308
15841584 administrative costs, enforcement, dues or other costs associated with 1309
15851585 the multistate clearinghouse established or implemented pursuant to 1310
15861586 subsection (h) of section 22a-903c. Such account shall contain all moneys 1311
15871587 required by law to be deposited in such account. Such account may 1312
15881588 receive funds from private or public sources, including, but not limited 1313
15891589 to, the federal government. For the purposes of this section, "PFAS" has 1314
15901590 the same meaning as provided in section 22a-255h. 1315
15911591 Sec. 90. Subsection (a) of section 23-15h of the general statutes is 1316
15921592 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1317
15931593 2025): 1318
15941594 (a) There is established an account to be known as the [Passport to 1319
15951595 the Parks account] "Passport to the Parks account", which shall be a 1320
15961596 separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] Moneys in 1321
15971597 such account shall be used to provide expenses of the Council on 1322
15981598 Raised Bill No. 1527
15991599
16001600
16011601
16021602 LCO No. 4818 44 of 63
16031603
16041604 Environmental Quality, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1323
16051605 2019, and for the care, maintenance, operation and improvement of state 1324
16061606 parks and campgrounds, the care, maintenance and operation of 1325
16071607 Batterson Park, a public park owned by the city of Hartford and located 1326
16081608 in the city of New Britain and the town of Farmington, the operation of 1327
16091609 the Thames River Heritage Park taxi serving the city of New London 1328
16101610 and the city of Groton for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2026, to June 1329
16111611 30, 2031, inclusive, in an amount not to exceed two hundred thousand 1330
16121612 dollars in each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 2026, to June 30, 2028, 1331
16131613 inclusive, one hundred thousand dollars in the fiscal years ending June 1332
16141614 30, 2029, and June 30, 2030, and in an amount not to exceed fifty 1333
16151615 thousand dollars in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2031, the funding of 1334
16161616 soil and water conservation districts and the funding of environmental 1335
16171617 review teams, in accordance with subsection (b) of this section. All funds 1336
16181618 collected from the Passport to the Parks Fee established pursuant to 1337
16191619 section 14-49b shall be deposited into the Passport to the Parks account. 1338
16201620 Such account shall contain all moneys required by law to be deposited 1339
16211621 in such account. Such account may receive funds from private or public 1340
16221622 sources, including, but not limited to, any municipal government or the 1341
16231623 federal government. Such account shall contain subaccounts as required 1342
16241624 by section 23-15b. 1343
16251625 Sec. 91. Subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of section 23-20 of the general 1344
16261626 statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 1345
16271627 (Effective July 1, 2025): 1346
16281628 (2) There is established an account to be known as the "timber 1347
16291629 harvesting revolving account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 1348
16301630 account. [within the General Fund.] Proceeds from the harvest of timber 1349
16311631 from state forests and state wildlife management areas shall be 1350
16321632 deposited in such account. The commissioner shall use moneys in such 1351
16331633 account for the purpose of developing forest management plans to 1352
16341634 guide the harvest of timber from state forests and state wildlife 1353
16351635 management areas and for all reasonable direct expenses relating to the 1354
16361636 administration and operation of such plans in such state forests and 1355
16371637 Raised Bill No. 1527
16381638
16391639
16401640
16411641 LCO No. 4818 45 of 63
16421642
16431643 wildlife management areas. The commissioner may accept, on behalf of 1356
16441644 the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, any gifts, 1357
16451645 donations, loans or bequests for the purposes of depositing such funds 1358
16461646 into the timber harvesting revolving account. Any such loan from a 1359
16471647 nonprofit organization qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 1360
16481648 Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal 1361
16491649 revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time, shall 1362
16501650 be repaid from such account not later than two years after entering such 1363
16511651 loan agreement or at a time and upon terms agreed upon by the 1364
16521652 commissioner and such nonprofit organization. The account shall not 1365
16531653 exceed one hundred thousand dollars. Any remaining proceeds shall be 1366
16541654 deposited in the General Fund. 1367
16551655 Sec. 92. Section 23-79 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1368
16561656 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1369
16571657 To ensure the proper management of land acquired pursuant to 1370
16581658 sections 23-73 to 23-79, inclusive, as amended by this act, concurrent 1371
16591659 with each land acquisition, an amount not to exceed twenty per cent of 1372
16601660 the appraised value of the land may be allocated from the proceeds of 1373
16611661 bonds authorized for the purposes of this program to be used for the 1374
16621662 management of acquisitions or to be deposited in a stewardship account 1375
16631663 [which] that shall be established by the Comptroller as a separate, 1376
16641664 nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] Income derived from 1377
16651665 the investment of such account shall be credited to such account and 1378
16661666 such account shall be used for the management of acquisitions. The 1379
16671667 commissioner may name a cooperator as primary manager of the land 1380
16681668 and on such nomination may authorize, at reasonable times and in 1381
16691669 reasonable amounts, payments to the primary manager for expenses 1382
16701670 incurred in the management of program acquisitions. A cooperator shall 1383
16711671 not be required to provide matching funds for any expenditure from a 1384
16721672 stewardship account. [Said] Such account shall also receive any other 1385
16731673 funds, as required by law or any contributions from others. 1386
16741674 Sec. 93. Section 26-27c of the general statutes is repealed and the 1387
16751675 Raised Bill No. 1527
16761676
16771677
16781678
16791679 LCO No. 4818 46 of 63
16801680
16811681 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1388
16821682 The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may 1389
16831683 provide for the Connecticut Migratory Bird Conservation Stamp and the 1390
16841684 Connecticut Resident Game Bird Conservation Stamp to be reproduced 1391
16851685 and marketed in the form of prints and other related artwork. Funds 1392
16861686 generated from such marketing and the sale of such stamps pursuant to 1393
16871687 section 26-27b shall be deposited in a separate account maintained by 1394
16881688 the Treasurer and known as the [migratory bird and resident game bird 1395
16891689 conservation account] "migratory bird and resident game bird 1396
16901690 conservation account". Within said account, there shall be a subaccount 1397
16911691 for the voluntary migratory bird and resident game bird conservation 1398
16921692 donation collected pursuant to section 26-27b. The migratory bird and 1399
16931693 resident game bird conservation account shall be a separate, nonlapsing 1400
16941694 account. [of the General Fund.] All funds credited to the migratory bird 1401
16951695 and resident game bird conservation account and subaccount shall only 1402
16961696 be used for: (1) The development, management, preservation, 1403
16971697 conservation, acquisition, purchase and maintenance of migratory and 1404
16981698 resident game birds, migratory and resident game bird habitat and 1405
16991699 wetlands and purchase or acquisition of recreational rights or interests 1406
17001700 relating to migratory and resident game birds; and (2) the design, 1407
17011701 production, promotion and procurement and sale of the prints and 1408
17021702 related artwork. 1409
17031703 Sec. 94. Section 27-19b of the general statutes is repealed and the 1410
17041704 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1411
17051705 There is established an account to be known as the "Military 1412
17061706 Department state morale, welfare and recreation account", which shall 1413
17071707 be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The 1414
17081708 account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the 1415
17091709 account, which shall include, but not be limited to, proceeds of state 1416
17101710 military morale, welfare and recreation programs and gifts, grants and 1417
17111711 donations from public or private sources. Moneys in the account shall 1418
17121712 be expended by the Adjutant General for the purposes of operating state 1419
17131713 Raised Bill No. 1527
17141714
17151715
17161716
17171717 LCO No. 4818 47 of 63
17181718
17191719 military morale, welfare and recreation programs. Not later than 1420
17201720 August 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, the Adjutant General shall 1421
17211721 submit a report to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management 1422
17221722 concerning deposits into and expenditures from the account for the 1423
17231723 previous fiscal year. 1424
17241724 Sec. 95. Section 27-19c of the general statutes is repealed and the 1425
17251725 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1426
17261726 There is established an account to be known as the "chargeable 1427
17271727 transient quarters and billeting account", which shall be a separate, 1428
17281728 nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall 1429
17291729 contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account, 1430
17301730 which shall include, but not be limited to, proceeds of room service 1431
17311731 charges at Camp Nett at Niantic. Moneys in the account shall be 1432
17321732 expended by the Adjutant General for the purposes of billeting 1433
17331733 members of the armed forces at Camp Nett at Niantic. 1434
17341734 Sec. 96. Section 27-19e of the general statutes is repealed and the 1435
17351735 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1436
17361736 There is established an account to be known as the "Governor's 1437
17371737 Guards horse account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 1438
17381738 [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys 1439
17391739 required by law to be deposited in the account, which shall include, but 1440
17401740 not be limited to, donations for the specific purpose of offsetting the 1441
17411741 costs of maintaining Governor's Guards' horses. Moneys in the account 1442
17421742 shall be expended by the Adjutant General for the purposes of 1443
17431743 facilitating the operations of the Governor's Guards. 1444
17441744 Sec. 97. Section 27-38f of the general statutes is repealed and the 1445
17451745 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1446
17461746 There is established an account to be known as the "New England 1447
17471747 Disaster Training Center activity account", which shall be a separate, 1448
17481748 nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall 1449
17491749 Raised Bill No. 1527
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17511751
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17531753 LCO No. 4818 48 of 63
17541754
17551755 contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account and 1450
17561756 any moneys obtained from the proceeds of operational activities of the 1451
17571757 New England Disaster Training Center. Moneys in the account shall be 1452
17581758 expended by the Adjutant General for the purpose of operating the New 1453
17591759 England Disaster Training Center. The Adjutant General may apply for 1454
17601760 and accept gifts, grants and donations from public or private sources for 1455
17611761 the purposes of said account and any such gifts, grants or donations 1456
17621762 shall be deposited in said account. 1457
17631763 Sec. 98. Subsection (f) of section 27-39 of the general statutes is 1458
17641764 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1459
17651765 2025): 1460
17661766 (f) There is established an account to be known as the "military 1461
17671767 facilities account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 1462
17681768 [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain (1) any amounts 1463
17691769 appropriated or otherwise made available by the state for the purposes 1464
17701770 of the account, (2) any moneys required by law to be deposited in the 1465
17711771 account, and (3) gifts, grants, donations or bequests made for the 1466
17721772 purposes of the account. Moneys in the account shall be expended by 1467
17731773 the Military Department for the maintenance and renovation of military 1468
17741774 facilities. 1469
17751775 Sec. 99. Subsection (b) of section 27-100a of the general statutes is 1470
17761776 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1471
17771777 2025): 1472
17781778 (b) There is established [, within the General Fund,] a separate, 1473
17791779 nonlapsing account to be known as the "Military Relief Fund". The 1474
17801780 account shall contain (1) any amounts appropriated or otherwise made 1475
17811781 available by the state for the purposes of this section, (2) any moneys 1476
17821782 required by law to be deposited in the account, and (3) gifts, grants, 1477
17831783 donations or bequests made for the purposes of this section. Investment 1478
17841784 earnings credited to the assets of the fund shall become part of the assets 1479
17851785 of the fund. Any balance remaining in the account at the end of any fiscal 1480
17861786 Raised Bill No. 1527
17871787
17881788
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17901790 LCO No. 4818 49 of 63
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17921792 year shall be carried forward in the account for the fiscal year next 1481
17931793 succeeding. The State Treasurer shall administer the fund. All moneys 1482
17941794 deposited in the account shall be used by the Military Department for 1483
17951795 the purposes of this section. The Military Department may deduct and 1484
17961796 retain from the moneys in the account an amount equal to the costs 1485
17971797 incurred by the department in administering the provisions of this 1486
17981798 section, except that said amount shall not exceed two per cent of the 1487
17991799 moneys deposited in the account in any fiscal year. 1488
18001800 Sec. 100. Subsection (a) of section 28-31 of the general statutes is 1489
18011801 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1490
18021802 2025): 1491
18031803 (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall establish a nuclear 1492
18041804 safety emergency preparedness account, which shall be a separate, 1493
18051805 nonlapsing account [within the General Fund,] and which shall be 1494
18061806 financed through assessments of all Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1495
18071807 licensees that own or operate nuclear power generating facilities in the 1496
18081808 state. The authority shall initially assess the licensees for a total of two 1497
18091809 million dollars. The authority may assess licensees for such amounts as 1498
18101810 necessary for the purposes of the account, provided the balance in the 1499
18111811 account at the end of the fiscal year may not exceed three hundred 1500
18121812 thousand dollars. The authority shall annually assess the licensees, upon 1501
18131813 the request of the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public 1502
18141814 Protection, for funding to support annual expenses of five staff positions 1503
18151815 in the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and three 1504
18161816 staff positions in the Department of Emergency Services and Public 1505
18171817 Protection. Personnel shall be assigned to said staff positions solely for 1506
18181818 the purposes of the program established pursuant to subsection (b) of 1507
18191819 this section. Federal reimbursements and grants obtained in support of 1508
18201820 the nuclear safety emergency preparedness program shall be paid into 1509
18211821 the General Fund and credited to the account. The authority shall 1510
18221822 develop an equitable method of assessing the licensees for their 1511
18231823 reasonable pro rata share of such assessments. All such assessments 1512
18241824 shall be included as operating expenses of the licensees for purposes of 1513
18251825 Raised Bill No. 1527
18261826
18271827
18281828
18291829 LCO No. 4818 50 of 63
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18311831 rate-making. All moneys within the account shall be invested by the 1514
18321832 State Treasurer in accordance with established investment practices and 1515
18331833 all interest earned by such investments shall be returned to the account. 1516
18341834 Sec. 101. Section 29-423 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1517
18351835 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1518
18361836 There is established [, within the General Fund,] a separate, 1519
18371837 nonlapsing account to be known as the [fire safety standard and 1520
18381838 firefighter protection act enforcement account] "fire safety standard and 1521
18391839 firefighter protection act enforcement account". The account shall 1522
18401840 contain all certification fees submitted by holders in accordance with 1523
18411841 section 29-419, any civil penalties imposed in accordance with 1524
18421842 subsection (d) of section 29-418 or subsection (d) of section 29-420, and 1525
18431843 any other moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. The 1526
18441844 proceeds of the account shall be used by the State Fire Marshal solely to 1527
18451845 fund the processing, testing and administrative activities specified in 1528
18461846 sections 29-418, 29-419 and 29-420. 1529
18471847 Sec. 102. Subsection (c) of section 31-900 of the general statutes is 1530
18481848 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1531
18491849 2025): 1532
18501850 (c) There is established an account to be known as the "Connecticut 1533
18511851 Essential Workers COVID-19 Assistance Fund", which shall be a 1534
18521852 separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The account 1535
18531853 shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. 1536
18541854 Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Comptroller at the 1537
18551855 discretion of the administrator for the purposes of (1) assistance offered 1538
18561856 under the Connecticut Essential Workers COVID -19 Assistance 1539
18571857 Program, and (2) costs and expenses of operating the program, 1540
18581858 including the hiring of necessary employees and the expense of public 1541
18591859 outreach and education regarding the program and fund, provided not 1542
18601860 more than five per cent of the total moneys received by the fund shall 1543
18611861 be used for any administrative costs, including hiring temporary or 1544
18621862 Raised Bill No. 1527
18631863
18641864
18651865
18661866 LCO No. 4818 51 of 63
18671867
18681868 durational staff or contracting with a third-party administrator, or other 1545
18691869 costs and expenses incurred by the administrator or Comptroller in 1546
18701870 connection with carrying out the provisions of this section and 1547
18711871 subsection (a) of section 31-306. The administrator shall make all 1548
18721872 reasonable efforts to limit the costs and expenses of operating the 1549
18731873 program without compromising affected persons' access to the 1550
18741874 program. 1551
18751875 Sec. 103. Subsection (c) of section 31-901 of the general statutes is 1552
18761876 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1553
18771877 2025): 1554
18781878 (c) There is established an account to be known as the "Connecticut 1555
18791879 premium pay account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 1556
18801880 [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys 1557
18811881 required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account 1558
18821882 shall be expended by the Comptroller at the direction of the 1559
18831883 administrator for purposes of: (1) Compensation provided under the 1560
18841884 Connecticut Premium Pay program; and (2) costs and expenses of 1561
18851885 operating the program, including hiring of necessary employees and the 1562
18861886 expense of public outreach and education regarding the program and 1563
18871887 account. Not more than five per cent of the total moneys received by the 1564
18881888 account shall be used for any administrative costs, including hiring of 1565
18891889 temporary or durational staff or contracting with a third-party 1566
18901890 administrator, or other costs and expenses incurred by the administrator 1567
18911891 or Comptroller in connection with carrying out the provisions of this 1568
18921892 section. The administrator shall make all reasonable efforts to limit the 1569
18931893 costs and expenses of operating the program without compromising 1570
18941894 eligible applicants' access to the program. 1571
18951895 Sec. 104. Section 32-4j of the general statutes is repealed and the 1572
18961896 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1573
18971897 There is established a Connecticut first-time homebuyers account, 1574
18981898 which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General 1575
18991899 Raised Bill No. 1527
19001900
19011901
19021902
19031903 LCO No. 4818 52 of 63
19041904
19051905 Fund.] Funds segregated by the Commissioner of Revenue Services, 1576
19061906 pursuant to section 32-4k, shall be deposited in the account. An amount 1577
19071907 equal to the amount deposited in the account shall be available to the 1578
19081908 Commissioner of Economic and Community Development for 1579
19091909 payments to participants in the program established pursuant to section 1580
19101910 32-4i. The State Treasurer shall invest the proceeds of the account, and 1581
19111911 investment earnings, after paying any costs incurred by the State 1582
19121912 Treasurer in administering the account, shall be credited to the General 1583
19131913 Fund. On or before September 1, 2014, and annually thereafter, the State 1584
19141914 Treasurer shall notify the Commissioner of Economic and Community 1585
19151915 Development of the total amount deposited in the account. Any funds 1586
19161916 segregated on behalf of a participant that are not used for the purchase 1587
19171917 of a first home shall be transferred to the General Fund. 1588
19181918 Sec. 105. Subsection (f) of section 32-4r of the general statutes is 1589
19191919 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1590
19201920 2025): 1591
19211921 (f) There is established an account to be known as the "youth service 1592
19221922 corps grant program account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 1593
19231923 account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any 1594
19241924 moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the 1595
19251925 account shall be expended by the Commissioner of Economic and 1596
19261926 Community Development for the purposes of providing grants to 1597
19271927 municipalities of priority school districts, as described in section 10-1598
19281928 266p, to establish local Youth Service Corps programs that provide paid 1599
19291929 community-based service learning and academic and workforce 1600
19301930 development programs to youth and young adults in the state in 1601
19311931 accordance with the provisions of section 32-4s. 1602
19321932 Sec. 106. Subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 32-6 of the general 1603
19331933 statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 1604
19341934 (Effective July 1, 2025): 1605
19351935 (b) (1) There is established an account to be known as the 1606
19361936 Raised Bill No. 1527
19371937
19381938
19391939
19401940 LCO No. 4818 53 of 63
19411941
19421942 "Connecticut Eastern States Exposition account". The account shall 1607
19431943 contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account and 1608
19441944 shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [of the General Fund.] 1609
19451945 Investment earnings credited to the account shall become part of the 1610
19461946 assets of the account. Any balance remaining in said account at the end 1611
19471947 of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in the account for the next 1612
19481948 fiscal year. 1613
19491949 Sec. 107. Subsection (a) of section 32-7h of the general statutes is 1614
19501950 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1615
19511951 2025): 1616
19521952 (a) There is established an account to be known as the "small business 1617
19531953 express assistance account", which [will] shall be a separate, nonlapsing 1618
19541954 account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any 1619
19551955 moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Repayment of 1620
19561956 principal and interest on loans shall be credited to such fund and shall 1621
19571957 become part of the assets of the fund. Moneys in the account shall be 1622
19581958 expended by the Department of Economic and Community 1623
19591959 Development for the purposes of the Small Business Express program 1624
19601960 established pursuant to section 32-7g. Except as provided in subsection 1625
19611961 (d) of section 32-7g, all moneys received for the purposes of the Small 1626
19621962 Business Express program and payments of principal and interest on 1627
19631963 any loans given under said program shall be credited to the account. 1628
19641964 Sec. 108. Subdivision (4) of subsection (g) of section 32-9t of the 1629
19651965 general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 1630
19661966 thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1631
19671967 (4) There is established an account to be known as the "Connecticut 1632
19681968 economic impact and analysis account", which shall be a separate, 1633
19691969 nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall 1634
19701970 contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account and 1635
19711971 shall be held separate and apart from other moneys, funds and accounts. 1636
19721972 There shall be deposited in the account any proceeds realized by the 1637
19731973 Raised Bill No. 1527
19741974
19751975
19761976
19771977 LCO No. 4818 54 of 63
19781978
19791979 state from activities pursuant to this section. Investment earnings 1638
19801980 credited to the account shall become part of the assets of the account. 1639
19811981 Any balance remaining in the account at the end of any fiscal year shall 1640
19821982 be carried forward in the account for the next fiscal year. Amounts in 1641
19831983 the account may be used by the Department of Economic and 1642
19841984 Community Development to fund the cost of any activities of the 1643
19851985 department pursuant to this section, including administrative costs 1644
19861986 related to such activities. 1645
19871987 Sec. 109. Subsection (d) of section 32-9yy of the general statutes is 1646
19881988 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1647
19891989 2025): 1648
19901990 (d) There is established an account to be known as the "small business 1649
19911991 assistance account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 1650
19921992 [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys 1651
19931993 required by law to be deposited in the account. All moneys received in 1652
19941994 consideration of financial assistance, including payments of principal 1653
19951995 and interest on any loans, shall be credited to the account. Moneys in 1654
19961996 the account shall be expended by the Department of Economic and 1655
19971997 Community Development for the purposes of the small business 1656
19981998 assistance program established pursuant to subsection (b) of this 1657
19991999 section. 1658
20002000 Sec. 110. Subsection (b) of section 32-41q of the general statutes is 1659
20012001 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1660
20022002 2025): 1661
20032003 (b) There is established an account to be known as the [critical 1662
20042004 industries development account] "critical industries development 1663
20052005 account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the 1664
20062006 General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys invested pursuant 1665
20072007 to the provisions of this section. Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated 1666
20082008 may use funds from the account to provide loans, loan guarantees, 1667
20092009 interest rate subsidies and other forms of loan assistance to customers 1668
20102010 Raised Bill No. 1527
20112011
20122012
20132013
20142014 LCO No. 4818 55 of 63
20152015
20162016 of businesses in critical industries which businesses are based in the 1669
20172017 state. Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated may solicit and receive 1670
20182018 funds from any public and private sources for the program. Such funds 1671
20192019 may include, without limitation, federal funds, state bond proceeds, 1672
20202020 private venture capital and investments by persons, firms or 1673
20212021 corporations. Private capital investments may be made either in the 1674
20222022 account as a whole or in one or more individual technologies or projects. 1675
20232023 Sec. 111. Subsection (a) of section 32-41x of the general statutes is 1676
20242024 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1677
20252025 2025): 1678
20262026 (a) There is established an account to be known as the "preseed 1679
20272027 financing account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 1680
20282028 [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys 1681
20292029 required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account 1682
20302030 shall be expended by Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated, for the 1683
20312031 purposes of providing preseed financing pursuant to the program 1684
20322032 established in subsection (b) of this section. 1685
20332033 Sec. 112. Subsection (a) of section 32-41kk of the general statutes is 1686
20342034 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1687
20352035 2025): 1688
20362036 (a) There is established the "Regenerative Medicine Research Fund", 1689
20372037 which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General 1690
20382038 Fund.] The fund may contain any moneys required or permitted by law 1691
20392039 to be deposited in the fund and any funds received from any public or 1692
20402040 private contributions, gifts, grants, donations, bequests or devises to the 1693
20412041 fund. The chief executive officer of Connecticut Innovations, 1694
20422042 Incorporated, (1) shall award financial assistance from the fund in 1695
20432043 accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, and (2) 1696
20442044 may enter into agreements with other entities, including, but not limited 1697
20452045 to, the government of any state or foreign country for the purpose of 1698
20462046 advancing research collaboration opportunities for recipients of 1699
20472047 Raised Bill No. 1527
20482048
20492049
20502050
20512051 LCO No. 4818 56 of 63
20522052
20532053 financial assistance under this section. 1700
20542054 Sec. 113. Subsection (a) of section 32-324a of the general statutes is 1701
20552055 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1702
20562056 2025): 1703
20572057 (a) There is established an account to be known as the "Connecticut 1704
20582058 qualified biodiesel producer incentive account", which shall be a 1705
20592059 separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The account 1706
20602060 shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. 1707
20612061 The account may contain any moneys available from any agency or 1708
20622062 department of the federal government or any state agency for the 1709
20632063 purpose described in subsection (b) of this section. Said account shall 1710
20642064 not terminate upon the lack of any funds in said account. 1711
20652065 Sec. 114. Section 32-356 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1712
20662066 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1713
20672067 There is established an account to be known as the [small business 1714
20682068 incubator account] "small business incubator account", which shall be a 1715
20692069 separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The 1716
20702070 commissioner may use funds from the account to provide 1717
20712071 administrative expenses and grants for the purposes of subdivision (1) 1718
20722072 of subsection (a) of section 32-7f. 1719
20732073 Sec. 115. Section 32-504 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1720
20742074 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1721
20752075 There is established an international trade account, which shall be a 1722
20762076 separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The account 1723
20772077 may contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account, 1724
20782078 including success fees pursuant to section 32-500 and participation fees 1725
20792079 pursuant to section 32-506, and any other moneys received by the 1726
20802080 commissioner from other public or private sources for the purposes of 1727
20812081 sections 32-500 to 32-512, inclusive. The commissioner shall use the 1728
20822082 moneys in the account for the purposes of sections 32-500 to 32-512, 1729
20832083 Raised Bill No. 1527
20842084
20852085
20862086
20872087 LCO No. 4818 57 of 63
20882088
20892089 inclusive. 1730
20902090 Sec. 116. Subsection (a) of section 32-762 of the general statutes is 1731
20912091 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1732
20922092 2025): 1733
20932093 (a) There is established an account to be known as the "brownfield 1734
20942094 remediation and development account", which shall be a separate, 1735
20952095 nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] There shall be deposited 1736
20962096 in the account: (1) The proceeds of bonds issued by the state for deposit 1737
20972097 into said account and used in accordance with this section; (2) 1738
20982098 repayments of assistance provided pursuant to subsection (c) of section 1739
20992099 22a-133u; (3) interest or other income earned on the investment of 1740
21002100 moneys in the account; (4) funds recovered pursuant to sections 32-766 1741
21012101 and 32-767; (5) any proceeds realized by the state from activities 1742
21022102 pursuant to section 32-763 or section 32-765; and (6) all funds required 1743
21032103 by law to be deposited in the account. Any balance remaining in the 1744
21042104 account at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in the 1745
21052105 account for the fiscal year next succeeding. 1746
21062106 Sec. 117. Subsection (c) of section 38a-556 of the general statutes is 1747
21072107 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1748
21082108 2025): 1749
21092109 (c) The association shall have the general powers and authority 1750
21102110 granted under the laws of this state to carriers to transact the kinds of 1751
21112111 insurance defined under section 38a-551, and in addition thereto, the 1752
21122112 specific authority to: (1) Enter into contracts necessary or proper to carry 1753
21132113 out the provisions and purposes of this section and sections 38a-551 and 1754
21142114 38a-557 to 38a-559, inclusive; (2) sue or be sued, including taking any 1755
21152115 legal actions necessary or proper for recovery of any assessments for, on 1756
21162116 behalf of, or against participating members; (3) take such legal action as 1757
21172117 necessary to avoid the payment of improper claims against the 1758
21182118 association or the coverage provided by or through the association; (4) 1759
21192119 establish, with respect to health insurance provided by or on behalf of 1760
21202120 Raised Bill No. 1527
21212121
21222122
21232123
21242124 LCO No. 4818 58 of 63
21252125
21262126 the association, appropriate rates, scales of rates, rate classifications and 1761
21272127 rating adjustments, such rates not to be unreasonable in relation to the 1762
21282128 coverage provided and the operational expenses of the association; (5) 1763
21292129 administer any type of reinsurance program, for or on behalf of 1764
21302130 participating members; (6) pool risks among participating members; (7) 1765
21312131 issue policies of insurance required or permitted by this section and 1766
21322132 sections 38a-551 and 38a-557 to 38a-559, inclusive, in its own name or on 1767
21332133 behalf of participating members; (8) administer separate pools, separate 1768
21342134 accounts or other plans as deemed appropriate for separate members or 1769
21352135 groups of members; (9) operate and administer any combination of 1770
21362136 plans, pools, reinsurance arrangements or other mechanisms as deemed 1771
21372137 appropriate to best accomplish the fair and equitable operation of the 1772
21382138 association; (10) set limits on the amounts of reinsurance that may be 1773
21392139 ceded to the association by its members; (11) appoint from among 1774
21402140 participating members appropriate legal, actuarial and other 1775
21412141 committees as necessary to provide technical assistance in the operation 1776
21422142 of the association, policy and other contract design, and any other 1777
21432143 function within the authority of the association; (12) apply for and 1778
21442144 accept grants, gifts and bequests of funds from other states, federal and 1779
21452145 interstate agencies and independent authorities, private firms, 1780
21462146 individuals and foundations for the purpose of carrying out its 1781
21472147 responsibilities. Any such funds received shall be deposited in the 1782
21482148 General Fund and shall be credited to a separate, nonlapsing account 1783
21492149 [within the General Fund] for the Health Reinsurance Association and 1784
21502150 may be used by the Health Reinsurance Association in the performance 1785
21512151 of its duties; and (13) perform such other duties and responsibilities as 1786
21522152 may be required by state or federal law or permitted by state or federal 1787
21532153 law and approved by the commissioner. 1788
21542154 Sec. 118. Subsection (d) of section 42-190 of the general statutes is 1789
21552155 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1790
21562156 2025): 1791
21572157 (d) There is established a separate, nonlapsing account [, within the 1792
21582158 General Fund,] to be known as the "new automobile warranties 1793
21592159 Raised Bill No. 1527
21602160
21612161
21622162
21632163 LCO No. 4818 59 of 63
21642164
21652165 account". The account may contain any moneys required by law to be 1794
21662166 deposited in the account. The moneys in said account shall be allocated 1795
21672167 to the Department of Consumer Protection to carry out the purposes of 1796
21682168 this chapter. 1797
21692169 Sec. 119. Subsection (a) of section 42-472a of the general statutes is 1798
21702170 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1799
21712171 2025): 1800
21722172 (a) There is established a "privacy protection guaranty and 1801
21732173 enforcement account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 1802
21742174 [within the General Fund.] The account may contain any moneys 1803
21752175 required by law to be deposited in the account. The account shall be 1804
21762176 used by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection: (1) For the 1805
21772177 reimbursement of losses sustained by individuals injured by a violation 1806
21782178 of the provisions of section 42-470, 42-471, 42-471a or 42-472b or any 1807
21792179 regulation adopted pursuant to section 42-472d, and (2) for the 1808
21802180 enforcement of provisions of section 42-470, 42-471, 42-471a or 42-472b 1809
21812181 or any regulation adopted pursuant to section 42-472d. 1810
21822182 Sec. 120. Subsection (d) of section 46a-13m of the general statutes is 1811
21832183 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1812
21842184 2025): 1813
21852185 (d) The Child Advocate may apply for and accept grants, gifts and 1814
21862186 bequests of funds from other states, federal and interstate agencies and 1815
21872187 independent authorities and private firms, individuals and foundations, 1816
21882188 for the purpose of carrying out his responsibilities. There is established 1817
21892189 [within the General Fund] a child advocate account, which shall be a 1818
21902190 separate, nonlapsing account. Any funds received under this subsection 1819
21912191 shall, upon deposit in the General Fund, be credited to said account and 1820
21922192 may be used by the Child Advocate in the performance of his duties. 1821
21932193 Sec. 121. Subsection (a) of section 54-56k of the general statutes is 1822
21942194 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1823
21952195 2025): 1824
21962196 Raised Bill No. 1527
21972197
21982198
21992199
22002200 LCO No. 4818 60 of 63
22012201
22022202 (a) There is established an account to be known as the [pretrial 1825
22032203 account] "pretrial account". The account shall contain any moneys 1826
22042204 required by law to be deposited in the account and shall be a separate, 1827
22052205 nonlapsing account. [of the General Fund.] Investment earnings 1828
22062206 credited to the account shall become part of the assets of the account. 1829
22072207 Any balance remaining in said account at the end of any fiscal year shall 1830
22082208 be carried forward in the account for the next fiscal year. 1831
22092209 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
22102210 sections:
22112211
22122212 Section 1 July 1, 2025 3-22u(a)
22132213 Sec. 2 July 1, 2025 3-123f
22142214 Sec. 3 July 1, 2025 3-123eee(a)
22152215 Sec. 4 July 1, 2025 4-66h(a)
22162216 Sec. 5 July 1, 2025 4-66k(a)
22172217 Sec. 6 July 1, 2025 4-66l(b)
22182218 Sec. 7 July 1, 2025 4-66n(a)
22192219 Sec. 8 July 1, 2025 4-66aa(a)
22202220 Sec. 9 July 1, 2025 4-66cc
22212221 Sec. 10 July 1, 2025 4-68aa(d)
22222222 Sec. 11 July 1, 2025 4-68aaa(d)
22232223 Sec. 12 July 1, 2025 4-124jj(a)
22242224 Sec. 13 July 1, 2025 4b-21a
22252225 Sec. 14 July 1, 2025 4b-53(c)
22262226 Sec. 15 July 1, 2025 4d-82a(a)
22272227 Sec. 16 July 1, 2025 7-131s
22282228 Sec. 17 July 1, 2025 7-131t(a)(1)
22292229 Sec. 18 July 1, 2025 7-131u(a)
22302230 Sec. 19 July 1, 2025 7-294p(b)
22312231 Sec. 20 July 1, 2025 7-313h(a)
22322232 Sec. 21 July 1, 2025 7-406n(a)
22332233 Sec. 22 July 1, 2025 8-441(a)
22342234 Sec. 23 July 1, 2025 8-446(a)
22352235 Sec. 24 July 1, 2025 9-701
22362236 Sec. 25 July 1, 2025 10-21l
22372237 Sec. 26 July 1, 2025 10-265ff(a)
22382238 Sec. 27 July 1, 2025 10-373bb
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22452245 Sec. 28 July 1, 2025 10-507
22462246 Sec. 29 July 1, 2025 10a-11e
22472247 Sec. 30 July 1, 2025 10a-22q
22482248 Sec. 31 July 1, 2025 10a-170w(a)
22492249 Sec. 32 July 1, 2025 11-8i
22502250 Sec. 33 July 1, 2025 12-806b(d)
22512251 Sec. 34 July 1, 2025 13b-55b(a)
22522252 Sec. 35 July 1, 2025 14-19b(d)
22532253 Sec. 36 July 1, 2025 14-21g(a)
22542254 Sec. 37 July 1, 2025 14-21i(d)
22552255 Sec. 38 July 1, 2025 14-21k(a)
22562256 Sec. 39 July 1, 2025 14-21m(a)
22572257 Sec. 40 July 1, 2025 14-21p(a)
22582258 Sec. 41 July 1, 2025 14-21r(a)
22592259 Sec. 42 July 1, 2025 14-21u(c)
22602260 Sec. 43 July 1, 2025 14-21v(c)
22612261 Sec. 44 July 1, 2025 14-21w(d)
22622262 Sec. 45 July 1, 2025 14-21x(d)
22632263 Sec. 46 July 1, 2025 14-21y(d)
22642264 Sec. 47 July 1, 2025 14-21aa(a)
22652265 Sec. 48 July 1, 2025 14-50b(a)
22662266 Sec. 49 July 1, 2025 14-227a(i)(7)
22672267 Sec. 50 July 1, 2025 14-295b
22682268 Sec. 51 July 1, 2025 16-50bb(a)
22692269 Sec. 52 July 1, 2025 16-244bb(a)
22702270 Sec. 53 July 1, 2025 16-331bb(a)
22712271 Sec. 54 July 1, 2025 16-331cc(a)
22722272 Sec. 55 July 1, 2025 16a-47c(a)
22732273 Sec. 56 July 1, 2025 17a-20b(b)
22742274 Sec. 57 July 1, 2025 17a-22ii(a)
22752275 Sec. 58 July 1, 2025 17a-22jj(a)
22762276 Sec. 59 July 1, 2025 17a-451f
22772277 Sec. 60 July 1, 2025 17a-451g
22782278 Sec. 61 July 1, 2025 17a-674a(a)
22792279 Sec. 62 July 1, 2025 17a-674h(b)
22802280 Sec. 63 July 1, 2025 17b-55b
22812281 Sec. 64 July 1, 2025 17b-88a
22822282 Sec. 65 July 1, 2025 17b-112f(a)
22832283 Sec. 66 July 1, 2025 17b-261f
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22902290 Sec. 67 July 1, 2025 17b-288(a)
22912291 Sec. 68 July 1, 2025 18-81qq(j)
22922292 Sec. 69 July 1, 2025 19a-12c
22932293 Sec. 70 July 1, 2025 19a-32a(a)
22942294 Sec. 71 July 1, 2025 19a-32b
22952295 Sec. 72 July 1, 2025 19a-112d
22962296 Sec. 73 July 1, 2025 19a-308b(a)
22972297 Sec. 74 July 1, 2025 20-638c
22982298 Sec. 75 July 1, 2025 21a-420f(a)(1)
22992299 Sec. 76 July 1, 2025 21a-420f(b)(1)
23002300 Sec. 77 July 1, 2025 22-26i(a)
23012301 Sec. 78 July 1, 2025 22-26mm(b)
23022302 Sec. 79 July 1, 2025 22-38c
23032303 Sec. 80 July 1, 2025 22-329a(j)
23042304 Sec. 81 July 1, 2025 22a-21k
23052305 Sec. 82 July 1, 2025 22a-27l(a)
23062306 Sec. 83 July 1, 2025 22a-27t
23072307 Sec. 84 July 1, 2025 22a-27u(a)
23082308 Sec. 85 July 1, 2025 22a-27v(a)
23092309 Sec. 86 July 1, 2025 22a-200c(b)
23102310 Sec. 87 July 1, 2025 22a-202(h)
23112311 Sec. 88 July 1, 2025 22a-316
23122312 Sec. 89 July 1, 2025 22a-903b
23132313 Sec. 90 July 1, 2025 23-15h(a)
23142314 Sec. 91 July 1, 2025 23-20(c)(2)
23152315 Sec. 92 July 1, 2025 23-79
23162316 Sec. 93 July 1, 2025 26-27c
23172317 Sec. 94 July 1, 2025 27-19b
23182318 Sec. 95 July 1, 2025 27-19c
23192319 Sec. 96 July 1, 2025 27-19e
23202320 Sec. 97 July 1, 2025 27-38f
23212321 Sec. 98 July 1, 2025 27-39(f)
23222322 Sec. 99 July 1, 2025 27-100a(b)
23232323 Sec. 100 July 1, 2025 28-31(a)
23242324 Sec. 101 July 1, 2025 29-423
23252325 Sec. 102 July 1, 2025 31-900(c)
23262326 Sec. 103 July 1, 2025 31-901(c)
23272327 Sec. 104 July 1, 2025 32-4j
23282328 Sec. 105 July 1, 2025 32-4r(f)
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23352335 Sec. 106 July 1, 2025 32-6(b)(1)
23362336 Sec. 107 July 1, 2025 32-7h(a)
23372337 Sec. 108 July 1, 2025 32-9t(g)(4)
23382338 Sec. 109 July 1, 2025 32-9yy(d)
23392339 Sec. 110 July 1, 2025 32-41q(b)
23402340 Sec. 111 July 1, 2025 32-41x(a)
23412341 Sec. 112 July 1, 2025 32-41kk(a)
23422342 Sec. 113 July 1, 2025 32-324a(a)
23432343 Sec. 114 July 1, 2025 32-356
23442344 Sec. 115 July 1, 2025 32-504
23452345 Sec. 116 July 1, 2025 32-762(a)
23462346 Sec. 117 July 1, 2025 38a-556(c)
23472347 Sec. 118 July 1, 2025 42-190(d)
23482348 Sec. 119 July 1, 2025 42-472a(a)
23492349 Sec. 120 July 1, 2025 46a-13m(d)
23502350 Sec. 121 July 1, 2025 54-56k(a)
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23522352 Statement of Purpose:
23532353 To implement a recommendation of the Auditors of Public Accounts
23542354 regarding nonlapsing accounts.
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23562356 [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
23572357 that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
23582358 underlined.]
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