Connecticut Senate Bill SB01527 Latest Draft

                                
 
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General Assembly  Raised Bill No. 1527  
January Session, 2025 
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Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS  
 
 
Introduced by:  
(APP)  
 
 
 
 
AN ACT IMPLEMENTING A RECOMMENDATION OF THE AUDITORS 
OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS REGARDING NONLAPSING ACCOUNTS. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 3-22u of the general statutes is 1 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2 
2025): 3 
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "CHET Baby 4 
Scholars fund", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within 5 
the General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys required by 6 
law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account shall be 7 
expended by the office of the Treasurer for the purposes of the CHET 8 
Baby Scholars program established pursuant to this section. 9 
Sec. 2. Section 3-123f of the general statutes is repealed and the 10 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 11 
The State Comptroller shall establish a separate, nonlapsing capital 12 
reserve account [within the General Fund] for each constituent unit of 13 
the state system of higher education. The proceeds of the sale, pursuant 14     
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to section 4b-21, of any surplus land or interest in land of any constituent 15 
unit of the state system of higher education shall upon deposit in the 16 
General Fund be credited to the capital reserve account of the 17 
appropriate constituent unit for the purpose of capital projects 18 
authorized by the constituent unit.  19 
Sec. 3. Subsection (a) of section 3-123eee of the general statutes is 20 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 21 
2025): 22 
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "partnership 23 
plan premium account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 24 
[within the General Fund.] All premiums paid by employers and their 25 
respective employees and retirees for coverage under a partnership plan 26 
pursuant to sections 3-123bbb to 3-123ddd, inclusive, shall be deposited 27 
into said account. The account shall be administered by the Comptroller 28 
for payment of claims and administrative fees to entities providing 29 
coverage or services under partnership plans. 30 
Sec. 4. Subsection (a) of section 4-66h of the general statutes is 31 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 32 
2025): 33 
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "Main Street 34 
Investment Fund account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 35 
account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any 36 
moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the 37 
account shall be expended by the Department of Housing for the 38 
purposes of providing grants not to exceed five hundred thousand 39 
dollars to municipalities with populations of not more than thirty 40 
thousand or municipalities eligible for the small town economic 41 
assistance program pursuant to section 4-66g for eligible projects as 42 
defined in subsection (d) of this section. Municipalities shall apply for 43 
such grants in a manner to be determined by the Commissioner of 44 
Housing. Said commissioner may contract with a nonprofit entity to 45     
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administer the provisions of this section. 46 
Sec. 5. Subsection (a) of section 4-66k of the general statutes is 47 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 48 
2025): 49 
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "regional 50 
planning incentive account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 51 
account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any 52 
moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the 53 
account shall be expended by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 54 
Management for the purposes of first providing funding to regional 55 
planning organizations in accordance with the provisions of this section, 56 
next providing grants for the support of regional election advisors 57 
pursuant to section 9-229c and then providing grants under the regional 58 
performance incentive program established pursuant to section 4-124s. 59 
Sec. 6. Subsection (b) of section 4-66l of the general statutes is repealed 60 
and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 61 
(b) There is established an account to be known as the "municipal 62 
revenue sharing account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 63 
account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any 64 
moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. The secretary 65 
shall set aside and ensure availability of moneys in the account in the 66 
following order of priority and shall transfer or disburse such moneys 67 
as follows: 68 
(1) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023, 69 
moneys sufficient to make motor vehicle property tax grants payable to 70 
municipalities pursuant to subsection (c) of this section shall be 71 
expended not later than August first annually by the secretary; 72 
(2) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023, 73 
moneys sufficient to make the grants payable pursuant to subsection (d) 74 
of section 12-18b, subdivisions (1) and (3) of subsection (e) of section 12-75     
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18b, subsection (b) of section 12-19b and subsections (b) and (c) of 76 
section 12-20b shall be expended by the secretary; and 77 
(3) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023, 78 
moneys in the account remaining shall be expended annually by the 79 
secretary for the purposes of the municipal revenue sharing grants 80 
established pursuant to subsection (d) of this section. Any such moneys 81 
deposited in the account for municipal revenue sharing grants, 82 
including moneys accrued to the account during each fiscal year but 83 
received after the end of such fiscal year, shall be distributed to 84 
municipalities not later than October first following the end of each 85 
fiscal year. Any municipality may apply to the Office of Policy and 86 
Management on or after July first for early disbursement of a portion of 87 
such grant. The Office of Policy and Management may approve such an 88 
application if it finds that early disbursement is required in order for a 89 
municipality to meet its cash flow needs. No early disbursement 90 
approved by said office may be issued later than September thirtieth. 91 
Sec. 7. Subsection (a) of section 4-66n of the general statutes is 92 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 93 
2025): 94 
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "municipal 95 
reimbursement and revenue account", which shall be a separate, 96 
nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall 97 
contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. 98 
Sec. 8. Subsection (a) of section 4-66aa of the general statutes is 99 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 100 
2025): 101 
(a) There is established [, within the General Fund,] a separate, 102 
nonlapsing account to be known as the "community investment 103 
account". The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be 104 
deposited in the account. The funds in the account shall be distributed 105 
every three months as follows: (1) Ten dollars of each fee credited to said 106     
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account shall be deposited into the agriculture sustainability account 107 
established pursuant to section 4-66cc, as amended by this act, and, then, 108 
of the remaining funds, (2) twenty-five per cent to the Department of 109 
Economic and Community Development to use as follows: (A) Three 110 
hundred eighty thousand dollars, annually, to supplement the technical 111 
assistance and preservation activities of the Connecticut Trust for 112 
Historic Preservation, established pursuant to special act 75-93, and (B) 113 
the remainder to supplement historic preservation activities as provided 114 
in sections 10-409 to 10-415, inclusive; (3) twenty-five per cent to the 115 
Department of Housing to supplement new or existing affordable 116 
housing programs; (4) twenty-five per cent to the Department of Energy 117 
and Environmental Protection for municipal open space grants; and (5) 118 
twenty-five per cent to the Department of Agriculture to use as follows: 119 
(A) Five hundred thousand dollars annually for the agricultural 120 
viability grant program established pursuant to section 22-26j; (B) five 121 
hundred thousand dollars annually for the farm transition program 122 
established pursuant to section 22-26k; (C) one hundred thousand 123 
dollars annually to encourage the sale of Connecticut-grown food to 124 
schools, restaurants, retailers and other institutions and businesses in 125 
the state; (D) seventy-five thousand dollars annually for the Connecticut 126 
farm link program established pursuant to section 22-26l; (E) forty-127 
seven thousand five hundred dollars annually for the Seafood Advisory 128 
Council established pursuant to section 22-455; (F) forty-seven thousand 129 
five hundred dollars annually for the Connecticut Farm Wine 130 
Development Council established pursuant to section 22-26c; (G) 131 
twenty-five thousand dollars annually to the Connecticut Food Policy 132 
Council established pursuant to section 22-456; and (H) the remainder 133 
for farmland preservation programs pursuant to chapter 422. Each 134 
agency receiving funds under this section may use not more than ten 135 
per cent of such funds for administration of the programs for which the 136 
funds were provided. 137 
Sec. 9. Section 4-66cc of the general statutes is repealed and the 138 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 139     
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There is established an account to be known as the "agricultural 140 
sustainability account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 141 
[within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys 142 
required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account 143 
shall be expended by the Commissioner of Agriculture for the purpose 144 
of providing agricultural assistance pursuant to section 22-265b. 145 
Sec. 10. Subsection (d) of section 4-68aa of the general statutes is 146 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 147 
2025): 148 
(d) There is established an account to be known as the "social 149 
innovation account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 150 
[within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys 151 
required by law to be deposited in the account. Any interest accruing to 152 
the account shall be credited to the account. Moneys may be transferred 153 
to the account from the General Fund. Moneys in the account shall be 154 
expended by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management for 155 
the purposes of facilitating the reentry of moderate and high-risk 156 
offenders into the community. The secretary may apply for and accept 157 
gifts, grants or donations from public or private sources to enable the 158 
account to be a source of payments to investors purchasing interests in 159 
a social investment vehicle. 160 
Sec. 11. Subsection (d) of section 4-68aaa of the general statutes is 161 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 162 
2025): 163 
(d) There is established an account to be known as the "youth sports 164 
grant account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within 165 
the General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys required by 166 
law to be deposited in the account and may accept gifts, grants and 167 
donations from public or private sources. Moneys in the account shall 168 
be expended by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management 169 
for the purposes of providing grants to distressed municipalities in 170     
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accordance with the provisions of this section. 171 
Sec. 12. Subsection (a) of section 4-124jj of the general statutes is 172 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 173 
2025): 174 
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "Office of 175 
Workforce Strategy account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 176 
account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any 177 
moneys required by law to be deposited in the account and any funds 178 
received from any public or private contributions, gifts, grants, 179 
donations, bequests or devises to the account. Moneys in the account 180 
shall be expended by the Office of Workforce Strategy for the purposes 181 
of funding workforce training programs and supporting administrative 182 
expenses of the Office of Workforce Strategy. The Office of Workforce 183 
Strategy may enter into contracts or agreements with the constituent 184 
units of the state system of higher education and regional workforce 185 
development boards for the purposes of this section. The Chief 186 
Workforce Officer, in consultation with the Labor Commissioner and 187 
the regional workforce development boards, shall (1) ensure that, as 188 
appropriate, participants in a workforce training program funded 189 
through the Office of Workforce Strategy account also enroll in 190 
additional workforce development programs for the purpose of 191 
minimizing duplication across existing workforce programs and 192 
leveraging federal funds; and (2) establish funding eligibility criteria for 193 
workforce training programs for the purpose of meeting the workforce 194 
needs of in-demand occupations. 195 
Sec. 13. Section 4b-21a of the general statutes is repealed and the 196 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 197 
There is established an account to be known as the "state properties 198 
improvement account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 199 
[within the General Fund.] The account may contain any moneys 200 
required by law to be deposited in the account. The moneys in said 201     
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account shall be allocated by the State Bond Commission for capital 202 
improvements to, and the maintenance of, real property owned by the 203 
state. 204 
Sec. 14. Subsection (c) of section 4b-53 of the general statutes is 205 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 206 
2025): 207 
(c) There is established [within the General Fund] a state building 208 
works of art account, which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. The 209 
moneys within said account shall be used (1) for the purchase of works 210 
of art from distinguished Connecticut artists, which shall be placed on 211 
public view in state buildings, (2) to establish a bank of major works of 212 
art, from which individual works of art may be circulated among state 213 
buildings, public art museums and nonprofit galleries, and (3) for repair 214 
of all works acquired under this section. The Department of Economic 215 
and Community Development, in consultation with the Commissioner 216 
of Administrative Services, shall adopt regulations in accordance with 217 
the provisions of chapter 54, which shall (A) indicate the portion of the 218 
one per cent allocation under subsection (b) of this section, up to one 219 
quarter of such allocation, which shall be deposited in the General Fund 220 
and credited to said account, (B) set forth the manner in which the 221 
moneys in said account shall be allocated and expended for the 222 
purposes of this subsection, and (C) establish procedures to ensure 223 
accountability in maintaining the integrity of such bank of works of art. 224 
Sec. 15. Subsection (a) of section 4d-82a of the general statutes is 225 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 226 
2025): 227 
(a) There is established a separate, nonlapsing account, [within the 228 
General Fund to] which shall be known as the [Ed-Net account] "Ed-Net 229 
account". Any reimbursements received by the Department of 230 
Administrative Services for costs associated with the Connecticut 231 
Education Network shall be deposited in the General Fund and credited 232     
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to the Ed-Net account to be used by said department to support the costs 233 
of said network. 234 
Sec. 16. Section 7-131s of the general statutes is repealed and the 235 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 236 
[(a)] There is established a Charter Oak open space trust account, 237 
[within the General Fund,] which shall be nonlapsing and shall be 238 
separate from bond funds provided for any similar programs or 239 
purposes. 240 
[(b) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, disbursements from the 241 
Charter Oak open space trust account shall be made as follows: (1) Sixty 242 
per cent of the funds shall be deposited into the Charter Oak open space 243 
grant program account established pursuant to section 7-131t; and (2) 244 
forty per cent of the funds shall be deposited in the Charter Oak state 245 
parks and forest account established pursuant to section 7-131u.]  246 
Sec. 17. Subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 7-131t of the 247 
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 248 
thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 249 
(a) (1) There is established a Charter Oak open space grant program 250 
account, [within the General Fund,] which shall be a separate, 251 
nonlapsing account. The account shall consist of any funds required or 252 
allowed by law to be deposited into the account including, but not 253 
limited to, funds from the Charter Oak open space trust account 254 
established pursuant to section 7-131s, as amended by this act, gifts or 255 
donations received for the purposes of section 7-131d. Investment 256 
earnings credited to the assets of the account shall become part of the 257 
assets of the account. Any balance remaining in the account at the end 258 
of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in the account for the fiscal 259 
year next succeeding. Payments from the account shall be made upon 260 
authorization by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental 261 
Protection. Neither the proceeds of any general obligation bonds of the 262 
state nor the investment earnings of any such proceeds shall be 263     
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deposited in the account.  264 
Sec. 18. Subsection (a) of section 7-131u of the general statutes is 265 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 266 
2025): 267 
(a) There is established a Charter Oak state parks and forests account, 268 
[within the General Fund,] which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 269 
account. The account shall consist of any funds required or allowed by 270 
law to be deposited into the account including, but not limited to, funds 271 
from the Charter Oak open space trust account established pursuant to 272 
section 7-131s, as amended by this act, gifts or donations received for 273 
the purposes of this section. Investment earnings credited to the assets 274 
of the account shall become part of the assets of the account. Any 275 
balance remaining in the account at the end of any fiscal year shall be 276 
carried forward in the account for the fiscal year next succeeding. 277 
Payments from the account shall be made upon authorization by the 278 
Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. Neither the 279 
proceeds of any general obligation bonds of the state nor the investment 280 
earnings of any such proceeds shall be deposited in the account. Funds 281 
in the state parks and forests account shall be expended to acquire land 282 
as set forth in subsection (b) of this section.  283 
Sec. 19. Subsection (b) of section 7-294p of the general statutes is 284 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 285 
2025): 286 
(b) The department may establish and maintain a municipal police 287 
officer training and education extension account, which shall be a 288 
separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The account 289 
shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. 290 
The account shall be used for the operation of such training and 291 
education programs and sessions as the Department of Emergency 292 
Services and Public Protection, in consultation with the Police Officer 293 
Standards and Training Council, may establish. All proceeds derived 294     
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from the operation of the training and education programs and sessions 295 
shall be deposited in the General Fund and shall be credited to and 296 
become a part of the resources of the account. All direct expenses 297 
incurred in the conduct of the training and education programs and 298 
sessions shall be charged and any payments of interest and principal of 299 
bonds or any sums transferable to any fund for the payment of interest 300 
and principal of bonds and any cost of equipment for such operations 301 
may be charged, against the account on order of the State Comptroller. 302 
Any balance of receipts above expenditures shall remain in the account 303 
to be used for training and education programs and sessions. 304 
Sec. 20. Subsection (a) of section 7-313h of the general statutes is 305 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 306 
2025): 307 
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "firefighters 308 
cancer relief account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 309 
[within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys 310 
required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account 311 
shall be expended by (1) the cancer relief subcommittee of the 312 
Connecticut State Firefighters Association, established pursuant to 313 
section 7-313i, for the purposes of providing wage replacement benefits 314 
to firefighters who are diagnosed with a condition of cancer described 315 
in section 7-313j, and (2) by the State Treasurer for purposes of providing 316 
reimbursement to municipalities that provide compensation and 317 
benefits to firefighters diagnosed with a condition of cancer in 318 
accordance with section 7-313p. 319 
Sec. 21. Subsection (a) of section 7-406n of the general statutes is 320 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 321 
2025): 322 
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "municipal 323 
pension solvency account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 324 
account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain: (1) The 325     
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proceeds of notes, bonds or other obligations issued by the state for the 326 
purpose of deposit in said account and use in accordance with this 327 
section and section 7-406o; (2) payments received from any municipality 328 
in repayment of a municipal pension solvency loan; (3) interest or other 329 
income earned on the investment of moneys in said account; and (4) any 330 
additional moneys made available from any sources, public or private, 331 
for the purposes for which said account was established and for the 332 
purpose of deposit in said account. 333 
Sec. 22. Subsection (a) of section 8-441 of the general statutes is 334 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 335 
2025): 336 
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "Crumbling 337 
Foundations Assistance Fund", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 338 
account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any 339 
moneys required by law to be deposited in the account and any 340 
voluntary contributions. Moneys in the account shall be made available 341 
to incorporate the captive insurance company established pursuant to 342 
section 38a-91vv. Moneys in the account shall be transferred to such 343 
captive insurance company upon licensure by the Insurance 344 
Department. Voluntary contributions to the fund shall be deemed to be 345 
given for the purpose of providing financial assistance to owners of 346 
residential buildings for the repair or replacement of concrete 347 
foundations of such buildings that have deteriorated due to the presence 348 
of pyrrhotite and to minimize any negative impact on the economies of 349 
municipalities in which such residential buildings are located. No such 350 
contributions shall be further restricted by the donor or used by the 351 
captive insurance company for any other purposes. The captive 352 
insurance company shall not return any portion of such contributions to 353 
any donor. Any bond proceeds deposited into the fund shall be kept 354 
separate from any and all other funds deposited into the fund. 355 
Sec. 23. Subsection (a) of section 8-446 of the general statutes is 356 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 357     
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2025): 358 
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "Healthy 359 
Homes Fund", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within 360 
the General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys required by 361 
law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account shall be 362 
expended by the Department of Housing for the purposes of: 363 
(1) Funding of not more than one million dollars, from remittances 364 
transferred pursuant to section 38a-331 for the period beginning January 365 
1, 2019, and ending December 31, 2019, shall be remitted to the 366 
Department of Economic and Community Development to be used for 367 
grants-in-aid to homeowners with homes located in the immediate 368 
vicinity of the West River in the Westville section of New Haven and 369 
Woodbridge for structurally damaged homes due to subsidence and to 370 
homeowners with homes abutting the Yale Golf Course in the Westville 371 
section of New Haven for damage to such homes from water infiltration 372 
or structural damage due to subsidence, and, from remittances 373 
transferred pursuant to section 38a-331, for the period beginning May 1, 374 
2022, and ending April 30, 2023, funding not exceeding the actual cost 375 
of remediation or relocation shall be remitted to the Department of 376 
Housing to be used for grants-in-aid for the remediation of structurally 377 
deficient foundations in owner-occupied units or the relocation of any 378 
owner of any such unit of any condominium associations located in the 379 
town of Hamden; 380 
(2) Funding a program, and any related administrative expense, to 381 
reduce health and safety hazards in residential dwellings in 382 
Connecticut, including, but not limited to, lead, radon and other 383 
contaminants or conditions, through removal, remediation, abatement 384 
and other appropriate methods. For purposes of this subdivision, 385 
"administrative expense" means any administrative or other cost or 386 
expense incurred by the Department of Housing in carrying out the 387 
provisions of this section, including, but not limited to, the hiring of 388 
necessary employees and entering into necessary contracts; and 389     
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(3) Funding of not more than one hundred seventy-five thousand 390 
dollars, from remittances transferred pursuant to section 38a-331 for the 391 
period beginning January 1, 2021, and ending December 31, 2021, shall 392 
be remitted to the captive insurance company established pursuant to 393 
section 38a-91vv, to be used for the research and development of the 394 
report described in section 4 of public act 21-120* and any related 395 
administrative expense. Such sum shall not be considered in calculating 396 
the total funds allocated or made available to the captive insurance 397 
company used for administrative or operational costs pursuant to 398 
section 38a-91vv. 399 
Sec. 24. Section 9-701 of the general statutes is repealed and the 400 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 401 
There is established the "Citizens' Election Fund", which shall be a 402 
separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The fund may 403 
contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the fund. 404 
Investment earnings credited to the assets of the fund shall become part 405 
of the assets of the fund. The State Treasurer shall administer the fund. 406 
All moneys deposited in the fund shall be used for the purposes of 407 
sections 9-700 to 9-716, inclusive. 408 
Sec. 25. Section 10-21l of the general statutes is repealed and the 409 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 410 
There is established an account to be known as the "computer science 411 
education account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 412 
[within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys 413 
required or permitted by law to be deposited in the account and any 414 
funds received from any public or private contributions, gifts, grants, 415 
donations, bequests or devises to the account. The Department of 416 
Education may make expenditures from the account to support 417 
curriculum development, teacher professional development, capacity 418 
development for school districts, and other programs for the purposes 419 
of supporting computer science education. 420     
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Sec. 26. Subsection (a) of section 10-265ff of the general statutes is 421 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 422 
2025): 423 
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "Philanthropic 424 
Match account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within 425 
the General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys required by 426 
law to be deposited in the account. 427 
Sec. 27. Section 10-373bb of the general statutes is repealed and the 428 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 429 
There is established an account to be known as the "cultural heritage 430 
development account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 431 
[within the General Fund.] The account may contain any moneys 432 
required by law to be deposited in the account. The moneys in said 433 
account shall be allocated to a grant program administered by the 434 
Connecticut Humanities Council, to provide funds for local institutions 435 
in the humanities, including but not limited to, libraries, museums and 436 
historical and cultural societies and associations. No such grant for 437 
technical assistance shall exceed ten thousand dollars, no such grant for 438 
planning or professional development shall exceed twenty-five 439 
thousand dollars, and no such grant for implementation shall exceed 440 
one hundred fifty thousand dollars. Each grant under this section shall 441 
be matched equally by the local institution, through an in-kind 442 
contribution, monetary contribution, or any combination of an in-kind 443 
or monetary contribution. In the case of an implementation grant in the 444 
amount of five thousand dollars or more, but less than twenty-five 445 
thousand dollars, at least twenty-five per cent of the matching 446 
contribution by the local institution shall be from private sources. In the 447 
case of an implementation grant in the amount of twenty-five thousand 448 
dollars or more, at least fifty per cent of the matching contribution by 449 
the local institution shall be from private sources. The council shall 450 
report to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having 451 
cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the Department of 452     
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Economic and Community Development in December of each year 453 
concerning the grants made under the program and their purposes. 454 
Sec. 28. Section 10-507 of the general statutes is repealed and the 455 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 456 
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "smart start 457 
competitive capital grant account", which shall be a capital projects 458 
fund. The account shall contain the amounts authorized by the State 459 
Bond Commission in accordance with section 10-508 and any other 460 
moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the 461 
account shall be expended by the Office of Early Childhood for the 462 
purposes of the Connecticut Smart Start competitive grant program 463 
established pursuant to section 10-506. 464 
(b) There is established an account to be known as the "smart start 465 
competitive operating grant account", which shall be a separate, 466 
nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall 467 
contain moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys 468 
in the account shall be expended by the Office of Early Childhood for 469 
the purposes of the Connecticut Smart Start competitive grant program 470 
established pursuant to section 10-506. 471 
Sec. 29. Section 10a-11e of the general statutes is repealed and the 472 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 473 
The Office of Higher Education may solicit and accept for use any gift 474 
of money or property made by will or otherwise, and any grant of 475 
money, services or property from the federal government, the state or 476 
any political subdivision thereof or any private source for the purpose 477 
of administering the Planning Commission of Higher Education. Such 478 
funds shall be deposited in an account to be known as the "Planning 479 
Commission for Higher Education Fund", which shall be a separate, 480 
nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.]  481 
Sec. 30. Section 10a-22q of the general statutes is repealed and the 482     
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following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 483 
After each annual determination of the balance of the private career 484 
school student protection account required by section 10a-22w, if the 485 
balance of the account is more than two million five hundred thousand 486 
dollars, the State Treasurer shall transfer to a separate, nonlapsing 487 
account, [within the General Fund,] to be known as the [private career 488 
school student benefit account] "private career school student benefit 489 
account", three-fourths of the annually accrued interest of said student 490 
protection account. 491 
Sec. 31. Subsection (a) of section 10a-170w of the general statutes is 492 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 493 
2025): 494 
(a) The Board of Regents for Higher Education may establish and 495 
administer an account to be known as the [gear up for Connecticut 496 
futures account] "gear up for Connecticut futures account". The account 497 
shall be a separate and nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] 498 
The account shall be used for scholarships pursuant to the federal GEAR 499 
UP program, 20 USC 1070a-21 et seq. The board may deposit state funds 500 
appropriated as a state match to the federally funded GEAR UP grant 501 
in the account. 502 
Sec. 32. Section 11-8i of the general statutes is repealed and the 503 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 504 
There is established [, within the General Fund,] a separate and 505 
nonlapsing account to be known as the "historic documents 506 
preservation account". The account shall contain any moneys required 507 
by law to be deposited in the account. Investment earnings credited to 508 
the assets of the account shall become part of the assets of the account. 509 
Any balance remaining in the account at the end of any fiscal year shall 510 
be carried forward for the fiscal year next succeeding. The moneys in 511 
said account shall be used for the purposes of sections 11-8j to 11-8l, 512 
inclusive. 513     
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Sec. 33. Subsection (d) of section 12-806b of the general statutes is 514 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 515 
2025): 516 
(d) There is established an account to be known as the "lottery 517 
assessment account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 518 
[within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys 519 
required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account 520 
shall be expended by the Department of Consumer Protection. 521 
Sec. 34. Subsection (a) of section 13b-55b of the general statutes is 522 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 523 
2025): 524 
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "harbor 525 
improvement account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 526 
[within the General Fund.] There shall be deposited in the account: (1) 527 
The proceeds of notes, bonds or other obligations issued by the state for 528 
the purpose of deposit therein and use in accordance with the 529 
permissible uses thereof; (2) funds appropriated by the General 530 
Assembly for the purpose of deposit therein and used in accordance 531 
with the permissible uses thereof; and (3) any other funds required or 532 
permitted by law to be deposited in the account. The funds in said 533 
account shall be expended by the Connecticut Port Authority for the 534 
purpose of initiating harbor improvement projects in accordance with 535 
section 13b-55a and for the purposes described in subsection (b) of this 536 
section. 537 
Sec. 35. Subsection (d) of section 14-19b of the general statutes is 538 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 539 
2025): 540 
(d) The Comptroller shall establish an account for each institution of 541 
higher education for which the commissioner has established a 542 
commemorative number plate pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. 543 
Each such account shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the 544     
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General Fund.] Such account shall contain any moneys required to be 545 
deposited in the account pursuant to this section. The moneys in each 546 
such account shall be distributed quarterly by the commissioner to the 547 
institution of higher education for which the account is established. 548 
Such institutions of higher education shall expend funds received from 549 
such accounts to provide funding for scholarships on the basis of 550 
financial need and for alumni outreach efforts. 551 
Sec. 36. Subsection (a) of section 14-21g of the general statutes is 552 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 553 
2025): 554 
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "Keep Kids Safe 555 
account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the 556 
General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys required by law 557 
to be deposited in the account. 558 
Sec. 37. Subsection (d) of section 14-21i of the general statutes is 559 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 560 
2025): 561 
(d) There is established an account to be known as the "greenways 562 
commemorative account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 563 
account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any 564 
moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. The funds in the 565 
account shall be expended by the Commissioner of Energy and 566 
Environmental Protection to fund the greenways capital grant program 567 
established pursuant to section 23-101 and the bikeway, pedestrian 568 
walkway, recreational trail and greenway grant program described in 569 
section 23-103. 570 
Sec. 38. Subsection (a) of section 14-21k of the general statutes is 571 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 572 
2025): 573 
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "Amistad 574     
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commemorative account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 575 
account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any 576 
moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. 577 
Sec. 39. Subsection (a) of section 14-21m of the general statutes is 578 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 579 
2025): 580 
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "Olympic Spirit 581 
commemorative account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 582 
account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any 583 
moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. 584 
Sec. 40. Subsection (a) of section 14-21p of the general statutes is 585 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 586 
2025): 587 
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "United We 588 
Stand commemorative account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 589 
account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any 590 
moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. 591 
Sec. 41. Subsection (a) of section 14-21r of the general statutes is 592 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 593 
2025): 594 
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "childhood 595 
cancer awareness account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 596 
account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any 597 
moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. 598 
Sec. 42. Subsection (c) of section 14-21u of the general statutes is 599 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 600 
2025): 601 
(c) There is established the "Support Our Troops!" commemorative 602 
account, which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the 603     
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General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys required by law 604 
to be deposited in the account. The funds in said account shall be used 605 
by Connecticut Support Our Troops, Inc. for programs to assist troops, 606 
families of troops, and veterans. Connecticut Support Our Troops, Inc. 607 
may receive private donations to said account and any such donations 608 
shall be deposited in said account. 609 
Sec. 43. Subsection (c) of section 14-21v of the general statutes is 610 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 611 
2025): 612 
(c) There is established the "Nursing" commemorative account, which 613 
shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The 614 
account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the 615 
account. The funds in the account shall be used by the Connecticut 616 
Nurses Foundation to provide scholarships for nursing education and 617 
training. The foundation may receive private donations to the account 618 
and any such donations shall be deposited in the account. 619 
Sec. 44. Subsection (d) of section 14-21w of the general statutes is 620 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 621 
2025): 622 
(d) There is established a Share the Road account, which shall be a 623 
separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The account 624 
shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. 625 
The funds in the account shall be expended by the Department of 626 
Transportation to enhance public awareness of the rights and 627 
responsibilities of bicyclists and motorists while jointly using the 628 
highways of this state and to promote bicycle use and safety in this state. 629 
The Commissioner of Transportation may receive private donations to 630 
said account and any such receipts shall be deposited in said account. 631 
Sec. 45. Subsection (d) of section 14-21x of the general statutes is 632 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 633 
2025): 634     
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(d) There is established a Men's Health account, which shall be a 635 
separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The account 636 
shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. 637 
The funds in the account shall be expended by the Department of Public 638 
Health to enhance public awareness of efforts to treat and cure prostate 639 
cancer and to support research into treatment for prostate cancer. The 640 
Commissioner of Public Health may receive private donations to the 641 
account and any such receipts shall be deposited in the account. 642 
Sec. 46. Subsection (d) of section 14-21y of the general statutes is 643 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 644 
2025): 645 
(d) There is established an account to be known as the "Hartford 646 
Whalers commemorative account", which shall be a separate, 647 
nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall 648 
contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. 649 
Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Secretary of the Office 650 
of Policy and Management to provide funding to the Connecticut 651 
Children's Medical Center. The secretary may receive private donations 652 
to the account and any such receipts shall be deposited in the account. 653 
Sec. 47. Subsection (a) of section 14-21aa of the general statutes is 654 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 655 
2025): 656 
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "Connecticut 657 
Lakes, Rivers and Ponds Preservation account", [. The Connecticut 658 
Lakes, Rivers and Ponds Preservation account] which shall be a 659 
separate, nonlapsing account. [of the General Fund.] Any moneys 660 
required by law to be deposited in the account shall be deposited in and 661 
credited to the Connecticut Lakes, Rivers and Ponds Preservation 662 
account. The account shall be available to the Commissioner of Energy 663 
and Environmental Protection for (1) restoration and rehabilitation of 664 
lakes, rivers and ponds in the state; (2) programs of the Department of 665     
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Energy and Environmental Protection for the eradication of aquatic 666 
invasive species and cyanobacteria blooms; (3) education and public 667 
outreach programs to enhance the public's understanding of the need to 668 
protect and preserve the state's lakes, rivers and ponds; (4) allocation of 669 
grants to state and municipal agencies and not-for-profit organizations 670 
to conduct research and to provide public education and public 671 
awareness to enhance understanding and management of the natural 672 
resources of the state's lakes, rivers and ponds; (5) provision of funds for 673 
all services that support the protection and conservation of the state's 674 
lakes, rivers and ponds; and (6) reimbursement of the Department of 675 
Motor Vehicles for the cost of producing, issuing, renewing and 676 
replacing Save Our Lakes commemorative number plates, including 677 
administrative expenses, pursuant to section 14-21z. 678 
Sec. 48. Subsection (a) of section 14-50b of the general statutes is 679 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 680 
2025): 681 
(a) Any person (1) whose operator's license or privilege to operate a 682 
motor vehicle in this state has been suspended or revoked by the 683 
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, (2) who has been disqualified from 684 
operating a commercial motor vehicle, or (3) whose identity card, issued 685 
under section 1-1h, has been revoked due to misrepresentation or deceit, 686 
shall pay a restoration fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars to said 687 
commissioner prior to the issuance to such person of a new operator's 688 
license or identity card or the restoration of such operator's license or 689 
privilege to operate a motor vehicle or commercial motor vehicle. Such 690 
restoration fee shall be in addition to any other fees provided by law. 691 
The commissioner shall deposit fifty dollars of such fee in [a separate 692 
nonlapsing] the school bus seat belt account, which shall be [established 693 
within the General Fund] a separate, nonlapsing account.  694 
Sec. 49. Subdivision (7) of subsection (i) of section 14-227a of the 695 
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 696 
thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 697     
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(7) There is established the ignition interlock administration account, 698 
which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [in the General Fund.] 699 
The commissioner shall deposit all fees paid pursuant to subdivision (6) 700 
of this subsection in the account. Funds in the account may be used by 701 
the commissioner for the administration of this subsection. 702 
Sec. 50. Section 14-295b of the general statutes is repealed and the 703 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 704 
There is established a brain injury prevention and services account, 705 
which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General 706 
Fund.] The account shall contain all moneys required by law to be 707 
deposited in the account. Investment earnings from any moneys in the 708 
account shall be credited to the account and shall become part of the 709 
assets of the account. Any balance remaining in the account at the end 710 
of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in the account for the fiscal 711 
year next succeeding. The moneys in the account shall be allocated to 712 
the Department of Social Services for the purpose of providing grants to 713 
the Brain Injury Association of Connecticut. 714 
Sec. 51. Subsection (a) of section 16-50bb of the general statutes is 715 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 716 
2025): 717 
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "municipal 718 
participation account", [within the General Fund,] which shall be a 719 
separate, nonlapsing account. There shall be deposited in the account 720 
the municipal participation fees received pursuant to subsection (a) of 721 
section 16-50l. The interest derived from the investment of the account 722 
shall be credited to the account. Any balance remaining in the account 723 
at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in the account for 724 
the fiscal year next succeeding. 725 
Sec. 52. Subsection (a) of section 16-244bb of the general statutes is 726 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 727 
2025): 728     
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(a) There is established an account to be known as the [sustainable 729 
materials management account] "sustainable materials management 730 
account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the 731 
General Fund.] The account shall contain moneys collected by the 732 
alternative compliance payment for Class II renewable portfolio 733 
standards pursuant to subsection (h) of section 16-244c and subsection 734 
(k) of section 16-245 and moneys deposited pursuant to subsection (f) of 735 
section 22a-232. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental 736 
Protection shall expend moneys from the account for the purposes of 737 
the program established under this section, provided the commissioner 738 
may also pledge such moneys for revenue bonds the proceeds of which 739 
shall be used to support waste infrastructure projects described in this 740 
section. 741 
Sec. 53. Subsection (a) of section 16-331bb of the general statutes is 742 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 743 
2025): 744 
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "municipal 745 
video competition trust account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 746 
account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any 747 
moneys required by this section to be deposited in the account. In the 748 
fiscal year commencing July 1, 2008, and in each fiscal year thereafter, 749 
the amount in said account at the end of the preceding fiscal year shall 750 
be distributed as property tax relief to the towns, cities and boroughs of 751 
this state pursuant to subsection (c) of this section. 752 
Sec. 54. Subsection (a) of section 16-331cc of the general statutes is 753 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 754 
2025): 755 
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "public, 756 
educational and governmental programming and education technology 757 
investment account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 758 
[within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys 759     
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required by law to be deposited in the account and any interest or 760 
penalties collected by the Commissioner of Revenue Services pursuant 761 
to subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of this section.  762 
Sec. 55. Subsection (a) of section 16a-47c of the general statutes is 763 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 764 
2025): 765 
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "state-wide 766 
energy efficiency and outreach account", which shall be a separate, 767 
nonlapsing account. [of the General Fund.] The account shall contain 768 
any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Any balance 769 
remaining in said account at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried 770 
forward in said account for the fiscal year next succeeding.  771 
Sec. 56. Subsection (b) of section 17a-20b of the general statutes is 772 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 773 
2025): 774 
(b) There is established an account to be known as the "Department 775 
of Children and Families in-home respite care services fund", which 776 
shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The 777 
account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the 778 
account. Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Commissioner 779 
of Children and Families for the purposes of funding the in-home 780 
respite care services program established pursuant to subsection (c) of 781 
this section. 782 
Sec. 57. Subsection (a) of section 17a-22ii of the general statutes is 783 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 784 
2025): 785 
(a) There is established a Mental and Behavioral Health Treatment 786 
Fund, which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the 787 
General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys required by law 788 
to be deposited in the account, the resources of which shall be used by 789     
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the Commissioner of Children and Families to assist families with the 790 
cost of obtaining (1) a drug or treatment prescribed for a child by a 791 
health care provider for the treatment of a mental or behavioral health 792 
condition if the cost of such drug or treatment is not covered by 793 
insurance or Medicaid, and (2) intensive evidence-based services or 794 
other intensive services to treat mental and behavioral health conditions 795 
in children and adolescents, including, but not limited to, intensive in-796 
home child and adolescent psychiatric services and services provided 797 
by an intensive outpatient program, if the cost of such services is not 798 
covered by insurance or Medicaid. The Commissioner of Children and 799 
Families shall establish eligibility criteria for families to receive such 800 
assistance. Such eligibility requirements (A) shall include that a family 801 
has sought and been denied coverage or reimbursement for such drug 802 
or treatment or such intensive services by the family's health carrier, and 803 
(B) may include, but need not be limited to, a family's financial need. 804 
Not later than January 1, 2023, the Commissioner of Children and 805 
Families shall begin accepting applications for such assistance. 806 
Sec. 58. Subsection (a) of section 17a-22jj of the general statutes is 807 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 808 
2025): 809 
(a) There is established a Social Determinants of Mental Health Fund, 810 
which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General 811 
Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be 812 
deposited in the account, the resources of which shall be used by the 813 
Commissioner of Children and Families to assist families in covering the 814 
cost of mental health services and treatment for their children. The 815 
commissioner shall establish eligibility criteria for families to receive 816 
such assistance based on social determinants of mental health, with a 817 
goal toward reducing racial, ethnic, gender and socioeconomic mental 818 
health disparities. As used in this section, "social determinants of mental 819 
health" includes, but is not limited to, discrimination and social 820 
exclusion, adverse early life experiences, low educational attainment, 821 
poor educational quality and educational inequality, poverty, income 822     
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inequality and living in socioeconomically deprived neighborhoods, 823 
food insecurity, unemployment, underemployment and job insecurity, 824 
poor housing quality and housing instability, impact of climate change, 825 
adverse features of the structures and systems in which persons live or 826 
work and poor access to health care. 827 
Sec. 59. Section 17a-451f of the general statutes is repealed and the 828 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 829 
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 17a-451e, the funds 830 
required by said section to be allocated to the Department of Mental 831 
Health and Addiction Services, for grants for mental health services, 832 
shall be deposited in [a separate, nonlapsing] the mental health services 833 
grants account, [established within the General Fund] which shall be a 834 
separate, nonlapsing account. The account shall contain any other 835 
moneys required by law to be deposited in said account. The moneys in 836 
said account shall be expended by the Commissioner of Mental Health 837 
and Addiction Services as follows: (1) The sum of four hundred twenty-838 
five thousand dollars for an inpatient behavioral health program 839 
serving preschool children aged two to five years; (2) the sum of one 840 
hundred eighty-five thousand dollars for behavioral health preventive 841 
activities in the community; (3) the sum of five hundred thirty thousand 842 
dollars for a study of the behavioral health aftereffects of service in 843 
Operation Iraqi Freedom or in other combat theaters on Connecticut 844 
soldiers and their families; (4) the sum of eight hundred ten thousand 845 
dollars for transitional behavioral health benefits for soldiers and their 846 
families; and (5) any remainder as determined by the Commissioner of 847 
Mental Health and Addiction Services in accordance with section 17a-848 
451. 849 
Sec. 60. Section 17a-451g of the general statutes is repealed and the 850 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 851 
There is established an account to be known as the "mental health 852 
community investment account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 853     
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account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any 854 
moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the 855 
account shall be expended by the Commissioner of Mental Health and 856 
Addiction Services, in consultation with nonprofit mental health 857 
organizations, for the purposes of improving services and programs in 858 
the state, including, but not limited to, residential services, job training 859 
and placement services, educational programs and support groups, 860 
designed to support individuals diagnosed with mental health 861 
conditions. 862 
Sec. 61. Subsection (a) of section 17a-674a of the general statutes is 863 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 864 
2025): 865 
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "9-8-8 Suicide 866 
Prevention and Mental Health Crisis Lifeline Fund", which shall be a 867 
separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The account 868 
shall contain any moneys required to be deposited in, or transferred to, 869 
the account pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. Moneys in the 870 
account shall be expended by the Department of Mental Health and 871 
Addiction Services solely for the following purposes: (1) Ensuring the 872 
efficient and effective routing of calls made to the 9-8-8 National Suicide 873 
Prevention Lifeline by persons in the state to an appropriate crisis 874 
center; and (2) personnel and the provision of acute mental health, crisis 875 
outreach and stabilization services by directly responding to the 9–8–8 876 
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. 877 
Sec. 62. Subsection (b) of section 17a-674h of the general statutes is 878 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 879 
2025): 880 
(b) There is established an Opioid Antagonist Bulk Purchase Fund, 881 
which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General 882 
Fund.] The account shall contain any (1) amounts appropriated or 883 
otherwise made available by the state for the purposes of this section, 884     
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(2) moneys required by law to be deposited in the account, and (3) gifts, 885 
grants, donations or bequests made for the purposes of this section. 886 
Investment earnings credited to the assets of the account shall become 887 
part of the assets of the account. Any balance remaining in the account 888 
at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in the account for 889 
the fiscal year next succeeding. The State Treasurer shall administer the 890 
account. All moneys deposited in the account shall be used by the 891 
Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services for the purposes 892 
of this section. The department may deduct and retain from the moneys 893 
in the account an amount equal to the costs incurred by the department 894 
in administering the provisions of this section, except that said amount 895 
shall not exceed two per cent of the moneys deposited in the account in 896 
any fiscal year. 897 
Sec. 63. Section 17b-55b of the general statutes is repealed and the 898 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 899 
There is established a "two-generation poverty reduction account", 900 
which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General 901 
Fund.] The account may receive transfers of lapsing funds from General 902 
Fund operations or poverty reduction accounts within the Department 903 
of Social Services. The account may also receive moneys from public and 904 
philanthropic sources or from the federal government for such 905 
purposes. All moneys deposited in the account shall be used by said 906 
department or persons acting under a contract with the department to 907 
fund services in support of two-generation poverty reduction programs. 908 
Sec. 64. Section 17b-88a of the general statutes is repealed and the 909 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 910 
For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, and each fiscal year 911 
thereafter, with the approval of the Office of Policy and Management, 912 
the Department of Social Services may credit to a nonlapsing account, 913 
[in the General Fund,] and expend from such nonlapsing account, the 914 
amounts necessary for payment of the federal share of recoveries or 915     
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overpayments established under the aid to families with dependent 916 
children program. 917 
Sec. 65. Subsection (a) of section 17b-112f of the general statutes is 918 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 919 
2025): 920 
(a) There is established a safety net services account, which shall be a 921 
separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] Any moneys 922 
collected under the contribution system established under section 12-923 
743 shall be deposited by the Commissioner of Revenue Services into 924 
the account. This account may also receive moneys from public and 925 
private sources or from the federal government. All moneys deposited 926 
in the account shall be used by the Department of Social Services or 927 
persons acting under a contract with the department to fund services 928 
provided pursuant to section 17b-112e. Expenditures from the account 929 
in any fiscal year for the promotion of the contribution system or the 930 
account shall not exceed ten per cent of the amount of moneys raised 931 
during the previous fiscal year, provided such limitation shall not apply 932 
to an expenditure of not more than fifteen thousand dollars from the 933 
account on or before July 1, 1997, to reimburse expenditures made on or 934 
before said date, with prior written authorization of the Commissioner 935 
of Social Services, by private organizations to promote the contribution 936 
system and safety net account. 937 
Sec. 66. Section 17b-261f of the general statutes is repealed and the 938 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 939 
There is established a mobile field hospital account, which shall be a 940 
separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] Moneys in the 941 
account shall be used by the Department of Social Services to fund the 942 
operations of the mobile field hospital in the event of an activation. The 943 
account shall contain all moneys required by law to be deposited in the 944 
account. 945 
Sec. 67. Subsection (a) of section 17b-288 of the general statutes is 946     
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repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 947 
2025): 948 
(a) There is established an organ transplant account, which shall be a 949 
separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] Any moneys 950 
collected under the contribution system established under section 12-951 
743 shall be deposited by the Commissioner of Revenue Services into 952 
the account. This account may also receive moneys from public and 953 
private sources or from the federal government. All moneys deposited 954 
in the account shall be used by the Department of Social Services or 955 
persons acting under a contract with the department, (1) to assist 956 
residents of the state in paying all or part of any costs associated with a 957 
medically required organ transplant, (2) to assist individuals who have 958 
donated an organ to a resident of the state in paying all or part of any 959 
costs associated with the organ donation, including, but not limited to, 960 
costs of transportation, accommodation and lost wages, or (3) for the 961 
promotion of the income tax contribution system and the organ 962 
transplant account. Expenditures from the account in any fiscal year for 963 
the promotion of the contribution system or the account shall not exceed 964 
ten per cent of the amount of moneys raised during the previous fiscal 965 
year, provided such limitation shall not apply to an expenditure of not 966 
more than fifteen thousand dollars from the account on or before July 1, 967 
1994, to reimburse expenditures made on or before said date, with prior 968 
written authorization of the Commissioner of Public Health, by private 969 
organizations to promote the contribution system and the organ 970 
transplant account. 971 
Sec. 68. Subsection (j) of section 18-81qq of the general statutes is 972 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 973 
2025): 974 
(j) The Correction Ombuds may apply for and accept grants, gifts and 975 
bequests of funds from other states, federal and interstate agencies, for 976 
the purpose of carrying out the Correction Ombuds' responsibilities. 977 
There is established [within the General Fund] a Correction Ombuds 978     
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account, which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. Any funds 979 
received under this subsection shall, upon deposit in the General Fund, 980 
be credited to said account and may be used by the Correction Ombuds 981 
in the performance of the Correction Ombuds' duties. 982 
Sec. 69. Section 19a-12c of the general statutes is repealed and the 983 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 984 
There is established an account to be known as the "professional 985 
assistance program account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 986 
account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any 987 
moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the 988 
account shall be paid by the Commissioner of Public Health to the 989 
assistance program for health care professionals established pursuant to 990 
section 19a-12a for the provision of education, prevention, intervention, 991 
referral assistance, rehabilitation or support services to health care 992 
professionals who have a chemical dependency, emotional or 993 
behavioral disorder or physical or mental illness. 994 
Sec. 70. Subsection (a) of section 19a-32a of the general statutes is 995 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 996 
2025): 997 
(a) There is established an AIDS research education account, which 998 
shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] Any 999 
moneys collected under the contribution system established under 1000 
section 12-743 shall be deposited by the Commissioner of Revenue 1001 
Services into the account. This account may also receive moneys from 1002 
public and private sources or from the federal government. All moneys 1003 
deposited in the account shall be used by the Department of Public 1004 
Health or persons acting under a contract with the department, (1) to 1005 
assist AIDS research, education and AIDS-related community service 1006 
programs, or (2) for the promotion of the income tax contribution 1007 
system and the AIDS research education account. Expenditures from 1008 
the account in any fiscal year for the promotion of the contribution 1009     
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system or the account shall not exceed ten per cent of the amount of 1010 
moneys raised during the previous fiscal year provided such limitation 1011 
shall not apply to an expenditure of not more than fifteen thousand 1012 
dollars from the account on or before July 1, 1994, to reimburse 1013 
expenditures made on or before said date, with prior written 1014 
authorization of the Commissioner of Public Health, by private 1015 
organizations to promote the contribution system and the AIDS 1016 
research education account. 1017 
Sec. 71. Section 19a-32b of the general statutes is repealed and the 1018 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1019 
There is established a breast cancer research and education account, 1020 
which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General 1021 
Fund.] Any moneys collected under the contribution system established 1022 
under section 12-743 shall be deposited by the Commissioner of 1023 
Revenue Services into the account. This account may also receive 1024 
moneys from public and private sources or from the federal 1025 
government. All moneys deposited in the account shall be used by the 1026 
Department of Public Health or persons acting under a contract with the 1027 
department, (1) to assist breast cancer research, education and breast 1028 
cancer related community service programs, or (2) for the promotion of 1029 
the income tax contribution system and the breast cancer research and 1030 
education account. Expenditures from the account in any fiscal year for 1031 
the promotion of the contribution system or the account shall not exceed 1032 
ten per cent of the amount of moneys raised during the previous fiscal 1033 
year provided such limitation shall not apply to an expenditure of not 1034 
more than fifteen thousand dollars from the account on or before July 1, 1035 
1998, to reimburse expenditures made on or before said date, with prior 1036 
written authorization of the Commissioner of Public Health, by private 1037 
organizations to promote the contribution system and the breast cancer 1038 
research and education account. 1039 
Sec. 72. Section 19a-112d of the general statutes is repealed and the 1040 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1041     
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There is established a sexual assault victims account, which shall be 1042 
a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The account 1043 
shall contain the moneys authorized pursuant to section 54-143c, and 1044 
any other moneys required by law to be deposited in the account, and 1045 
shall be held in trust separate and apart from all other moneys, funds 1046 
and accounts. Any balance remaining in the account at the end of any 1047 
fiscal year shall be carried forward in the account for the fiscal year next 1048 
succeeding. Investment earnings credited to the account shall become 1049 
part of the account. Amounts in the account shall be expended only 1050 
pursuant to appropriations by the General Assembly, for the fiscal year 1051 
ending June 30, 2006, and each fiscal year thereafter, for the purpose of 1052 
providing funds to the Department of Public Health for sexual assault 1053 
crisis services furnished to victims of sexual assault in this state, 1054 
provided such amounts so expended shall not supplant any state or 1055 
federal funds otherwise available for such services. 1056 
Sec. 73. Subsection (a) of section 19a-308b of the general statutes is 1057 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1058 
2025): 1059 
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "neglected 1060 
cemetery account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 1061 
[within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys 1062 
required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account 1063 
shall be expended by the Office of Policy and Management for the 1064 
purposes of municipal maintenance of neglected burial grounds and 1065 
cemeteries, as described in section 19a-308. 1066 
Sec. 74. Section 20-638c of the general statutes is repealed and the 1067 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1068 
There is established an account to be known as the "pharmacy 1069 
professional assistance program account", which shall be a separate, 1070 
nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall 1071 
contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. 1072     
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Moneys in the account shall be paid by the Commissioner of Consumer 1073 
Protection to the assistance program for the provision of education, 1074 
prevention, intervention, referral assistance, rehabilitation and support 1075 
services to pharmacists and pharmacy interns who have a chemical 1076 
dependency, an emotional or behavioral disorder or a physical or 1077 
mental illness. 1078 
Sec. 75. Subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 21a-420f of the 1079 
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 1080 
thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1081 
(a) (1) There is established an account to be known as the "cannabis 1082 
regulatory and investment account", which shall be a separate, 1083 
nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall 1084 
contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. 1085 
Moneys in the account shall be allocated by the Secretary of the Office 1086 
of Policy and Management, in consultation with the Social Equity 1087 
Council, as defined in section 21a-420, to state agencies for the purpose 1088 
of paying costs incurred to implement the activities authorized under 1089 
RERACA, as defined in section 21a-420. 1090 
Sec. 76. Subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 21a-420f of the 1091 
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 1092 
thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1093 
(b) (1) There is established an account to be known as the "social 1094 
equity and innovation account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 1095 
account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any 1096 
moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. 1097 
(A) During the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023, 1098 
moneys in the account shall be allocated by the Secretary of the Office 1099 
of Policy and Management, in consultation with the Social Equity 1100 
Council, to state agencies for the purpose of (i) paying costs incurred by 1101 
the Social Equity Council, (ii) administering programs under RERACA 1102 
to provide (I) access to capital for businesses, (II) technical assistance for 1103     
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the start-up and operation of a business, (III) funding for workforce 1104 
education, and (IV) funding for community investments, and (iii) 1105 
paying costs incurred to implement the activities authorized under 1106 
RERACA. 1107 
(B) During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, moneys in the account 1108 
shall be allocated by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 1109 
Management for purposes that the Social Equity Council determines, in 1110 
the Social Equity Council's sole discretion, further the principles of 1111 
equity, as defined in section 21a-420, which purposes may include, but 1112 
need not be limited to, providing (i) access to capital for businesses in 1113 
any industry, (ii) technical assistance for the start-up and operation of a 1114 
business in any industry, (iii) funding for workforce education in any 1115 
industry, (iv) funding for community investments, and (v) funding for 1116 
investments in disproportionately impacted areas. 1117 
Sec. 77. Subsection (a) of section 22-26i of the general statutes is 1118 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1119 
2025): 1120 
(a) There is established a separate, nonlapsing account, [within the 1121 
General Fund,] known as the [maintenance, repair and improvement 1122 
account] "maintenance, repair and improvement account". All moneys 1123 
collected from any rent paid by any person occupying or otherwise 1124 
using any property owned by the Department of Agriculture, including 1125 
houses or other buildings, shall be deposited into the account unless the 1126 
Commissioner of Agriculture enters into a written agreement, signs an 1127 
instrument or issues a license [which] that specifically states otherwise. 1128 
Said account may also receive moneys from private or public sources, 1129 
including the federal government or a municipal government. 1130 
Sec. 78. Subsection (b) of section 22-26mm of the general statutes is 1131 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1132 
2025): 1133 
(b) There is established an account to be known as the "municipal 1134     
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purchasing of agricultural land account", which shall be a separate, 1135 
nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The account may 1136 
contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. 1137 
Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Commissioner of 1138 
Agriculture for the purposes of providing municipalities with loans for 1139 
the purchase of agricultural lands in accordance with subsection (a) of 1140 
this section.  1141 
Sec. 79. Section 22-38c of the general statutes is repealed and the 1142 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1143 
There shall be an expand and grow Connecticut agriculture account, 1144 
which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General 1145 
Fund.] Funds received pursuant to sections 22-38a and 26-194 shall be 1146 
deposited into said account. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall 1147 
make payments from said account to fund the program established in 1148 
section 22-38a. 1149 
Sec. 80. Subsection (j) of section 22-329a of the general statutes is 1150 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1151 
2025): 1152 
(j) There is established a separate, nonlapsing account [within the 1153 
General Fund,] to be known as the "animal abuse cost recovery account". 1154 
All moneys collected from sales at public auction of animals seized by 1155 
the Department of Agriculture pursuant to this section shall be 1156 
deposited into the account. Deposits of moneys may be made into the 1157 
account from public or private sources, including, but not limited to, the 1158 
federal government or municipal governments. 1159 
Sec. 81. Section 22a-21k of the general statutes is repealed and the 1160 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1161 
There is established the "school bus emissions reduction account", 1162 
which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General 1163 
Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be 1164     
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deposited in the account. The moneys in said account shall be expended 1165 
by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection for the 1166 
purposes of the school bus emissions reduction program established in 1167 
section 22a-21j. The Department of Energy and Environmental 1168 
Protection shall not use more than three per cent of the funds in said 1169 
account for the administration of said program. 1170 
Sec. 82. Subsection (a) of section 22a-27l of the general statutes is 1171 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1172 
2025): 1173 
(a) There is established an endangered species, natural area preserves 1174 
and watchable wildlife account, which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 1175 
account. [within the General Fund.] Any moneys collected under the 1176 
contribution system established under section 12-743 shall be deposited 1177 
by the Commissioner of Revenue Services into the account. [This] The 1178 
account may also receive moneys from public and private sources or 1179 
from the federal government. All moneys deposited in the account shall 1180 
be used by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, or 1181 
persons acting under a contract with the department, for (1) the 1182 
identification, protection, conservation or management of, or the 1183 
development and production of materials or facilities providing 1184 
information or education concerning, endangered species, natural area 1185 
preserves or nonharvested wildlife; or (2) the promotion of the income 1186 
tax contribution system and the endangered species, natural area 1187 
preserves and watchable wildlife account. Expenditures from the 1188 
account in any fiscal year for the promotion of the contribution system 1189 
or the account shall not exceed ten per cent of the amount of moneys 1190 
raised during the previous fiscal year provided such limitation shall not 1191 
apply to an expenditure of not more than fifteen thousand dollars from 1192 
the account on or before July 1, 1994, to reimburse expenditures made 1193 
on or before said date, with prior written authorization of the 1194 
Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, by private 1195 
organizations to promote the contribution system and the endangered 1196 
species, natural area preserves and watchable wildlife account. 1197     
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Sec. 83. Section 22a-27t of the general statutes is repealed and the 1198 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1199 
There is established an account to be known as the "Face of 1200 
Connecticut account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 1201 
[within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys 1202 
required by law to be deposited in the account and contributions from 1203 
any source, public or private. Any moneys in the account shall be 1204 
expended by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental 1205 
Protection, as directed by the Face of Connecticut Steering Committee 1206 
established pursuant to section 22a-27s for the acquisition, restoration 1207 
or stewardship of properties, each of which such properties, when 1208 
acquired or restored, will serve not less than two of the following 1209 
objectives: (1) The conservation of open space land, as defined in section 1210 
12-107b; (2) the renovation and enhancement of urban parks; (3) the 1211 
preservation of active agricultural land; or (4) the restoration or reuse of 1212 
historic resources. 1213 
Sec. 84. Subsection (a) of section 22a-27u of the general statutes is 1214 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1215 
2025): 1216 
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "air emissions 1217 
permit operating fee account". Said account shall be established by the 1218 
Comptroller as a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General 1219 
Fund.] Any moneys collected in accordance with section 22a-174 shall 1220 
be deposited in the General Fund and credited to the air emissions 1221 
permit operating fee account. Any balance remaining in the account at 1222 
the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in the account for the 1223 
fiscal year next succeeding. The account shall be used by the 1224 
Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection for the purpose 1225 
of covering the direct and indirect costs of administering the program 1226 
set forth in Title V of the federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. 1227 
Sec. 85. Subsection (a) of section 22a-27v of the general statutes is 1228     
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repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1229 
2025): 1230 
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "Long Island 1231 
Sound account". The Long Island Sound account shall be a separate, 1232 
nonlapsing account. [of the General Fund.] Any moneys required by law 1233 
to be deposited in the account shall be deposited in and credited to the 1234 
Long Island Sound account. The account shall be available to the 1235 
Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection for (1) (A) 1236 
restoration and rehabilitation of tidal wetlands in proximity to Long 1237 
Island Sound, (B) restoration and rehabilitation of estuarine 1238 
embayments in proximity to Long Island Sound, (C) acquisition of 1239 
public access to Long Island Sound, (D) propagation of and habitat 1240 
protection for shellfish and finfish, including anadromous fish, and (E) 1241 
education and public outreach programs to enhance the public's 1242 
understanding of the need to protect and conserve the natural resources 1243 
of Long Island Sound; (2) allocation of grants to agencies, institutions or 1244 
persons, including, but not limited to, the Long Island Sound 1245 
Foundation, to conduct research and to provide public education and 1246 
public awareness to enhance understanding and management of the 1247 
natural resources of Long Island Sound; (3) provision of funds for 1248 
services which support the protection and conservation of the natural 1249 
resources of Long Island Sound; or (4) reimbursement of the 1250 
Department of Motor Vehicles for the cost of producing, issuing, 1251 
renewing and replacing Long Island Sound commemorative number 1252 
plates, including administrative expenses, pursuant to section 14-21e. 1253 
Sec. 86. Subsection (b) of section 22a-200c of the general statutes is 1254 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1255 
2025): 1256 
(b) The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall 1257 
auction all emissions allowances and invest the proceeds, which shall be 1258 
deposited into a Regional Greenhouse Gas account established by the 1259 
Comptroller as a separate, nonlapsing account, [within the General 1260     
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Fund,] on behalf of electric ratepayers in energy conservation, load 1261 
management, Class I renewable energy programs and programs that 1262 
reduce transportation sector greenhouse gas emissions. In making such 1263 
investments, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental 1264 
Protection shall consider strategies that maximize cost effective 1265 
reductions in greenhouse gas emission. Allowances shall be auctioned 1266 
under the oversight of the Department of Energy and Environmental 1267 
Protection by a contractor or trustee on behalf of the electric ratepayers. 1268 
Sec. 87. Subsection (h) of section 22a-202 of the general statutes is 1269 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1270 
2025): 1271 
(h) There is established an account to be known as the "Connecticut 1272 
hydrogen and electric automobile purchase rebate program account", 1273 
which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General 1274 
Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be 1275 
deposited in the account. Moneys in the account shall be expended by 1276 
the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection for the 1277 
purposes of (1) administering the Connecticut Hydrogen and Electric 1278 
Automobile Purchase Rebate program and the voucher program 1279 
established pursuant to section 22a-201e, and (2) paying the staffing 1280 
needs associated with administering the grant program for zero-1281 
emission buses and providing administrative and technical assistance 1282 
for such grant program pursuant to section 22a-201d. 1283 
Sec. 88. Section 22a-316 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1284 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1285 
There shall continue to be maintained from the income received in 1286 
administering section 22a-314, an equipment account, which shall be a 1287 
separate, nonlapsing account, [within the General Fund,] for the 1288 
Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. The 1289 
commissioner may use said account for the purchase and maintenance 1290 
of equipment, provided no single article of equipment shall be 1291     
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purchased from said account at a cost of more than one thousand dollars 1292 
without the approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 1293 
Management. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental 1294 
Protection may at his discretion make state equipment available to any 1295 
soil and water conservation district. 1296 
Sec. 89. Section 22a-903b of the general statutes is repealed and the 1297 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1298 
There is established an account to be known as the [PFAS Testing 1299 
account] "PFAS Testing account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 1300 
account. [within the General Fund.] Moneys in such account shall be 1301 
used by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in 1302 
consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health, to provide 1303 
municipalities, as defined in section 7-381, and school districts with 1304 
grants or reimbursements to test for the presence of PFAS 1305 
contamination in drinking water supplies and to remediate any such 1306 
contamination and for the implementation of section 22a-903c, 1307 
including, but not limited to, any expense necessary for staffing 1308 
administrative costs, enforcement, dues or other costs associated with 1309 
the multistate clearinghouse established or implemented pursuant to 1310 
subsection (h) of section 22a-903c. Such account shall contain all moneys 1311 
required by law to be deposited in such account. Such account may 1312 
receive funds from private or public sources, including, but not limited 1313 
to, the federal government. For the purposes of this section, "PFAS" has 1314 
the same meaning as provided in section 22a-255h. 1315 
Sec. 90. Subsection (a) of section 23-15h of the general statutes is 1316 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1317 
2025): 1318 
(a) There is established an account to be known as the [Passport to 1319 
the Parks account] "Passport to the Parks account", which shall be a 1320 
separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] Moneys in 1321 
such account shall be used to provide expenses of the Council on 1322     
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Environmental Quality, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1323 
2019, and for the care, maintenance, operation and improvement of state 1324 
parks and campgrounds, the care, maintenance and operation of 1325 
Batterson Park, a public park owned by the city of Hartford and located 1326 
in the city of New Britain and the town of Farmington, the operation of 1327 
the Thames River Heritage Park taxi serving the city of New London 1328 
and the city of Groton for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2026, to June 1329 
30, 2031, inclusive, in an amount not to exceed two hundred thousand 1330 
dollars in each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 2026, to June 30, 2028, 1331 
inclusive, one hundred thousand dollars in the fiscal years ending June 1332 
30, 2029, and June 30, 2030, and in an amount not to exceed fifty 1333 
thousand dollars in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2031, the funding of 1334 
soil and water conservation districts and the funding of environmental 1335 
review teams, in accordance with subsection (b) of this section. All funds 1336 
collected from the Passport to the Parks Fee established pursuant to 1337 
section 14-49b shall be deposited into the Passport to the Parks account. 1338 
Such account shall contain all moneys required by law to be deposited 1339 
in such account. Such account may receive funds from private or public 1340 
sources, including, but not limited to, any municipal government or the 1341 
federal government. Such account shall contain subaccounts as required 1342 
by section 23-15b. 1343 
Sec. 91. Subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of section 23-20 of the general 1344 
statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 1345 
(Effective July 1, 2025): 1346 
(2) There is established an account to be known as the "timber 1347 
harvesting revolving account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 1348 
account. [within the General Fund.] Proceeds from the harvest of timber 1349 
from state forests and state wildlife management areas shall be 1350 
deposited in such account. The commissioner shall use moneys in such 1351 
account for the purpose of developing forest management plans to 1352 
guide the harvest of timber from state forests and state wildlife 1353 
management areas and for all reasonable direct expenses relating to the 1354 
administration and operation of such plans in such state forests and 1355     
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wildlife management areas. The commissioner may accept, on behalf of 1356 
the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, any gifts, 1357 
donations, loans or bequests for the purposes of depositing such funds 1358 
into the timber harvesting revolving account. Any such loan from a 1359 
nonprofit organization qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 1360 
Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal 1361 
revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time, shall 1362 
be repaid from such account not later than two years after entering such 1363 
loan agreement or at a time and upon terms agreed upon by the 1364 
commissioner and such nonprofit organization. The account shall not 1365 
exceed one hundred thousand dollars. Any remaining proceeds shall be 1366 
deposited in the General Fund. 1367 
Sec. 92. Section 23-79 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1368 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1369 
To ensure the proper management of land acquired pursuant to 1370 
sections 23-73 to 23-79, inclusive, as amended by this act, concurrent 1371 
with each land acquisition, an amount not to exceed twenty per cent of 1372 
the appraised value of the land may be allocated from the proceeds of 1373 
bonds authorized for the purposes of this program to be used for the 1374 
management of acquisitions or to be deposited in a stewardship account 1375 
[which] that shall be established by the Comptroller as a separate, 1376 
nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] Income derived from 1377 
the investment of such account shall be credited to such account and 1378 
such account shall be used for the management of acquisitions. The 1379 
commissioner may name a cooperator as primary manager of the land 1380 
and on such nomination may authorize, at reasonable times and in 1381 
reasonable amounts, payments to the primary manager for expenses 1382 
incurred in the management of program acquisitions. A cooperator shall 1383 
not be required to provide matching funds for any expenditure from a 1384 
stewardship account. [Said] Such account shall also receive any other 1385 
funds, as required by law or any contributions from others. 1386 
Sec. 93. Section 26-27c of the general statutes is repealed and the 1387     
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following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1388 
The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may 1389 
provide for the Connecticut Migratory Bird Conservation Stamp and the 1390 
Connecticut Resident Game Bird Conservation Stamp to be reproduced 1391 
and marketed in the form of prints and other related artwork. Funds 1392 
generated from such marketing and the sale of such stamps pursuant to 1393 
section 26-27b shall be deposited in a separate account maintained by 1394 
the Treasurer and known as the [migratory bird and resident game bird 1395 
conservation account] "migratory bird and resident game bird 1396 
conservation account". Within said account, there shall be a subaccount 1397 
for the voluntary migratory bird and resident game bird conservation 1398 
donation collected pursuant to section 26-27b. The migratory bird and 1399 
resident game bird conservation account shall be a separate, nonlapsing 1400 
account. [of the General Fund.] All funds credited to the migratory bird 1401 
and resident game bird conservation account and subaccount shall only 1402 
be used for: (1) The development, management, preservation, 1403 
conservation, acquisition, purchase and maintenance of migratory and 1404 
resident game birds, migratory and resident game bird habitat and 1405 
wetlands and purchase or acquisition of recreational rights or interests 1406 
relating to migratory and resident game birds; and (2) the design, 1407 
production, promotion and procurement and sale of the prints and 1408 
related artwork.  1409 
Sec. 94. Section 27-19b of the general statutes is repealed and the 1410 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1411 
There is established an account to be known as the "Military 1412 
Department state morale, welfare and recreation account", which shall 1413 
be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The 1414 
account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the 1415 
account, which shall include, but not be limited to, proceeds of state 1416 
military morale, welfare and recreation programs and gifts, grants and 1417 
donations from public or private sources. Moneys in the account shall 1418 
be expended by the Adjutant General for the purposes of operating state 1419     
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military morale, welfare and recreation programs. Not later than 1420 
August 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, the Adjutant General shall 1421 
submit a report to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management 1422 
concerning deposits into and expenditures from the account for the 1423 
previous fiscal year. 1424 
Sec. 95. Section 27-19c of the general statutes is repealed and the 1425 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1426 
There is established an account to be known as the "chargeable 1427 
transient quarters and billeting account", which shall be a separate, 1428 
nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall 1429 
contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account, 1430 
which shall include, but not be limited to, proceeds of room service 1431 
charges at Camp Nett at Niantic. Moneys in the account shall be 1432 
expended by the Adjutant General for the purposes of billeting 1433 
members of the armed forces at Camp Nett at Niantic. 1434 
Sec. 96. Section 27-19e of the general statutes is repealed and the 1435 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1436 
There is established an account to be known as the "Governor's 1437 
Guards horse account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 1438 
[within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys 1439 
required by law to be deposited in the account, which shall include, but 1440 
not be limited to, donations for the specific purpose of offsetting the 1441 
costs of maintaining Governor's Guards' horses. Moneys in the account 1442 
shall be expended by the Adjutant General for the purposes of 1443 
facilitating the operations of the Governor's Guards. 1444 
Sec. 97. Section 27-38f of the general statutes is repealed and the 1445 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1446 
There is established an account to be known as the "New England 1447 
Disaster Training Center activity account", which shall be a separate, 1448 
nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall 1449     
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contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account and 1450 
any moneys obtained from the proceeds of operational activities of the 1451 
New England Disaster Training Center. Moneys in the account shall be 1452 
expended by the Adjutant General for the purpose of operating the New 1453 
England Disaster Training Center. The Adjutant General may apply for 1454 
and accept gifts, grants and donations from public or private sources for 1455 
the purposes of said account and any such gifts, grants or donations 1456 
shall be deposited in said account. 1457 
Sec. 98. Subsection (f) of section 27-39 of the general statutes is 1458 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1459 
2025): 1460 
(f) There is established an account to be known as the "military 1461 
facilities account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 1462 
[within the General Fund.] The account shall contain (1) any amounts 1463 
appropriated or otherwise made available by the state for the purposes 1464 
of the account, (2) any moneys required by law to be deposited in the 1465 
account, and (3) gifts, grants, donations or bequests made for the 1466 
purposes of the account. Moneys in the account shall be expended by 1467 
the Military Department for the maintenance and renovation of military 1468 
facilities. 1469 
Sec. 99. Subsection (b) of section 27-100a of the general statutes is 1470 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1471 
2025): 1472 
(b) There is established [, within the General Fund,] a separate, 1473 
nonlapsing account to be known as the "Military Relief Fund". The 1474 
account shall contain (1) any amounts appropriated or otherwise made 1475 
available by the state for the purposes of this section, (2) any moneys 1476 
required by law to be deposited in the account, and (3) gifts, grants, 1477 
donations or bequests made for the purposes of this section. Investment 1478 
earnings credited to the assets of the fund shall become part of the assets 1479 
of the fund. Any balance remaining in the account at the end of any fiscal 1480     
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year shall be carried forward in the account for the fiscal year next 1481 
succeeding. The State Treasurer shall administer the fund. All moneys 1482 
deposited in the account shall be used by the Military Department for 1483 
the purposes of this section. The Military Department may deduct and 1484 
retain from the moneys in the account an amount equal to the costs 1485 
incurred by the department in administering the provisions of this 1486 
section, except that said amount shall not exceed two per cent of the 1487 
moneys deposited in the account in any fiscal year. 1488 
Sec. 100. Subsection (a) of section 28-31 of the general statutes is 1489 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1490 
2025): 1491 
(a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall establish a nuclear 1492 
safety emergency preparedness account, which shall be a separate, 1493 
nonlapsing account [within the General Fund,] and which shall be 1494 
financed through assessments of all Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1495 
licensees that own or operate nuclear power generating facilities in the 1496 
state. The authority shall initially assess the licensees for a total of two 1497 
million dollars. The authority may assess licensees for such amounts as 1498 
necessary for the purposes of the account, provided the balance in the 1499 
account at the end of the fiscal year may not exceed three hundred 1500 
thousand dollars. The authority shall annually assess the licensees, upon 1501 
the request of the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public 1502 
Protection, for funding to support annual expenses of five staff positions 1503 
in the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and three 1504 
staff positions in the Department of Emergency Services and Public 1505 
Protection. Personnel shall be assigned to said staff positions solely for 1506 
the purposes of the program established pursuant to subsection (b) of 1507 
this section. Federal reimbursements and grants obtained in support of 1508 
the nuclear safety emergency preparedness program shall be paid into 1509 
the General Fund and credited to the account. The authority shall 1510 
develop an equitable method of assessing the licensees for their 1511 
reasonable pro rata share of such assessments. All such assessments 1512 
shall be included as operating expenses of the licensees for purposes of 1513     
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rate-making. All moneys within the account shall be invested by the 1514 
State Treasurer in accordance with established investment practices and 1515 
all interest earned by such investments shall be returned to the account. 1516 
Sec. 101. Section 29-423 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1517 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1518 
There is established [, within the General Fund,] a separate, 1519 
nonlapsing account to be known as the [fire safety standard and 1520 
firefighter protection act enforcement account] "fire safety standard and 1521 
firefighter protection act enforcement account". The account shall 1522 
contain all certification fees submitted by holders in accordance with 1523 
section 29-419, any civil penalties imposed in accordance with 1524 
subsection (d) of section 29-418 or subsection (d) of section 29-420, and 1525 
any other moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. The 1526 
proceeds of the account shall be used by the State Fire Marshal solely to 1527 
fund the processing, testing and administrative activities specified in 1528 
sections 29-418, 29-419 and 29-420. 1529 
Sec. 102. Subsection (c) of section 31-900 of the general statutes is 1530 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1531 
2025): 1532 
(c) There is established an account to be known as the "Connecticut 1533 
Essential Workers COVID-19 Assistance Fund", which shall be a 1534 
separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The account 1535 
shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. 1536 
Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Comptroller at the 1537 
discretion of the administrator for the purposes of (1) assistance offered 1538 
under the Connecticut Essential Workers COVID -19 Assistance 1539 
Program, and (2) costs and expenses of operating the program, 1540 
including the hiring of necessary employees and the expense of public 1541 
outreach and education regarding the program and fund, provided not 1542 
more than five per cent of the total moneys received by the fund shall 1543 
be used for any administrative costs, including hiring temporary or 1544     
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durational staff or contracting with a third-party administrator, or other 1545 
costs and expenses incurred by the administrator or Comptroller in 1546 
connection with carrying out the provisions of this section and 1547 
subsection (a) of section 31-306. The administrator shall make all 1548 
reasonable efforts to limit the costs and expenses of operating the 1549 
program without compromising affected persons' access to the 1550 
program. 1551 
Sec. 103. Subsection (c) of section 31-901 of the general statutes is 1552 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1553 
2025): 1554 
(c) There is established an account to be known as the "Connecticut 1555 
premium pay account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 1556 
[within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys 1557 
required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account 1558 
shall be expended by the Comptroller at the direction of the 1559 
administrator for purposes of: (1) Compensation provided under the 1560 
Connecticut Premium Pay program; and (2) costs and expenses of 1561 
operating the program, including hiring of necessary employees and the 1562 
expense of public outreach and education regarding the program and 1563 
account. Not more than five per cent of the total moneys received by the 1564 
account shall be used for any administrative costs, including hiring of 1565 
temporary or durational staff or contracting with a third-party 1566 
administrator, or other costs and expenses incurred by the administrator 1567 
or Comptroller in connection with carrying out the provisions of this 1568 
section. The administrator shall make all reasonable efforts to limit the 1569 
costs and expenses of operating the program without compromising 1570 
eligible applicants' access to the program. 1571 
Sec. 104. Section 32-4j of the general statutes is repealed and the 1572 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1573 
There is established a Connecticut first-time homebuyers account, 1574 
which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General 1575     
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Fund.] Funds segregated by the Commissioner of Revenue Services, 1576 
pursuant to section 32-4k, shall be deposited in the account. An amount 1577 
equal to the amount deposited in the account shall be available to the 1578 
Commissioner of Economic and Community Development for 1579 
payments to participants in the program established pursuant to section 1580 
32-4i. The State Treasurer shall invest the proceeds of the account, and 1581 
investment earnings, after paying any costs incurred by the State 1582 
Treasurer in administering the account, shall be credited to the General 1583 
Fund. On or before September 1, 2014, and annually thereafter, the State 1584 
Treasurer shall notify the Commissioner of Economic and Community 1585 
Development of the total amount deposited in the account. Any funds 1586 
segregated on behalf of a participant that are not used for the purchase 1587 
of a first home shall be transferred to the General Fund.  1588 
Sec. 105. Subsection (f) of section 32-4r of the general statutes is 1589 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1590 
2025): 1591 
(f) There is established an account to be known as the "youth service 1592 
corps grant program account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing 1593 
account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any 1594 
moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the 1595 
account shall be expended by the Commissioner of Economic and 1596 
Community Development for the purposes of providing grants to 1597 
municipalities of priority school districts, as described in section 10-1598 
266p, to establish local Youth Service Corps programs that provide paid 1599 
community-based service learning and academic and workforce 1600 
development programs to youth and young adults in the state in 1601 
accordance with the provisions of section 32-4s. 1602 
Sec. 106. Subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 32-6 of the general 1603 
statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 1604 
(Effective July 1, 2025): 1605 
(b) (1) There is established an account to be known as the 1606     
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"Connecticut Eastern States Exposition account". The account shall 1607 
contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account and 1608 
shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [of the General Fund.] 1609 
Investment earnings credited to the account shall become part of the 1610 
assets of the account. Any balance remaining in said account at the end 1611 
of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in the account for the next 1612 
fiscal year. 1613 
Sec. 107. Subsection (a) of section 32-7h of the general statutes is 1614 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1615 
2025): 1616 
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "small business 1617 
express assistance account", which [will] shall be a separate, nonlapsing 1618 
account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any 1619 
moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Repayment of 1620 
principal and interest on loans shall be credited to such fund and shall 1621 
become part of the assets of the fund. Moneys in the account shall be 1622 
expended by the Department of Economic and Community 1623 
Development for the purposes of the Small Business Express program 1624 
established pursuant to section 32-7g. Except as provided in subsection 1625 
(d) of section 32-7g, all moneys received for the purposes of the Small 1626 
Business Express program and payments of principal and interest on 1627 
any loans given under said program shall be credited to the account. 1628 
Sec. 108. Subdivision (4) of subsection (g) of section 32-9t of the 1629 
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 1630 
thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1631 
(4) There is established an account to be known as the "Connecticut 1632 
economic impact and analysis account", which shall be a separate, 1633 
nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall 1634 
contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account and 1635 
shall be held separate and apart from other moneys, funds and accounts. 1636 
There shall be deposited in the account any proceeds realized by the 1637     
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state from activities pursuant to this section. Investment earnings 1638 
credited to the account shall become part of the assets of the account. 1639 
Any balance remaining in the account at the end of any fiscal year shall 1640 
be carried forward in the account for the next fiscal year. Amounts in 1641 
the account may be used by the Department of Economic and 1642 
Community Development to fund the cost of any activities of the 1643 
department pursuant to this section, including administrative costs 1644 
related to such activities. 1645 
Sec. 109. Subsection (d) of section 32-9yy of the general statutes is 1646 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1647 
2025): 1648 
(d) There is established an account to be known as the "small business 1649 
assistance account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 1650 
[within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys 1651 
required by law to be deposited in the account. All moneys received in 1652 
consideration of financial assistance, including payments of principal 1653 
and interest on any loans, shall be credited to the account. Moneys in 1654 
the account shall be expended by the Department of Economic and 1655 
Community Development for the purposes of the small business 1656 
assistance program established pursuant to subsection (b) of this 1657 
section. 1658 
Sec. 110. Subsection (b) of section 32-41q of the general statutes is 1659 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1660 
2025): 1661 
(b) There is established an account to be known as the [critical 1662 
industries development account] "critical industries development 1663 
account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the 1664 
General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys invested pursuant 1665 
to the provisions of this section. Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated 1666 
may use funds from the account to provide loans, loan guarantees, 1667 
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of businesses in critical industries which businesses are based in the 1669 
state. Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated may solicit and receive 1670 
funds from any public and private sources for the program. Such funds 1671 
may include, without limitation, federal funds, state bond proceeds, 1672 
private venture capital and investments by persons, firms or 1673 
corporations. Private capital investments may be made either in the 1674 
account as a whole or in one or more individual technologies or projects. 1675 
Sec. 111. Subsection (a) of section 32-41x of the general statutes is 1676 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1677 
2025): 1678 
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "preseed 1679 
financing account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 1680 
[within the General Fund.] The account shall contain any moneys 1681 
required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account 1682 
shall be expended by Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated, for the 1683 
purposes of providing preseed financing pursuant to the program 1684 
established in subsection (b) of this section. 1685 
Sec. 112. Subsection (a) of section 32-41kk of the general statutes is 1686 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1687 
2025): 1688 
(a) There is established the "Regenerative Medicine Research Fund", 1689 
which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General 1690 
Fund.] The fund may contain any moneys required or permitted by law 1691 
to be deposited in the fund and any funds received from any public or 1692 
private contributions, gifts, grants, donations, bequests or devises to the 1693 
fund. The chief executive officer of Connecticut Innovations, 1694 
Incorporated, (1) shall award financial assistance from the fund in 1695 
accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, and (2) 1696 
may enter into agreements with other entities, including, but not limited 1697 
to, the government of any state or foreign country for the purpose of 1698 
advancing research collaboration opportunities for recipients of 1699     
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financial assistance under this section. 1700 
Sec. 113. Subsection (a) of section 32-324a of the general statutes is 1701 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1702 
2025): 1703 
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "Connecticut 1704 
qualified biodiesel producer incentive account", which shall be a 1705 
separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The account 1706 
shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. 1707 
The account may contain any moneys available from any agency or 1708 
department of the federal government or any state agency for the 1709 
purpose described in subsection (b) of this section. Said account shall 1710 
not terminate upon the lack of any funds in said account. 1711 
Sec. 114. Section 32-356 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1712 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1713 
There is established an account to be known as the [small business 1714 
incubator account] "small business incubator account", which shall be a 1715 
separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The 1716 
commissioner may use funds from the account to provide 1717 
administrative expenses and grants for the purposes of subdivision (1) 1718 
of subsection (a) of section 32-7f. 1719 
Sec. 115. Section 32-504 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1720 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 1721 
There is established an international trade account, which shall be a 1722 
separate, nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The account 1723 
may contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account, 1724 
including success fees pursuant to section 32-500 and participation fees 1725 
pursuant to section 32-506, and any other moneys received by the 1726 
commissioner from other public or private sources for the purposes of 1727 
sections 32-500 to 32-512, inclusive. The commissioner shall use the 1728 
moneys in the account for the purposes of sections 32-500 to 32-512, 1729     
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inclusive. 1730 
Sec. 116. Subsection (a) of section 32-762 of the general statutes is 1731 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1732 
2025): 1733 
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "brownfield 1734 
remediation and development account", which shall be a separate, 1735 
nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] There shall be deposited 1736 
in the account: (1) The proceeds of bonds issued by the state for deposit 1737 
into said account and used in accordance with this section; (2) 1738 
repayments of assistance provided pursuant to subsection (c) of section 1739 
22a-133u; (3) interest or other income earned on the investment of 1740 
moneys in the account; (4) funds recovered pursuant to sections 32-766 1741 
and 32-767; (5) any proceeds realized by the state from activities 1742 
pursuant to section 32-763 or section 32-765; and (6) all funds required 1743 
by law to be deposited in the account. Any balance remaining in the 1744 
account at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in the 1745 
account for the fiscal year next succeeding. 1746 
Sec. 117. Subsection (c) of section 38a-556 of the general statutes is 1747 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1748 
2025): 1749 
(c) The association shall have the general powers and authority 1750 
granted under the laws of this state to carriers to transact the kinds of 1751 
insurance defined under section 38a-551, and in addition thereto, the 1752 
specific authority to: (1) Enter into contracts necessary or proper to carry 1753 
out the provisions and purposes of this section and sections 38a-551 and 1754 
38a-557 to 38a-559, inclusive; (2) sue or be sued, including taking any 1755 
legal actions necessary or proper for recovery of any assessments for, on 1756 
behalf of, or against participating members; (3) take such legal action as 1757 
necessary to avoid the payment of improper claims against the 1758 
association or the coverage provided by or through the association; (4) 1759 
establish, with respect to health insurance provided by or on behalf of 1760     
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the association, appropriate rates, scales of rates, rate classifications and 1761 
rating adjustments, such rates not to be unreasonable in relation to the 1762 
coverage provided and the operational expenses of the association; (5) 1763 
administer any type of reinsurance program, for or on behalf of 1764 
participating members; (6) pool risks among participating members; (7) 1765 
issue policies of insurance required or permitted by this section and 1766 
sections 38a-551 and 38a-557 to 38a-559, inclusive, in its own name or on 1767 
behalf of participating members; (8) administer separate pools, separate 1768 
accounts or other plans as deemed appropriate for separate members or 1769 
groups of members; (9) operate and administer any combination of 1770 
plans, pools, reinsurance arrangements or other mechanisms as deemed 1771 
appropriate to best accomplish the fair and equitable operation of the 1772 
association; (10) set limits on the amounts of reinsurance that may be 1773 
ceded to the association by its members; (11) appoint from among 1774 
participating members appropriate legal, actuarial and other 1775 
committees as necessary to provide technical assistance in the operation 1776 
of the association, policy and other contract design, and any other 1777 
function within the authority of the association; (12) apply for and 1778 
accept grants, gifts and bequests of funds from other states, federal and 1779 
interstate agencies and independent authorities, private firms, 1780 
individuals and foundations for the purpose of carrying out its 1781 
responsibilities. Any such funds received shall be deposited in the 1782 
General Fund and shall be credited to a separate, nonlapsing account 1783 
[within the General Fund] for the Health Reinsurance Association and 1784 
may be used by the Health Reinsurance Association in the performance 1785 
of its duties; and (13) perform such other duties and responsibilities as 1786 
may be required by state or federal law or permitted by state or federal 1787 
law and approved by the commissioner. 1788 
Sec. 118. Subsection (d) of section 42-190 of the general statutes is 1789 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1790 
2025): 1791 
(d) There is established a separate, nonlapsing account [, within the 1792 
General Fund,] to be known as the "new automobile warranties 1793     
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account". The account may contain any moneys required by law to be 1794 
deposited in the account. The moneys in said account shall be allocated 1795 
to the Department of Consumer Protection to carry out the purposes of 1796 
this chapter. 1797 
Sec. 119. Subsection (a) of section 42-472a of the general statutes is 1798 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1799 
2025): 1800 
(a) There is established a "privacy protection guaranty and 1801 
enforcement account", which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. 1802 
[within the General Fund.] The account may contain any moneys 1803 
required by law to be deposited in the account. The account shall be 1804 
used by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection: (1) For the 1805 
reimbursement of losses sustained by individuals injured by a violation 1806 
of the provisions of section 42-470, 42-471, 42-471a or 42-472b or any 1807 
regulation adopted pursuant to section 42-472d, and (2) for the 1808 
enforcement of provisions of section 42-470, 42-471, 42-471a or 42-472b 1809 
or any regulation adopted pursuant to section 42-472d. 1810 
Sec. 120. Subsection (d) of section 46a-13m of the general statutes is 1811 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1812 
2025): 1813 
(d) The Child Advocate may apply for and accept grants, gifts and 1814 
bequests of funds from other states, federal and interstate agencies and 1815 
independent authorities and private firms, individuals and foundations, 1816 
for the purpose of carrying out his responsibilities. There is established 1817 
[within the General Fund] a child advocate account, which shall be a 1818 
separate, nonlapsing account. Any funds received under this subsection 1819 
shall, upon deposit in the General Fund, be credited to said account and 1820 
may be used by the Child Advocate in the performance of his duties. 1821 
Sec. 121. Subsection (a) of section 54-56k of the general statutes is 1822 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1823 
2025): 1824     
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(a) There is established an account to be known as the [pretrial 1825 
account] "pretrial account". The account shall contain any moneys 1826 
required by law to be deposited in the account and shall be a separate, 1827 
nonlapsing account. [of the General Fund.] Investment earnings 1828 
credited to the account shall become part of the assets of the account. 1829 
Any balance remaining in said account at the end of any fiscal year shall 1830 
be carried forward in the account for the next fiscal year. 1831 
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following 
sections: 
 
Section 1 July 1, 2025 3-22u(a) 
Sec. 2 July 1, 2025 3-123f 
Sec. 3 July 1, 2025 3-123eee(a) 
Sec. 4 July 1, 2025 4-66h(a) 
Sec. 5 July 1, 2025 4-66k(a) 
Sec. 6 July 1, 2025 4-66l(b) 
Sec. 7 July 1, 2025 4-66n(a) 
Sec. 8 July 1, 2025 4-66aa(a) 
Sec. 9 July 1, 2025 4-66cc 
Sec. 10 July 1, 2025 4-68aa(d) 
Sec. 11 July 1, 2025 4-68aaa(d) 
Sec. 12 July 1, 2025 4-124jj(a) 
Sec. 13 July 1, 2025 4b-21a 
Sec. 14 July 1, 2025 4b-53(c) 
Sec. 15 July 1, 2025 4d-82a(a) 
Sec. 16 July 1, 2025 7-131s 
Sec. 17 July 1, 2025 7-131t(a)(1) 
Sec. 18 July 1, 2025 7-131u(a) 
Sec. 19 July 1, 2025 7-294p(b) 
Sec. 20 July 1, 2025 7-313h(a) 
Sec. 21 July 1, 2025 7-406n(a) 
Sec. 22 July 1, 2025 8-441(a) 
Sec. 23 July 1, 2025 8-446(a) 
Sec. 24 July 1, 2025 9-701 
Sec. 25 July 1, 2025 10-21l 
Sec. 26 July 1, 2025 10-265ff(a) 
Sec. 27 July 1, 2025 10-373bb     
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Sec. 28 July 1, 2025 10-507 
Sec. 29 July 1, 2025 10a-11e 
Sec. 30 July 1, 2025 10a-22q 
Sec. 31 July 1, 2025 10a-170w(a) 
Sec. 32 July 1, 2025 11-8i 
Sec. 33 July 1, 2025 12-806b(d) 
Sec. 34 July 1, 2025 13b-55b(a) 
Sec. 35 July 1, 2025 14-19b(d) 
Sec. 36 July 1, 2025 14-21g(a) 
Sec. 37 July 1, 2025 14-21i(d) 
Sec. 38 July 1, 2025 14-21k(a) 
Sec. 39 July 1, 2025 14-21m(a) 
Sec. 40 July 1, 2025 14-21p(a) 
Sec. 41 July 1, 2025 14-21r(a) 
Sec. 42 July 1, 2025 14-21u(c) 
Sec. 43 July 1, 2025 14-21v(c) 
Sec. 44 July 1, 2025 14-21w(d) 
Sec. 45 July 1, 2025 14-21x(d) 
Sec. 46 July 1, 2025 14-21y(d) 
Sec. 47 July 1, 2025 14-21aa(a) 
Sec. 48 July 1, 2025 14-50b(a) 
Sec. 49 July 1, 2025 14-227a(i)(7) 
Sec. 50 July 1, 2025 14-295b 
Sec. 51 July 1, 2025 16-50bb(a) 
Sec. 52 July 1, 2025 16-244bb(a) 
Sec. 53 July 1, 2025 16-331bb(a) 
Sec. 54 July 1, 2025 16-331cc(a) 
Sec. 55 July 1, 2025 16a-47c(a) 
Sec. 56 July 1, 2025 17a-20b(b) 
Sec. 57 July 1, 2025 17a-22ii(a) 
Sec. 58 July 1, 2025 17a-22jj(a) 
Sec. 59 July 1, 2025 17a-451f 
Sec. 60 July 1, 2025 17a-451g 
Sec. 61 July 1, 2025 17a-674a(a) 
Sec. 62 July 1, 2025 17a-674h(b) 
Sec. 63 July 1, 2025 17b-55b 
Sec. 64 July 1, 2025 17b-88a 
Sec. 65 July 1, 2025 17b-112f(a) 
Sec. 66 July 1, 2025 17b-261f     
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Sec. 67 July 1, 2025 17b-288(a) 
Sec. 68 July 1, 2025 18-81qq(j) 
Sec. 69 July 1, 2025 19a-12c 
Sec. 70 July 1, 2025 19a-32a(a) 
Sec. 71 July 1, 2025 19a-32b 
Sec. 72 July 1, 2025 19a-112d 
Sec. 73 July 1, 2025 19a-308b(a) 
Sec. 74 July 1, 2025 20-638c 
Sec. 75 July 1, 2025 21a-420f(a)(1) 
Sec. 76 July 1, 2025 21a-420f(b)(1) 
Sec. 77 July 1, 2025 22-26i(a) 
Sec. 78 July 1, 2025 22-26mm(b) 
Sec. 79 July 1, 2025 22-38c 
Sec. 80 July 1, 2025 22-329a(j) 
Sec. 81 July 1, 2025 22a-21k 
Sec. 82 July 1, 2025 22a-27l(a) 
Sec. 83 July 1, 2025 22a-27t 
Sec. 84 July 1, 2025 22a-27u(a) 
Sec. 85 July 1, 2025 22a-27v(a) 
Sec. 86 July 1, 2025 22a-200c(b) 
Sec. 87 July 1, 2025 22a-202(h) 
Sec. 88 July 1, 2025 22a-316 
Sec. 89 July 1, 2025 22a-903b 
Sec. 90 July 1, 2025 23-15h(a) 
Sec. 91 July 1, 2025 23-20(c)(2) 
Sec. 92 July 1, 2025 23-79 
Sec. 93 July 1, 2025 26-27c 
Sec. 94 July 1, 2025 27-19b 
Sec. 95 July 1, 2025 27-19c 
Sec. 96 July 1, 2025 27-19e 
Sec. 97 July 1, 2025 27-38f 
Sec. 98 July 1, 2025 27-39(f) 
Sec. 99 July 1, 2025 27-100a(b) 
Sec. 100 July 1, 2025 28-31(a) 
Sec. 101 July 1, 2025 29-423 
Sec. 102 July 1, 2025 31-900(c) 
Sec. 103 July 1, 2025 31-901(c) 
Sec. 104 July 1, 2025 32-4j 
Sec. 105 July 1, 2025 32-4r(f)     
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Sec. 106 July 1, 2025 32-6(b)(1) 
Sec. 107 July 1, 2025 32-7h(a) 
Sec. 108 July 1, 2025 32-9t(g)(4) 
Sec. 109 July 1, 2025 32-9yy(d) 
Sec. 110 July 1, 2025 32-41q(b) 
Sec. 111 July 1, 2025 32-41x(a) 
Sec. 112 July 1, 2025 32-41kk(a) 
Sec. 113 July 1, 2025 32-324a(a) 
Sec. 114 July 1, 2025 32-356 
Sec. 115 July 1, 2025 32-504 
Sec. 116 July 1, 2025 32-762(a) 
Sec. 117 July 1, 2025 38a-556(c) 
Sec. 118 July 1, 2025 42-190(d) 
Sec. 119 July 1, 2025 42-472a(a) 
Sec. 120 July 1, 2025 46a-13m(d) 
Sec. 121 July 1, 2025 54-56k(a) 
 
Statement of Purpose:   
To implement a recommendation of the Auditors of Public Accounts 
regarding nonlapsing accounts. 
 
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except 
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not 
underlined.]