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4		-	~~Senate~~ Bill No. 1553
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6		-	~~Public Act~~ No. ~~25-3~~
	5	+	General Assembly Bill No. 1553
	6	+	January Session, 2025
	7	+	LCO No. 7127
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9		-	AN ACT EXCLUDING APRIL 20, 2025, FROM THE PERIOD OF
10		-	EARLY VOTING PRIOR TO THE DAY OF A SPECIAL ELECTION
11		-	AND SUSPENDING THE MUNICIPAL REVENUE SHARING
12		-	ACCOUNT SPENDING CAP.
13		-	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
14		-	Assembly convened:
15		-
16		-	Section 1. Subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 9-163aa of the
17		-	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
18		-	thereof (Effective from passage):
19		-	(3) (A) Any eligible elector may vote prior to the day of a special
20		-	election, in accordance with the provisions of this section, during a
21		-	period of early voting at each special election held on or after April 1,
22		-	2024.
23		-	(B) Subject to the provisions of subdivision (4) of this subsection, any
24		-	eligible elector may vote prior to the day of a presidential preference
25		-	primary, in accordance with the provisions of this section, during a
26		-	period of early voting at each presidential preference primary held on
27		-	or after April 1, 2024.
28		-	(C) The period of early voting under subparagraph (A) or (B) of this
29		-	subdivision shall (i) notwithstanding the provisions of section 9-2,
30		-	commence on the fifth day prior to and conclude on the second day Senate Bill No. 1553
31		-
32		-	Public Act No. 25-3 2 of 10
33		-
34		-	prior to such special election or such presidential preference primary,
35		-	except that such commencing and concluding days shall be adjusted to
36		-	exclude from such period [March 31, 2024] April 20, 2025, and any legal
37		-	holiday designated, appointed or recommended under section 1-4, and
38		-	(ii) consist of four total days between and inclusive of such
39		-	commencement and conclusion, as may be adjusted pursuant to
40		-	subparagraph (C)(i) of this subdivision, and at such times as provided
41		-	in subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of section 9-174.
42		-	Sec. 2. Section 4-66l of the general statutes is repealed and the
43		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025):
44		-	(a) For the purposes of this section:
45		-	(1) "FY 15 mill rate" means the mill rate a municipality used during
46		-	the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015;
47		-	(2) "Mill rate" means, unless otherwise specified, the mill rate a
48		-	municipality uses to calculate tax bills for motor vehicles;
49		-	(3) "Municipality" means any town, city, consolidated town and city
50		-	or consolidated town and borough;
51		-	(4) "Municipal spending" means:
52		-
53		-	Municipal Municipal
54		-
55		-	spending for spending for
56		-
57		-	the fiscal year – the fiscal year
58		-	prior to the two years
59		-
60		-	current fiscal prior to the
61		-
62		-	year current year
63		-	_______________________________ X 100 = Municipal spending;
64		-
65		-	Municipal spending for the fiscal
66		-
67		-	year two years prior to the
68		-
69		-	current year Senate Bill No. 1553
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71		-	Public Act No. 25-3 3 of 10
	10	+	Referred to Committee on No Committee
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74		-	"Municipal spending" does not include expenditures for debt service,
75		-	special education, implementation of court orders or arbitration awards,
76		-	expenditures associated with a major disaster or emergency declaration
77		-	by the President of the United States, a disaster emergency declaration
78		-	issued by the Governor pursuant to chapter 517 or any disbursement
79		-	made to a district pursuant to subsection (c) or (e) of this section,
80		-	budgeting for an audited deficit, nonrecurring grants, capital
81		-	expenditures or payments on unfunded pension liabilities.
82		-	(5) "Per capita distribution" means:
83		-
84		-	Municipal population
85		-
86		-	_____________________ X Sales tax revenue = Per capita distribution;
87		-
88		-	Total state population
89		-
90		-
91		-	(6) "Pro rata distribution" means:
92		-
93		-	Municipal weighted
94		-
95		-
96		-	mill rate
97		-
98		-
99		-	calculation
100		-	___________________ X Sales tax revenue = Pro rata distribution;
101		-
102		-	Sum of all municipal
103		-
104		-
105		-	weighted mill rate
106		-
107		-
108		-	calculations combined
109		-
110		-
111		-	(7) "Regional council of governments" means any such council
112		-	organized under the provisions of sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive;
113		-	(8) "Municipal population" means the number of persons in a
114		-	municipality according to the most recent estimate of the Department of
115		-	Public Health; Senate Bill No. 1553
116		-
117		-	Public Act No. 25-3 4 of 10
118		-
119		-	(9) "Total state population" means the number of persons in this state
120		-	according to the most recent estimate published by the Department of
121		-	Public Health;
122		-	(10) "Weighted mill rate" means a municipality's FY 15 mill rate
123		-	divided by the average of all municipalities' FY 15 mill rate;
124		-	(11) "Weighted mill rate calculation" means per capita distribution
125		-	multiplied by a municipality's weighted mill rate;
126		-	(12) "Sales tax revenue" means the moneys in the account remaining
127		-	for distribution pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of this
128		-	section;
129		-	(13) "District" means any district, as defined in section 7-324; [and]
130		-	(14) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Office of Policy and
131		-	Management;
132		-	(15) "Adopted budget expenditures" means any expenditure from a
133		-	municipality's general fund or any nonbudgeted funds; and
134		-	(16) "Capital expenditure" means a nonrecurring capital expenditure
135		-	of one hundred thousand dollars or more.
136		-	(b) There is established an account to be known as the "municipal
137		-	revenue sharing account" which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account
138		-	within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys
139		-	required by law to be deposited in the account. The secretary shall set
140		-	aside and ensure availability of moneys in the account in the following
141		-	order of priority and shall transfer or disburse such moneys as follows:
142		-	(1) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023,
143		-	moneys sufficient to make motor vehicle property tax grants payable to
144		-	municipalities pursuant to subsection (c) of this section shall be
145		-	expended not later than August first annually by the secretary; Senate Bill No. 1553
146		-
147		-	Public Act No. 25-3 5 of 10
148		-
149		-	(2) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023,
150		-	moneys sufficient to make the grants payable pursuant to subsection (d)
151		-	of section 12-18b, subdivisions (1) and (3) of subsection (e) of section 12-
152		-	18b, subsection (b) of section 12-19b and subsections (b) and (c) of
153		-	section 12-20b shall be expended by the secretary; and
154		-	(3) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023,
155		-	moneys in the account remaining shall be expended annually by the
156		-	secretary for the purposes of the municipal revenue sharing grants
157		-	established pursuant to subsection (d) of this section. Any such moneys
158		-	deposited in the account for municipal revenue sharing grants,
159		-	including moneys accrued to the account during each fiscal year but
160		-	received after the end of such fiscal year, shall be distributed to
161		-	municipalities not later than October first following the end of each
162		-	fiscal year. Any municipality may apply to the Office of Policy and
163		-	Management on or after July first for early disbursement of a portion of
164		-	such grant. The Office of Policy and Management may approve such an
165		-	application if it finds that early disbursement is required in order for a
166		-	municipality to meet its cash flow needs. No early disbursement
167		-	approved by said office may be issued later than September thirtieth.
168		-	(c) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, motor vehicle property
169		-	tax grants to municipalities that impose mill rates on real property and
170		-	personal property other than motor vehicles greater than 45 mills or
171		-	that, when combined with the mill rate of any district located within the
172		-	municipality, impose mill rates greater than 45 mills, shall be made in
173		-	an amount equal to the difference between the amount of property taxes
174		-	levied by the municipality and any district located within the
175		-	municipality on motor vehicles for the assessment year commencing
176		-	October 1, 2017, and the amount such levy would have been if the mill
177		-	rate on motor vehicles for said assessment year was equal to the mill
178		-	rate imposed by such municipality and any district located within the
179		-	municipality on real property and personal property other than motor Senate Bill No. 1553
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181		-	Public Act No. 25-3 6 of 10
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183		-	vehicles.
184		-	(2) Not later than fifteen calendar days after receiving a property tax
185		-	grant pursuant to this section, the municipality shall disburse to any
186		-	district located within the municipality the amount of any such property
187		-	tax grant that is attributable to the district.
188		-	(3) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and each fiscal year
189		-	thereafter, motor vehicle property tax grants shall be made to:
190		-	(A) Municipalities that imposed mill rates greater than 32.46 mills on
191		-	real property and personal property other than motor vehicles for the
192		-	preceding fiscal year, in an amount equal to the difference between (i)
193		-	the amount of property taxes the municipality would have levied on
194		-	motor vehicles for the preceding fiscal year if the mill rate imposed on
195		-	motor vehicles for such year was 32.46 mills, and (ii) the amount of
196		-	property taxes the municipality would have levied on motor vehicles
197		-	for the preceding fiscal year if the mill rate imposed on motor vehicles
198		-	for such year was equal to the mill rate imposed on real property and
199		-	personal property other than motor vehicles for such year; and
200		-	(B) Districts that imposed mill rates that, when combined with the
201		-	mill rate of the municipality in which the district is located, were greater
202		-	than 32.46 mills on real property and personal property other than
203		-	motor vehicles for the preceding fiscal year, in an amount equal to the
204		-	difference between (i) the amount of property taxes the district would
205		-	have levied on motor vehicles for the preceding fiscal year if the mill
206		-	rate imposed on motor vehicles for such year, when combined with the
207		-	mill rate imposed on motor vehicles for such year by the municipality
208		-	in which the district is located, was 32.46 mills, and (ii) the amount of
209		-	property taxes the district would have levied on motor vehicles for the
210		-	preceding fiscal year if the mill rate imposed on motor vehicles for such
211		-	year, when combined with the mill rate imposed on motor vehicles for
212		-	such year by the municipality in which the district is located, was equal Senate Bill No. 1553
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214		-	Public Act No. 25-3 7 of 10
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216		-	to the mill rate imposed by the district on real property and personal
217		-	property other than motor vehicles for such year.
218		-	(d) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year
219		-	thereafter, each municipality shall receive a municipal revenue sharing
220		-	grant as follows:
221		-	(1) (A) A municipality having a mill rate at or above twenty-five shall
222		-	receive the per capita distribution or pro rata distribution, whichever is
223		-	higher for such municipality.
224		-	(B) Such grants shall be increased by a percentage calculated as
225		-	follows:
226		-
227		-	Sum of per capita distribution amount
228		-	for all municipalities having a mill rate
229		-	below twenty-five – pro rata distribution
230		-	amount for all municipalities
231		-
232		-	having a mill rate below twenty-five
233		-	_______________________________________
234		-	Sum of all grants to municipalities
235		-	calculated pursuant to subparagraph (A)
236		-
237		-	of subdivision (1) of this subsection.
238		-
239		-	(C) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of
240		-	this subdivision, Hartford shall receive not more than 5.2 per cent of the
241		-	municipal revenue sharing grants distributed pursuant to this
242		-	subsection; Bridgeport shall receive not more than 4.5 per cent of the
243		-	municipal revenue sharing grants distributed pursuant to this
244		-	subsection; New Haven shall receive not more than 2.0 per cent of the
245		-	municipal revenue sharing grants distributed pursuant to this
246		-	subsection and Stamford shall receive not more than 2.8 per cent of the
247		-	equalization grants distributed pursuant to this subsection. Any excess Senate Bill No. 1553
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249		-	Public Act No. 25-3 8 of 10
250		-
251		-	funds remaining after such reductions in payments to Hartford,
252		-	Bridgeport, New Haven and Stamford shall be distributed to all other
253		-	municipalities having a mill rate at or above twenty-five on a pro rata
254		-	basis according to the payment they receive pursuant to this
255		-	subdivision; and
256		-	(2) A municipality having a mill rate below twenty-five shall receive
257		-	the per capita distribution or pro rata distribution, whichever is less for
258		-	such municipality.
259		-	(3) For the purposes of this subsection, "mill rate" means the mill rate
260		-	for real property and personal property other than motor vehicles.
261		-	(e) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a municipality
262		-	may disburse any municipal revenue sharing grant funds to a district
263		-	within such municipality.
264		-	(f) (1) Except as provided in [subdivision (2)] subdivisions (2) and (3)
265		-	of this subsection, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and each fiscal
266		-	year thereafter, the amount of the grant payable to a municipality in any
267		-	year in accordance with subsection (d) of this section shall be reduced if
268		-	such municipality increases its adopted budget expenditures for such
269		-	fiscal year above a cap equal to the amount of adopted budget
270		-	expenditures authorized for the previous fiscal year by 2.5 per cent or
271		-	more or the rate of inflation, whichever is greater. Such reduction shall
272		-	be in an amount equal to fifty cents for every dollar expended over the
273		-	cap set forth in this subsection. [For the purposes of this section, (A)
274		-	"municipal spending" does not include expenditures for debt service,
275		-	special education, implementation of court orders or arbitration awards,
276		-	expenditures associated with a major disaster or emergency declaration
277		-	by the President of the United States, a disaster emergency declaration
278		-	issued by the Governor pursuant to chapter 517 or any disbursement
279		-	made to a district pursuant to subsection (c) or (e) of this section,
280		-	budgeting for an audited deficit, nonrecurring grants, capital Senate Bill No. 1553
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282		-	Public Act No. 25-3 9 of 10
283		-
284		-	expenditures or payments on unfunded pension liabilities, (B) "adopted
285		-	budget expenditures" includes expenditures from a municipality's
286		-	general fund and expenditures from any nonbudgeted funds, and (C)
287		-	"capital expenditure" means a nonrecurring capital expenditure of one
288		-	hundred thousand dollars or more.] Each municipality shall annually
289		-	certify to the secretary, on a form prescribed by [said] the secretary,
290		-	whether such municipality has exceeded the cap set forth in this
291		-	subsection, and if so, the amount by which the cap was exceeded by
292		-	such municipality, except that in any fiscal year for which the secretary
293		-	publishes a list of payments made to municipalities by state agencies on
294		-	the Internet web site of the Office of Policy and Management, such
295		-	certification shall not be required.
296		-	(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and each fiscal year
297		-	thereafter, the amount of the grant payable to a municipality in any year
298		-	in accordance with subsection (d) of this section shall not be reduced in
299		-	the case of a municipality whose adopted budget expenditures exceed
300		-	the cap set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection by an amount
301		-	proportionate to any increase to its municipal population from the
302		-	previous fiscal year, as determined by the secretary.
303		-	(3) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the amount of the grant
304		-	payable to a municipality in accordance with subsection (d) of this
305		-	section shall not be reduced in the case of a municipality whose adopted
306		-	budget expenditures exceed the cap set forth in subdivision (1) of this
307		-	subsection.
308		-	(g) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2020, to June 30, 2023,
309		-	inclusive, the amount of the grant payable to a municipality in any year
310		-	in accordance with subsection (d) of this section shall be reduced
311		-	proportionately [in the event that] if the total of such grants in such year
312		-	exceeds the amount available for such grants in the municipal revenue
313		-	sharing account established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. Senate Bill No. 1553
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315		-	Public Act No. 25-3 10 of 10
	13	+	Introduced by:
	14	+	SEN. LOONEY, 11
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	16	+	Dist.
	17	+	REP. RITTER, 1
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	19	+	Dist.
	20	+	SEN. DUFF, 25
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	22	+	Dist.
	23	+	REP. ROJAS, 9
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	25	+	Dist.
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	30	+	AN ACT EXCLUDING APRIL 20, 2025, FROM THE PERIOD OF EARLY
	31	+	VOTING PRIOR TO THE DAY OF A SPECIAL ELECTION AND
	32	+	SUSPENDING THE MUNICIPAL REVENUE SHARING ACCOUNT
	33	+	SPENDING CAP.
	34	+	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
	35	+	Assembly convened:
	36	+
	37	+	Section 1. Subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 9-163aa of the 1
	38	+	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 2
	39	+	thereof (Effective from passage): 3
	40	+	(3) (A) Any eligible elector may vote prior to the day of a special 4
	41	+	election, in accordance with the provisions of this section, during a 5
	42	+	period of early voting at each special election held on or after April 1, 6
	43	+	2024. 7
	44	+	(B) Subject to the provisions of subdivision (4) of this subsection, any 8
	45	+	eligible elector may vote prior to the day of a presidential preference 9
	46	+	primary, in accordance with the provisions of this section, during a 10
	47	+	period of early voting at each presidential preference primary held on 11
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322		-	Governor's Action:
323		-	Approved April 10, 2025
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	54	+	or after April 1, 2024. 12
	55	+	(C) The period of early voting under subparagraph (A) or (B) of this 13
	56	+	subdivision shall (i) notwithstanding the provisions of section 9-2, 14
	57	+	commence on the fifth day prior to and conclude on the second day 15
	58	+	prior to such special election or such presidential preference primary, 16
	59	+	except that such commencing and concluding days shall be adjusted to 17
	60	+	exclude from such period [March 31, 2024] April 20, 2025, and any legal 18
	61	+	holiday designated, appointed or recommended under section 1-4, and 19
	62	+	(ii) consist of four total days between and inclusive of such 20
	63	+	commencement and conclusion, as may be adjusted pursuant to 21
	64	+	subparagraph (C)(i) of this subdivision, and at such times as provided 22
	65	+	in subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of section 9-174. 23
	66	+	Sec. 2. Section 4-66l of the general statutes is repealed and the 24
	67	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 25
	68	+	(a) For the purposes of this section: 26
	69	+	(1) "FY 15 mill rate" means the mill rate a municipality used during 27
	70	+	the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015; 28
	71	+	(2) "Mill rate" means, unless otherwise specified, the mill rate a 29
	72	+	municipality uses to calculate tax bills for motor vehicles; 30
	73	+	(3) "Municipality" means any town, city, consolidated town and city 31
	74	+	or consolidated town and borough; 32
	75	+	(4) "Municipal spending" means: 33
	76	+	T1
	77	+	Municipal Municipal
	78	+	T2
	79	+	spending for spending for
	80	+	T3
	81	+	the fiscal year – the fiscal year
	82	+	T4 prior to the two years
	83	+	T5
	84	+	current fiscal prior to the
	85	+	T6
	86	+	year current year
	87	+	Bill No.
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	93	+	T7 _______________________________ X 100 = Municipal spending;
	94	+	T8
	95	+	Municipal spending for the fiscal
	96	+	T9
	97	+	year two years prior to the
	98	+	T10
	99	+	current year
	100	+
	101	+	"Municipal spending" does not include expenditures for debt service, 34
	102	+	special education, implementation of court orders or arbitration awards, 35
	103	+	expenditures associated with a major disaster or emergency declaration 36
	104	+	by the President of the United States, a disaster emergency declaration 37
	105	+	issued by the Governor pursuant to chapter 517 or any disbursement 38
	106	+	made to a district pursuant to subsection (c) or (e) of this section, 39
	107	+	budgeting for an audited deficit, nonrecurring grants, capital 40
	108	+	expenditures or payments on unfunded pension liabilities. 41
	109	+	(5) "Per capita distribution" means: 42
	110	+	T11
	111	+	Municipal population
	112	+
	113	+	T12 _____________________ X Sales tax revenue = Per capita distribution;
	114	+	T13 Total state population
	115	+
	116	+
	117	+	(6) "Pro rata distribution" means: 43
	118	+	T14
	119	+	Municipal weighted
	120	+
	121	+	T15
	122	+	mill rate
	123	+
	124	+	T16
	125	+	calculation
	126	+	T17 ___________________ X Sales tax revenue = Pro rata distribution;
	127	+	T18
	128	+	Sum of all municipal
	129	+
	130	+	T19
	131	+	weighted mill rate
	132	+
	133	+	T20
	134	+	calculations combined
	135	+
	136	+
	137	+	(7) "Regional council of governments" means any such council 44
	138	+	organized under the provisions of sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive; 45
	139	+	(8) "Municipal population" means the number of persons in a 46
	140	+	Bill No.
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	146	+	municipality according to the most recent estimate of the Department of 47
	147	+	Public Health; 48
	148	+	(9) "Total state population" means the number of persons in this state 49
	149	+	according to the most recent estimate published by the Department of 50
	150	+	Public Health; 51
	151	+	(10) "Weighted mill rate" means a municipality's FY 15 mill rate 52
	152	+	divided by the average of all municipalities' FY 15 mill rate; 53
	153	+	(11) "Weighted mill rate calculation" means per capita distribution 54
	154	+	multiplied by a municipality's weighted mill rate; 55
	155	+	(12) "Sales tax revenue" means the moneys in the account remaining 56
	156	+	for distribution pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of this 57
	157	+	section; 58
	158	+	(13) "District" means any district, as defined in section 7-324; [and] 59
	159	+	(14) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 60
	160	+	Management; 61
	161	+	(15) "Adopted budget expenditures" means any expenditure from a 62
	162	+	municipality's general fund or any nonbudgeted funds; and 63
	163	+	(16) "Capital expenditure" means a nonrecurring capital expenditure 64
	164	+	of one hundred thousand dollars or more. 65
	165	+	(b) There is established an account to be known as the "municipal 66
	166	+	revenue sharing account" which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account 67
	167	+	within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys 68
	168	+	required by law to be deposited in the account. The secretary shall set 69
	169	+	aside and ensure availability of moneys in the account in the following 70
	170	+	order of priority and shall transfer or disburse such moneys as follows: 71
	171	+	(1) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023, 72
	172	+	moneys sufficient to make motor vehicle property tax grants payable to 73
	173	+	Bill No.
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	175	+
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	178	+
	179	+	municipalities pursuant to subsection (c) of this section shall be 74
	180	+	expended not later than August first annually by the secretary; 75
	181	+	(2) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023, 76
	182	+	moneys sufficient to make the grants payable pursuant to subsection (d) 77
	183	+	of section 12-18b, subdivisions (1) and (3) of subsection (e) of section 12-78
	184	+	18b, subsection (b) of section 12-19b and subsections (b) and (c) of 79
	185	+	section 12-20b shall be expended by the secretary; and 80
	186	+	(3) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023, 81
	187	+	moneys in the account remaining shall be expended annually by the 82
	188	+	secretary for the purposes of the municipal revenue sharing grants 83
	189	+	established pursuant to subsection (d) of this section. Any such moneys 84
	190	+	deposited in the account for municipal revenue sharing grants, 85
	191	+	including moneys accrued to the account during each fiscal year but 86
	192	+	received after the end of such fiscal year, shall be distributed to 87
	193	+	municipalities not later than October first following the end of each 88
	194	+	fiscal year. Any municipality may apply to the Office of Policy and 89
	195	+	Management on or after July first for early disbursement of a portion of 90
	196	+	such grant. The Office of Policy and Management may approve such an 91
	197	+	application if it finds that early disbursement is required in order for a 92
	198	+	municipality to meet its cash flow needs. No early disbursement 93
	199	+	approved by said office may be issued later than September thirtieth. 94
	200	+	(c) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, motor vehicle property 95
	201	+	tax grants to municipalities that impose mill rates on real property and 96
	202	+	personal property other than motor vehicles greater than 45 mills or 97
	203	+	that, when combined with the mill rate of any district located within the 98
	204	+	municipality, impose mill rates greater than 45 mills, shall be made in 99
	205	+	an amount equal to the difference between the amount of property taxes 100
	206	+	levied by the municipality and any district located within the 101
	207	+	municipality on motor vehicles for the assessment year commencing 102
	208	+	October 1, 2017, and the amount such levy would have been if the mill 103
	209	+	rate on motor vehicles for said assessment year was equal to the mill 104
	210	+	rate imposed by such municipality and any district located within the 105
	211	+	Bill No.
	212	+
	213	+
	214	+
	215	+	LCO No. 7127 6 of 9
	216	+
	217	+	municipality on real property and personal property other than motor 106
	218	+	vehicles. 107
	219	+	(2) Not later than fifteen calendar days after receiving a property tax 108
	220	+	grant pursuant to this section, the municipality shall disburse to any 109
	221	+	district located within the municipality the amount of any such property 110
	222	+	tax grant that is attributable to the district. 111
	223	+	(3) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and each fiscal year 112
	224	+	thereafter, motor vehicle property tax grants shall be made to: 113
	225	+	(A) Municipalities that imposed mill rates greater than 32.46 mills on 114
	226	+	real property and personal property other than motor vehicles for the 115
	227	+	preceding fiscal year, in an amount equal to the difference between (i) 116
	228	+	the amount of property taxes the municipality would have levied on 117
	229	+	motor vehicles for the preceding fiscal year if the mill rate imposed on 118
	230	+	motor vehicles for such year was 32.46 mills, and (ii) the amount of 119
	231	+	property taxes the municipality would have levied on motor vehicles 120
	232	+	for the preceding fiscal year if the mill rate imposed on motor vehicles 121
	233	+	for such year was equal to the mill rate imposed on real property and 122
	234	+	personal property other than motor vehicles for such year; and 123
	235	+	(B) Districts that imposed mill rates that, when combined with the 124
	236	+	mill rate of the municipality in which the district is located, were greater 125
	237	+	than 32.46 mills on real property and personal property other than 126
	238	+	motor vehicles for the preceding fiscal year, in an amount equal to the 127
	239	+	difference between (i) the amount of property taxes the district would 128
	240	+	have levied on motor vehicles for the preceding fiscal year if the mill 129
	241	+	rate imposed on motor vehicles for such year, when combined with the 130
	242	+	mill rate imposed on motor vehicles for such year by the municipality 131
	243	+	in which the district is located, was 32.46 mills, and (ii) the amount of 132
	244	+	property taxes the district would have levied on motor vehicles for the 133
	245	+	preceding fiscal year if the mill rate imposed on motor vehicles for such 134
	246	+	year, when combined with the mill rate imposed on motor vehicles for 135
	247	+	such year by the municipality in which the district is located, was equal 136
	248	+	Bill No.
	249	+
	250	+
	251	+
	252	+	LCO No. 7127 7 of 9
	253	+
	254	+	to the mill rate imposed by the district on real property and personal 137
	255	+	property other than motor vehicles for such year. 138
	256	+	(d) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year 139
	257	+	thereafter, each municipality shall receive a municipal revenue sharing 140
	258	+	grant as follows: 141
	259	+	(1) (A) A municipality having a mill rate at or above twenty-five shall 142
	260	+	receive the per capita distribution or pro rata distribution, whichever is 143
	261	+	higher for such municipality. 144
	262	+	(B) Such grants shall be increased by a percentage calculated as 145
	263	+	follows: 146
	264	+	T21
	265	+	Sum of per capita distribution amount
	266	+	T22
	267	+	for all municipalities having a mill rate
	268	+	T23
	269	+	below twenty-five – pro rata distribution
	270	+	T24
	271	+	amount for all municipalities
	272	+	T25
	273	+	having a mill rate below twenty-five
	274	+	T26
	275	+	_______________________________________
	276	+	T27
	277	+	Sum of all grants to municipalities
	278	+	T28
	279	+	calculated pursuant to subparagraph (A)
	280	+	T29
	281	+	of subdivision (1) of this subsection.
	282	+
	283	+	(C) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 147
	284	+	this subdivision, Hartford shall receive not more than 5.2 per cent of the 148
	285	+	municipal revenue sharing grants distributed pursuant to this 149
	286	+	subsection; Bridgeport shall receive not more than 4.5 per cent of the 150
	287	+	municipal revenue sharing grants distributed pursuant to this 151
	288	+	subsection; New Haven shall receive not more than 2.0 per cent of the 152
	289	+	municipal revenue sharing grants distributed pursuant to this 153
	290	+	subsection and Stamford shall receive not more than 2.8 per cent of the 154
	291	+	equalization grants distributed pursuant to this subsection. Any excess 155
	292	+	funds remaining after such reductions in payments to Hartford, 156
	293	+	Bridgeport, New Haven and Stamford shall be distributed to all other 157
	294	+	Bill No.
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	296	+
	297	+
	298	+	LCO No. 7127 8 of 9
	299	+
	300	+	municipalities having a mill rate at or above twenty-five on a pro rata 158
	301	+	basis according to the payment they receive pursuant to this 159
	302	+	subdivision; and 160
	303	+	(2) A municipality having a mill rate below twenty-five shall receive 161
	304	+	the per capita distribution or pro rata distribution, whichever is less for 162
	305	+	such municipality. 163
	306	+	(3) For the purposes of this subsection, "mill rate" means the mill rate 164
	307	+	for real property and personal property other than motor vehicles. 165
	308	+	(e) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a municipality 166
	309	+	may disburse any municipal revenue sharing grant funds to a district 167
	310	+	within such municipality. 168
	311	+	(f) (1) Except as provided in [subdivision (2)] subdivisions (2) and (3) 169
	312	+	of this subsection, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and each fiscal 170
	313	+	year thereafter, the amount of the grant payable to a municipality in any 171
	314	+	year in accordance with subsection (d) of this section shall be reduced if 172
	315	+	such municipality increases its adopted budget expenditures for such 173
	316	+	fiscal year above a cap equal to the amount of adopted budget 174
	317	+	expenditures authorized for the previous fiscal year by 2.5 per cent or 175
	318	+	more or the rate of inflation, whichever is greater. Such reduction shall 176
	319	+	be in an amount equal to fifty cents for every dollar expended over the 177
	320	+	cap set forth in this subsection. [For the purposes of this section, (A) 178
	321	+	"municipal spending" does not include expenditures for debt service, 179
	322	+	special education, implementation of court orders or arbitration awards, 180
	323	+	expenditures associated with a major disaster or emergency declaration 181
	324	+	by the President of the United States, a disaster emergency declaration 182
	325	+	issued by the Governor pursuant to chapter 517 or any disbursement 183
	326	+	made to a district pursuant to subsection (c) or (e) of this section, 184
	327	+	budgeting for an audited deficit, nonrecurring grants, capital 185
	328	+	expenditures or payments on unfunded pension liabilities, (B) "adopted 186
	329	+	budget expenditures" includes expenditures from a municipality's 187
	330	+	general fund and expenditures from any nonbudgeted funds, and (C) 188
	331	+	Bill No.
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	333	+
	334	+
	335	+	LCO No. 7127 9 of 9
	336	+
	337	+	"capital expenditure" means a nonrecurring capital expenditure of one 189
	338	+	hundred thousand dollars or more.] Each municipality shall annually 190
	339	+	certify to the secretary, on a form prescribed by [said] the secretary, 191
	340	+	whether such municipality has exceeded the cap set forth in this 192
	341	+	subsection, and if so, the amount by which the cap was exceeded by 193
	342	+	such municipality, except that in any fiscal year for which the secretary 194
	343	+	publishes a list of payments made to municipalities by state agencies on 195
	344	+	the Internet web site of the Office of Policy and Management, such 196
	345	+	certification shall not be required. 197
	346	+	(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and each fiscal year 198
	347	+	thereafter, the amount of the grant payable to a municipality in any year 199
	348	+	in accordance with subsection (d) of this section shall not be reduced in 200
	349	+	the case of a municipality whose adopted budget expenditures exceed 201
	350	+	the cap set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection by an amount 202
	351	+	proportionate to any increase to its municipal population from the 203
	352	+	previous fiscal year, as determined by the secretary. 204
	353	+	(3) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the amount of the grant 205
	354	+	payable to a municipality in accordance with subsection (d) of this 206
	355	+	section shall not be reduced in the case of a municipality whose adopted 207
	356	+	budget expenditures exceed the cap set forth in subdivision (1) of this 208
	357	+	subsection. 209
	358	+	(g) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2020, to June 30, 2023, 210
	359	+	inclusive, the amount of the grant payable to a municipality in any year 211
	360	+	in accordance with subsection (d) of this section shall be reduced 212
	361	+	proportionately [in the event that] if the total of such grants in such year 213
	362	+	exceeds the amount available for such grants in the municipal revenue 214
	363	+	sharing account established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. 215
	364	+	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
	365	+	sections:
	366	+
	367	+	Section 1 from passage 9-163aa(a)(3)
	368	+	Sec. 2 October 1, 2025 4-66l
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