CHAPTER 32
TREASURER

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Sec. 3-13c. Trust funds defined.
Sec. 3-13l. Finder's fees in state investments prohibited. Penalties.
Sec. 3-14b. Prior to sale of state-owned land, option to municipality of locale to purchase.
Sec. 3-20. Short title: State General Obligation Bond Procedure Act. State Bond Commission.
Sec. 3-21b. Transfer to General Fund of bond proceeds from general obligation bonds of the state which are no longer required for designated purposes or projects.
Sec. 3-25. Payment of public moneys. Designation of authority for certain payments to constituent units of the state system of higher education. Authorization for certain payments to be made by the assistant treasurer for investments.
Sec. 3-38. Posthumous fund of Fitch's Home for the Soldiers. Fitch Fund. Use of income, and payment of claims from principal.
Sec. 3-55i. Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund.
Sec. 3-55j. Payments from fund.
Sec. 3-55l. Additional payments from fund to Ledyard, Montville, Norwich, North Stonington and Preston.
Sec. 3-60d. Value of gift certificate presumed abandoned, when.
Sec. 3-65b. Assessment of interest penalty for failure to report or deliver abandoned property as required. Exceptions.
Sec. 3-65c. Charge, fee or penalty for inactivity prohibited.
Sec. 3-69a. Deposit of funds in General Fund and Citizens' Election Fund.
Sec. 3-73a. Excepted property.

PART I
GENERAL PROVISIONS

      Sec. 3-13c. Trust funds defined. Trust funds as used in sections 3-13 to 3-13e, inclusive, and 3-31b shall be construed to include Connecticut Municipal Employees' Retirement Fund A, Connecticut Municipal Employees' Retirement Fund B, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Fund, State's Attorneys' Retirement Fund, Teachers' Annuity Fund, Teachers' Pension Fund, Teachers' Survivorship and Dependency Fund, School Fund, State Employees Retirement Fund, the Hospital Insurance Fund, Policemen and Firemen Survivor's Benefit Fund and all other trust funds administered, held or invested by the Treasurer.

      (P.A. 73-594, S. 4, 12; P.A. 78-236, S. 17, 20; P.A. 87-458, S. 15, 18; P.A. 99-70, S. 1, 3; P.A. 05-288, S. 5.)

      History: P.A. 78-236 substituted "3-13e" for "3-13d"; P.A. 87-458 included hospital insurance fund as trust fund; P.A. 99-70 added Policemen and Firemen Survivor's Benefit Fund, effective May 27, 1999; P.A. 05-288 made a technical change, effective July 13, 2005.

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      Sec. 3-13l. Finder's fees in state investments prohibited. Penalties. (a) No person may, directly or indirectly, pay a finder's fee to any person in connection with any investment transaction involving the state, any quasi-public agency, as defined in section 1-120, or any political subdivision of the state. No person may, directly or indirectly, receive a finder's fee in connection with any investment transaction involving the state, any quasi-public agency, as defined in section 1-120, or any political subdivision of the state.

      (b) For purposes of this section:

      (1) "Finder's fee" means compensation in the form of cash, cash equivalents or other things of value paid to or received by a third party in connection with an investment transaction to which the state, any political subdivision of the state or any quasi-public agency, as defined in section 1-120, is a party for any services, and includes, but is not limited to, any fee paid for lobbying, as defined in subsection (k) of section 1-91, and as defined by the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board, in consultation with the Treasurer, in the regulations adopted under subparagraph (C)(ii) of subdivision (3) of this subsection or as prescribed by the Treasurer until such regulations are adopted.

      (2) "Finder's fee" does not mean (A)(i) compensation earned for the rendering of investment services, as defined in subsection (f) of section 9-333n, or for acting as a licensed real estate broker or real estate sales person under the provisions of section 20-312, or under a comparable statute of the jurisdiction in which the subject property is located, or (ii) marketing fees or due diligence fees earned by the payee in connection with the offer, sale or purchase of any security or investment interest, in accordance with criteria prescribed under subparagraph (C)(ii) of subdivision (3) of this subsection, (B) compensation paid to (i) persons who are investment professionals engaged in the ongoing business of representing investment services providers, or (ii) third parties for services connected to the issuance of debt by the state, any political subdivision of the state or any quasi-public agency, as defined in section 1-120, and (C) any compensation which is so defined by the regulations adopted under subparagraph (C)(ii) of subdivision (3) of this subsection, or any compensation which meets criteria prescribed by the Treasurer until such regulations are adopted. As used in this section, "offer" and "sale" have the meaning provided in section 36b-3.

      (3) "Investment professional" means an individual or firm whose primary business is bringing together institutional funds and investment opportunities and who (A) is a broker-dealer or investment adviser agent licensed or registered (i) under the Connecticut Uniform Securities Act; (ii) in the case of an investment adviser agent, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in accordance with the Investment Advisors' Act of 1940; or (iii) in the case of a broker-dealer, with the National Association of Securities Dealers in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or (B) is licensed under section 20-312, or under a comparable statute of the jurisdiction in which the subject property is located, or (C) (i) furnishes an investment manager with marketing services including, but not limited to, developing an overall marketing strategy focusing on more than one institutional fund, designing or publishing marketing brochures or other presentation material such as logos and brands for investment products, responding to requests for proposals, completing due diligence questionnaires, identifying a range of potential investors, or such other services as may be identified in regulations adopted under subparagraph (ii) of this subparagraph and (ii) meets criteria prescribed (I) by the Treasurer until regulations are adopted under this subparagraph, or (II) by the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board, in consultation with the Treasurer, in regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. Prior to adopting such regulations, the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board shall transmit the proposed regulations to the Treasurer not later than one hundred twenty days before any period for public comment on such regulations commences and shall consider any comments or recommendations the Treasurer may have regarding such regulations. In developing such regulations, the commission shall ensure that the state will not be competitively disadvantaged by such regulations relative to any legitimate financial market.

      (c) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be liable for a civil penalty of not less than the amount of the fee paid or received in violation of this section and not more than three times said amount.

      (1) The Attorney General, upon complaint of the Treasurer or the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board, may bring an action in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to recover such penalty for a violation of this section which affects a fund of the state. Any penalty imposed under this section for a violation which affects any such fund shall be paid to the Treasurer who shall deposit such moneys in such fund.

      (2) Any political subdivision of the state may bring an action in the superior court to recover such penalty for a violation of this section which affects any fund under the control of such subdivision. Any penalty imposed under this section for a violation which affects any such fund shall be paid to such subdivision which shall deposit such moneys in such fund.

      (3) Any quasi-public agency, as defined in section 1-120, may bring an action in the superior court to recover such penalty for a violation of this section which affects any fund under the control of such agency. Any penalty imposed under this section for a violation which affects any such fund shall be paid to such agency which shall deposit such moneys in such fund.

      (P.A. 00-43, S. 7, 19; P.A. 02-103, S. 42; P.A. 05-183, S. 33.)

      History: P.A. 00-43 effective May 3, 2000; P.A. 02-103 made technical changes in Subsec. (b)(2); P.A. 05-183 amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) to replace "Ethics Commission" with "Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board" and make technical changes, effective July 1, 2005.

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      Sec. 3-14b. Prior to sale of state-owned land, option to municipality of locale to purchase. Prior to the sale of any parcel of land, or a portion thereof owned by the state, except a transfer or conveyance to the party against whom foreclosure was taken or who conveyed to the state in lieu of foreclosure under the provisions of section 17b-138, the state agency, department or institution responsible for the sale of such land shall first notify, in writing, the chief executive officer or officers of the municipality in which such land is situated and the affected state representative and state senator for such municipality of the state's intention to sell such land, and no agreement to sell such land may be entered into or sale may be made by the state except as follows:

      (a) Not later than forty-five days after such notice has been so given, such chief executive officer or officers may give written notice to the state of the municipality's desire to purchase such land and shall have the right to purchase the interest in the land which the state has declared its intent to sell, subject to conditions of sale acceptable to the state.

      (b) If the chief executive officer or officers of the municipality fail to give notice, as provided in subsection (a) of this section, or give notice to the state of the municipality's desire not to purchase such land, such municipality shall have waived its right to purchase the land in accordance with the terms of this section.

      (c) Not later than sixty days after notice has been given by the municipality of its desire to purchase such land, as provided in subsection (a) of this section, the state acting through the state agency, department or institution shall sell such land to the municipality, provided the state and the municipality agree upon the conditions of sale and the amount to be paid therefor.

      (d) If the municipality fails to purchase such land not later than sixty days after notice has been given by the municipality of its desire to purchase the land, as provided in subsection (a) of this section, such municipality shall have waived rights to purchase the land in accordance with the terms of this section, subject to the provisions of subsection (e) of this section.

      (e) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (b) and (d) of this section, if the state thereafter proposes to sell such land to any person upon terms different than those offered to the municipality, the state shall first notify the municipality of such proposal, in the manner provided in subsection (a) of this section, and of the terms of such proposed sale, and such municipality shall have the option to purchase such land upon such terms and may thereupon, in the same manner and within the same time limitations as are provided in subsections (a) and (c) of this section, proceed to purchase such land.

      (f) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (d) of this section, the towns of Preston and Norwich shall retain any right provided for by this section with regard to the property known as the Norwich State Hospital property provided the Commissioner of Public Works determines that such towns continue to make good faith efforts to purchase such property and have otherwise complied with the provisions of this section.

      (P.A. 74-203, S. 1, 2; P.A. 75-332; P.A. 96-222, S. 1, 41; P.A. 05-287, S. 28.)

      History: P.A. 75-332 excepted transfers and conveyances of land where foreclosure was involved from provisions of section; P.A. 96-222 substituted "state agency, department or institution responsible for the sale of such land" for "State Treasurer", effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 05-287 made technical changes throughout the section, added requirement that notice of sale be provided to the affected state representative and state senator for the municipality and added Subsec. (f) re the sale of the Norwich State Hospital property to the towns of Preston and Norwich, effective July 13, 2005.

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      Sec. 3-20. Short title: State General Obligation Bond Procedure Act. State Bond Commission. (a) This section shall be known as and may be cited as, and its short title shall be, the "State General Obligation Bond Procedure Act".

      (b) The following terms, when used in this section, shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires: "Bonds" means general obligations of the state for the payment of the principal of and interest on which, as the same become due, the full faith and credit of the state are pledged; "bond act" means a general statute, public act or special act of the General Assembly empowering the State Bond Commission or the State Treasurer to authorize bonds heretofore enacted or hereafter enacted; "refunding bonds" means bonds authorized to be issued and sold pursuant to subsection (i) hereof and hereunder; "resolution" means a resolution adopted by a majority of the members of the State Bond Commission. The adoption of a resolution is hereby deemed to satisfy and supersede the requirement of any bond act for a written determination signed by the majority of the members of the State Bond Commission and filed in the office of the Secretary of the State; "State Bond Commission" or "commission" means the State Bond Commission as established herein.

      (c) There is established the State Bond Commission, which shall consist of the Governor, the Treasurer, the Comptroller, the Attorney General, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the Commissioner of Public Works, each of whom may designate a deputy to represent him as a member at meetings of the State Bond Commission with full powers to act and vote in his behalf, and the cochairpersons and the ranking minority members of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to state finance, revenue and bonding, each of whom may designate another member of said joint standing committee, who is not a member of the State Bond Commission, to represent him as a member at meetings of the State Bond Commission with full powers to act and vote in his behalf. The members of said commission shall serve without compensation.

      (d) All bonds of the state, authorized by the State Bond Commission acting prior to July 1, 1972, pursuant to any bond act taking effect prior to such date, shall be issued in accordance with such bond act or this section. All bonds of the state authorized to be issued by the State Bond Commission acting on or after July 1, 1972, pursuant to any bond act taking effect before, on or after such date shall be authorized and shall be issued in accordance with this section.

      (e) The principal and interest of bonds, refunding bonds, other obligations or borrowings in anticipation thereof, their transfer and the income therefrom, including any profit on the sale or transfer thereof, shall at all times be exempt from any taxation by the state of Connecticut or under its authority, except for estate or succession taxes.

      (f) With the exception of refunding bonds, the proceeds of the sale of the bonds and any moneys held or otherwise set aside for the repayment of the bonds shall be deposited with the Treasurer or, at the direction of the Treasurer, with a commercial bank or trust company, in trust for the benefit of the state, pending the use or application thereof, for the purpose and projects specified in the bond act empowering the State Bond Commission to authorize such bonds. Any expense incurred in connection with the carrying out of the provisions of this section, including the issuance of refunding bonds, shall be paid from the accrued interest and premiums or from the proceeds of the sale of such bonds or refunding bonds and in the same manner as other obligations of the state, except that expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, issuance and delivery of general obligation bonds issued in accordance with sections 3-17 and 10-183m, and delivered to the retirement fund provided for in section 10-183r shall be paid out of the General Fund if sufficient accrued interest and premiums are not available to pay such expenses. With the exception of the proceeds of refunding bonds deposited in a defeasance escrow fund, pending the use or application of any such bond proceeds or any such funds, such proceeds or funds may be deposited with the Treasurer in such fund or funds of the state as appropriate or at the direction of the Treasurer in a commercial bank or trust company with or without security to the credit of such fund or funds, or may be invested by, or at the direction of, the Treasurer in bonds or obligations of, or guaranteed by, the state or the United States, or agencies or instrumentalities of the United States, in certificates of deposit, commercial paper, savings accounts and bank acceptances, in the obligations of any state of the United States or any political subdivision thereof or the obligations of any instrumentality, authority or agency of any state or political subdivision thereof, provided that at the time of investment such obligations are rated within one of the top two rating categories of any nationally recognized rating service or of any rating service recognized by the Banking Commissioner, and applicable to such obligations, in the obligations of any regional school district in this state, of any municipality in this state or any metropolitan district in this state, provided that at the time of investment such obligations of such government entity are rated within one of the top three rating categories of any nationally recognized rating service or of any rating service recognized by the Banking Commissioner, and applicable to such obligations, or in any fund in which a trustee may invest pursuant to section 36a-353, or in investment agreements with financial institutions whose long-term obligations are rated within the top two rating categories of any nationally recognized rating service or of any rating service recognized by the Banking Commissioner or whose short-term obligations are rated within the top rating category of any nationally recognized rating service or of any rating service recognized by the Banking Commissioner, or investment agreements fully secured by obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States or agencies or instrumentalities of the United States. Except as may be provided herein or in any other public or special act, net earnings of investments of proceeds of bonds and such funds, and accrued interest and premiums on the issuance of such bonds shall, after payment of expenses incurred by the Treasurer or State Bond Commission in connection with their issuance, if any, be deposited to the credit of the General Fund.

      (g) (1) With the exception of refunding bonds, whenever a bond act empowers the State Bond Commission to authorize bonds for any project or purpose or projects or purposes, and whenever the State Bond Commission finds that the authorization of such bonds will be in the best interests of the state, it shall authorize such bonds by resolution adopted by the approving vote of at least a majority of said commission. No such resolution shall be so adopted by the State Bond Commission unless it finds that there has been filed with it (A) any human services facility colocation statement to be filed with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, if so requested by the secretary, pursuant to section 4b-23; (B) a statement from the Commissioner of Agriculture pursuant to section 22-6, for projects which would convert twenty-five or more acres of prime farmland to a nonagricultural use; (C) prior to the meeting at which such resolution is to be considered, any capital development impact statement required to be filed with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management; and (D) such requests and such other documents as it or said bond act require, provided no resolution with respect to any school building project financed pursuant to section 10-287d or any interest subsidy financed pursuant to section 10-292k shall require the filing of any statements pursuant to subparagraph (A), (B), (C) or (D) of this subdivision and provided further any resolution requiring a capital impact statement shall be deemed not properly before the State Bond Commission until such capital development impact statement is filed. Any such resolution so adopted by the State Bond Commission shall recite the bond act under which said commission is empowered to authorize such bonds and the filing of all requests and other documents, if any, required by it or such bond act, and shall state the principal amount of the bonds authorized and a description of the purpose or project for which such bonds are authorized. Such description shall be sufficient if made merely by reference to a numbered subsection, subdivision or other applicable section of such bond act.

      (2) The agenda of each meeting shall be made available to the members of the commission not later than four business days prior to the meeting at which such agenda is to be considered. The day of the meeting shall count as one of the business days. The agenda of each meeting, or any supporting documents included with such agenda, shall include a reference to the statute or public or special act which is the source of any funds to be used for any project on such agenda, including any contingency funds and any reuse or reallocation of funds previously approved for any other use or project, and a notation of the outside source from which any funds for any such project were received, if any.

      (3) Upon adoption of a resolution, the principal amount of the bonds authorized therein for such purpose or project shall be deemed to be an appropriation and allocation of such amount for such purpose or project, respectively, and subject to approval by the Governor of allotment thereof and to any authorization for such project or purpose that may otherwise be required, contracts may be awarded and obligations incurred with respect to any such project or purpose in amounts not in the aggregate exceeding such authorized principal amount, notwithstanding that such contracts and obligations may at a particular time exceed the amount of the proceeds from the sale of such bonds theretofore received by the state. In any such resolution so adopted, the State Bond Commission may include provision for the date or dates of such bonds, the maturity of such bonds and, notwithstanding the provisions of any bond act taking effect prior to July 1, 1973, provision for either serial or term, sinking fund or other reserve fund requirements, if any, due dates of the interest thereon, the form of such bonds, the denominations and designation of such bonds, registration, conversion and transfer privileges and the terms of redemption with or without premium and the date and manner of sale of such bonds, provisions for the consolidation of such bonds with other bonds including refunding bonds for the purpose of sale as provided in subsection (h) of this section, limitations with respect to the interest rate or rates on such bonds, provisions for receipt and deposit or investment of the good faith deposit pending delivery of such bonds and such other terms and conditions of such bonds and of the issuance and sale thereof as the State Bond Commission may determine to be in the best interest of the state, provided the State Bond Commission may delegate to the Treasurer all or any part of the foregoing powers in which event the Treasurer shall exercise such powers until the State Bond Commission, by adoption of a resolution prior to exercise of such powers by the Treasurer shall elect to reassume the same. Such powers shall be exercised from time to time in such manner as the Treasurer shall determine to be in the best interests of the state and the Treasurer shall file a certificate of determination setting forth the details thereof with the secretary of the State Bond Commission on or before the date of delivery of such bonds, the details of which were determined by the Treasurer in accordance with such delegation.

      (4) The State Bond Commission may authorize the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development to defer payments of interest or principal, or a portion thereof, in the case of a troubled loan, as defined in subdivision (1) of subsection (e) of section 8-37x, made by the commissioner under any provision of the general statutes.

      (h) Notwithstanding any general statute, public act or special act of the General Assembly enacted prior to or after March 20, 1973, bonds or portions thereof, including refunding bonds authorized by any general statute, public act or special act of the General Assembly enacted prior to or after said date to be issued by the commission or by the Treasurer may be consolidated for the purpose of sale and issued, sold, printed and delivered as a single bond issue, provided, if bonds authorized under two or more bond acts are issued as a single bond issue or if bonds authorized under one or more bond acts together with refunding bonds are issued as a single bond issue, a separate maturity schedule or sinking fund requirements, if any, for such bonds or portions thereof authorized under each bond act and for the refunding bonds shall be established and filed with the secretary of the State Bond Commission on or before the date of delivery of such bonds.

      (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or of any general statute, public act or special act of the General Assembly enacted prior to or after March 20, 1973, whenever the Treasurer finds that it is in the best interests of the state to refund bonds issued pursuant to this section or pursuant to any other general statute, public act or special act of the General Assembly enacted prior to or after said date the maturity date of which has not yet occurred, and whether such bonds to be refunded are or are not subject to redemption prior to maturity, refunding bonds of the state may be issued for the purpose of purchasing, paying, funding or refunding such bonds and the interest payable thereon in advance of their maturity, or, if subject to redemption, at such redemption date or dates as provided in such bonds, at maturity or on such date or dates as determined by the Treasurer. No such refunding bonds shall be issued unless they are part of an issue described in a bond determination made and signed by the Treasurer in accordance with and pursuant to this subsection of which a copy has been filed with the secretary of the Bond Commission prior to delivery of such refunding bonds and such determination (A) sets forth the maturities of the bonds, including any refunding bonds, and the interest installments thereof, to be paid from the proceeds of the refunding bonds and (B) includes a certification of the Treasurer that the state reasonably expects as of the date of the certification to achieve, as a result of the sale of such refunding bonds and the investment and application of the proceeds of such sale, net debt service savings. Upon the issuance of any refunding bonds the proceeds from the sale thereof shall be deemed to have been appropriated and pledged for and shall be used and applied to the purchase, redemption or payment of the bonds to be so refunded including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued or to accrue thereon to the date of purchase, redemption or payment of such bonds at or prior to the maturity of such bonds as set forth in the bond determination, the refunding bonds authorized and issued pursuant to this subsection shall be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same become due, and accordingly as part of the contract of the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal, including any amount of a mandatory sinking fund requirement as provided in such contract, and interest is hereby made, and the Treasurer shall pay such amounts as the same become due. Pending such use or application of the proceeds of refunding bonds issued pursuant to this subsection, such proceeds may be invested in accordance with and subject to the provisions of such bond determination, in obligations of, or guaranteed by, the state or the United States or any agency or instrumentality of the United States or in certificates of deposit or time deposits secured by such obligations, or without limiting the foregoing in bonds, debentures, notes or participation certificates or other obligations issued by federal land banks, the Federal National Mortgage Agency, the federal home loan bank system, the Export Import Bank, the Government National Mortgage Association, the federal intermediate credit banks, the Tennessee Valley Authority, public housing authorities and fully secured by payment of both principal and interest by a pledge of annual contributions under contracts with the United States of America, the United States Postal Service, banks for cooperatives and the Farmers Home Administration and shall be held in trust by the Treasurer in trust for use, application and investment as aforesaid separate and apart from other funds of the state or may be deposited with a trustee in trust for such use, application and investment, upon the execution of the bond determination the Treasurer is authorized to execute contracts for such holding, deposit, use, application and investment of such proceeds. Except as may be provided in the bond determination authorizing refunding bonds pursuant to this subsection, net earnings of investments of proceeds of such refunding bonds not needed for the purpose for which such refunding bonds were authorized shall be deposited in the General Fund. In any such bond determination of the Treasurer authorizing refunding bonds pursuant to this subsection, said Treasurer may include provision for the date or dates of such refunding bonds, the principal amount of such refunding bonds, the maturity date or dates of such refunding bonds and provision relating to serial or term bonds and sinking or other reserve fund requirements, if any, the establishment and terms of any trust or trusts held by a trustee or by the Treasurer pursuant to this subsection, due dates of the interest on such refunding bonds, the form thereof, including execution and issuance to the purchasers, pending preparation of definitive refunding bonds, of temporary bonds without coupons exchangeable for the definitive bonds when prepared, executed and ready for delivery, the denominations and designation of such refunding bonds, registration, conversion and transfer privileges and the terms of redemption with or without premium, the date and manner of sale of such refunding bonds, either public or private, at such price or prices as the Treasurer may determine, provisions for the consolidation of such refunding bonds with other bonds for the purpose of sale as provided in subsection (h) hereof, limitations with respect to the interest rate or rates of such refunding bonds, provisions for receipt and deposit or investment of the good faith deposit pending delivery of such refunding bonds and such other terms and conditions of such refunding bonds and of the issuance and sale thereof and the investment of the proceeds thereof as the Treasurer may determine to be in the best interests of the state. For the purposes of this subsection, "refunding bonds" means bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness including commercial paper and shall be deemed to include any of those agreements authorized by section 3-20a, to the extent that the Treasurer determines that the execution thereof is appropriate or necessary to satisfy the refunding requirements of this subsection.

      (j) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall be the secretary of the State Bond Commission and shall be responsible for keeping complete records of the commission, including minutes certified by him of any meeting showing the adoption of any resolution by the commission and other actions taken by and documents filed with the commission, and such records shall be the official records of the proceedings of said commission and shall be maintained in the office of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and open for public inspection. Meetings of the State Bond Commission shall be called upon such notice as may be determined by the State Bond Commission and may be open to the public.

      (k) Bonds and refunding bonds shall be signed in the name of the state by the manual or facsimile signatures of at least two of the following: (1) The Governor, (2) the Treasurer or the Deputy Treasurer appointed pursuant to section 3-12, and (3) the Comptroller. At least one of such signatures or the signature of an authenticating agent, certifying agent, registrar or transfer agent shall be a manual signature. Such bonds and refunding bonds may be issued notwithstanding that any of the officials signing them or whose facsimile signatures appear on the bonds has ceased to hold office at the time of such issue or at the time of the delivery of such bonds and refunding bonds to the purchaser.

      (l) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or of any bond act, bonds issued under this section may be sold at public sale on sealed proposals or, subject to the approval of the State Bond Commission, by negotiation, in such manner, at such price or prices, at such time or times and on such other terms and conditions as the Treasurer shall determine to be in the best interests of the state. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to general obligation bonds issued in accordance with sections 3-17 and 10-183m and delivered to the retirement fund provided for in section 10-183r or to refunding bonds sold at private sale pursuant to subsection (i) hereof.

      (m) With the exception of refunding bonds, whenever the State Bond Commission has adopted a resolution authorizing bonds, the Treasurer may, pending the issuing of such bonds, issue, in the name of the state, temporary notes and any renewals thereof in anticipation of the proceeds from the sale of such bonds, which notes and any renewals thereof shall be designated "Anticipation Notes". The proceeds from the sale of such notes shall be used only for those purposes for which may be used the proceeds of the sale of bonds in anticipation whereof such anticipation notes were issued. Such portion of the proceeds from the sale of such bonds as may be required for such purposes shall be applied to the payment of the principal of and interest on any such anticipation notes which have been issued.

      (n) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any bonds sold under section 13a-208 or, except to the extent provided for in this section, to any bonds issued before or after July 1, 1953, pursuant to any bond act which took effect prior to said date.

      (o) Any bond act may adopt the provisions of this section by reference to this section or its short title and such reference shall serve to incorporate the provisions of this section in said bond act as though set out in full therein. Notwithstanding such adoption by reference, said bond act may contain provisions applicable to the bonds issued thereunder, and, in case of conflict, the provisions in such bond act shall prevail.

      (p) Bonds issued in accordance with the provisions of this section pursuant to any bond act are secured by the full faith and credit of the state, and as part of the contract of the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of principal of and interest on such bonds is hereby made and the Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due.

      (q) The State Bond Commission shall have power from time to time to transfer funds from any project or purpose under any act to the contingency reserve of such act provided said commission shall have authorized such transfer upon a finding that there has been filed with it a request for such transfer which is signed by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management stating that such projects or purposes have been completed and that such funds are excess moneys not needed for such project or purpose.

      (r) The State Bond Commission may make representations and agreements for the benefit of the holders of any bonds, notes or other obligations of the state which are necessary or appropriate to ensure the exemption of interest on bonds, notes or other obligations of the state from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, including agreements to pay rebates to the federal government of investment earnings derived from the investment of the proceeds of bonds, notes or other obligations issued on or after January 1, 1986, or may delegate to the Treasurer the authority to make such representations and agreements on behalf of the state. Any such agreement may include (1) a covenant to pay rebates to the federal government of investment earnings derived from the investment of the proceeds of bonds, notes or other obligations issued on or after January 1, 1986, (2) a covenant that the state will not limit or alter its rebate obligations until its obligations to the holders or owners of such bonds, notes or other obligations are finally met and discharged, and (3) provisions to (A) establish trust and other accounts which may be appropriate to carry out such representations and agreements, (B) retain fiscal agents as depositories for such funds and accounts and (C) provide that such fiscal agents may act as trustee of such funds and accounts.

      (s) The State Bond Commission may authorize, by vote of a majority of the members of said commission, bonds, refunding bonds, other obligations or borrowings in anticipation thereof in such form and manner that the interest on such bonds, refunding bonds, other obligations or borrowings in anticipation thereof may be includable under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, in the gross income of the holders or owners of such bonds, refunding bonds, other obligations or borrowings in anticipation thereof upon the finding by said commission that the issuance of such taxable bonds, refunding bonds, other obligations or borrowings in anticipation thereof is in the public interest.

      (t) The State Bond Commission may establish the interest rate or rates payable upon any loans originated on or after July 1, 1987, under any state loan programs and funded by bonds issued under this section if no rate of interest is specified or required by the general statutes or the public or special act authorizing such loans. The State Bond Commission shall establish such rate or rates in order to achieve the goals and purposes of such loan programs, to achieve the best interests of the state and, to the extent deemed necessary or desirable by the State Bond Commission, to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, and regulations promulgated thereunder.

      (u) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or of any bond act, bonds, refunding bonds, notes or other obligations in anticipation thereof authorized and issued under this section may include contract provisions for (1) the payment of interest either (A) at certain rates in the event such interest is excludable from the gross income of the holders or owners thereof under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, or (B) at certain other rates in the event such interest is includable in the gross income of the holders or owners thereof under the Internal Revenue Service Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, (2) the payment by the state of such costs and expenses as may be incurred by the holders or owners of such obligations pursuant to the contract with the state as a result thereof, and (3) other terms as the Treasurer shall determine to be in the best interests of the state. As part of the contract of the state with the holders or owners of such obligations, appropriation of all such amounts necessary for the punctual payment of any amounts required to be paid pursuant to any such contract provisions is hereby made and the Treasurer shall pay such amounts as aforesaid as the same becomes due.

      (v) The State Bond Commission may make representations and agreements for the benefit of the holders of bonds, notes or other obligations of the state, or with respect to which the state is an obligated person, including bonds sold under section 13a-208, to provide secondary market disclosure information, or may delegate to the Treasurer the authority to make such representations and agreements on behalf of the state. Any such agreement may include: (1) Covenants to provide secondary market disclosure information, (2) arrangements for such information to be provided with the assistance of a paying agent, trustee or other agent, and (3) remedies for breach of such agreement, which remedies may be limited to specific performance. All such agreements entered into and all such actions taken prior to June 22, 1995, are hereby validated.

      (w) The state shall protect and save harmless any official or former official of the state from financial loss and expense, including legal fees and costs, if any, arising out of any claim, demand, suit or judgment by reason of alleged negligence on the part of such official, while acting in the discharge of his official duties, in providing secondary market disclosure information or performing any other duties set forth in any agreement to provide secondary market disclosure information. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude the defense of governmental immunity to any such claim, demand or suit. For purposes of this subsection "official" means any person elected or appointed to office or any state employee. This subsection shall not apply to cases of wilful and wanton fraud.

      (x) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, public acts or special acts, upon any sale, lease or other disposition to or use by a nongovernmental entity of all or a portion of any project financed with proceeds of bonds of the state the interest on which is not included in gross income pursuant to Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, that would otherwise cause such bonds to be treated as private activity bonds within the meaning of Section 141 of said internal revenue code, the Treasurer is authorized to transfer all or a portion of the proceeds received with respect to and at the time of such disposition or use, in an amount not less than the amount required by said internal revenue code to preserve the exclusion from gross income of interest on such bonds, (1) to the General Fund to pay debt service on, including redemption, defeasance or purchase of, outstanding bonds of the state the interest on which is not included in gross income pursuant to Section 103 of said internal revenue code, (2) with the approval of the State Bond Commission, in lieu of the issuance of bonds, to the appropriate account or fund for any projects or purposes authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to a bond act and with the same force and effect as bond proceeds, thereby reducing the authority to issue bonds by such dollar amount, provided in any event that any such transfer does not cause the interest on the subject bonds to become included in gross income pursuant to Section 103 of said internal revenue code.

      (1953, 1955, June, 1955, S. 108d; 1959, P.A. 132, S. 13; 660, S. 1; 1961, P.A. 69; 1969, P.A. 629, S. 3; 1972, P.A. 85, S. 1; 243, S. 1; P.A. 73-4, S. 1, 2; P.A. 75-496, S. 1, 2; P.A. 76-349, S. 1, 3; P.A. 77-383, S. 1, 2; 77-614, S. 19, 73, 610; P.A. 78-208, S. 24, 25, 35; 78-331, S. 42, 58; 78-366, S. 1, 4; P.A. 79-31, S. 4, 17; 79-239, S. 8; 79-607, S. 4; 79-631, S. 49, 111; S.A. 80-41, S. 59, 68; P.A. 83-102, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-33, S. 15, 17; P.A. 85-383, S. 1, 2; P.A. 86-92; 86-334, S. 1-4; P.A. 87-9, S. 2, 3; 87-416, S. 1, 24; 87-496, S. 8, 110; P.A. 88-319, S. 1-3, 7; 88-343, S. 1, 32; P.A. 89-211, S. 2; P.A. 90-317, S. 1-3, 8; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-4, S. 1, 25; P.A. 93-165, S. 2, 7; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-2, S. 1, 203; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; 95-270, S. 8, 11; P.A. 96-181, S. 103, 121; 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; June 5 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 1, 20; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-11, S. 43, 65; P.A. 98-124, S. 1, 12; P.A. 99-241, S. 1, 66; P.A. 03-84, S. 3; 03-278, S. 6; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 05-262, S. 5.)

      History: 1959 acts revised sale procedure, authorizing commission to determine manner, and amended subsection (b) to add reference to bonds authorized by commission pursuant to statutes or acts taking effect on or after July 1, 1953; 1961 act amended subsection (g) to reduce advertising period from ten to five days before sale; 1969 act provided that expenses incurred with regard to general obligation bonds be paid out of general fund if need be; 1972 P.A. 85 removed reference to chairman of state building program commission and P.A. 243 substantially rewrote section adding short title, definitions and clarifying procedures for issuing bonds; P.A. 73-4 included provisions concerning "refunding bonds" and defined the term; P.A. 75-496 added Subsec. (p) providing for review of bonds by finance committee; P.A. 76-349 replaced text of Subsec. (p) with provisions securing bonds by full faith and credit of state; P.A. 77-383 redefined "bond act" to include treasurer's authorization to issue bonds; P.A. 77-614 substituted secretary of the office of policy and management for commissioner of finance and control and commissioner of administrative services for public works commissioner; P.A. 78-208 and 78-331 updated internal section references; P.A. 78-366 included cochairpersons and ranking minority members of finance committee as commissioner members; P.A. 79-31 changed formal designation of finance committee; P.A. 79-239 required commission to consider colocation policy with regard to human services facilities; P.A. 79-607 required filing of capital development impact statement before adoption of resolution in Subsec. (g); P.A. 79-631 made technical changes; S.A. 80-41 worded provisions concerning colocation more forcefully; P.A. 83-102 amended Subsec. (g) to require the commissioner of agriculture to file a statement with the bond commission prior to bonding authorization for projects which would convert twenty-five or more acres from an agricultural to a nonagricultural use; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-33 added Subsec. (q); P.A. 85-383 amended Subsec. (c) to allow alternates for legislative members of state bond commission; P.A. 86-92 amended Subsec. (g) to provide for the identification of the source of funds for projects on the commission agenda; P.A. 86-334 amended Subsec. (e) to include a reference to obligations other than bonds, amended Subsec. (f) to allow investment in certain state and municipal bonds and in funds in which a trustee may invest pursuant to section 32-9w, amended Subsec. (i) to delete the maximum principal amount on refunding bonds and added Subsec. (r) concerning procedures to ensure exemption of bonds from federal taxation and Subsec. (s) concerning issuance of bonds which are not exempt from federal taxation; (Revisor's note: Pursuant to P.A. 87-9, "banking commissioner" was changed editorially by the Revisors to "commissioner of banking"); P.A. 87-416 added Subsec. (t) concerning the setting of the interest rate on certain state loans by the state bond commission; P.A. 87-496 substituted public works commissioner for administrative services commissioner in Subsec. (c); P.A. 88-319 amended Subsec. (f) to clarify the power of the treasurer to deposit and invest proceeds, amended Subsec. (l) to allow for negotiated sales and added Subsec. (u) re variable interest payments; P.A. 88-343 amended Subsec. (g) to exclude school construction projects from the capital development impact statement, human services facility colocation statement and agricultural statement requirements; P.A. 89-211 clarified reference to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; P.A. 90-317 amended Subsec. (f) to remove the requirement that all bond funds be invested in federally tax-exempt instruments, amended Subsec. (h) to provide that maturity schedules or sinking fund requirements must be set on or before the date of delivery of the bonds rather than prior to sale, and amended Subsec. (k) to provide for the manual or facsimile signature of two state officials and for at least one manual signature on all bonds which are transferred; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-4 added a provision for the deposit of "any moneys held or otherwise set aside for the repayment of the bonds" and made appropriate references to such moneys throughout the section and added a provision to permit such funds to be invested in or guaranteed by investment agreements with financial institutions whose short-term obligations are rated within the top two rating categories of any nationally recognized rating service or of any rating service recognized by the state commissioner of banking, or investment agreements fully secured by obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States or agencies or instrumentalities of the United States; P.A. 93-165 amended Subsec. (g) to authorize the commissioner of housing to defer payments of interest or principal in the case of troubled loans, effective June 23, 1993; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-2 in Subsec. (i) added definition of "refunding bond", effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner of Housing with Commissioner of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 95-270 added Subsecs. (v) and (w) re provision of secondary market disclosure information and indemnification, respectively, effective June 22, 1995; P.A. 96-181 added new Subsec. (x) re sale, release or other disposition to or use by a nongovernmental entity of a project financed with state bonds which are tax exempt, effective July 1, 1996; June 5 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1 amended Subsec. (f) to allow investment of proceeds in AA or AAA rated obligations of an instrumentality agency or authority of any municipal government and Subsec. (g) to require filing of capital development statements and colocation statements only at the discretion of the Secretary of Policy and Management, effective July 31, 1997; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-11 amended Subsec. (g) to add reference to any interest subsidy financed pursuant to Sec. 10-292k, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 98-124 amended Subsec. (f) to include as an investment option for bond proceeds the bonds of political subdivisions of any state, effective May 27, 1998; P.A. 99-241 amended Subsec. (g) to add new Subdiv. (3) re filing of capital development impact statement, to add proviso re resolution requiring a capital impact statement, and to make technical changes, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 03-84 changed "Commissioner of Banking" to "Banking Commissioner" in Subsec. (f), effective June 3, 2003; P.A. 03-278 made technical changes in Subsec. (f), effective July 9, 2003; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection in Subsec. (g), effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 05-262 amended Subsec. (g) by dividing provisions into Subdivs. (1) to (4), making technical changes and adding in Subdiv. (2) the requirement that agendas shall be available to members not later than four business days prior to a meeting.

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      Sec. 3-21b. Transfer to General Fund of bond proceeds from general obligation bonds of the state which are no longer required for designated purposes or projects. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general statute, public act or special act, upon a determination by the Treasurer and approval by the State Bond Commission that unexpended proceeds of general obligation bonds of the state issued pursuant to section 3-20 and accounted for in a general obligation bond fund of the state established by the Treasurer are no longer required for any of the purposes or projects funded or remaining to be funded from amounts in such bond fund, the Treasurer is authorized to transfer all or any portion of said unexpended bond proceeds from such bond fund for further credit to the General Fund, provided the Treasurer shall further determine that such transfer shall not adversely affect the exclusion from gross income of the interest on the bonds from which such unexpended proceeds were derived pursuant to Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended.

      (b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to any consolidated amounts, as defined in section 8-37rr.

      (June Sp. Sess. P.A. 93-1, S. 37, 45; P.A. 94-173, S. 3, 5; P.A. 05-288, S. 6.)

      History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 93-1 effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-173 made existing section Subsec. (a) and added a new Subsec. (b) re exemption of housing funds consolidation, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 05-288 made technical changes in Subsec. (b), effective July 13, 2005.

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      Sec. 3-25. Payment of public moneys. Designation of authority for certain payments to constituent units of the state system of higher education. Authorization for certain payments to be made by the assistant treasurer for investments. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the Treasurer shall pay out the public moneys only upon the order of the General Assembly, of the Senate, of the House of Representatives, of the several courts when legally authorized or of the Comptroller for accounts legally adjusted by him or when he is authorized to order for the payment of money from the Treasury. He shall pay no warrant or order for the disbursement of public money until the same has been registered in the office of the Comptroller. The Comptroller shall not issue any warrant, draft or order except upon (1) an adequate expenditure voucher which shall be retained in his office for the period provided by law, (2) certification by an expending agency which retains an adequate expenditure voucher in accordance with such procedures as the Comptroller may prescribe, or (3) upon certification by the chief executive officer of a constituent unit of the state system of higher education, provided, in the case of the Connecticut State University system, the certification may be made by the chief executive officer of a state university, as provided in subsection (b) of section 3-117.

      (b) Subject to the approval of the Comptroller and in accordance with such procedures as he may specify, the chief executive officer of a constituent unit of the state system of higher education or, in the case of the Connecticut State University system, the chief executive officer of a state university, may make payment of any claim against the constituent unit or institution, as appropriate, other than a payment for payroll, debt service payable on state bonds to bondholders, paying agents or trustees, or any payment the source of which includes the proceeds of a state bond issue. Upon receipt of a request to make such payment, the Treasurer shall delegate such authority to such chief executive officer and shall approve such banking arrangements as are necessary for such unit or institution to make such payments. Payments for payroll, debt services payable on state bonds to bondholders, paying agents or trustees, or payments from the proceeds of state bonds shall be made solely by the Treasurer in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.

      (c) The State Treasurer may authorize the assistant treasurer for investments, or any successor therefor with the approval of the Comptroller and in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the Comptroller, to certify to the Comptroller that the services for which claims against the Connecticut retirement and trust funds are made have been properly received or performed or, if not yet received or performed, are covered (1) by contracts properly drawn and executed or (2) under procedures approved by said assistant treasurer for investments, and that such claims are supported by vouchers or receipts for the payment of any money exceeding twenty-five dollars at one time, and by an accurate account, showing the items of such claims, and a detailed account of expenses, when expenses constitute a portion of them, specifying the purpose for which they were incurred; and the original vouchers or receipts shall be filed with the assistant treasurer for investments, or any successor therefor, as support for the direct disbursement of funds from income derived from the trust funds. Copies of such documentation shall be provided to the Comptroller upon request.

      (1949 Rev., S. 112; P.A. 91-256, S. 1, 69; 91-407, S. 26, 42; P.A. 92-154, S. 1, 23; P.A. 93-285, S. 1; P.A. 96-61, S. 1, 2; P.A. 97-212, S. 1, 5; P.A. 05-288, S. 7.)

      History: P.A. 91-256 made the existing section Subsec. (a), added the language in Subsec. (a) concerning payments made upon certification by chief executive officers of the constituent units of the state system of higher education and added Subsec. (b); P.A. 91-407 amended Subsec. (b) to make payment of claims subject to comptroller's approval; P.A. 92-154 amended Subsec. (b) to add the language concerning the withholding or reduction in state payments; P.A. 93-285 amended Subsec. (a) by adding Subdiv. designations and adding new Subdiv. (2) authorizing comptroller to act upon certification by an expending agency retaining an adequate expenditure voucher; P.A. 96-61 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting exemption to requirement that bills paid directly by constituent units of higher education be reduced or withheld to offset debts owed to state, effective May 1, 1997; P.A. 97-212 added Subsec. (c) re authorization for the assistant treasurer for investments to certify for payment of manager fees for the Connecticut retirement and trust funds, effective June 24, 1997; P.A. 05-288 made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective July 13, 2005.

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      Sec. 3-38. Posthumous fund of Fitch's Home for the Soldiers. Fitch Fund. Use of income, and payment of claims from principal. (a) Prior to July 1, 2005, the Treasurer is directed to hold the fund known as the posthumous fund of Fitch's Home for the Soldiers in trust, to credit the income from such fund to the Department of Veterans' Affairs to be used for the welfare and entertainment of the patients of the Veterans' Home or any other home established by the state for the care of veterans and to pay from the principal thereof any claim which may be lawfully established against the same.

      (b) Effective July 1, 2005, the Treasurer shall consolidate the posthumous fund of Fitch's Home for the Soldiers and the Fitch Fund. The name of the consolidated fund shall be the Fitch Fund. On and after July 1, 2005, the Treasurer shall hold the Fitch Fund in trust, to credit the income from such fund to the Department of Veterans' Affairs to be used for the welfare and entertainment of the residents of the Veterans' Home or any other home established by the state for the care of veterans and to pay from the principal thereof any claim that may be lawfully established against such fund.

      (1949 Rev., S. 129; 1971, P.A. 105, S. 1; P.A. 88-285, S. 29, 35; P.A. 04-169, S. 1; P.A. 05-51, S. 1.)

      History: 1971 act substituted "patients" for "inmates"; P.A. 88-285 required the income from the fund to be credited to the department of veterans' affairs, where formerly income was paid to the veterans' home and hospital commission; P.A. 04-169 made a technical change and changed the name of the Veterans' Home and Hospital to the Veterans' Home, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 05-51 designated existing section as Subsec. (a) and made it applicable prior to July 1, 2005, and added new Subsec. (b) providing for the consolidation of the posthumous fund of Fitch's Home for the Soldiers with the Fitch Fund, named the fund the Fitch Fund, and provided that the income from the fund be credited to the Department of Veterans' Affairs for the welfare and entertainment of the residents of the Veterans' Home or other home established by the state for the care of veterans, and further provided that claims against the fund be paid from the principal, effective July 1, 2005.

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PART IIa
MASHANTUCKET PEQUOT AND MOHEGAN FUND

      Sec. 3-55i. Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund. There is established the "Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund" which shall be a separate nonlapsing fund. All funds received by the state of Connecticut from the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe pursuant to the joint memorandum of understanding entered into by and between the state and the tribe on January 13, 1993, as amended on April 30, 1993, and any successor thereto, shall be deposited in the General Fund. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, and each fiscal year thereafter, one hundred thirty-five million dollars, received by the state from the tribe pursuant to said joint memorandum of understanding, as amended, and any successor thereto, shall be transferred to the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund and shall be distributed by the Office of Policy and Management, during said fiscal year, in accordance with the provisions of section 3-55j. The amount of the grant payable to each municipality during any fiscal year, in accordance with said section, shall be reduced proportionately if the total of such grants exceeds the amount of funds available for such year. The grant shall be paid in three installments as follows: The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall, annually, not later than the fifteenth day of December, the fifteenth day of March and the fifteenth day of June certify to the Comptroller the amount due each municipality under the provisions of section 3-55j and the Comptroller shall draw an order on the Treasurer on or before the fifth business day following the fifteenth day of December, the fifth business day following the fifteenth day of March and the fifth business day following the fifteenth day of June and the Treasurer shall pay the amount thereof to such municipality on or before the first day of January, the first day of April and the thirtieth day of June.

      (P.A. 93-388, S. 1, 12; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 33, 53; P.A. 97-274, S. 1, 7; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1, S. 3, 51; P.A. 05-287, S. 19.)

      History: P.A. 93-388 effective July 1, 1993; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 provided for transfer of eighty-five million dollars received by the state from the tribe to Mashantucket Pequot Fund and distribution in accordance with Sec. 3-55j during fiscal year ending June 30, 1995, and each fiscal year thereafter and provided for proportionate reduction of municipal grant during any fiscal year if total of grants exceeds available funds, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 97-274 added "Mohegan" to fund name, removed outdated fiscal year references and realigned certification dates, effective June 26, 1997; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1 deleted provision re transfers during fiscal year ending June 30, 1994, deleted provision re transfer of eighty-five million dollars to the Fund during fiscal year ending June 30, 1995, and each fiscal year thereafter, and added provision re transfer of one hundred thirty-five million dollars to the Fund during fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, and each fiscal year thereafter, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 05-287 changed references from the "first" day of December, March and June to the "fifteenth" day of each such month and changed the timing for the Comptroller to draw an order on the Treasurer from on or before the fifteenth day of December, March and June to on or before the fifth business day following the fifteenth day of each such month, effective July 13, 2005.

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      Sec. 3-55j. Payments from fund. (a) Twenty million dollars of the moneys available in the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund established by section 3-55i shall be paid to municipalities eligible for a state grant in lieu of taxes pursuant to section 12-19a in addition to the grants payable to such municipalities pursuant to section 12-19a, subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section. Such grant shall be calculated under the provisions of section 12-19a and shall equal one-third of the additional amount which such municipalities would be eligible to receive if the total amount available for distribution were eighty-five million two hundred five thousand eighty-five dollars and the percentage of reimbursement set forth in section 12-19a were increased to reflect such amount. Any eligible special services district shall receive a portion of the grant payable under this subsection to the town in which such district is located. The portion payable to any such district under this subsection shall be the amount of the grant to the town under this subsection which results from application of the district mill rate to exempt property in the district. As used in this subsection and subsection (c) of this section, "eligible special services district" means any special services district created by a town charter, having its own governing body and for the assessment year commencing October 1, 1996, containing fifty per cent or more of the value of total taxable property within the town in which such district is located.

      (b) No municipality shall receive a grant pursuant to subsection (a) of this section which, when added to the amount of the grant payable to such municipality pursuant to section 12-19a, would exceed one hundred per cent of the property taxes which would have been paid with respect to all state-owned real property, except for the exemption applicable to such property, on the assessment list in such municipality for the assessment date two years prior to the commencement of the state fiscal year in which such grants are payable, except that, notwithstanding the provisions of said subsection (a), no municipality shall receive a grant pursuant to said subsection which is less than one thousand six hundred sixty-seven dollars.

      (c) Twenty million one hundred twenty-three thousand nine hundred sixteen dollars of the moneys available in the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund established by section 3-55i shall be paid to municipalities eligible for a state grant in lieu of taxes pursuant to section 12-20a, in addition to and in the same proportion as the grants payable to such municipalities pursuant to section 12-20a, subject to the provisions of subsection (d) of this section. Any eligible special services district shall receive a portion of the grant payable under this subsection to the town in which such district is located. The portion payable to any such district under this subsection shall be the amount of the grant to the town under this subsection which results from application of the district mill rate to exempt property in the district.

      (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c) of this section, no municipality shall receive a grant pursuant to said subsection which, when added to the amount of the grant payable to such municipality pursuant to section 12-20a, would exceed one hundred per cent of the property taxes which, except for any exemption applicable to any private nonprofit institution of higher education, nonprofit general hospital facility or free standing chronic disease hospital under the provisions of section 12-81, would have been paid with respect to such exempt real property on the assessment list in such municipality for the assessment date two years prior to the commencement of the state fiscal year in which such grants are payable.

      (e) Thirty-five million dollars of the moneys available in the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund established by section 3-55i shall be paid to municipalities in accordance with the provisions of section 7-528, except that for the purposes of section 7-528, "adjusted equalized net grand list per capita" means the equalized net grand list divided by the total population of a town, as defined in subdivision (7) of subsection (a) of section 10-261, multiplied by the ratio of the per capita income of the town to the per capita income of the town at the one hundredth percentile among all towns in the state ranked from lowest to highest in per capita income, and "equalized net grand list" means the net grand list of such town upon which taxes were levied for the general expenses of such town two years prior to the fiscal year in which a grant is to be paid, equalized in accordance with section 10-261a.

      (f) Five million four hundred seventy-five thousand dollars of the moneys available in the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund established by section 3-55i shall be paid to the following municipalities in accordance with the provisions of section 7-528, except that for the purposes of said section 7-528, "adjusted equalized net grand list per capita" means the equalized net grand list divided by the total population of a town, as defined in subdivision (7) of subsection (a) of section 10-261, multiplied by the ratio of the per capita income of the town to the per capita income of the town at the one hundredth percentile among all towns in the state ranked from lowest to highest in per capita income, and "equalized net grand list" means the net grand list of such town upon which taxes were levied for the general expenses of such town two years prior to the fiscal year in which a grant is to be paid, equalized in accordance with section 10-261a: Bridgeport, Hamden, Hartford, Meriden, New Britain, New Haven, New London, Norwalk, Norwich, Waterbury and Windham.

      (g) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) to (f), inclusive, of this section, the total grants paid to the following municipalities from the moneys available in the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund established by section 3-55i shall be as follows:

Bloomfield$     267,489
Bridgeport10,506,506
Bristol1,004,050
Chaplin141,725
Danbury1,612,564
Derby432,162
East Hartford522,421
East Lyme488,160
Groton2,037,088
Hamden1,592,270
Manchester1,014,244
Meriden1,537,900
Middletown2,124,960
Milford676,535
New Britain3,897,434
New London2,649,363
North Haven268,582
Norwalk1,451,367
Norwich1,662,147
Preston461,939
Rocky Hill477,950
Stamford1,570,767
Union38,101
Voluntown156,902
Waterbury5,179,655
Wethersfield371,629
Windham1,307,974
Windsor Locks754,833

      (h) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, and each fiscal year thereafter, if the amount of grant payable to a municipality in accordance with this section is increased as the result of an appropriation to the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund for such fiscal year which exceeds eighty-five million dollars, the portion of the grant payable to each eligible service district, in accordance with subsections (a) and (c) of this section shall be increased by the same proportion as the grant payable to such municipality under this section as a result of said increased appropriation.

      (i) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, to the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, inclusive, the municipalities of Ledyard, Montville, Norwich, North Stonington and Preston shall each receive a grant of five hundred thousand dollars which shall be paid from the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund established by section 3-55i and which shall be in addition to the grants paid to said municipalities pursuant to subsections (a) to (g), inclusive, of this section.

      (j) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2000, June 30, 2001, and June 30, 2002, the sum of forty-nine million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars shall be paid to municipalities, and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, and each fiscal year thereafter, the sum of forty-seven million five hundred thousand dollars shall be paid to municipalities, in accordance with this subsection, from the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund established by section 3-55i. The grants payable under this subsection shall be used to proportionately increase the amount of the grants payable to each municipality in accordance with subsections (a) to (i), inclusive, of this section and shall be in addition to the grants payable under subsections (a) to (g), inclusive, of this section.

      (k) The amount of the grant payable to each municipality in accordance with subsection (j) of this section shall be reduced proportionately in the event that the total of the grants payable to each municipality pursuant to this section exceeds the amount appropriated for such grants with respect to such year.

      (P.A. 93-388, S. 2-7, 12; 93-435, S. 91, 95; P.A. 97-274, S. 2, 7; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-11, S. 2, 65; P.A. 98-244, S. 34, 35; 98-263, S. 14, 21; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1, S. 4, 51; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 75; P.A. 03-278, S. 7; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 43.)

      History: P.A. 93-388 effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-435 amended Subsec. (a) to delete provision that additional grant shall be in the same proportion as grant payable pursuant to Sec. 12-19a and to substitute provision that grant shall be calculated under Sec. 12-19a and shall equal one-third of additional amount which municipality would be eligible to receive if total amount available for distribution were $85,205,085 and the percentage of reimbursement set forth in Sec. 12-19a were increased to reflect such amount, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 97-274 added "Mohegan" to fund name, removed outdated fiscal year references and added payment requirement for eligible special service districts, effective June 26, 1997; June 18 Sp. Sess. 97-11 amended Subsec. (h) to increase grant to Ledyard, North Stonington and Preston from twenty-five to one hundred seventy-five thousand dollars and to provide a grant of one hundred fifty thousand dollars to Montville, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 98-244, effective June 8, 1998, and P.A. 98-263, effective July 1, 1998, both added identical provisions as Subsec. (i) re payments to eligible service districts; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1 added Subsec. (i), codified by the Revisors as (j), re grant to Ledyard and Subsec. (j), codified by the Revisors as (k), re payment of forty-nine million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars to municipalities, effective July 1, 1999 (Revisor's note: Since this section, revised to January 1, 1999, already includes Subsecs.(a) to (i), inclusive, the Revisors editorially designated the two new Subsecs. added by this act as Subsecs. (j) and (k) respectively, and editorially changed a reference in Subsec. (k) from "... in accordance with subsections (a) to (i), inclusive, of this section ..." to "... in accordance with subsections (a) to (j), inclusive, of this section ..." to reflect the relettering of the new Subsecs.); May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7 deleted former Subsec. (h) re additional grant to Ledyard, North Stonington, Preston and Montville, redesignated existing Subsec. (i) as Subsec. (h), deleted former Subsec. (j) re additional grant to Ledyard, added new Subsec. (i) re additional grant to Ledyard, Montville, Norwich, North Stonington and Preston, redesignated existing Subsec. (k) as Subsec. (j) and amended said Subsec. (j) to limit provisions re payment amount to three fiscal years, add new provision re payment amount for succeeding fiscal years and make technical changes, and added new Subsec. (k) re proportionate reduction, effective August 15, 2002; P.A. 03-278 made a technical change in Subsec. (j), effective July 9, 2003; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3 amended Subsec. (i) to limit its provisions to three fiscal years, effective July 1, 2005.

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      Sec. 3-55l. Additional payments from fund to Ledyard, Montville, Norwich, North Stonington and Preston. (a) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, the municipalities of Ledyard, Montville, Norwich, North Stonington and Preston shall each receive a grant of two hundred fifty thousand dollars which shall be paid from the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund established by section 3-55i and which shall be in addition to the grants paid to said municipalities pursuant to section 3-55j.

      (b) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, and each fiscal year thereafter, the municipalities of Ledyard, Montville, Norwich, North Stonington and Preston shall each receive a grant of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars which shall be paid from said fund and which shall be in addition to the grants paid to said municipalities pursuant to section 3-55j.

      (c) The grants payable in accordance with this section shall be determined prior to the determination of grants pursuant to said section 3-55j and shall not be reduced proportionately if the total of the grants payable to each municipality pursuant to said section exceeds the amount appropriated for grants pursuant to section 3-55i with respect to each such year.

      (June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 42.)

      History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3 effective July 1, 2005.

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PART III
ESCHEATS

      Sec. 3-60d. Value of gift certificate presumed abandoned, when. Section 3-60d is repealed, effective October 1, 2005.

      (June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-1, S. 74; P.A. 05-189, S. 4.)

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      Sec. 3-65b. Assessment of interest penalty for failure to report or deliver abandoned property as required. Exceptions. (a) Any person who fails to report or deliver abandoned property within the time prescribed by this part shall pay interest to the Treasurer on such property or the value thereof at the rate of fifteen per cent per annum from the date such property should have been reported or delivered or December 22, 1981, whichever is later. The Treasurer upon a showing of a good faith effort to comply with this part, may waive the interest prescribed in this section.

      (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, any person who, prior to August 16, 2003, failed to report or deliver abandoned gift certificates to the Treasurer shall not be liable to the Treasurer for interest or any other penalty relating to such failure.

      (Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 81-1, S. 9, 10; P.A. 05-189, S. 3.)

      History: P.A. 05-189 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re failure to report or deliver abandoned gift certificates prior to August 16, 2003.

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      Sec. 3-65c. Charge, fee or penalty for inactivity prohibited. A holder of property subject to this part, or of a gift certificate, as defined in section 3-56a, may not impose on the property a dormancy charge or fee, abandoned property charge or fee, unclaimed property charge or fee, escheat charge or fee, inactivity charge or fee, or any similar charge, fee or penalty for inactivity with respect to the property. Neither the property nor an agreement with respect to the property may contain language suggesting that the property may be subject to such a charge, fee or penalty for inactivity. The provisions of this section shall not apply to property subject to subdivision (1), (2), (3) or (5) of subsection (a) of section 3-57a, provided a holder of any such property may not impose an escheat charge or fee with respect to such property.

      (June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-1, S. 83; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 46; P.A. 05-273, S. 1.)

      History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-1 effective August 16, 2003; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2 provided that section shall not apply to property subject to certain provisions of Sec. 3-57a, effective May 12, 2004; P.A. 05-273 amended section to include holders of gift certificates, effective July 13, 2005.

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      Sec. 3-69a. Deposit of funds in General Fund and Citizens' Election Fund. (a)(1) For each fiscal year until the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005, the cash portion of all funds received under this part shall be deposited in the General Fund except as provided in section 3-62h.

      (2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, and each fiscal year thereafter, an amount of the cash portion of all funds received under this part shall be deposited in the Citizens' Election Fund established in section 9-701 and, except as provided in section 3-62h, the remainder of the cash portion of funds received under this part during each such fiscal year shall be deposited in the General Fund. Said amount shall be: (A) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, seventeen million dollars, (B) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, sixteen million dollars, and (C) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the amount for the preceding fiscal year, as adjusted in accordance with any change in the consumer price index for all urban consumers as published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, during such preceding fiscal year. The State Treasurer shall determine such adjusted amount not later than thirty days after the end of such preceding fiscal year.

      (b) All costs incurred in the administration of this part, except as provided in section 3-62h, and all claims allowed under this part shall be paid from the unappropriated resources of the General Fund.

      (1961, P.A. 540, S. 14; 1963, P.A. 164; February, 1965, P.A. 45; P.A. 92-200, S. 1, 5; P.A. 04-216, S. 58; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 51.)

      History: 1963 act increased from ten thousand dollars to twenty-five thousand dollars or seven per cent of gross receipts amount to be held in separate fund; 1965 act clarified amount to be retained in separate fund as seven per cent of gross receipts of "previous fiscal year"; P.A. 92-200 deleted provisions directing treasurer to retain the greater of twenty-five thousand dollars or seven per cent of gross receipts of previous fiscal year in a separate fund for the payment of all allowed claims and authorizing governor, with consent of finance advisory committee, to add to fund from unappropriated general fund surplus additional amounts needed and added provision requiring treasurer to deposit sufficient funds in separate account, to pay costs incurred in administration of this part of chapter 32 from such account and to pay allowed claims from unappropriated general fund surplus; P.A. 04-216 made changes and added references to conform the provisions of section with those of Sec. 3-62h, effective May 6, 2004; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 divided existing section into Subsecs. (a)(1) and (b), amending Subsec. (a)(1) to require that cash portion of funds be deposited in General Fund for "each fiscal year until the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005," and deleting ", including the proceeds from the sale of property," from said requirement, and adding Subsec. (a)(2) to require that an amount of cash portion of funds be deposited in Citizens' Election Fund for fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, and each fiscal year thereafter, effective December 7, 2005.

      See Sec. 9-717 re effect of court of competent jurisdiction's prohibiting or limiting the expenditure of funds from the Citizens' Election Fund established in Sec. 9-701.

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      Sec. 3-73a. Excepted property. (a) The provisions of this part shall not apply to property covered by chapter 66 or section 15-76.

      (b) No property shall be presumed abandoned if any person has had uninterrupted adverse use or enjoyment of it under claim of right for a period of fifteen years prior to January 1, 1962.

      (c) The provisions of this part shall not apply to any specific property otherwise subject to the provisions of sections 3-57a, 3-59a, 3-59b, 3-60a, 3-61a, 3-62a or 3-65a held for or owing or distributable to or owned by an owner whose last-known address is in another state if such property is subject to escheat under the laws of such other state.

      (d) The provisions of this part shall not apply to any property presumed abandoned or escheated under the laws of another state prior to January 1, 1962.

      (e) The provisions of this part shall not apply to gift certificates, as defined in section 3-56a.

      (1961, P.A. 540, S. 18-21; 1971, P.A. 831, S. 6; P.A. 05-189, S. 1.)

      History: 1971 act included Sec. 3-59b in exception provision; P.A. 05-189 added Subsec. (e) re gift certificates.

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