CHAPTER 47
STATE PROPERTY AND FUNDS
Table of Contents
Sec. 4-28b. Federal block grant funds. Hearing. Approval or modification of Governor's recommended allocations. Transfer of allocations. Reduction of federal reimbursements.
Sec. 4-28e. Tobacco Settlement Fund. Disbursements and grants.
Sec. 4-28b. Federal block grant funds. Hearing. Approval or modification of
Governor's recommended allocations. Transfer of allocations. Reduction of federal reimbursements. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes: (1) If,
during any fiscal year, the state receives federal block grant funds, the Governor shall
submit recommended allocations of such funds to the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro tempore of the Senate. Within five days of receipt of the
recommendations, the speaker and the president pro tempore shall submit the recommended allocations to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having
cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and
to the joint standing committee or committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of the subject matter relating to such recommended allocations, as determined by
the speaker and the president pro tempore. Within thirty days of their receipt of the
Governor's recommended allocations, the committee having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, in concurrence with the committee or committees of cognizance, shall advise the Governor of their approval or
modifications, if any, of such recommended allocations. If the joint standing committees
do not concur, the committee chairpersons shall appoint a committee on conference
which shall be comprised of three members from each joint standing committee. At
least one member appointed from each committee shall be a member of the minority
party. The report of the committee on conference shall be made to each committee,
which shall vote to accept or reject the report. The report of the committee on conference
may not be amended. If a joint standing committee rejects the report of the committee
on conference, the Governor's recommended allocations shall be deemed approved. If
the joint standing committees accept the report, the committee having cognizance of
matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies shall advise the
Governor of their approval or modifications, if any, of such recommended allocations,
provided if the committees do not act within thirty days, the recommended allocations
shall be deemed approved. Disbursement of such funds shall be in accordance with the
Governor's recommended allocations as approved or modified by the committees. After
such recommended allocations have been so approved or modified, any proposed transfer to or from any specific allocation of a sum or sums of over fifty thousand dollars or
ten per cent of any such specific allocation, whichever is less, shall be submitted by the
Governor to the speaker and the president pro tempore and approved, modified or rejected by the committees in accordance with the procedures set forth in this subdivision.
Notification of all transfers made shall be sent to the joint standing committee of the
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and to the committee or committees of cognizance, through the
Office of Fiscal Analysis; (2) if, during any fiscal year, federal funding for programs
financed by state appropriations with federal reimbursements is reduced below the
amounts estimated under the provisions of section 2-35, the Governor shall submit
recommendations to the joint standing committee having cognizance of matters relating
to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and to the committee of cognizance,
for legislation necessary to modify funding for such programs consistent with such
reductions in federal funding.
(P.A. 81-449, S. 9, 11; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 81-2, S. 1, 2; P.A. 82-242, S. 1, 2; P.A. 83-376, S. 1, 2; P.A. 84-73, S. 1, 2;
P.A. 86-355, S. 1, 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 28, 131; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 1.)
History: Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 81-2 specified applicability re education block grants; P.A. 82-242 made provisions
applicable to any fiscal year where previously limited in applicability to 1981-1982 fiscal year generally and to 1982-1983
fiscal year in case of education block grants; P.A. 83-376 amended Subdiv. (2) to make provisions applicable to all block
grants where previously limited in applicability to block grants received in lieu of categorical grants, established five-day
limit for speaker and president pro tempore to submit governor's recommendations to committees and thirty-day limit
for committees to advise governor, established conference committee procedure and added provision that any proposed
amendments to recommendations after their approval or modification shall be submitted and approved, modified, or rejected
in accordance with procedures in Subdiv. (2); P.A. 84-73 amended Subdiv. (2) to repeal requirement that proposed amendments to governor's recommendations, after approval, are subject to procedures in Subdiv. (2), substituting requirement
that after governor's recommended allocations have been approved, any proposed transfer to or from any specific allocation
of more than fifty thousand dollars or ten per cent of such allocation, whichever is less, shall be subject to procedures in
Subdiv. (2) and adding provision that notice of all transfers shall be sent to certain joint standing committees through office
of fiscal analysis; P.A. 86-355 repealed former Subdiv. (1) which had authorized governor, with approval of finance
advisory committee, to authorize expenditure of state funds to replace reduced or eliminated federal grant for not more
than sixty days following reduction or elimination of such grant, and renumbered remaining subdivisions; June Sp. Sess.
P.A. 01-9 added requirement for a hearing on recommended allocations within fifteen days of receipt of the recommendations by the committee and made technical changes for the purpose of gender neutrality, effective July 1, 2001; June Sp.
Sess. P.A. 05-3 deleted provision requiring that committees hold a public hearing on recommended allocations within
fifteen days of committees' receipt, effective June 30, 2005.
Sec. 4-28e. Tobacco Settlement Fund. Disbursements and grants. (a) There is
created a Tobacco Settlement Fund which shall be a separate nonlapsing fund. Any
funds received by the state from the Master Settlement Agreement executed November
23, 1998, shall be deposited into the fund.
(b) (1) The Treasurer is authorized to invest all or any part of the Tobacco Settlement Fund, all or any part of the Tobacco and Health Trust Fund created in section 4-28f and all or any part of the Biomedical Research Trust Fund created in section 19a-32c. The interest derived from any such investment shall be credited to the resources
of the fund from which the investment was made.
(2) Notwithstanding sections 3-13 to 3-13h, inclusive, the Treasurer shall invest
the amounts on deposit in the Tobacco Settlement Fund, the Tobacco and Health Trust
Fund and the Biomedical Research Trust Fund in a manner reasonable and appropriate
to achieve the objectives of such funds, exercising the discretion and care of a prudent
person in similar circumstances with similar objectives. The Treasurer shall give due
consideration to rate of return, risk, term or maturity, diversification of the total portfolio
within such funds, liquidity, the projected disbursements and expenditures, and the expected payments, deposits, contributions and gifts to be received. The Treasurer shall
not be required to invest such funds directly in obligations of the state or any political
subdivision of the state or in any investment or other fund administered by the Treasurer.
The assets of such funds shall be continuously invested and reinvested in a manner
consistent with the objectives of such funds until disbursed in accordance with this
section, section 4-28f or section 19a-32c.
(c) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, disbursements from the Tobacco
Settlement Fund shall be made as follows: (A) To the General Fund in the amount
identified as "Transfer from Tobacco Settlement Fund" in the General Fund revenue
schedule adopted by the General Assembly; (B) to the Department of Mental Health
and Addiction Services for a grant to the regional action councils in the amount of five
hundred thousand dollars; and (C) to the Tobacco and Health Trust Fund in an amount
equal to nineteen million five hundred thousand dollars.
(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, and each fiscal year thereafter, disbursements from the Tobacco Settlement Fund shall be made as follows: (A) To the Tobacco
and Health Trust Fund in an amount equal to twelve million dollars; (B) to the Biomedical Research Trust Fund in an amount equal to four million dollars; (C) to the General
Fund in the amount identified as "Transfer from Tobacco Settlement Fund" in the General Fund revenue schedule adopted by the General Assembly; and (D) any remainder
to the Tobacco and Health Trust Fund.
(3) For each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 2008, to June 30, 2015, inclusive,
the sum of ten million dollars shall be disbursed from the Tobacco Settlement Fund to
the Stem Cell Research Fund established by section 19a-32e for grants-in-aid to eligible
institutions for the purpose of conducting embryonic or human adult stem cell research.
(d) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, five million dollars shall be disbursed
from the Tobacco Settlement Fund to a tobacco grant account to be established in the
Office of Policy and Management. Such funds shall not lapse on June 30, 2000, and
shall continue to be available for expenditure during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001.
(e) Tobacco grants shall be made from the account established pursuant to subsection (d) of this section by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management in
consultation with the speaker of the House of Representatives, the president pro tempore
of the Senate, the majority leader of the House of Representatives, the majority leader
of the Senate, the minority leader of the House of Representatives, the minority leader
of the Senate, and the cochairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health
and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, or their designees. Such grants shall
be used to reduce tobacco abuse through prevention, education, cessation, treatment,
enforcement and health needs programs.
(f) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005, and each fiscal year thereafter, the sum
of one hundred thousand dollars is appropriated to the Department of Revenue Services
and the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars is appropriated to the office of the Attorney
General for the enforcement of the provisions of sections 4-28h to 4-28q, inclusive.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2, S. 26, 72; P.A. 00-170, S. 40, 42; 00-216, S. 14, 28; P.A. 04-218, S. 11; P.A. 05-149, S. 5.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2 effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 00-170 amended Subsec. (c) to provide for $500,000
from the Tobacco Settlement Fund to the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services for regional action councils
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 00-216 added provisions re Biomedical Research
Trust Fund, designated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (b)(1), added Subsec. (b)(2) re investment by the Treasurer, designated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (c)(1), inserting Subpara. designators therein, added Subsec. (c)(2) re disbursements,
and made technical changes, effective June 1, 2000 (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (c)(1), "and (3) third" added by P.A. 00-170 was changed editorially by the Revisors to "and (C)" for consistency with changes made by P.A. 00-216; P.A. 04-218
added new Subsec. (f) re appropriation of funds for enforcement of tobacco settlement provisions, effective July 1, 2004;
P.A. 05-149 amended Subsec. (c) by adding Subdiv. (3) re disbursements to Stem Cell Research Fund, effective June
15, 2005.