Sec. 2-53l. Electronic databases showing state and quasi-public agency expenditures.
Sec. 2-32c. Submission of list of state mandates to General Assembly and municipal chief elected officials. On and after July 1, 2019, the Connecticut Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, established pursuant to section 2-79a, shall, not more than ninety days after adjournment of any regular or special session of the General Assembly or November fifteenth immediately following adjournment of a regular session, whichever is later, submit to 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 chief elected official of each municipality a report that lists each state mandate enacted during said regular or special session of the General Assembly. Not later than five days after receipt of the report, the speaker and the president pro tempore shall refer each state mandate to the joint standing committee or select committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of the subject matter of the mandate.
(P.A. 93-434, S. 17, 20; P.A. 97-243, S. 64, 67; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 107; P.A. 19-193, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 93-434 effective June 30, 1993; P.A. 97-243 deleted requirement for committee public hearing and report to speaker and president pro tempore, effective June 24, 1997; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 added reference to January 1, 2019, and made technical changes, effective October 31, 2017; P.A. 19-193 replaced “January 1, 2019” with “July 1, 2019”, replaced “September first” with “November fifteenth”, replaced “whichever is sooner” with “whichever is later” and replaced “Within five days of” with “Not later than five days after”, added provision re submission by commission of report to chief elected official of each municipality, deleted provision re submission by speaker and president pro tempore of report to Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, deleted provision re notice of report provided to the chief elected official of each municipality by secretary and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2019.
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Sec. 2-36a. Legislative committee to meet re potential deficiency in state agency appropriated account. Section 2-36a is repealed, effective October 1, 2019.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 45, 168; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14, S. 29, 30; P.A. 19-117, S. 399.)
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Sec. 2-36b. Legislative committees to meet with Secretary of Office of Policy and Management re report on various state revenue and expenditure issues. Report on nonappropriated moneys held by budgeted state agencies. (a) No later than December fifteenth each year, the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and finance, revenue and bonding shall meet with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the director of the legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis, and such other persons as they deem appropriate, to consider the items submitted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
(b) On or before November twentieth, annually, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the director of the legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis shall each submit the following to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and finance, revenue and bonding: (1) For the current biennium and the next ensuing three fiscal years, a consensus estimate of state revenues developed in accordance with subsection (a) of section 2-36c, an estimate of the level of expenditure change from current year expenditures allowable by consensus revenue estimates in each fund, any changes to current year expenditures necessitated by fixed cost drivers, and the aggregate changes to current year expenditures required to accommodate fixed cost drivers without exceeding current revenue estimates; (2) the projected tax credits to be used in the current biennium and the next ensuing three fiscal years, and the assumptions on which such projections are based; (3) a summary of any estimated deficiencies in the current fiscal year, the reasons for such deficiencies, and the assumptions upon which such estimates are based; (4) the projected balance in the Budget Reserve Fund at the end of each uncompleted fiscal year of the current biennium and the next ensuing three fiscal years; (5) the projected bond authorizations, allocations and issuances in each of the next ensuing five fiscal years and their impact on the debt service of the major funds of the state; (6) an analysis of revenue and expenditure trends and of the major cost drivers affecting state spending, including identification of any areas of concern and efforts undertaken to address such areas, including, but not limited to, efforts to obtain federal funds; and (7) an analysis of possible uses of surplus funds, including, but not limited to, the Budget Reserve Fund, debt retirement and funding of pension liabilities. For purposes of this section, “fixed cost drivers” may include costs related to debt service, pension contributions, retiree health care, entitlement programs and federal mandates.
(c) On or before November 15, 2010, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall submit to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and finance, revenue and bonding for the biennium commencing July 1, 2011, and each biennium thereafter, a summary in electronic database format of all nonappropriated moneys held by each budgeted agency, which shall be an accounting of moneys received or held by the agency that are authorized or received by any manner other than as an appropriation, at the end of the last-completed fiscal year in a form consistent with accepted accounting practice.
(P.A. 05-262, S. 1; P.A. 09-214, S. 1; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7, S. 9; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 78; P.A. 19-117, S. 91.)
History: P.A. 05-262 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 09-214 amended Subsec. (b)(1) to add reference to consensus revenue estimate, effective July 20, 2009; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7 added Subsec. (c) requiring annual report by Secretary of Office of Policy and Management re nonappropriated moneys held by agency, effective October 5, 2009; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 amended Subsec. (b) by adding “For the current biennium and the next ensuing three fiscal years,” and replacing provisions re expenditures and ending balance for each fund with provisions re expenditure change in Subdiv. (1), adding definition of “fixed cost drivers” and making a technical change, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 19-117 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “November thirtieth” with “December fifteenth” and amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “November fifteenth” with “November twentieth”.
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Sec. 2-53l. Electronic databases showing state and quasi-public agency expenditures. (a) On or before July 1, 2011, until July 8, 2019, the legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis shall establish and maintain searchable online electronic databases on said office's Internet web site for purposes of posting state expenditures, including state contracts and grants. On and after July 8, 2019, said databases shall be maintained by the office of the Comptroller on said office's publicly accessible Internet web site for purposes of posting state and quasi-public agency expenditures, including disaggregated payments and data related to state and quasi-public agency contracts and grants, state and quasi-public agency employee payroll and state retiree pensions.
(b) Each budgeted agency, as defined in section 4-69, and quasi-public agency, as defined in section 1-120, shall submit, in a timely manner, any information requested by the Comptroller for the purpose of maintaining the electronic databases.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a state or quasi-public agency to: (1) Create unavailable financial or management data or an information technology system that does not exist, or (2) disclose consumer, client, patient, student or other information otherwise protected by law from disclosure.
(P.A. 10-155, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1, S. 71; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 97; P.A. 19-102, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 10-155 effective June 5, 2010; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective June 22, 2010; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (c) by changing reporting date from November 1, 2010, and quarterly thereafter to January 15, 2013, and annually thereafter, effective June 15, 2012; P.A. 19-102 added references to quasi-public agencies and substituted references to the Comptroller for references to the legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis, amended Subsec. (a) to make a technical change and to add provision re contracts, grants, payroll and pensions, deleted former Subsec. (c) re annual report by legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis, deleted former Subsec. (d) re review of procedures and report by the Auditors of Public Accounts, redesignated existing Subsec. (e) as new Subsec. (c) and amended same to add reference to other information and make a technical change, effective July 8, 2019.
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