Chapter 50 - Office of Policy and Management: General Provisions; Budget and Appropriations; State Planning

See Secs. 12-1c and 12-1d for transfer of certain functions, powers and duties from the Commissioner of Revenue Services to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.

Sec. 4-65. Commissioner. Section 4-65 is repealed.

(1949 Rev., S. 220; June, 1955, S. 72d; P.A. 77-614, S. 609, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 120, 136.)

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Sec. 4-65a. Office of Policy and Management. (a) There shall be an Office of Policy and Management which shall be responsible for all aspects of state staff planning and analysis in the areas of budgeting, management, planning, energy policy determination and evaluation, intergovernmental policy, criminal and juvenile justice planning and program evaluation. The department head shall be the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, who shall be appointed by the Governor in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-5, 4-6, 4-7 and 4-8, with all the powers and duties therein prescribed. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall be the employer representative (1) in collective bargaining negotiations concerning changes to the state employees retirement system and health and welfare benefits, and (2) in all other matters involving collective bargaining, including negotiation and administration of all collective bargaining agreements and supplemental understandings between the state and the state employee unions concerning all executive branch employees except (A) employees of the Division of Criminal Justice, and (B) faculty and professional employees of boards of trustees of constituent units of the state system of higher education. The secretary may designate a member of the secretary's staff to act as the employer representative in the secretary's place.

(b) There shall be such undersecretaries as may be necessary for the efficient conduct of the business of the office. Each such undersecretary shall be appointed by the secretary and shall be qualified and experienced in the functions to be performed by him. The positions of each such undersecretary shall be exempt from the classified service.

(P.A. 77-614, S. 18, 610; P.A. 79-610, S. 1; P.A. 82-346, S. 1, 7; 82-472, S. 170, 183; P.A. 83-19, S. 2, 3; P.A. 88-116, S. 6; P.A. 91-343, S. 1, 11; P.A. 00-77, S. 1, 7; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 100.)

History: P.A. 79-610 added coordination of employment and training programs to office of policy and management responsibilities; P.A. 82-346 amended Subsec. (a) by adding criminal and juvenile justice planning as one of the areas of responsibility; P.A. 82-472 changed effective date of P.A. 82-346 from July 1, 1982, to January 1, 1983; P.A. 83-19 removed from the office of policy and management's list of duties in Subsec. (a) the responsibility for the coordination of employment and training programs; P.A. 88-116 deleted former Subsec. (b), making office a successor department to department of planning and energy policy, and former Subsec. (c), making office a successor to budget and management division; P.A. 91-343 substituted “intergovernmental policy” for “intergovernmental relations” in Subsec. (a); P.A. 00-77 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provisions re secretary's duties as employer representative for collective bargaining, effective May 16, 2000; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2 added Subsec. (c) authorizing secretary to delegate authority, powers and duties to deputy secretary, effective May 12, 2004.

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(P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 74, 136; P.A. 82-135, S. 1, 3; P.A. 83-487, S. 6, 33; P.A. 84-512, S. 14, 30; P.A. 85-613, S. 15, 154; P.A. 88-116, S. 11.)

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Sec. 4-66. Powers and duties of Secretary of Office of Policy and Management. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall have the following functions and powers:

(1) To keep on file information concerning the state's general accounts;

(2) To furnish all accounting statements relating to the financial condition of the state as a whole, to the condition and operation of state funds, to appropriations, to reserves and to costs of operations;

(3) To furnish such statements as and when they are required for administrative purposes and, at the end of each fiscal period, to prepare and publish such financial statements and data as will convey to the General Assembly the essential facts as to the financial condition, the revenues and expenditures and the costs of operations of the state government;

(4) To furnish to the State Comptroller on or before the twentieth day of each month cumulative monthly statements of revenues and expenditures to the end of the last-completed month together with (A) a statement of estimated revenue by source to the end of the fiscal year, at least in the same detail as appears in the budget act, and (B) a statement of appropriation requirements of the state's General Fund to the end of the fiscal year itemized as far as practicable for each budgeted agency, including estimates of lapsing appropriations, unallocated lapsing balances and unallocated appropriation requirements;

(5) To transmit to the Office of Fiscal Analysis a copy of monthly position data and monthly bond project run;

(6) To inquire into the operation of, and make or recommend improvement in, the methods employed in the preparation of the budget and the procedure followed in determining whether the funds expended by the departments, boards, commissions and institutions supported in whole or in part by the state are wisely, judiciously and economically expended and to submit such findings and recommendations to the General Assembly at each regular session, together with drafts of proposed legislation, if any;

(7) To examine each department, state college, state hospital, state-aided hospital, reformatory and prison and each other institution or other agency supported in whole or in part by the state, except public schools, for the purpose of determining the effectiveness of its policies, management, internal organization and operating procedures and the character, amount, quality and cost of the service rendered by each such department, institution or agency;

(8) To recommend, and to assist any such department, institution or agency to effect, improvements in organization, management methods and procedures and to report its findings and recommendations and submit drafts of proposed legislation, if any, to the General Assembly at each regular session;

(9) To consider and devise ways and means whereby comprehensive plans and designs to meet the needs of the several departments and institutions with respect to physical plant and equipment and whereby financial plans and programs for the capital expenditures involved may be made in advance and to make or assist in making such plans;

(10) To devise and prescribe the form of operating reports that shall be periodically required from the several departments, boards, commissions, institutions and agencies supported in whole or in part by the state;

(11) To require the several departments, boards, commissions, institutions and agencies to make such reports for such periods as said secretary may determine; and

(12) To verify the correctness of, and to analyze, all such reports and to take such action as may be deemed necessary to remedy unsatisfactory conditions disclosed by such reports.

(1949 Rev., S. 221; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 85; P.A. 74-313, S. 1, 3; P.A. 77-614, S. 23, 610; P.A. 78-298, S. 6, 14; 78-303, S. 5, 136; P.A. 82-465, S. 2, 5; P.A. 87-589, S. 1, 87; P.A. 15-142, S. 3.)

History: 1961 act changed “teachers college” to “state college”; P.A. 74-313 required department to furnish comptroller cumulative monthly statements of revenues and expenditures and accounts of estimated revenue and appropriation requirements; P.A. 77-614 substituted secretary of the office of policy and management for department and commissioner of finance and control; P.A. 78-298 required that estimated revenue be listed by source and that estimated appropriation requirements be itemized by agency; P.A. 78-303 deleted requirement regarding unused, improperly used or neglected equipment; P.A. 82-465 required secretary to transmit copy of monthly position data and bond project run to office of fiscal analysis; P.A. 87-589 made technical change, restoring language inadvertently deleted through computer processing error; P.A. 15-142 added Subdiv. designators (1) to (12), redesignated existing Subdivs. (1) and (2) as Subdiv. (4)(A) and (B) and made technical changes, effective June 30, 2015.

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Sec. 4-66a. Secretary to advise Governor and General Assembly on matters concerning local government and matters affecting the state. Planning, management and technical assistance for local governments. Federal financial assistance and funds, and financial assistance and aid from private sources. (a) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall advise the Governor on matters concerning local government including state laws relating to local government, the impact of federal actions or proposed federal actions on local government, the financial needs and resources of local government and the allocation of program and financial responsibility between local government and the state.

(b) The secretary shall advise the Governor regarding potential federal actions affecting state government and the citizens of the state and shall advise the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and relating to the subject area of each federal policy initiative, including the allocation of resources in the federal budget, federal public assistance policy, federal economic policy and the distribution of federal assistance and facilities among regions and states.

(c) The secretary may provide planning and management assistance to local governments utilizing such state and federal funds as may be appropriated for such purpose.

(d) The secretary shall encourage each department of state government which deals with local governments to provide technical assistance in their areas of specialization. The secretary shall advise local officials on programs of state and federal assistance for which local governments are eligible and provide assistance, when requested, in applying for such assistance.

(e) The secretary shall require that notice be given to him of all applications for federal financial assistance or for any gift, contribution, income from trust funds, or other aid from any private source submitted by the state, or any agency thereof, authorities and development agencies. The secretary may require that notice be given him of all applications for federal financial assistance submitted by municipalities or any agency thereof. The secretary may require that any notice of application for federal financial assistance be accompanied by an urban impact statement, on a form furnished by said secretary, indicating that the project or program for which such application is being made has been reviewed in accordance with the goals set forth in section 4-66b. Ongoing fund-raising from any private source by an institution of higher education shall not constitute an application under the terms of this section.

(f) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management is authorized to do all things necessary to apply for and accept federal funds allotted or available to the state under any federal act or program that could support activities the secretary is authorized to undertake. He shall administer such funds in accordance with state and federal law. The secretary, in consultation with the chief executive officer of Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated, or the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, when applicable, may apply for all federal funds available to the state for defense conversion projects and other projects consistent with a defense conversion strategy.

(P.A. 77-614, S. 25, 610; P.A. 79-607, S. 5; P.A. 91-343, S. 2, 11; P.A. 93-221, S. 1; P.A. 94-65, S. 1, 4; P.A. 95-78, S. 1, 5; 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 97-131, S. 3, 5; P.A. 14-79, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 79-607 amended notice requirement in Subsec. (e) to include provision regarding urban impact statement; P.A. 91-343 amended Subsec. (c) to allow secretary to provide assistance to local governments instead of requiring him to devise and administer program of assistance, and repealed requirement in Subsec. (d) that secretary provide technical assistance to local governments; P.A. 93-221 amended Subsec. (b) by requiring the secretary to advise the appropriations committee and any other affected committee concerning potential federal actions affecting state government, adding specific reference to federal public assistance policy; P.A. 94-65 amended Subsec. (e) to authorize the secretary of the office of policy and management to require notice by municipalities of applications for federal financial assistance and deleted provision mandating such notice, effective May 19, 1994; P.A. 95-78 amended Subsec. (f) to authorize secretary to apply for federal defense conversion funds, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner of Economic Development with Commissioner of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 97-131 amended Subsec. (e) to add gift, contribution, income from trust funds and other aid from private sources, changed requirement of notice from mandatory to permissive by the secretary and provided that ongoing fund-raising by an institution of higher education shall not constitute an application under this section, effective June 13, 1997; P.A. 14-79 amended Subsec. (f) by changing “executive director” to “chief executive officer” and making technical changes, effective June 3, 2014.

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Sec. 4-66b. Capital development impact statements. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall develop a form for capital development impact statements on which state agencies shall indicate the manner in which a planned or requested capital project or program addresses the following goals: (1) Revitalization of the economic base of urban areas by rebuilding older commercial and industrial areas, and encouraging new industries to locate in the central cities in order to protect existing jobs and create new job opportunities needed to provide meaningful economic opportunity for inner city residents; (2) revitalization of urban neighborhoods to reduce the isolation of various income, age and minority groups through the promotion of fair and balanced housing opportunities for low and moderate income residents; (3) revitalization of the quality of life for the residents of urban areas by insuring quality education, comprehensive health care, access to balanced transportation, adequate recreation facilities, responsive public safety, coordinated effective human service programs, decent housing and employment and clean water and by insuring full and equal rights and opportunities for all people to reap the economic and social benefits of society; (4) coordination of the conservation and growth of all areas of the state to insure that each area preserves its unique character and sense of community and further insure a balanced growth and prudent use of the state's resources.

(P.A. 79-607, S. 1, 22; P.A. 89-294, S. 2, 3.)

History: P.A. 89-294 deleted provision which had required secretary to establish criteria for projects and programs for which statements required to be filed with secretary and bond commission.

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Sec. 4-66c. Urban action bonds. (a) For the purposes of subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have power, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate two billion three hundred forty-four million four hundred eighty-seven thousand five hundred forty-four dollars. All provisions of section 3-20, or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby, which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section, are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this section, and temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. None of said bonds shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization, which is signed by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and states such terms and conditions as said commission in its discretion may require. Said bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut 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 and interest is hereby made, and the Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due.

(b) (1) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent hereinafter stated, shall be used, subject to the provisions of subsections (c) and (d) of this section, for the purpose of redirecting, improving and expanding state activities which promote community conservation and development and improve the quality of life for urban residents of the state as hereinafter stated: (A) For the Department of Economic and Community Development: Economic and community development projects, including administrative costs incurred by the Department of Economic and Community Development, not exceeding sixty-seven million five hundred ninety-one thousand six hundred forty-two dollars, one million dollars of which shall be used for a grant to the development center program and the nonprofit business consortium deployment center approved pursuant to section 32-411; (B) for the Department of Transportation: Urban mass transit, not exceeding two million dollars; (C) for the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection: Recreation development and solid waste disposal projects, not exceeding one million nine hundred ninety-five thousand nine hundred two dollars; (D) for the Department of Social Services: Child day care projects, elderly centers, shelter facilities for victims of domestic violence, emergency shelters and related facilities for the homeless, multipurpose human resource centers and food distribution facilities, not exceeding thirty-nine million one hundred thousand dollars, provided four million dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 1994; (E) for the Department of Economic and Community Development: Housing projects, not exceeding three million dollars; (F) for the Department of Housing: Homeownership initiative in collaboration with one or more local community development financial institutions in qualified census tracts for the purpose of construction or redevelopment, performed by developers or nonprofit organizations residing in that municipality, which leads to new homeownership opportunities for residents of such qualified census tracts, not exceeding twenty million dollars; (G) for the Office of Policy and Management: (i) Grants-in-aid to municipalities for a pilot demonstration program to leverage private contributions for redevelopment of designated historic preservation areas, not exceeding one million dollars; (ii) grants-in-aid for urban development projects including economic and community development, transportation, environmental protection, public safety, children and families and social services projects and programs, including, in the case of economic and community development projects administered on behalf of the Office of Policy and Management by the Department of Economic and Community Development, administrative costs incurred by the Department of Economic and Community Development, not exceeding two billion two hundred twenty-nine million eight hundred thousand dollars. For purposes of this subdivision, “local community development financial institution” means an entity that meets the requirements of 12 CFR 1805.201, and “qualified census tract” means a census tract designated as a qualified census tract by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in accordance with 26 USC 42(d)(5)(B)(ii), as amended from time to time.

(2) (A) Five million dollars of the grants-in-aid authorized in subparagraph (G)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this subsection may be made available to private nonprofit organizations for the purposes described in said subparagraph (G)(ii). (B) Twelve million dollars of the grants-in-aid authorized in subparagraph (G)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this subsection may be made available for necessary renovations and improvements of libraries. (C) Five million dollars of the grants-in-aid authorized in subparagraph (G)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be made available for small business gap financing. (D) Ten million dollars of the grants-in-aid authorized in subparagraph (G)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this subsection may be made available for regional economic development revolving loan funds. (E) One million four hundred thousand dollars of the grants-in-aid authorized in subparagraph (G)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be made available for rehabilitation and renovation of the Black Rock Library in Bridgeport. (F) Two million five hundred thousand dollars of the grants-in-aid authorized in subparagraph (G)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be made available for site acquisition, renovation and rehabilitation for the Institute for the Hispanic Family in Hartford. (G) Three million dollars of the grants-in-aid authorized in subparagraph (G)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be made available for the acquisition of land and the development of commercial or retail property in New Haven. (H) Seven hundred fifty thousand dollars of the grants-in-aid authorized in subparagraph (G)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be made available for repairs and replacement of the fishing pier at Cummings Park in Stamford. (I) Ten million dollars of the grants-in-aid authorized in subparagraph (G)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be made available for development of an intermodal transportation facility in northeastern Connecticut.

(c) Any proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this section or of temporary notes issued in anticipation of the moneys to be derived from the sale of such bonds may be used to fund grants-in-aid to municipalities or the grant-in-aid programs of said departments, including, but not limited to, financial assistance and expenses authorized under chapters 128, 129, 130, 133, 136 and 298, and section 16a-40a, provided any such program shall be implemented in an eligible municipality or is for projects in other municipalities which the State Bond Commission determines will help to meet the goals set forth in section 4-66b. For the purposes of this section, “eligible municipality” means a municipality which is economically distressed within the meaning of subsection (b) of section 32-9p, which is classified as an urban center in any plan adopted by the General Assembly pursuant to section 16a-30, which is classified as a public investment community within the meaning of subdivision (9) of subsection (a) of section 7-545, or in which the State Bond Commission determines that the project in question will help meet the goals set forth in section 4-66b. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, proceeds from the sale of bonds pursuant to this section may, with the approval of the State Bond Commission, be used for transit-oriented development projects, as defined in section 13b-79o, in any municipality.

(d) Any economic development project eligible for assistance under this section may include but not be limited to: (1) The construction or rehabilitation of commercial, industrial and mixed use structures; and (2) the construction, reconstruction or repair of roads, accessways and other site improvements. The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, may enter into a contract for state financial assistance for any eligible economic or community development project in the form of a grant-in-aid. Any grant-in-aid shall be in an amount not in excess of the cost of the project for which the grant is made as determined and approved by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development. Before entering into a grant-in-aid contract the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall have approved an application submitted on forms provided by the commissioner. No project shall be undertaken until the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development approves the plans, specifications and estimated costs. The commissioner may adopt such regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, as are necessary for the implementation of this section.

(e) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary, whenever the Department of Economic and Community Development or the Office of Policy and Management is authorized by the general statutes to assess, collect or fund administrative expenses or service charges or otherwise recover costs or expenses incurred by the state in carrying out the provisions of any economic or community development project or program administered by the Department of Economic and Community Development, except in the case of administrative oversight charges described in section 8-37tt amounts so assessed, collected or funded by the state may be used to pay any administrative expenses of the Department of Economic and Community Development and shall not be required to be used to pay expenses related to a particular project or program.

(P.A. 79-607, S. 21; P.A. 80-21, S. 1, 5; 80-411, S. 2, 3; 80-483, S. 11, 186; P.A. 81-472, S. 1, 159; P.A. 83-365; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-33, S. 2, 17; P.A. 84-443, S. 1, 20; P.A. 85-558, S. 2, 17; 85-613, S. 16, 154; P.A. 86-396, S. 3, 25; P.A. 87-405, S. 1, 26; P.A. 88-343, S. 3, 32; P.A. 89-211, S. 3; 89-331, S. 4, 30; P.A. 90-297, S. 1, 24; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-4, S. 6, 25; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-7, S. 1, 36; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-382, S. 53, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 93-1, S. 1, 45; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; 95-272, S. 1, 29; P.A. 96-181, S. 104, 121; 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; 96-256, S. 169, 209; June 5 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 2, 20; P.A. 98-259, S. 1, 17; P.A. 99-241, S. 2, 66; 99-242, S. 88, 90; P.A. 00-167, S. 57, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-7, S. 1, 28; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-5, S. 1; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-1, S. 1; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 110; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 1; P.A. 06-136, S. 12; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-7, S. 40; P.A. 10-44, S. 26; P.A. 11-57, S. 61; 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-239, S. 51; P.A. 14-98, S. 28; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1, S. 51; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-4, S. 238; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 427; P.A. 18-178, S. 17; P.A. 20-1, S. 51; P.A. 21-111, S. 51; P.A. 22-118, S. 330.)

History: P.A. 80-21 removed housing projects from control of economic development department and gave control to housing department under Subsec. (b); P.A. 80-411 included shelter facilities for victims of household abuse under control of human resources department in Subsec. (b); P.A. 80-483 and P.A. 81-472 made technical changes; P.A. 83-365 added Subsec. (d) concerning economic development projects; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-33 increased total authorization from $12,000,000 to $13,000,000 and economic development project segment from $2,000,000 to $3,000,000; P.A. 84-443 increased general authorization limit to $15,000,000, including an increase for the departments of economic development and human resources to $4,000,000 each, delayed the deadline for authorization by the state bond commission to October 1, 1986, and incorrectly showed Subsec. (d) as new language whereas it had already been added by P.A. 83-365; P.A. 85-558 increased the bond authorization limit to $17,300,000, increasing economic development segment to $5,300,000 and human resources segment to $5,000,000; P.A. 85-613 made technical change; P.A. 86-396 amended Subsec. (a) to increase bond authorization from $17,300,000 to $20,050,000 and amended Subsec. (b) to increase bond authorization in Subdiv. (1) from $5,300,000 five to 6,300,000, to increase bond authorization in Subdiv. (4) from $5,000,000 to $5,750,000 and to add Subdiv. (6) re historic preservation areas; P.A. 87-405 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the bond authorization from $20,050,000 to $59,050,000 and amended Subsec. (b) to increase the bond authorization in Subdiv. (1) from $6,300,000 to $7,300,000, to increase the bond authorization in Subdiv. (4) from $5,750,000 to $8,750,000 and to include emergency shelters for the homeless and multipurpose human resource centers within that authorization and to add Subdiv. (6)(B) re grants-in-aid to municipalities, municipal entities and certain nonprofit organizations; P.A. 88-343 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the bond authorization from $59,050,000 to $68,050,000 and amended Subsec. (b)(1) to increase the bond authorization from $7,300,000 to $9,300,000 and (b)(4) from $8,750,000 to $15,750,000 and added “related facilities” in Subsec. (b)(4); P.A. 89-211 clarified reference to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; P.A. 89-331 increased the total bond authorization from $68,050,000 to $72,550,000 and increased the bond authorization for the department of human resources from $15,750,000 to $20,250,000; P.A. 90-297 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the bond authorization from $72,550,000 to $79,645,902 and amended Subsec. (b)(1) to increase the bond authorization from $9,300,000 to $9,800,000,(b)(2) to decrease the bond authorization from $2,000,000 to $1,995,902 and (b)(4) to increase the bond authorization from $20,250,000 to $26,850,000; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-4 increased the bond authorization in Subsec. (a) from $79,645,902 to $92,345,902, in Subsec. (b)(1) the amount of the proceeds from the sale of said bonds to be used for economic development was increased from $9,800,000 to $17,500,000 and in Subsec. (b)(4) the amount to be used for the department of human resources was increased from $26,850,000 to $31,850,000; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-7 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the bond authorization from $92,345,902 to $106,595,902 and amended Subsec. (b)(1) to increase the bond authorization from $17,500,000 to $18,500,000, Subsec. (b)(4) to increase the bond authorization from $31,850,000 to $35,100,000 and to include in such authorization food distribution facilities and Subsec. (b)(6)(B)to increase the bond authorization from $35,000,000 to $45,000,000 and to include in such authorization public safety programs; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of department of social services for department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-382 added definition of “applicant” in Subsec. (d), extending eligibility for grants-in-aid to nonmunicipal entities, effective July 1, 1993; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 93-1 amended Subsec. (a) to increase bond authorization from $106,595,902 to $173,895,902, effective July 1, 1993, provided $30,500,000 of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 1994, and amended Subsec. (b)(1) to increase bond authorization from $18,500,000 to $48,500,000, effective July 1, 1993, provided $10,000,000 of the authorization shall be effective July 1, 1994, (b)(4) from $35,100,000 to $39,100,000, effective July 1, 1993, provided $4,000,000 of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 1994, and (b)(6) from $45,000,000 to $78,300,000, effective July 1, 1993, provided $16,500,000 of the authorization shall be effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Economic Development with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 95-272 amended Subsec. (a) to increase authorization from $173,895,902 to $197,895,902 provided $12,000,000 of the authorization shall be effective July 1, 1996, Subsec. (b) to increase authorization for the Department of Economic and Community Development from $48,500,000 to $58,500,000 provided $5,000,000 of the authorization shall be effective July 1, 1996, and the authorization for grants-in-aid for urban development projects from $78,300,000 to $92,300,000 provided $7,000,000 of the authorization shall be effective July 1, 1996, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-181 amended Subsec. (a) to increase authorization from $197,895,000 to $275,895,000 and the amount available for July 1, 1996, from $12,000,000 to $90,000,000, Subsec. (b) to include administrative costs incurred by the Department of Economic and Community Development, to provide that $2,000,000 be used for the Technology-Based Revolving Loan Fund program, to add the Department of Children and Families and to increase the amounts available for grants-in-aid under Subdiv. (6)(B) from $92,300,000 to $170,300,000 and the amount available for July 1, 1996, from $7,000,000 to $85,000,000, Subsec. (c) to add to the definition of “eligible municipality” reference to determination by Bond Commission that projects meet goal of Sec. 4-66b, and Subsec. (d) to delete definition of “applicant” and make technical changes, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 96-256 amended Subsec. (d) to replace reference to Sec. 33-421 with Sec. 33-1002, effective January 1, 1997; June 5 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1 amended Subsec. (a) to increase bond authorization from $275,895,902 to $384,695,902 provided $54,400,000 is effective July 1, 1998, and amended Subsec. (b) to increase bond authorization from $58,500,000 to $67,300,000 provided $4,400,000 is effective July 1, 1998, and to delete reference to the Technology-Based Revolving Loan Fund program, effective July 31, 1997; P.A. 98-259, effective July 1, 1998, amended Subsec. (a) to increase authorization from $384,695,902 to $409,695,902 provided $79,400,000 of said authorization was effective July 1, 1998, and amended Subsec. (b) to increase authorization in Subdiv. (2) from $1,995,902 to $2,000,000, to decrease the authorization in Subdiv. (3) from $2,000,000 to $1,995,902, and to increase the authorization in Subdiv. (6) from $270,300,000 to $295,300,000 provided $75,000,000 of said authorization was effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 99-241 amended Subsec. (a) to increase authorization from $409,695,902 to $596,695,902 provided $93,000,000 is effective July 1, 2000, and Subsec. (b) to increase authorization from $67,300,000 to $77,300,000, one million to be used for a grant to the deployment center program provided $5,000,000 is effective July 1, 2000, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 99-242 amended Subsec. (a) to increase authorization from $596,695,902 to $669,695,902 provided $130,000,000 is effective July 1, 2000, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 00-167 amended Subsec. (b) to provide that $5,000,000 of the grants authorized under Subdiv. (6)(B) may be made to private nonprofit organizations and that $5,000,000 of the grants authorized under Subdiv. (6)(B) may be made for necessary renovations and improvements of libraries, and amended Subsec. (c) to include public investment communities as eligible municipalities, effective July 1, 2000; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-7 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the authorization from $669,695,902 to $953,695,902 provided $142,000,000 is effective July 1, 2002, and amended Subsec. (b) to increase authorization to the Department of Economic and Community Development for economic and community development projects from $77,300,000 to $81,300,000 provided $2,000,000 is effective July 1, 2002, and to increase authorization to Office of Policy and Management for various projects from $545,300,000 to $825,300,000 provided $140,000,000 is effective July 1, 2002, effective July 1, 2001; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-5 amended Subsec. (a) to decrease authorization from $953,695,902 to $906,987,544 and to provide that $107,000,000 of such authorization shall be effective July 1, 2003, and amended Subsec. (b)(1) to decrease amount authorized for the Department of Economic and Community Development from $81,300,000 to $74,591,642 and to provide that $7,000,000 of such authorization shall be effective July 1, 2003, Subsec. (b)(6)(B) to decrease the amount authorized for the Office of Policy and Management from $825,300,000 to $785,300,000 and to provide that $100,000,000 of such authorization shall be effective July 1, 2003, and to add provision that $5,000,000 be made available for small business gap financing, effective July 1, 2002; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-1 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the aggregate authorization to $982,487,544 and to provide that $75,500,000 of said authorization is effective July 1, 2004, and amended Subsec. (b) to decrease authorization to the Department of Economic and Community Development in Subdiv. (1) to $67,591,642, to delete provision re part of said authorization which was effective July 1, 2003, to increase authorization to the Department of Economic and Community Development in Subdiv. (6)(B) to $867,800,000, of which $82,500,000 is effective July 1, 2004, to increase authorization for renovations and improvements of libraries to $10,000,000 and to add provision making a portion of authorized funds available for regional economic development revolving loan funds, effective July 1, 2004; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2 amended Subsec. (b) to increase an authorization for renovations and improvements of libraries to $12,000,000, effective May 12, 2004; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the aggregate authorization from $982,487,541 to $1,132,487,544, of which $65,000,000 is effective July 1, 2006, and amended Subsec. (b) by dividing it into Subdivs. (1) and (2), making conforming changes therein, increasing the amount authorized for the Department of Economic and Community Development from $867,800,000 to $1,017,800,000, of which $65,000,000 is effective July 1, 2006, and providing that $1,400,000 be made available for Black Rock Library and $2,500,000 be made available for the Institute for the Hispanic Family, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 06-136 amended Subsec. (c) to provide that bonds may be used for transit-oriented development projects, effective July 1, 2006; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-7 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $1,132,487,544 to $1,172,487,544, of which $20,000,000 is effective July 1, 2008, and amended Subsec. (b)(1)(F)(ii) to increase amount authorized from $1,017,800,000 to $1,057,800,000, of which $20,000,000 is effective July 1, 2008, effective November 2, 2007; P.A. 10-44 amended Subsec. (a) to decrease aggregate authorization from $1,172,487,544 to $1,159,487,544 and to delete provision re authorization amount effective on July 1, 2008, amended Subsec. (b)(1)(F)(ii) to decrease amount authorized from $1,057,800,000 to $1,044,800,000 and to delete provision re authorization amount effective on July 1, 2008, and amended Subsec. (b)(2) by adding Subpara. (G) providing that $3,000,000 be made available for land acquisition and development in New Haven and Subpara. (H) providing that $750,000 be made available for Cummings Park in Stamford, effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 11-57 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $1,159,487,544 to $1,259,487,544, of which $50,000,000 is effective July 1, 2012, and amended Subsec. (b)(1)(F)(ii) to increase amount authorized from $1,044,800,000 to $1,144,800,000, of which $50,000,000 is effective July 1, 2012, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-239 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $1,259,487,544 to $1,359,487,544 and change date that $50,000,000 of authorization is effective from July 1, 2012, to July 1, 2014, and amended Subsec. (b)(1)(F)(ii) to increase amount authorized from $1,144,800,000 to $1,244,800,000 and change date that $50,000,000 of authorization is effective from July 1, 2012, to July 1, 2014, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 14-98 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $1,359,487,544 to $1,439,487,544 and delete provision re $50,000,000 of authorization to be effective July 1, 2014, amended Subsec. (b)(1)(F)(ii) to increase amount authorized from $1,244,800,000 to $1,324,800,000 and delete provision re $50,000,000 of authorization to be effective July 1, 2014, and amended Subsec. (b)(2) by adding Subpara. (I) authorizing $10,000,000 for an intermodal transportation facility in northeastern Connecticut, effective July 1, 2014; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $1,439,487,544 to $1,559,487,544, of which $50,000,000 is effective July 1, 2016, and amended Subsec. (b)(1)(F)(ii) to increase authorization from $1,324,800,000 to $1,444,800,000, of which $50,000,000 is effective July 1, 2016, effective July 1, 2015; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-4 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $1,559,487,544 to $1,584,487,544, of which $75,000,000 is effective July 1, 2016, and amended Subsec. (b)(1)(F)(ii) to increase amount authorized from $1,444,800,000 to $1,469,800,000, of which $75,000,000 is effective July 1, 2016, effective July 1, 2016; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $1,584,487,544 to $1,684,487,544, of which $50,000,000 is effective July 1, 2018, and amended Subsec. (b)(1)(F)(ii) to increase amount authorized from $1,469,800,000 to $1,569,800,000, of which $50,000,000 is effective July 1, 2018, effective October 31, 2017; P.A. 18-178 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $1,684,487,544 to $1,784,487,544, of which $100,000,000 is effective July 1, 2018, and amended Subsec. (b)(1)(F)(ii) to increase amount authorized from $1,569,800,000 to $1,669,800,000, of which $100,000,000 is effective July 1, 2018, effective July 1, 2018; P.A. 20-1 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $1,784,487,544 to $1,984,487,544, of which $100,000,000 is effective July 1, 2020, and amended Subsec. (b)(1)(F)(ii) to increase amount authorized from $1,669,800,000 to $1,869,800,000, of which $100,000,000 is effective July 1, 2020, effective March 12, 2020; P.A. 21-111 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $1,984,487,544 to $2,224,487,544, of which $40,000,000 is effective July 1, 2022, and amended Subsec. (b)(1)(F)(ii) to increase amount authorized from $1,869,800,000 to $2,109,800,000, of which $40,000,000 is effective July 1, 2022, effective July 1, 2021; P.A. 22-118 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $2,224,487,544 to $2,344,487,544, amended Subsec. (b)(1) to insert provision re homeownership initiative in Subpara. (F) and designate provisions of existing Subpara. (F) as Subpara. (G), amended newly designated Subsec. (b)(1)(G)(ii) to increase amount authorized from $2,109,800,000 to $2,229,800,000, amended Subsec. (b)(1) to add definitions re “local community development financial institution” and “qualified census track” and amended Subsec. (b)(2) to make conforming changes, effective July 1, 2022 (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (b)(1) the words “qualified census track” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “qualified census tract” for accuracy).

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Sec. 4-66d. Standardized form for notification of possible reimbursement liability. (a) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall develop a standardized form of notice for the Departments of Social Services, Children and Families, Developmental Services and Mental Health and Addiction Services for the purpose of disclosing to an applicant or recipient of care or support, or the legally liable relative, as defined in subsection (c) of section 4a-12, of a person receiving care or support, the possibility of liability for reimbursement of any amount paid by the state on behalf of the care or support of an applicant, recipient or child. Said form shall include the following: (1) Whether payments required are full or partial payment of moneys owed to the department; (2) that the applicant or recipient of care or support, or the legally liable relative may be liable for the entire cost of care or support; and (3) that upon request, at the end of care or support, itemization of costs and list of services provided. Said form may be included in an application for care or support.

(b) The Departments of Social Services, Children and Families, Developmental Services and Mental Health and Addiction Services shall provide the form of notice established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to all applicants or recipients of care or support or the legally liable relatives, as defined in subsection (c) of section 4a-12, of a child receiving care or support, if the whereabouts of such relatives are known.

(P.A. 97-312, S. 1; P.A. 07-73, S. 2(a).)

History: Pursuant to P.A. 07-73 “Department of Mental Retardation” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Developmental Services”, effective October 1, 2007.

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Sec. 4-66e. Development of interagency self-sufficiency measurement standards. (a) For purposes of this section, “self-sufficiency measurement” means a calculation of the income an employed adult may need to meet family needs, including, but not limited to, housing, food, day care, transportation and medical costs.

(b) Not later than January 1, 1999, the Office of Policy and Management shall contract with a private vendor to develop a self-sufficiency measurement by October 1, 1999. This measurement shall take into account geographical variations in costs and the age and number of children in the family. The value of any state or federal public assistance benefit received by a recipient of temporary family assistance shall be calculated into such recipient's self-sufficiency measurement.

(c) Not later than October 31, 1999, the Office of Policy and Management shall distribute the self-sufficiency measurement to all state agencies that counsel individuals who are seeking education, training or employment. Effective October 31, 1999, the Office of Policy and Management may also distribute the self-sufficiency measurement to any other entity that requests such measurement. Such state agencies and other entities may use the self-sufficiency measurement to assist and guide individuals who are seeking education, training or employment in establishing personal financial goals and estimating the amount of income such individuals may need to support their families.

(d) The self-sufficiency measurement shall not be used to: (1) Analyze the success or failure of any program; (2) determine or establish eligibility or benefit levels for any state or federal public assistance program, including, but not limited to, temporary family assistance, child care assistance, medical assistance, state-administered general assistance, supplemental nutrition assistance or eligibility for the HUSKY Health program; (3) determine whether a person subject to time-limited benefits under the temporary family assistance program qualifies for an extension of benefits under such program; or (4) supplement the amount of benefits awarded under the temporary family assistance program.

(P.A. 98-169, S. 1, 8; P.A. 02-54, S. 1; P.A. 09-9, S. 1; P.A. 14-42, S. 2; P.A. 15-69, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 98-169 effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 02-54 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), added new Subsec. (d) to require that the self-sufficiency measurement be updated not later than January 1, 2003, and every three years thereafter, and redesignated existing Subsec. (d) as Subsec. (e), effective May 9, 2002; P.A. 09-9 amended Subsec. (e)(2) by replacing “food stamps” with “supplemental nutrition assistance”, effective May 4, 2009; P.A. 14-42 deleted former Subsec. (d) re updating of the self-sufficiency measurement and redesignated existing Subsec. (e) as Subsec. (d), effective May 28, 2014; P.A. 15-69 amended Subsec. (d)(2) to replace “HUSKY plan” with “HUSKY Health program”, effective June 19, 2015.

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Sec. 4-66f. Maintenance of funds received from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or the regulations adopted thereunder, disaster assistance funds received by the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for administration may be maintained in a separate fund or separate account within the General Fund and used for any administrative functions. The balance of any such funds remaining at the end of each fiscal year shall be carried forward for the fiscal year next succeeding.

(P.A. 99-97, S. 5, 6; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 82; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)

History: P.A. 99-97 effective June 3, 1999; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2 changed state agency receiving federal disaster assistance funds from Office of Policy and Management to Office of Emergency Management, effective May 12, 2004 (Revisor's note: Pursuant to P.A. 04-219, the reference to “Office of Emergency Management” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security”); pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.

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Sec. 4-66g. Small town economic assistance program. Bond authorization. Certain sewer projects eligible. (a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate three hundred sixteen million dollars.

(b) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent of the amount stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Office of Policy and Management for a small town economic assistance program the purpose of which shall be to provide grants-in-aid to any municipality or group of municipalities, provided the municipality and each municipality that is part of a group of municipalities is not economically distressed within the meaning of subsection (b) of section 32-9p, does not have an urban center in any plan adopted by the General Assembly pursuant to section 16a-30 and is not a public investment community within the meaning of subdivision (9) of subsection (a) of section 7-545. Such grants shall be used for purposes for which funds would be available under section 4-66c. No group of municipalities may receive an amount exceeding in the aggregate five hundred thousand dollars per municipality in such group in any one fiscal year under said program. No individual municipality may receive more than five hundred thousand dollars in any one fiscal year under said program, except that any municipality that receives a grant under said program as a member of a group of municipalities shall continue to be eligible to receive an amount equal to five hundred thousand dollars less the amount of such municipality's proportionate share of such grant. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection and section 4-66c, a municipality that is (1) a distressed municipality within the meaning of subsection (b) of section 32-9p or a public investment community within the meaning of subdivision (9) of subsection (a) of section 7-545, and (2) otherwise eligible under this subsection for the small town economic assistance program may elect to be eligible for said program individually or as part of a group of municipalities in lieu of being eligible for financial assistance under section 4-66c, by a vote of its legislative body or, in the case of a municipality in which the legislative body is a town meeting, its board of selectmen, and submitting a written notice of such vote to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. Any such election shall be for the four-year period following submission of such notice to the secretary and may be extended for additional four-year periods in accordance with the same procedure for the initial election.

(c) All provisions of section 3-20, or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby, which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this section, and temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. None of said bonds shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization which is signed by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Said bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and 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 and interest is hereby made, and the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due.

(d) Any grant-in-aid allowed under the small town economic assistance program under this section may be administered on behalf of the Office of Policy and Management by another state agency as determined by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.

(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 16a-31, no municipality that has a population of less than fifteen thousand as determined by the most recent decennial census and in which at least five thousand five hundred acres of land but not more than six thousand acres of land is owned by a regional water authority shall be denied a grant pursuant to subsections (a) to (d), inclusive, of this section for a sewer project solely because such project is not consistent with the locational guide map accompanying the state plan of conservation and development adopted under chapter 297.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-7, S. 19, 28; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-5, S. 21; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-1, S. 2; P.A. 05-194, S. 1; 05-247, S. 10; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-7, S. 41; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-2, S. 1; P.A. 11-57, S. 62; 11-123, S. 1; P.A. 13-239, S. 52; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1, S. 52; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-4, S. 239; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 428; P.A. 20-1, S. 52; P.A. 21-111, S. 52.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-7 effective July 1, 2001; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-5 added Subsec. (d) re administration of grant-in-aid, effective August 15, 2002; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-1 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the aggregate authorization to $60,000,000, make $20,000,000 of said authorization effective July 1, 2004, and delete provision re funds authorized in 2002, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 05-194 amended Subsec. (b) to authorize certain distressed municipalities and public investment communities to elect to be eligible for the small town economic assistance program in lieu of being eligible for financial assistance under Sec. 4-66c, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 05-247, designated editorially by the Revisors as Subsec. (e), provided that certain municipalities shall not be denied a grant for a sewer project solely because the project is not consistent with the locational guide map, effective July 8, 2005; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the aggregate authorization from $60,000,000 to $100,000,000, of which $20,000,000 is effective July 1, 2006, and amended Subsec. (b) to remove requirement that to receive grant, municipality must have a population under thirty thousand, effective July 1, 2005; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-7 amended Subsec. (a) by increasing aggregate authorization from $100,000,000 to $140,000,000, of which $20,000,000 is effective July 1, 2008, effective November 2, 2007; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-2 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $140,000,000 to $180,000,000, of which $20,000,000 is effective July 1, 2010, effective September 25, 2009; P.A. 11-57 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $180,000,000 to $220,000,000, of which $20,000,000 is effective July 1, 2012, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-123 amended Subsec. (b) to allow groups of municipalities to apply for grants, to limit the amount of any such grant and to make conforming changes, effective July 8, 2011; P.A. 13-239 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $220,000,000 to $260,000,000, and change date that $20,000,000 of authorization is effective from July 1, 2012, to July 1, 2014, effective July 1, 2013; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $260,000,000 to $300,000,000 and change date that $20,000,000 of authorization is effective from July 1, 2014, to July 1, 2016, effective July 1, 2015; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-4 amended Subsec. (a) to decrease aggregate authorization from $300,000,000 to $280,000,000, delete provision re $20,000,000 of authorization effective July 1, 2016, and make a technical change, effective July 1, 2016; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (a) to decrease aggregate authorization from $280,000,000 to $271,000,000, effective October 31, 2017; P.A. 20-1 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $271,000,000 to $301,000,000, effective July 1, 2020; P.A. 21-111 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $301,000,000 to $316,000,000, effective July 1, 2022.

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Sec. 4-66h. Main Street Investment Fund account. Distribution of funds. (a) There is established an account to be known as the “Main Street Investment Fund account” which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Department of Housing for the purposes of providing grants not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars to municipalities with populations of not more than thirty thousand or municipalities eligible for the small town economic assistance program pursuant to section 4-66g for eligible projects as defined in subsection (d) of this section. Municipalities shall apply for such grants in a manner to be determined by the Commissioner of Housing. Said commissioner may contract with a nonprofit entity to administer the provisions of this section.

(b) In awarding such grants, the commissioner shall determine that an eligible project advances the municipality's approved plan pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (d) of this section. Such advancements may include, but need not be limited to, facade or awning improvements; sidewalk improvements or construction; street lighting; building renovations, including mixed use of residential and commercial; landscaping and development of recreational areas and greenspace; bicycle paths; and other improvements or renovations deemed by the commissioner to contribute to the economic success of the municipality.

(c) A grant received pursuant to this section shall be used for improvements to property owned by the municipality, except the municipality may use a portion of the proceeds of such grant to provide a one-time reimbursement to owners of commercial private property for eligible expenditures that directly support and enhance an eligible project. The maximum allowable reimbursement for such eligible expenditures to any such owner shall be fifty thousand dollars, to be provided at the following rates: (1) Expenditures equal to or less than fifty thousand dollars shall be reimbursed at a rate of fifty per cent, and (2) any additional expenditures greater than fifty thousand dollars but less than or equal to one hundred fifty thousand dollars shall be reimbursed at a rate of twenty-five per cent.

(d) For the purposes of this section:

(1) “Eligible expenditures” include expenses for cosmetic and structural exterior building improvements, signage, lighting and landscaping that is visible from the street, including, but not limited to, exterior painting or surface treatment, decorative awnings, window and door replacements or modifications, storefront enhancements, irrigation, streetscape, outdoor patios and decks, exterior wall lighting, decorative post lighting and architectural features, but do not include (A) any renovations that are solely the result of ordinary repair and maintenance, (B) improvements that are required to remedy a health, housing or safety code violation, or (C) nonpermanent structures, furnishings, movable equipment or other nonpermanent amenities. Eligible expenditures also include reasonable administrative expenses incurred by a nonprofit entity contracted with by the Department of Housing to implement the provisions of this section.

(2) “Eligible projects” means projects that are part of a plan previously approved by the governing body of the municipality to develop or improve town commercial centers to attract small businesses, promote commercial viability, and improve aesthetics and pedestrian access.

(Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 11-1, S. 78; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 208; P.A. 13-234, S. 2; 13-239, S. 90.)

History: Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 11-1 effective October 27, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (a) by authorizing secretary to contract with a nonprofit entity to administer section and amended Subsec. (d)(1) by redefining “eligible expenditures”, effective June 15, 2012; P.A. 13-239 replaced “Office of Policy and Management”, “Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management” and “secretary” with “Department of Housing”, “Commissioner of Housing” and “commissioner”, respectively, effective July 1, 2013.

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Secs. 4-66i and 4-66j. Reserved for future use.

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Sec. 4-66k. Regional planning incentive account. (a) There is established an account to be known as the “regional planning incentive account” which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, moneys in the account shall be expended by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management for the purposes of first providing funding to regional planning organizations in accordance with the provisions of subsections (b), (c) and (d) of this section and then to providing grants under the regional performance incentive program established pursuant to section 4-124s.

(b) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, funds from the regional planning incentive account shall be distributed to each regional planning organization, as defined in section 4-124i of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2013, in the amount of one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars. Any regional council of governments that is comprised of any two or more regional planning organizations that voluntarily consolidate on or before December 31, 2013, shall receive an additional payment in an amount equal to the amount the regional planning organizations would have received if such regional planning organizations had not voluntarily consolidated.

(c) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2015, to June 30, 2021, inclusive, funds from the regional planning incentive account shall be distributed to each regional council of governments formed pursuant to section 4-124j, in the amount of one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars plus fifty cents per capita, using population information from the most recent federal decennial census. Any regional council of governments that is comprised of any two or more regional planning organizations, as defined in section 4-124i of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2013, that voluntarily consolidated on or before December 31, 2013, shall receive a payment in the amount of one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars for each such regional planning organization that voluntarily consolidated on or before said date.

(d) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year thereafter, funds from the regional planning incentive account shall be distributed to each regional council of governments formed pursuant to section 4-124j, in the amount of one hundred eighty-five thousand five hundred dollars plus sixty-eight cents per capita, using population information from the most recent federal decennial census.

(2) Not later than July 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, each regional council of governments shall submit to the secretary a proposal for expenditure of the funds described in subdivision (1) of this subsection. Such proposal may include, but need not be limited to, a description of (A) functions, activities or services currently performed by the state or municipalities that may be provided in a more efficient, cost-effective, responsive or higher quality manner by such council, a regional educational service center or similar regional entity; (B) anticipated cost savings relating to the sharing of government services, including, but not limited to, joint purchasing; (C) the standardization and alignment of various regions of the state; or (D) any other initiatives that may facilitate the delivery of services to the public in a more efficient, cost-effective, responsive or higher quality manner.

(e) There is established a regionalization subaccount within the regional planning incentive account. If the Connecticut Lottery Corporation offers online its existing lottery draw games through the corporation's Internet web site, online service or mobile application, and after any payment to the Connecticut Teachers' Retirement Fund Bonds Special Capital Reserve Fund required pursuant to section 12-812, the revenue from such online offering that exceeds an amount equivalent to the costs of the debt-free community college program under section 10a-174 shall be transferred to the subaccount, or, if such online offering is not established, the amount provided under subsection (b) of section 364 of public act 19-117* for regionalization initiatives shall be deposited in the subaccount. Moneys in the subaccount shall be expended only for the purposes recommended by the task force established under section 4-66s.

(P.A. 11-6, S. 95; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 190; P.A. 13-247, S. 251; P.A. 19-117, S. 365; P.A. 21-178, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 179; P.A. 22-110, S. 40; 22-131, S. 1.)

*Note: Section 364 of public act 19-117 is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.

History: P.A. 11-6 effective July 1, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 designated existing provision re grants as Subdiv. (1) and added Subdiv. (2) re providing funding to Voluntary Regional Consolidation Bonus Pool, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-247 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same by changing name of account to regional planning incentive account, specifying that moneys be expended “in accordance with subsection (b) of this section”, adding “first providing funding to regional planning organizations in accordance with the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of this section and then to”, deleting former Subdiv. (2) re funding to Voluntary Regional Consolidation Bonus Pool and making a conforming change, and added Subsecs. (b) and (c) re distribution of funds in account in fiscal years ending June 30, 2014, and June 30, 2015, effective June 19, 2013; P.A. 19-117 added Subsec. (d) re establishment of regionalization subaccount and made a conforming change in Subsec. (a), effective June 26, 2019; P.A. 21-178 amended Subsec. (d) by adding provision re payment to Connecticut Teachers' Retirement Fund Bonds Special Capital Reserve Fund and changing “deposited in” to “transferred to”, effective July 7, 2021; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting “in accordance with subsection (b) of this section” and making technical and conforming changes, amended Subsec. (b) by changing “Beginning in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, and annually thereafter” to “For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2015, to June 30, 2021, inclusive”, added new Subsec. (d) re distribution of funds to regional councils of government as Subdiv. (1) and submission of proposals for expenditure of such funds as Subdiv. (2) and redesignated existing Subsec. (d) as Subsec. (e), effective July 1, 2021; P.A. 22-110 made technical changes in Subsecs. (b) and (c); P.A. 22-131 amended Subsec. (e) by replacing reference to Sec. 12-182 with reference to Sec. 12-812.

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Sec. 4-66l. Municipal revenue sharing account. Grants. (a) For the purposes of this section:

(1) “FY 15 mill rate” means the mill rate a municipality used during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015;

(2) “Mill rate” means, unless otherwise specified, the mill rate a municipality uses to calculate tax bills for motor vehicles;

(3) “Municipality” means any town, city, consolidated town and city or consolidated town and borough;

(4) “Municipal spending” means:

Municipal spending is equal to Start Fraction Municipal spending for the fiscal year prior to the current fiscal year minus Municipal spending for the fiscal year two years prior to the current year over Municipal spending for the fiscal year two years prior to the current year End Fraction times 100

(5) “Per capita distribution” means:

Per capita distribution is equal to Start Fraction Municipal population over Total state population End Fraction times Sales tax revenue

(6) “Pro rata distribution” means:

Pro rata distribution is equal to Start Fraction Municipal weighted mill rate calculation over Sum of all municipal weighted mill rate calculations combined End Fraction times Sales tax revenue

(7) “Regional council of governments” means any such council organized under the provisions of sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive;

(8) “Municipal population” means the number of persons in a municipality according to the most recent estimate of the Department of Public Health;

(9) “Total state population” means the number of persons in this state according to the most recent estimate published by the Department of Public Health;

(10) “Weighted mill rate” means a municipality's FY 15 mill rate divided by the average of all municipalities' FY 15 mill rate;

(11) “Weighted mill rate calculation” means per capita distribution multiplied by a municipality's weighted mill rate;

(12) “Sales tax revenue” means the moneys in the account remaining for distribution pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of this section;

(13) “District” means any district, as defined in section 7-324; and

(14) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.

(b) There is established an account to be known as the “municipal revenue sharing account” which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. The secretary shall set aside and ensure availability of moneys in the account in the following order of priority and shall transfer or disburse such moneys as follows:

(1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year thereafter, moneys sufficient to make motor vehicle property tax grants payable to municipalities pursuant to subsection (c) of this section shall be expended not later than August first annually by the secretary;

(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year thereafter, moneys sufficient to make the grants payable pursuant to subsection (d) of section 12-18b, subdivisions (1) and (3) of subsection (e) of section 12-18b, subsection (b) of section 12-19b and subsections (b) and (c) of section 12-20b shall be expended by the secretary; and

(3) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year thereafter, moneys in the account remaining shall be expended annually by the secretary for the purposes of the municipal revenue sharing grants established pursuant to subsection (d) of this section. Any such moneys deposited in the account for municipal revenue sharing grants, including moneys accrued to the account during each fiscal year but received after the end of such fiscal year, shall be distributed to municipalities not later than October first following the end of each fiscal year. Any municipality may apply to the Office of Policy and Management on or after July first for early disbursement of a portion of such grant. The Office of Policy and Management may approve such an application if it finds that early disbursement is required in order for a municipality to meet its cash flow needs. No early disbursement approved by said office may be issued later than September thirtieth.

(c) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, motor vehicle property tax grants to municipalities that impose mill rates on real property and personal property other than motor vehicles greater than 45 mills or that, when combined with the mill rate of any district located within the municipality, impose mill rates greater than 45 mills, shall be made in an amount equal to the difference between the amount of property taxes levied by the municipality and any district located within the municipality on motor vehicles for the assessment year commencing October 1, 2017, and the amount such levy would have been if the mill rate on motor vehicles for said assessment year was equal to the mill rate imposed by such municipality and any district located within the municipality on real property and personal property other than motor vehicles.

(2) Not later than fifteen calendar days after receiving a property tax grant pursuant to this section, the municipality shall disburse to any district located within the municipality the amount of any such property tax grant that is attributable to the district.

(3) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and each fiscal year thereafter, motor vehicle property tax grants shall be made to:

(A) Municipalities that imposed mill rates greater than 32.46 mills on real property and personal property other than motor vehicles for the preceding fiscal year, in an amount equal to the difference between (i) the amount of property taxes the municipality would have levied on motor vehicles for the preceding fiscal year if the mill rate imposed on motor vehicles for such year was 32.46 mills, and (ii) the amount of property taxes the municipality would have levied on motor vehicles for the preceding fiscal year if the mill rate imposed on motor vehicles for such year was equal to the mill rate imposed on real property and personal property other than motor vehicles for such year; and

(B) Districts that imposed mill rates that, when combined with the mill rate of the municipality in which the district is located, were greater than 32.46 mills on real property and personal property other than motor vehicles for the preceding fiscal year, in an amount equal to the difference between (i) the amount of property taxes the district would have levied on motor vehicles for the preceding fiscal year if the mill rate imposed on motor vehicles for such year, when combined with the mill rate imposed on motor vehicles for such year by the municipality in which the district is located, was 32.46 mills, and (ii) the amount of property taxes the district would have levied on motor vehicles for the preceding fiscal year if the mill rate imposed on motor vehicles for such year, when combined with the mill rate imposed on motor vehicles for such year by the municipality in which the district is located, was equal to the mill rate imposed by the district on real property and personal property other than motor vehicles for such year.

(d) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter, each municipality shall receive a municipal revenue sharing grant as follows:

(1) (A) A municipality having a mill rate at or above twenty-five shall receive the per capita distribution or pro rata distribution, whichever is higher for such municipality.

(B) Such grants shall be increased by a percentage calculated as follows:

Start Fraction Sum of per capita distribution amount for all municipalities having a mill rate below twenty-five minus pro rata distribution amount for all municipalities having a mill rate below twenty-five Sum of all grants to municipalities calculated pursuant to subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of this subsection End Fraction

(C) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this subdivision, Hartford shall receive not more than 5.2 per cent of the municipal revenue sharing grants distributed pursuant to this subsection; Bridgeport shall receive not more than 4.5 per cent of the municipal revenue sharing grants distributed pursuant to this subsection; New Haven shall receive not more than 2.0 per cent of the municipal revenue sharing grants distributed pursuant to this subsection and Stamford shall receive not more than 2.8 per cent of the equalization grants distributed pursuant to this subsection. Any excess funds remaining after such reductions in payments to Hartford, Bridgeport, New Haven and Stamford shall be distributed to all other municipalities having a mill rate at or above twenty-five on a pro rata basis according to the payment they receive pursuant to this subdivision; and

(2) A municipality having a mill rate below twenty-five shall receive the per capita distribution or pro rata distribution, whichever is less for such municipality.

(3) For the purposes of this subsection, “mill rate” means the mill rate for real property and personal property other than motor vehicles.

(e) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a municipality may disburse any municipal revenue sharing grant funds to a district within such municipality.

(f) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount of the grant payable to a municipality in any year in accordance with subsection (d) of this section shall be reduced if such municipality increases its adopted budget expenditures for such fiscal year above a cap equal to the amount of adopted budget expenditures authorized for the previous fiscal year by 2.5 per cent or more or the rate of inflation, whichever is greater. Such reduction shall be in an amount equal to fifty cents for every dollar expended over the cap set forth in this subsection. For the purposes of this section, (A) “municipal spending” does not include expenditures for debt service, special education, implementation of court orders or arbitration awards, expenditures associated with a major disaster or emergency declaration by the President of the United States, a disaster emergency declaration issued by the Governor pursuant to chapter 517 or any disbursement made to a district pursuant to subsection (c) or (e) of this section, budgeting for an audited deficit, nonrecurring grants, capital expenditures or payments on unfunded pension liabilities, (B) “adopted budget expenditures” includes expenditures from a municipality's general fund and expenditures from any nonbudgeted funds, and (C) “capital expenditure” means a nonrecurring capital expenditure of one hundred thousand dollars or more. Each municipality shall annually certify to the secretary, on a form prescribed by said secretary, whether such municipality has exceeded the cap set forth in this subsection and if so the amount by which the cap was exceeded, except that in any fiscal year for which the secretary publishes a list of payments made to municipalities by state agencies on the Internet web site of the Office of Policy and Management, such certification shall not be required.

(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount of the grant payable to a municipality in any year in accordance with subsection (d) of this section shall not be reduced in the case of a municipality whose adopted budget expenditures exceed the cap set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection by an amount proportionate to any increase to its municipal population from the previous fiscal year, as determined by the secretary.

(g) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount of the grant payable to a municipality in any year in accordance with subsection (d) of this section shall be reduced proportionately in the event that the total of such grants in such year exceeds the amount available for such grants in the municipal revenue sharing account established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.

(P.A. 11-6, S. 96; 11-61, S. 44; 11-239, S. 17; P.A. 12-104, S. 10; P.A. 15-244, S. 207; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 110, 111, 494; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1, S. 31; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-2, S. 42; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 189; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 700; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-4, S. 21; P.A. 18-81, S. 24; P.A. 21-3, S. 6; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 181, 444; P.A. 22-74, S. 11; 22-118, S. 94, 414.)

History: P.A. 11-6 effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-61 designated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (b)(1) and amended same by removing reference to Sec. 32-9s and replacing general provision re grants with list of grant amounts to each municipality, added Subsec. (b)(2) re reduction of grant amounts, added Subsec. (b)(3) re treatment of overpayments and amended Subsec. (c) to specify sources of numbers to be used in the formula under Sec. 3-55j(e), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-239 amended Subsec. (b)(3) to change reference to Sec. 12-94b to the revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2011, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-104 amended Subsec. (b) to change grant payment to Franklin from $413,545 to $18,317 and grand total from $50,271,099 to $49,875,871 in Subdiv. (1) and to add Subdiv. (4) re additional payments to Ledyard and Montville, effective June 8, 2012; P.A. 15-244 added new Subsec. (a) re definitions, redesignated existing Subsec. (a) as new Subsec. (b) and amended same by establishing order for disbursement of account moneys, deleted former Subsec. (b) re manufacturing transition grants, deleted former Subsec. (c) re distribution of moneys remaining in account, added new Subsec. (c) re motor vehicle property tax grants, added Subsec. (d) re municipal revenue sharing grants for fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, added Subsec. (e) re regional services grants, added Subsec. (f) re municipal revenue sharing grants for fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and each fiscal year thereafter, added Subsec. (g) re disbursement of municipal revenue sharing grants to districts, added Subsec. (h) re reduction of municipal revenue sharing grants when municipality exceeds spending cap and added Subsec. (i) re proportionate reduction of municipal revenue sharing grants when grant total exceeds amount available in account; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (a) by adding Subdiv. (13) defining “district”, amended Subsec. (b) by making provisions applicable to fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, in Subdiv. (4), by deleting provisions re distribution of moneys for regional services grants on a per capita basis in Subdiv. (5) and by making provisions applicable to fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, and each fiscal year thereafter in Subdiv. (6), amended Subsec. (c) by making provisions applicable to combined mill rate of municipality and any district located within the municipality and requiring municipality to disburse district's share not later than 15 calendar days after receiving property tax grant, amended Subsec. (d) by making provisions applicable to fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and replacing list of grant amounts, amended Subsec. (e) by adding provision re grants to regional councils of governments to be calculated by formula determined by secretary, amended Subsec. (f) by making provisions applicable to fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, amended Subsec. (h) by redefining “municipal spending”, and made conforming and technical changes throughout; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1 amended Subsec. (a) by adding Subdiv. (14) defining “secretary”, amended Subsec. (b) by adding provision re secretary to set aside and ensure availability of moneys in the account in order of priority, deleting provision re amount for fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, and adding provision re transfer not later than April 15th in Subdiv. (1), deleting former Subdiv. (2) re transfers for fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, and each fiscal year thereafter, redesignating existing Subdiv. (3) as Subdiv. (2) and amending same by adding “payable” and “not later than August first”, adding new Subdiv. (3) re transfers for fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, and each fiscal year thereafter, adding reference to June 30, 2019, and provision re expenditure not later than October 31st annually in Subdiv. (4), adding new Subdiv. (5) re transfer of $10,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, redesignating existing Subdiv. (5) as Subdiv. (6), and redesignating existing Subdiv. (6) as Subdiv. (7) and amending same by changing “2019” to “2020”, amended Subsec. (d) by adding reference to June 30, 2019, amended Subsec. (f) by changing “2019” to “2020”, amended Subsec. (h) by adding reference to Subsec. (d), amended Subsec. (i) by adding “For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter,” and deleting reference to Subsec. (d), and made conforming and technical changes, effective December 29, 2015; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-2 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “, unless otherwise specified,” in Subdiv. (2), redefining “municipality” in Subdiv. (3), replacing references to town with references to municipal in Subdivs. (5) and (8), and making a conforming change in Subdiv. (12), amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “June 30, 2017” with “June 30, 2018” in Subdivs. (2) and (3), deleting “June 30, 2017,” and adding “subdivision (2) of” in Subdiv. (4), deleting former Subdiv. (5) re transfer of $10,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, deleting former Subdiv. (6)(A) re expenditure of $3,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, redesignating existing Subdiv. (6)(B) as new Subdiv. (5), redesignating existing Subdiv. (7) as new Subdiv. (6) and amending same by replacing “town” with “municipality”, amended Subsec. (c) by deleting Subdiv. (1) designator, replacing “June 30, 2017” with “June 30, 2018, and each fiscal year thereafter” and adding “on real property and personal property other than motor vehicles” in provision re mill rates, deleting former Subdiv. (2) re motor vehicle property tax grants to municipalities for fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and each fiscal year thereafter, substantially revised Subsec. (d) re municipal revenue sharing grants, and amended Subsec. (e) by adding provision re expenditure of $3,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, and making a technical change, effective July 1, 2016; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 amended Subsec. (e) by adding provision re 35 per cent of grant moneys awarded to regional councils of governments for regional education service center purposes for fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and each fiscal year thereafter and making a technical change, amended Subsec. (f) by adding Subdiv. (3) defining “mill rate”, and amended Subsec. (h) by designating existing provisions as Subdiv. (1) and amending same by replacing “For” with “Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, for”, replacing “general budget expenditures” with “adopted budget expenditures”, designating existing provision re exclusions from municipal spending as Subpara. (A) and adding “budgeting for an audited deficit, nonrecurring grants, capital expenditures or payments on unfunded pension liabilities”, adding Subparas. (B) and (C) defining “adopted budget expenditures” and “capital expenditure”, respectively, and adding Subdiv. (2) re grant reduction prohibition for certain municipalities for fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and each fiscal year thereafter, effective July 1, 2016; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (c) by designating existing provisions re motor vehicle property tax grants to municipalities that impose mill rates on real property and personal property other than motor vehicles greater than the maximum mill rate as Subdiv. (1) and amending same by replacing maximum mill rate of 32 mills to maximum mill rate of 39 mills and deleting “and each fiscal year thereafter,”, adding Subdiv. (2) re motor vehicle property grants for fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, and each fiscal year thereafter, and designating existing provision re disbursement of property tax grant pursuant to this section as Subdiv. (3), effective October 31, 2017; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-4 amended Subsec. (b) by adding new Subdiv. (6) re supplemental motor vehicle property tax grants and redesignating existing Subdiv. (6) as Subdiv. (7), amended Subsec. (c) by adding new Subdiv. (3) re supplemental motor vehicle property tax grant requirements and redesignating existing Subdiv. (3) as Subdiv. (4), and made technical and conforming changes, effective November 21, 2017; P.A. 18-81 amended Subsec. (c) by replacing “2019” and “2013” with “2020” and “2016”, respectively, in Subdiv. (2) and deleting “and each fiscal year thereafter,” in Subdiv. (3), effective July 1, 2018; P.A. 21-3 amended Subsec. (b)(3) by replacing “2018” with “2022”, deleting reference to select payment in lieu of taxes grant account and adding reference to Sec. 12-18b(d) re moneys to be expended for grants, effective July 1, 2021; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 181 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting former Subdiv. (5) re regional services grants for fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and each fiscal year thereafter and redesignating existing Subdivs. (6) and (7) as Subdivs. (5) and (6), deleted former Subsec. (d) re municipal revenue sharing grants for fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, and municipal sharing grants for fiscal years ending June 30, 2018, and June 30, 2019, deleted former Subsec. (e) re regional services grants for fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, and each fiscal year thereafter, use of such grants, approval of expenditures from such grants, and submission of biennial reports, redesignated existing Subsecs. (f) to (i) as Subsecs. (d) to (g), and S. 444 substantially revised Subsec. (b) re transfer or disbursement of moneys from account, amended Subsec. (c) by deleting former Subdiv. (1) re motor vehicle property tax grants for fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, redesignating existing Subdiv. (2) as Subdiv. (1) and amending same to replace “2020” with “2022”, “2016” with “2017”, and “45 mills” with provision re mill rate imposed on real property and personal property other than motor vehicles, deleting former Subdiv. (3) re municipality that imposed mill rate for real and personal property of more than 39 mills during fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, and redesignating Subdiv. (4) as Subdiv. (2), deleted former Subsec. (d) and redesignated existing Subsecs. (e) to (i) as Subsecs. (d) to (h) (codified by the Revisors as Subsecs. (d) to (g) per S. 181), and made conforming changes, effective July 1, 2021; P.A. 22-74 amended Subsec. (f)(1) by adding exception to municipal annual certification requirement for fiscal years for which Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management publishes list of payments on Internet web site of Office of Policy and Management, effective July 1, 2022; P.A. 22-118 amended Subsec. (b)(3) by replacing provision re moneys deposited in the account to be distributed the following October first or January first with provision re moneys deposited in account including moneys accrued during the fiscal year to be distributed not later than October first following the end of each fiscal year, effective July 1, 2022, and amended Subsec. (c) by deleting “and each fiscal year thereafter,” in Subdiv. (1) and adding Subdiv. (3) re motor vehicle property tax grants for fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and each fiscal year thereafter, effective May 7, 2022.

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Sec. 4-66m. Intertown capital equipment purchase incentive program. Bond authorization. (a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate four million nine hundred thirty-seven thousand one hundred forty-nine dollars.

(b) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent of the amount stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management for the purpose of providing grants-in-aid under the intertown capital equipment purchase incentive program established pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.

(c) (1) There is established an intertown capital equipment purchase incentive program to provide grants to municipalities to jointly acquire, on and after October 1, 2011, by purchase or by lease, equipment and vehicles necessary to the performance or delivery of a required governmental function or service.

(2) Grant funds may be used for acquisition costs of (A) equipment with an anticipated remaining useful life of not less than five years from the date of purchase or entry into a lease, including, but not limited to, data processing equipment that has a unit price of less than one thousand dollars, that a municipality uses in the performance or delivery of a required governmental function or service, and (B) a maintenance vehicle, pick-up truck, tractor, truck tractor or utility trailer, as each said term is defined in section 14-1, or any other similar type of vehicle that a municipality uses in the performance or delivery of a required governmental function or service. Each grant shall be not more than eighty per cent of the total acquisition cost of such equipment or vehicle, or three hundred seventy-five thousand dollars, whichever is less.

(3) Not later than September 1, 2011, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall develop guidelines to establish (A) the procedures to apply for and the administration of the intertown capital equipment purchase incentive program, (B) criteria for the expenditure of grant funds and the method of allocation of a grant among the municipalities that jointly acquire or lease equipment or a vehicle set forth in subdivision (2) of this subsection, and (C) prioritization for the awarding of grants pursuant to this section, including, but not limited to, any limits in a given time frame on (i) the number of times a municipality may apply, or (ii) the dollar amount of grant funds a municipality may receive, pursuant to this section.

(4) Not later than October 1, 2011, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall publish a notice of grant availability and solicit proposals for funding under the intertown capital equipment purchase incentive program. Municipalities eligible for such funding pursuant to the guidelines developed under subdivision (3) of this subsection may file applications for such funding at such times and in such manner as the secretary prescribes. The secretary shall review all grant applications and make determinations as to which acquisitions to fund and the amount of grants to be awarded in accordance with the guidelines developed under subdivision (3) of this subsection.

(d) All provisions of section 3-20, or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby, which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this section, and temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. None of said bonds shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization which is signed by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Said bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and 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 and interest is hereby made, and the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due.

(P.A. 11-57, S. 75; P.A. 15-170, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1, S. 209; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-4, S. 240; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 429.)

History: P.A. 11-57 effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 15-170 amended Subsec. (c)(2) by changing 50 per cent to 80 per cent and $250,000 to $375,000; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1 amended Subsec. (a) by changing “twenty million dollars” to “ten million dollars” and deleting “, provided ten million dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 2012”, effective July 1, 2015 (Revisor's note: The amendments enacted by June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1 were inadvertently omitted from the version of this section published in the 2016 Supplement to the General Statutes and have been restored editorially by the Revisors); May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-4 amended Subsec. (a) by decreasing aggregate authorization from $10,000,000 to $5,000,000, effective July 1, 2016; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (a) to decrease aggregate authorization from $5,000,000 to $4,937,149, effective October 31, 2017.

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Sec. 4-66n. Municipal reimbursement and revenue account. Distribution of funds. (a) There is established an account to be known as the “municipal reimbursement and revenue account” which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account.

(b) Moneys transferred to the account in accordance with section 87 of public act 13-247* shall be expended by the Office of Policy and Management as follows: (1) For the Nutmeg Network, two million one hundred four thousand dollars; (2) for a tax incidence study, seven hundred thousand dollars; (3) for the universal chart of accounts, two hundred seventy thousand dollars; (4) to audit private providers of special education services, in accordance with section 2-90 and sections 10-91g to 10-91i, inclusive, three hundred sixty-six thousand dollars; (5) for the Department of Education, to conduct the study described in section 4 of public act 16-144*, two hundred fifty thousand dollars; and (6) to promote and facilitate the implementation of the most efficient, high-quality, cost-effective and responsive service delivery, two hundred fifty thousand dollars. Such moneys for the universal chart of accounts may be used to reimburse expenses incurred on or after July 1, 2013.

(P.A. 13-247, S. 328; P.A. 15-169, S. 1; P.A. 16-144, S. 5; P.A. 19-117, S. 229.)

*Note: Section 87 of public act 13-247 and section 4 of public act 16-144 are special in nature and therefore have not been codified but remain in full force and effect according to their terms.

History: P.A. 13-247 effective June 19, 2013; P.A. 15-169 amended Subsec. (b) by changing “Moneys in the account” to “Moneys transferred to the account in accordance with section 87 of public act 13-247”, deleting specific time frames for expenditures of funds, changing $1,087,000 to $2,174,000 in Subdiv. (1), changing $500,000 to $700,000 in Subdiv. (2), and adding provision re use of funds for universal chart of accounts expense reimbursement, effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 16-144 amended Subsec. (b) to add Subdiv. (4) re audit of private providers of special education services and add Subdiv. (5) re Department of Education to conduct study, effective June 9, 2016; P.A. 19-117 amended Subsec. (b) by changing $2,174,000 to $2,104,000 in Subdiv. (1), changing $450,000 to $270,000 in Subdiv. (3) and adding Subdiv. (6) re implementation of most efficient, high-quality, cost-effective and responsive service delivery, effective July 1, 2019.

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Sec. 4-66o. Receivables for anticipated revenue. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management may establish receivables for the revenue anticipated pursuant to subparagraph (K) of subdivision (1) of section 12-408 and section 4-66l.

(Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1, S. 33.)

History: Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1 effective December 29, 2015.

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Sec. 4-66p. Municipal Revenue Sharing Fund. (a) There is established a fund to be known as the “Municipal Revenue Sharing Fund” which shall be a separate, nonlapsing fund. The fund shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the fund. Moneys in the fund shall be expended by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management for the purposes of providing grants pursuant to section 4-66l and section 12-18b.

(b) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, ten million dollars shall be transferred from such fund not later than April fifteenth for the purposes of grants under section 10-262h.

(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-2, S. 41.)

History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-2 effective June 2, 2016.

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Sec. 4-66q. Regional councils of governments. Establishment of revenue sharing agreements. Any regional council of governments may establish a revenue sharing agreement with one or more regional council of governments.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 211.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 effective October 31, 2017.

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Sec. 4-66r. Regional councils of governments. Grants-in-aid. Use of funds. Report to General Assembly. (a) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2018, and June 30, 2019, each regional council of governments shall, within available appropriations, receive a grant-in-aid to be known as a regional services grant, the amount of which shall be based on a formula to be determined by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. No such council shall receive a grant for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, unless the secretary approves a spending plan for such grant moneys submitted by such council to the secretary on or before November 1, 2017. No such council shall receive a grant for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, unless the secretary approves a spending plan for such grant moneys submitted by such council to the secretary on or before July 1, 2018.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 29 of public act 19-117*, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter, each regional council of governments shall receive a grant-in-aid to be known as a regional services grant, the amount of which shall be determined pursuant to section 4-66k. No such council shall receive a grant for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, or any fiscal year thereafter, unless the secretary approves a spending plan for such grant moneys submitted by such council to the secretary on or before July 1, 2019, and annually thereafter. The secretary may provide biennial spending plan approval process guidelines at the secretary's discretion.

(c) Each regional council of governments shall use such grant funds for planning purposes and to achieve efficiencies in the delivery of municipal services, without diminishing the quality of such services. On or before October 1, 2018, and annually thereafter, each regional council of governments shall submit a report, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to planning and development and finance, revenue and bonding, and to the secretary. Such report shall (1) summarize the expenditure of such grant funds in the prior fiscal year, (2) describe any regional program, project or initiative currently provided or planned by the council, (3) review the performance of any existing regional program, project or initiative relative to its initial goals and objectives, (4) analyze the existing services provided by member municipalities or by the state that, in the opinion of the council, could be more effectively or efficiently provided on a regional basis, and (5) provide recommendations for legislative action concerning potential impediments to the regionalization of services.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 259; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 180.)

*Note: Section 29 of public act 19-117 is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 effective October 31, 2017; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 designated existing provisions re regional services grants as Subsec. (a) and amended same to make applicable to fiscal years ending June 30, 2018 and June 30, 2019 and make conforming changes, added Subsec. (b) re regional services grants for fiscal year ending June 30, 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter, and designated existing provisions re use of grant funds and annual report as Subsec. (c) and amended same to add “in the prior fiscal year” in Subdiv. (1), effective July 1, 2021.

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Sec. 4-66s. Collaboration task force. Offering performance of functions, activities or services. (a) There is established a task force to study ways to encourage greater and improved collaboration among the state and municipal governments and regional bodies. Such study shall include, but not be limited to, (1) the examination of functions, activities or services, currently performed by municipalities individually, that might be more efficiently performed by the Office of Policy and Management on behalf of municipalities willing to opt in or opt out of accepting such performance on their behalf, (2) the examination of functions, activities or services, currently performed by the state or municipalities that might be provided in a more efficient, high-quality, cost-effective or responsive manner by regional councils of governments, regional educational service centers or other similar regional bodies that are responsive to residents, (3) cost savings of government services, including, but not limited to, joint purchasing, for a municipality and its local or regional school district, (4) cost savings through the sharing of government services, including, but not limited to, joint purchasing, among municipalities, (5) the standardization and alignment of various regions of the state, (6) analyses of any other initiatives that might facilitate the delivery of services in a more efficient, high-quality, cost-effective or responsive manner, and (7) a recommendation of the division, if any, of revenue in the regionalization subaccount within the regional planning incentive account established under section 4-66k, between the Office of Policy and Management and the regional councils of governments, regional educational service centers or similar regional bodies for the purposes of subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection. Any initiative recommended to be undertaken by the task force shall be offered to municipalities on a voluntary basis.

(b) The task force shall consist of (1) the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management or the secretary's designee, (2) the chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to planning and development and finance, revenue and bonding, or their designees, and (3) the members of the Connecticut Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, established under section 2-79a.

(c) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to finance, revenue and bonding shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. The Office of Policy and Management shall provide additional support to the task force as necessary.

(d) Not later than February 5, 2020, the task force shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, on its findings and recommendations for any legislative changes to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to planning and development and finance, revenue and bonding. The task force shall terminate on the date that it submits such report or February 5, 2020, whichever is later.

(e) On and after July 1, 2020, and in accordance with the findings and recommendations of the task force under this section, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall commence offering the performance of any functions, activities or services recommended under subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section.

(f) The secretary shall establish requirements of and procedures and guidelines for the performance of functions, activities or services under subsection (a) of this section, the amounts of any grants to be awarded and deadlines for application submissions and final selection of grant recipients. The secretary may also establish fees to be charged to municipalities that opt to participate in any functions, activities or services offered under subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section.

(g) Any regional council of governments, regional educational service center or other similar regional body offering any functions, activities or services under subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section may establish fees to be charged to municipalities that opt to participate in such functions, activities or services.

(P.A. 19-117, S. 366.)

History: P.A. 19-117 effective June 26, 2019.

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Secs. 4-66t to 4-66z. Reserved for future use.

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Sec. 4-66aa. Community investment account. Distribution of funds. (a) There is established, within the General Fund, a separate, nonlapsing account to be known as the “community investment account”. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. The funds in the account shall be distributed every three months as follows: (1) Ten dollars of each fee credited to said account shall be deposited into the agriculture sustainability account established pursuant to section 4-66cc and, then, of the remaining funds, (2) twenty-five per cent to the Department of Economic and Community Development to use as follows: (A) Three hundred eighty thousand dollars, annually, to supplement the technical assistance and preservation activities of the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, established pursuant to special act 75-93, and (B) the remainder to supplement historic preservation activities as provided in sections 10-409 to 10-415, inclusive; (3) twenty-five per cent to the Department of Housing to supplement new or existing affordable housing programs; (4) twenty-five per cent to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection for municipal open space grants; and (5) twenty-five per cent to the Department of Agriculture to use as follows: (A) Five hundred thousand dollars annually for the agricultural viability grant program established pursuant to section 22-26j; (B) five hundred thousand dollars annually for the farm transition program established pursuant to section 22-26k; (C) one hundred thousand dollars annually to encourage the sale of Connecticut-grown food to schools, restaurants, retailers and other institutions and businesses in the state; (D) seventy-five thousand dollars annually for the Connecticut farm link program established pursuant to section 22-26l; (E) forty-seven thousand five hundred dollars annually for the Seafood Advisory Council established pursuant to section 22-455; (F) forty-seven thousand five hundred dollars annually for the Connecticut Farm Wine Development Council established pursuant to section 22-26c; (G) twenty-five thousand dollars annually to the Connecticut Food Policy Council established pursuant to section 22-456; and (H) the remainder for farmland preservation programs pursuant to chapter 422. Each agency receiving funds under this section may use not more than ten per cent of such funds for administration of the programs for which the funds were provided.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, fifty per cent of the moneys deposited in the community investment account from January 1, 2016, until June 30, 2017, shall be credited every three months to the resources of the General Fund, provided the funds remaining in the account shall be distributed as provided in subsection (a) of this section.

(P.A. 05-228, S. 6; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 113; P.A. 09-229, S. 28; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 69; P.A. 11-48, S. 133; 11-80, S. 1; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2, S. 44; P.A. 14-45, S. 1; P.A. 15-244, S. 93; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 41.)

History: P.A. 05-228 effective July 1, 2005; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3 changed effective date of P.A. 05-228 to October 1, 2005, effective June 30, 2005; P.A. 09-229 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), renamed account the “community investment account” and added Subsec. (b) re distribution of funds from July 1, 2009, until July 1, 2011, effective July 1, 2009; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subsec. (b)(4) to require quarterly distribution of funds and add new Subparas. (E) to (H) re distribution of funds to certain organizations, effective September 9, 2009; P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (a) by requiring that $10 of each fee be deposited in agriculture sustainability account, replacing “Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism” with “Department of Economic and Community Development” and requiring that $47,500 annually be used for Seafood Advisory Council, $47,500 annually be used for Connecticut Farm Wine Development Council and $25,000 annually be used for Connecticut Food Policy Council, effective July 1, 2011 (Revisor's note: “Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Economic and Community Development” in Subsec. (b) to conform with changes made by P.A. 11-48, S. 78); pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2 made technical changes in Subsec. (a); P.A. 14-45 deleted Subsec. (a) designator, substituted “Department of Housing” for “Connecticut Housing Finance Authority” in Subdiv. (3) and deleted former Subsec. (b) re distributions from July 1, 2009, until July 1, 2011, effective May 28, 2014; P.A. 15-244 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) to provide that 50 per cent of account deposits from January 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017, be credited to General Fund, and remaining account funds be distributed under Subsec. (a), effective January 1, 2016; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (a)(2)(A) to increase amount of annual funds distributed from the account for the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation from $200,000 to $380,000, effective January 1, 2016.

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Sec. 4-66bb. Administrative costs to be paid from land protection, affordable housing and historic preservation account. Any costs associated with administering the provisions of public act 05-228*, including fringe benefit costs, shall be paid from the account established by section 4-66aa.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 63.)

*Note: Public act 05-228 is entitled “An Act Concerning Farm Land Preservation, Land Protection, Affordable Housing and Historic Preservation”. (See Reference Table captioned “Public Acts of 2005” in Volume 16 which lists the sections amended, created or repealed by the act.)

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

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Sec. 4-66cc. Agricultural sustainability account. There is established an account to be known as the “agricultural sustainability account” which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Commissioner of Agriculture for the purpose of providing agricultural assistance pursuant to section 22-265b.

(P.A. 09-229, S. 29.)

History: P.A. 09-229 effective July 1, 2009.

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Sec. 4-67. Secretary may require reports. Examination of agencies. Annual report to Governor. Medical records of state employees. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management may require reports from any department, agency or institution, supported in whole or in part by the state, upon any matter of property or finance at any time and under such regulations as he may prescribe and shall require special reports upon the request of the Governor. The information contained in such special reports shall be submitted by him to the Governor. Said secretary, or any agent of the Office of Policy and Management designated by him for such purpose, may enter any property of any department, board, institution or agency of the state and may examine any of its property and any of its books, papers, plans and records, investigate its service, the effectiveness of its policies, management, internal organization and operating procedure and the character, amount, quality and cost of the service rendered; may recommend to any such department, institution or agency, and assist it to effect, improvements in organization, management, methods and procedure and report his findings and recommendations to the Governor. Each officer and employee of any such department, institution, board or other agency shall assist said secretary or his agent in carrying out the provisions of this chapter. Said secretary shall submit an annual report to the Governor, as provided by section 4-60, which shall include such information concerning the operations of the office and the financial condition and operations of the state as he deems advisable and also any recommendations for changes in the organization or activities of the office. This section shall not apply to the medical records of state employees unless the employee gives his consent or unless the information sought is necessary to assure adjudication of any responsibility on the part of the state or unless medical interpretations of preemployment and other examinations are requested by the Commissioner of Administrative Services.

(1949 Rev., S. 222; 1955, S. 73d; 1957, P.A. 658, S. 1; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 14; P.A. 73-677, S. 8; 73-679, S. 7, 43; P.A. 75-519, S. 5, 12; 75-537, S. 20, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 24, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 6, 136.)

History: P.A. 73-677 changed remaining reference to personnel director to commissioner of personnel and administration; P.A. 73-679 changed director of the budget to managing director, planning and budgeting division; P.A. 75-519 changed commissioner of personnel and administration to personnel commissioner; P.A. 75-537 changed planning and budgeting division to budget and management division; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 changed references to commissioner and department of finance and control to refer to office of policy and management and its secretary and replaced personnel commissioner with commissioner of administrative services.

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Sec. 4-67a. Medical Affairs Reference Committee. Section 4-67a is repealed.

(1963, P.A. 517; 1967, P.A. 548, S. 5.)

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Sec. 4-67b. Appraisal fee schedule established. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall establish a uniform fee schedule to equitably apply to independent professional appraisers for services chargeable to the state. In establishing said schedule he may consult with any state agency requiring appraisal services and such other advisors as he deems necessary.

(February, 1965, P.A. 44; P.A. 77-614, S. 26, 610.)

History: P.A. 77-614 replaced old text concerning appraisal fee reference committee entirely, instituting new provisions for uniform fee schedule established by the secretary of the office of policy and management.

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Sec. 4-67c. Fee schedule for health services established by Commissioner of Social Services. The Commissioner of Social Services shall establish a uniform fee schedule to equitably apply to practitioners of the healing arts and allied professions or callings set forth in chapters 370 to 383, inclusive, and vendors of sickroom supplies, for their services to needy persons chargeable to the state and to those persons included in medical assistance programs under Title XIX of the Social Security Amendments of 1965, as amended, entitled “Grants to States for Medical Assistance Programs”. Said fee schedule shall be based on moderate and reasonable rates prevailing in the respective communities wherein the service is rendered.

(1967, P.A. 548, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 250, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 27, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 7, 85, 136; P.A. 82-395, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)

History: 1971 act changed reference to chapter 380 to chapter 383, included vendors of sickroom supplies under uniform fee schedule and deleted temporary exception for practitioners licensed under chapter 370; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 transferred duties of professional policy committee to the secretary of the office of policy and management with advice and assistance of income maintenance commissioner; P.A. 82-395 transferred responsibility for establishment of fee schedule from secretary of office of policy and management to commissioner of income maintenance who had formerly served in advisory role; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner of social services for commissioner of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993.

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Sec. 4-67d. Professional Advisory Committee. Section 4-67d is repealed.

(1967, P.A. 548, S. 2; 1971, P.A. 250, S. 2; P.A. 76-64; P.A. 77-614, S. 609, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 120, 136.)

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Sec. 4-67e. Coordination of water resources policy. Memorandum of understanding. Review of regulatory authority and memoranda of understanding. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall coordinate the activity of the Commissioner of Public Health and the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection in the following: (1) The review of the authority of each agency for consistency with the policies established by section 22a-380, (2) the preparation of a memorandum of understanding, not more than six months after October 1, 1991, intended to avoid inconsistency, overlap and redundancy in requirements and authority of each agency in water conservation issues, emergency contingency plans and regulatory authority under chapters 283, 446i, 446j and 474, (3) the review of exercise of regulatory authority over water companies, as defined in section 25-32a, to determine whether inconsistency, overlap or redundancy exist in the statutory requirements or regulatory authority of such agencies under chapters 283, 446i, 446j, and 474, (4) the assessment of the necessity of a memorandum of understanding to avoid such inconsistency, overlap or redundancy, and, if determined to be necessary, the preparation of such a memorandum by July 1, 1995, and (5) the development of recommendations for legislation and amendments to regulations to implement the provisions of a memorandum of understanding prepared pursuant to this section, or for consistency with the policies established by section 22a-380. There shall be a period of public review and comment on a memorandum of understanding prior to final agreement. On or before January 1, 1995, the secretary shall submit to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health, energy and public utilities and the environment, written findings, and any recommendations, concerning the review and assessment conducted pursuant to subdivisions (3) and (4) of this section.

(P.A. 89-327, S. 2, 7; P.A. 91-310, S. 1; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 94-219, S. 1; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 11-80, S. 5.)

History: P.A. 91-310 allowed regulatory authority under chapters 283, 446i, 446j and 474 to be included in the memorandum of understanding; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-219 added Subdivs. (3) and (4) re review of exercise of regulatory authority and the assessment of the necessity of a memorandum of understanding, respectively, and required submittal of any findings and recommendations relative to Subdivs. (3) and (4) to the joint standing committees of the general assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health, environment and energy and public utilities; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 11-80 changed “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” and deleted reference to chairperson of the Public Utilities Control Authority, effective July 1, 2011.

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Sec. 4-67f. State agency projects to reduce costs and increase efficiencies. Employee awards. Innovations review panel. Savings realized. (a) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall establish a program for the purpose of financing state agency projects to reduce costs and increase efficiencies through capital investment, including, but not limited to, projects to use new technologies, improved equipment and energy efficiency measures. Any state agency may submit a request for such funding to the secretary.

(b) The secretary shall establish a program for the purpose of allocation of awards to individual state employees or groups of state employees who present ideas for innovations within their agencies which improve the delivery of services or reduce agency costs.

(c) There is established an innovations review panel consisting of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management or his designee, two representatives of state agencies selected by the secretary, two representatives of collective bargaining units representing state employees selected by the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition and five public members, including at least two representatives of the business community. The Governor, president pro tempore of the Senate, minority leader of the Senate, speaker of the House of Representatives and minority leader of the House of Representatives shall each appoint one such public member. Said panel shall review and evaluate requests for funding for projects and awards pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this section and recommend projects and awards to the secretary.

(d) Not later than June 30, 1995, and annually thereafter, the innovations review panel shall identify and quantify the savings realized through the implementation of employee recommendations sponsored by the panel, and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall certify the accuracy of such quantification. On July 1, 1995, and annually thereafter, fifty per cent of the unexpended savings realized during the preceding fiscal year through the implementation of an employee recommendation sponsored by the innovations review panel shall accrue to the agency which implemented the recommendation, provided such savings (1) shall so accrue only for the first year of the project, and (2) shall not exceed two million dollars in the aggregate for any one agency in any year.

(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-7, S. 2, 36; P.A. 94-70.)

History: P.A. 94-70 added Subsec. (d) re savings realized through implementation of employee recommendations sponsored by the panel.

See Sec. 5-263b re awards to employees reporting alleged state agency gross waste of funds.

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Sec. 4-67g. State real property: Long-range planning, efficiency and appropriateness of use and inventories. Secretary approval re ownership and use. (a) The Office of Policy and Management shall be responsible for: (1) Long-range planning with regard to the use of all state real property; (2) determining the level of efficiency of each and every state agency's use of any and all real property under its control; (3) maintaining an inventory of state real property; (4) maintaining an inventory of real property leased by state agencies; and (5) determining the appropriate use of state real property.

(b) In creating and maintaining such inventories, the secretary shall make recommendations concerning the reuse or disposition of state real property and identify in such inventories existing buildings that (1) are of historic, architectural or cultural significance, including buildings listed or eligible to be listed in the national register established under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, 80 Stat. 915 (1966), 16 USC 470a, and (2) would be suitable, whether or not in need of repair, alteration or addition, to meet the public building needs of the state or to meet the needs of the public in accordance with the provisions of subsection (m) of section 4b-23. At the request of the secretary, the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall advise the secretary as to whether such buildings are of historic, architectural or cultural significance.

(c) All state agencies shall provide the secretary, in the manner and form prescribed by the secretary, with any information requested by said secretary for purposes of maintaining the inventories required by this section.

(d) The secretary shall update such inventories not less than annually and shall provide the Commissioner of Administrative Services with a copy of such inventories whenever the inventories are updated.

(e) Not later than July 1, 2016, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall submit a copy of such inventories, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government administration and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies.

(f) Each state agency shall request and obtain the written approval of the secretary or his or her designee prior to any (1) change in ownership of state real property, (2) change in use of state real property, (3) use of state real property by an entity other than a state agency, or (4) use of state real property by a state agency other than the state agency with custody and control over such state real property. For purposes of this subsection, “state agency” does not include a constituent unit of the state system of higher education, a technical education and career school or an agency in the legislative or judicial branch of state government.

(g) Except as otherwise provided, for the purposes of this section, “state real property” means any improved or unimproved real property owned by a state agency, and “state agency” means any office, department, board, council, commission, institution, constituent unit of the state system of higher education, technical education and career school or other agency in the executive, legislative or judicial branch of state government.

(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-7, S. 28, 36; P.A. 11-51, S. 96; P.A. 12-116, S. 87; 12-205, S. 2; P.A. 16-180, S. 1; P.A. 17-237, S. 27.)

History: P.A. 11-51 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same to delete reference to Bureau of Real Property Management, require Office of Policy and Management to maintain rather than review inventory and delete reference to Commissioner of Public Works and Sec. 4b-1(6), and added Subsecs. (b) to (d) re inventory, updating of inventory and definitions, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 12-116, “vocational-technical school” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “technical high school”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 12-205 amended Subsec. (a) to add “real” re property in Subdiv. (3) and add Subdiv. (4) re inventory of leased property and Subdiv. (5) re appropriate use determination, amended Subsec. (b) to add “and maintaining” re inventories and add provision re Commissioner of Economic and Community Development to advise secretary re buildings' significance, amended Subsec. (c) to add “in the manner and form prescribed by the secretary” and reposition provision re update of inventories to new Subsec. (d) and provision re copy of inventories sent to certain committees to Subsec. (e), added Subsec. (f) re approval of secretary, redesignated existing Subsec. (d) as Subsec. (g) and made conforming changes, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 16-180 amended Subsec. (e) by replacing “March 15, 2013” with “July 1, 2016”, effective June 7, 2016; P.A. 17-237 amended Subsecs. (f) and (g) by replacing “technical high school” with “technical education and career school”, effective July 1, 2017.

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Sec. 4-67h. Bond issue. (a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate seven hundred fifty thousand dollars, provided two hundred fifty thousand dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 1994.

(b) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent of the amount stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Office of Policy and Management for the purpose of funding of the Bureau of Real Property Management.

(c) All provisions of section 3-20, or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this section, and temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. None of said bonds shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization, which is signed by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Said bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and 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 and interest is hereby made, and the Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due.

(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-7, S. 29, 36; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 93-1, S. 2, 45.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 93-1 amended Subsec. (a) to increase bond authorization from $250,000 to $750,000, effective July 1, 1993, provided $250,000 of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 1994.

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Sec. 4-67i. Agency procurement plan. Not later than January 1, 2020, and every three years thereafter, each state agency, as defined in section 4-212, shall submit to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management for approval an agency procurement plan that includes, but is not limited to, a list of all services and programs the agency intends to contract for over the three-year period next succeeding such report, and a planned schedule of procurements indicating whether such procurements shall be based on competitive negotiation or competitive quotations, or whether the state agency has determined that a sole source purchase of services is required and the agency intends to apply to the secretary for a waiver in accordance with the guidelines adopted under section 4-215.

(P.A. 19-117, S. 104.)

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Secs. 4-67j to 4-67l. Reserved for future use.

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Sec. 4-67m. Development of goals, objectives and measures; implementation and revision; report. (a) The Office of Policy and Management, in consultation with each budgeted state agency, shall develop, for state budgeting purposes, specific biennial goals and objectives and quantifiable outcome measures, which shall not be limited to measures of activities, for each program, service and state grant administered or provided by such agency. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall submit an annual report concerning such goals, objectives and measures to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the agency. For the biennium beginning July 1, 1995, and for each biennium thereafter, the annual report shall include an evaluation of the impact of each program, service and state contract on the family.

(b) The goals, objectives and measures developed for each such agency pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be implemented for the biennium beginning July 1, 1993. The Office of Policy and Management, in consultation with each such agency, shall review and revise such goals, objectives and measures for each biennium thereafter.

(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-8, S. 3, 5; P.A. 93-387, S. 2, 3; P.A. 97-288, S. 4, 6; P.A. 05-288, S. 12; P.A. 13-299, S. 5.)

History: P.A. 93-387 added Subsec. (c) re evaluation of progress in achieving benchmarks, effective June 30, 1993; P.A. 97-288 amended Subsec. (a) to require that for the biennium beginning July 1, 1995, and for each biennium thereafter the report include an evaluation of the impact of each program, service and state contract on the family, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 05-288 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective July 13, 2005; P.A. 13-299 made a technical change in Subsec. (a) and deleted former Subsec. (c) re reporting on benchmarks established under Sec. 4-67r, effective July 1, 2013.

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Sec. 4-67n. Data-sharing program for executive agencies. Policies and procedures. Memoranda of agreement. Employment records. Requests for public records. (a) For purposes of this section:

(1) “Data” means statistical or factual information that: (A) is reflected in a list, table, graph, chart, or other nonnarrative form that can be digitally transmitted or processed; (B) is regularly created and maintained by or on behalf of an executive agency; and (C) records a measurement, transaction or determination related to the mission of the executive agency or is provided to such agency by any third party as required by any provision of law. “Data” does not include return and return information, as defined in section 12-15;

(2) “Executive agency” means any agency with a department head, as defined in section 4-5, a constituent unit of higher education, as defined in section 10a-1, or the Office of Higher Education, established by section 10a-1d; and

(3) “State agency” means any office, department, board, council, commission, institution, constituent unit of the state system of higher education, technical education and career school or other agency in the executive, legislative or judicial branch of state government.

(b) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall develop a program to access, link, analyze and share data maintained by executive agencies and to respond to queries from any state agency, and from any private entity or person that would otherwise require access to data maintained by two or more executive agencies. The secretary shall give priority to queries that seek to measure outcomes for state-funded programs or that may facilitate the development of policies to promote the effective, efficient and best use of state resources.

(1) Review and respond to queries to ensure (A) a response is permitted under state and federal law; (B) the privacy and confidentiality of protected data can be assured; and (C) the query is based on sound research design principles; and

(2) Protect and ensure the security, privacy, confidentiality and administrative value of data collected and maintained by executive agencies.

(d) The secretary shall, in consultation with the Chief Information Officer, develop and implement a secure information technology solution to link data across executive agencies and to develop and implement a detailed data security and safeguarding plan for the data accessed or shared through such solution.

(e) The secretary shall request from, and execute a memorandum of agreement with, each executive agency detailing data-sharing between the agency and the Office of Policy and Management. Each such agreement shall authorize the Office of Policy and Management to act on behalf of the executive agency that is a party to such agreement for purposes of data access, matching and sharing and shall include provisions to ensure the proper use, security and confidentiality of the data shared. Any executive agency that is requested by the secretary to execute such an agreement shall comply with such request.

(f) The secretary shall notify the applicable executive agency when data within such agency's custody has been requested under subsection (b) of this section.

(g) The Labor Department, upon the request of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, shall furnish unemployment compensation records maintained by the Labor Commissioner pursuant to chapter 567, for purposes of this section. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as limiting the secretary's authority to request or receive information from the Labor Department.

(h) For the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200, the Office of Policy and Management shall not be considered the agency with custody or control of any public records or files that are made accessible to said office pursuant to this section, but shall be considered the agency with custody and control of any public records or files created by the Office of Policy and Management, including, but not limited to, all reports generated by said office in response to queries posed under subsection (b) of this section.

(P.A. 15-142, S. 4; P.A. 16-169, S. 17; P.A. 17-237, S. 28.)

History: P.A. 15-142 effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 16-169 amended Subsec. (g) by deleting provision re Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management as authorized representative of Labor Commissioner or administrator of unemployment compensation, adding provision re secretary's authority to request or receive information from Labor Department, and making technical changes; P.A. 17-237 amended Subsec. (a)(3) by replacing “technical high school” with “technical education and career school”, effective July 1, 2017.

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Sec. 4-67o. Definitions. As used in this section, sections 2-79e and 4-67p and 4-67z:

(1) “Data” means the final version of statistical or factual information that: (A) Is reflected in a list, table, graph, chart or other non-narrative form that can be digitally or nondigitally transmitted or processed; (B) is regularly created or maintained by, or on behalf of, an executive branch agency; and (C) records a measurement, transaction or determination related to the mission of the agency or is provided to the agency by third parties pursuant to law.

(2) “Executive branch agency” means any agency listed in section 4-38c, except the Board of Regents for Higher Education.

(3) “High value data” means any data that the department head determines (A) is critical to the operation of an executive branch agency; (B) can increase executive branch agency accountability and responsiveness; (C) can improve public knowledge of the executive branch agency and its operations; (D) can further the core mission of the executive branch agency; (E) can create economic opportunity; (F) is frequently requested by the public; (G) responds to a need and demand as identified by the agency through public consultation; or (H) is used to satisfy any legislative or other reporting requirements.

(4) “Open data” means any data that (A) is freely available in convenient and modifiable format and can be retrieved, downloaded, indexed and searched; (B) is formatted in a manner that allows for automated machine processing; (C) does not have restrictions governing use; (D) is published with the finest possible level of detail that is practicable and permitted by law; and (E) is described in enough detail so users of the data have sufficient information to understand (i) the strengths, weaknesses, analytical limitations and security requirements of the data, and (ii) how to process such data.

(5) “Public data” means any data collected by an executive branch agency that is permitted to be made available to the public, consistent with any and all applicable laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, resolutions, policies or other restrictions, requirements or rights associated with the data, including, but not limited to, contractual or other legal restrictions, orders or requirements.

(6) “Protected data” means any data the public disclosure of which would (A) violate federal or state laws or regulations; (B) endanger the public health, safety or welfare; (C) hinder the operation of the federal, state or municipal government, including criminal and civil investigations; or (D) impose an undue financial, operational or administrative burden on the executive branch agency. “Protected data” includes any records not required to be disclosed pursuant to subsection (b) of section 1-210.

(P.A. 18-175, S. 1; P.A. 19-153, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 18-175 effective June 7, 2018; P.A. 19-153 amended the introductory language to add reference to Sec. 4-67z, effective July 9, 2019.

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Sec. 4-67p. Chief Data Officer. Duties. Designation of agency data officers. State data plan. Agency inventories of data. Open data access plans. Online repository. Voluntary compliance of other agencies or municipalities. (a) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall designate an employee of the Office of Policy and Management to serve as Chief Data Officer. The Chief Data Officer shall be responsible for (1) directing executive branch agencies on the use and management of data to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of state programs and policies, (2) facilitating the sharing and use of executive branch agency data (A) between executive branch agencies, and (B) with the public, (3) coordinating data analytics and transparency master planning for executive branch agencies, and (4) creating the state data plan in accordance with subsection (c) of this section. The Chief Data Officer shall carry out the responsibilities set forth in subdivisions (1) to (3), inclusive, of this subsection in accordance with the state data plan created pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.

(b) Each executive branch agency shall designate an employee of the agency to serve as the agency data officer, who shall be responsible for implementing the provisions of this section and who shall serve as the main contact person for inquiries, requests or concerns regarding access to the data of such agency. The agency data officer, in consultation with the Chief Data Officer and the executive agency head, shall establish procedures to ensure that requests for data that the agency receives are complied with in an appropriate and prompt manner.

(c) Not later than December 31, 2018, and every two years thereafter, the Chief Data Officer, in consultation with the agency data officers and executive branch agency heads, shall create a state data plan. The state data plan shall (1) establish management and data analysis standards across all executive branch agencies, (2) include specific, achievable goals within the two years following adoption of such plan, as well as longer term goals, (3) make recommendations to enhance standardization and integration of data systems and data management practices across all executive branch agencies, (4) provide a timeline for a review of any state or federal legal concerns or other obstacles to the internal sharing of data among agencies, including security and privacy concerns, and (5) set goals for improving the online repository established pursuant to subsection (i) of this section. Each state data plan shall provide for a procedure for each agency head to report to the Chief Data Officer regarding the agency's progress toward achieving the plan's goals. Such plan may make recommendations concerning data management for the legislative or judicial branch agencies, but such recommendations shall not be binding on such agencies.

(d) The Chief Data Officer shall submit a preliminary draft of such plan to the Connecticut Data Analysis Technology Advisory Board established under section 2-79e not later than November 1, 2018, and every two years thereafter. Said board shall hold a public hearing on such draft and shall submit any suggested revisions to the Chief Data Officer not later than thirty days after receipt of such draft.

(e) After the public hearing and if applicable, receiving any recommended revisions from the board, the Chief Data Officer shall finalize such plan and submit the final plan to the board. The Chief Data Officer shall send a copy of the final state data plan to all agency data officers and shall post such plan on the Internet web site of the Office of Policy and Management.

(f) Information technology-related actions and initiatives of all executive branch agencies, including, but not limited to, the acquisition of hardware and software and the development of software, shall be consistent with the final state data plan.

(g) On or before December 31, 2018, and not less than annually thereafter, each executive branch agency shall conduct an inventory of any high value data that is collected or possessed by the agency. Such inventory shall be in a form prescribed by the Chief Data Officer. In conducting such inventory, data shall be presumed to be public data unless otherwise classified by federal or state law or regulation. On or before December 31, 2018, and not less than annually thereafter, each executive branch agency shall submit such inventory to the Chief Data Officer and the Connecticut Data Analysis Technology Advisory Board.

(h) Each executive branch agency shall develop an open data access plan. Such plan shall be in a form prescribed by the Office of Policy and Management and shall detail the agency's plan to publish, as open data, any public data that the agency has identified and any protected data that can be made public through aggregation, redaction of individually identifiable information or other means sufficient to satisfy applicable state or federal law or regulation.

(i) The Office of Policy and Management shall operate and maintain an online repository for the publication of open data by executive branch agencies.

(j) Any state agency that is not an executive branch agency and any quasi-public agency or municipality may voluntarily opt to comply with the provisions of this section and, upon submission of written notice of the agency's or municipality's decision to the Office of Policy and Management, the provisions of this section shall apply to such agency or municipality. Any state or quasi-public agency or any municipality that voluntarily opts to comply with the provisions of this section may opt out of complying with this section upon submission of written notice of the agency's or municipality's decision to the Office of Policy and Management. The Office of Policy and Management shall create and maintain a list of all agencies subject to the provisions of this section, including those agencies and municipalities that have voluntarily opted to comply, and shall publish such list on the office's Internet web site and update such list as necessary.

(P.A. 18-175, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 18-175 effective June 7, 2018.

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Sec. 4-67q. Licensing agreements re posting online of codes and standards incorporated by reference into regulations. Section 4-67q is repealed, effective June 11, 2014.

(P.A. 12-92, S. 8; P.A. 14-187, S. 55.)

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Sec. 4-67r. Connecticut Progress Council. Development of long-range vision. Benchmarks. Report on use of benchmarks in budgeting. Section 4-67r is repealed, effective July 1, 2013.

(P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-387, S. 1, 3; 93-435, S. 59, 95; P.A. 95-232, S. 1, 2; 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5; P.A. 13-299, S. 95.)

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Sec. 4-67s. Child Poverty and Prevention Council: Definitions. As used in sections 4-67s to 4-67x, inclusive:

(1) “Prevention” means policies and programs that promote healthy, safe and productive lives and reduce the likelihood of crime, violence, substance abuse, illness, academic failure and other socially destructive behaviors.

(2) “Research-based prevention” means those prevention programs as defined in this section that have been rigorously evaluated and are found to be effective or represent best practices.

(P.A. 01-121, S. 1, 6; P.A. 06-179, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 01-121 effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 06-179 substituted “4-67x” for “4-67v”.

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(P.A. 01-121, S. 2, 3, 6; P.A. 03-145, S. 1; P.A. 04-257, S. 90; P.A. 06-179, S. 5.)

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Sec. 4-67v. Governor's budget document re prevention goals. Section 4-67v is repealed, effective June 6, 2014.

(P.A. 01-121, S. 4, 6; P.A. 06-179, S. 1; P.A. 07-47, S. 2; P.A. 14-132, S. 3.)

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Sec. 4-67w. State Prevention Council: Submission of recommendations re expansion, including benchmarks, or termination. Section 4-67w is repealed, effective October 1, 2006.

(P.A. 01-121, S. 5, 6; P.A. 03-19, S. 4; P.A. 06-179, S. 5.)

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Sec. 4-67x. Child Poverty and Prevention Council established. Duties. Ten-year plan. Prevention goals, recommendations and outcome measures. Protocol for state contracts. Agency reports. Council report to General Assembly. Termination of council. (a) There shall be a Child Poverty and Prevention Council consisting of the following members or their designees: The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the president pro tempore of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the minority leader of the Senate and the minority leader of the House of Representatives, the Commissioners of Children and Families, Social Services, Correction, Developmental Services, Mental Health and Addiction Services, Transportation, Public Health, Education, Housing, Agriculture and Economic and Community Development, the Labor Commissioner, the Chief Court Administrator, the chairperson of the Board of Regents for Higher Education, the Child Advocate, the executive directors of the Office of Early Childhood and the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities and the executive director of the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity or a designee. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the secretary's designee, shall be the chairperson of the council. The council shall (1) develop and promote the implementation of a ten-year plan, to begin June 8, 2004, to reduce the number of children living in poverty in the state by fifty per cent, and (2) within available appropriations, establish prevention goals and recommendations and measure prevention service outcomes in accordance with this section in order to promote the health and well-being of children and families.

(b) The ten-year plan shall contain: (1) An identification and analysis of the occurrence of child poverty in the state, (2) an analysis of the long-term effects of child poverty on children, their families and their communities, (3) an analysis of costs of child poverty to municipalities and the state, (4) an inventory of state-wide public and private programs that address child poverty, (5) the percentage of the target population served by such programs and the current state funding levels, if any, for such programs, (6) an identification and analysis of any deficiencies or inefficiencies of such programs, and (7) procedures and priorities for implementing strategies to achieve a fifty per cent reduction in child poverty in the state by June 30, 2014. Such procedures and priorities shall include, but not be limited to, (A) vocational training and placement to promote career progression for parents of children living in poverty, (B) educational opportunities, including higher education opportunities, and advancement for such parents and children, including, but not limited to, preliteracy, literacy and family literacy programs, (C) housing for such parents and children, (D) child care services, as described in section 19a-77, after-school programs and mentoring programs for such children and for single parents, (E) health care access for such parents and children, including access to mental health services and family planning, (F) treatment programs and services, including substance abuse programs and services, for such parents and children, and (G) accessible childhood nutrition programs.

(c) In developing the ten-year plan, the council shall consult with experts and providers of services to children living in poverty and parents of such children. The council shall hold at least one public hearing on the plan. After the public hearing, the council may make any modifications that the members deem necessary based on testimony given at the public hearing.

(d) Funds from private and public sources may be accepted and utilized by the council to develop and implement the plan and the provisions of this section.

(e) Not later than January 1, 2005, the council shall submit the plan, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations, human services and children, along with any recommendations for legislation and funding necessary to implement the plan.

(f) (1) On or before January first of each year from 2006 to 2015, inclusive, the council shall report, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, human services and children on the implementation of the plan, progress made toward meeting the child poverty reduction goal specified in subsection (a) of this section and the extent to which state actions are in conformity with the plan. The council shall meet at least two times annually for the purposes set forth in this section.

(2) On or before January first of each year from 2007 to 2015, inclusive, the council shall, within available appropriations, report, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the Governor and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, education, human services, public health and children on the state's progress in prioritizing expenditures in budgeted state agencies with membership on the council in order to fund prevention services. The report shall include (A) a summary of measurable gains made toward the child poverty and prevention goals established in this section; (B) a copy of each such agency's report on prevention services submitted to the council pursuant to subsection (g) of this section; (C) examples of successful interagency collaborations to meet the child poverty and prevention goals established in this section; and (D) recommendations for prevention investment and budget priorities. In developing such recommendations, the council shall consult with experts and providers of services to children and families.

(g) (1) On or before November first of each year from 2006 to 2014, inclusive, each budgeted state agency with membership on the council that provides prevention services to children shall, within available appropriations, report to the council in accordance with this subsection.

(2) Each agency report shall include at least two prevention services not to exceed the actual number of prevention services provided by the agency. For each prevention service reported by the agency, the agency report shall include (A) a statement of the number of children and families served, (B) a description of the preventive purposes of the service, (C) for reports due after November 1, 2006, a description of performance-based standards and outcomes included in relevant contracts pursuant to subsection (h) of this section, and (D) any performance-based vendor accountability protocols.

(3) Each agency report shall also include (A) long-term agency goals, strategies and outcomes to promote the health and well-being of children and families, (B) overall findings on the effectiveness of prevention within such agency, (C) a statement of whether there are methods used by such agency to reduce disparities in child performance and outcomes by race, income level and gender, and a description of such methods, if any, and (D) other information the agency head deems relevant to demonstrate the preventive value of services provided by the agency. Long-term agency goals, strategies and outcomes reported under this subdivision may include, but need not be limited to, the following:

(i) With respect to health goals, increasing (I) the number of healthy pregnant women and newborns, (II) the number of youths who adopt healthy behaviors, and (III) access to health care for children and families;

(ii) With respect to education goals, increasing the number of children who (I) are ready for school at an appropriate age, (II) learn to read by third grade, (III) succeed in school, (IV) graduate from high school, and (V) successfully obtain and maintain employment as adults;

(iii) With respect to safety goals, decreasing (I) the rate of child neglect and abuse, (II) the number of children who are unsupervised after school, (III) the incidence of child and youth suicide, and (IV) the incidence of juvenile crime; and

(iv) With respect to housing goals, increasing access to stable and adequate housing.

(4) Each agency report shall also include (A) a list of agency programs that provide prevention services, (B) the actual prevention services expenditures for the most recently completed fiscal year, and (C) the percentage of total actual agency expenditures in the most recently completed fiscal year that were actual prevention services expenditures.

(h) Not later than July 1, 2006, the Office of Policy and Management shall, within available appropriations, develop a protocol requiring state contracts for programs aimed at reducing poverty for children and families to include performance-based standards and outcome measures related to the child poverty reduction goal specified in subsection (a) of this section. Not later than July 1, 2007, the Office of Policy and Management shall, within available appropriations, require such state contracts to include such performance-based standards and outcome measures. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management may consult with the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity to identify academic, private and other available funding sources and may accept and utilize funds from private and public sources to implement the provisions of this section.

(i) For purposes of this section, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the secretary's designee, shall be responsible for coordinating all necessary activities, including, but not limited to, scheduling and presiding over meetings and public hearings.

(j) The council shall terminate on June 30, 2015.

(P.A. 04-238, S. 1; P.A. 05-244, S. 1; P.A. 06-179, S. 3; 06-196, S. 27; P.A. 07-47, S. 1; 07-73, S. 2(b); 07-166, S. 1; 07-217, S. 6; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 29; P.A. 10-179, S. 94; P.A. 11-48, S. 285; P.A. 13-247, S. 46; P.A. 14-122, S. 3; 14-132, S. 1, 2; P.A. 16-163, S. 25; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 135, 136; P.A. 19-117, S. 109, 110; 19-118, S. 20.)

History: P.A. 04-238 effective June 8, 2004; P.A. 05-244 made technical changes, added executive director of Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities as council member in Subsec. (a), specified mandatory minimum number of meeting times and reporting requirements in Subsec. (f) and required development and implementation of state contract protocol in new Subsec. (g), redesignating existing Subsecs. (g) and (h) as Subsecs. (h) and (i), respectively, effective July 11, 2005; P.A. 06-179 amended Subsec. (a) to insert Subdiv. designators and substitute “Child Poverty and Prevention Council” for “Child Poverty Council”, to add the Chief Court Administrator, to delete the chairperson of the State Prevention Council, to add “promote the implementation of” re ten-year plan, and to add Subdiv. (2) re establishing prevention goals and recommendations and measuring outcomes, amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) to add “ten-year” re plan, amended Subsec. (f) to insert Subdiv. (1) designator and provide that meetings held at least twice annually shall be for the purposes set forth in the section, inserted new Subsecs. (f)(2) and (g) re council and agency reports, and redesignated existing Subsecs. (g) to (i) as Subsecs. (h) to (j) (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (f)(2) the word “this” in the phrase “this subsection (g) of this section” was deleted editorially by the Revisor's for accuracy); P.A. 06-196 made a technical change in Subsec. (g), effective June 7, 2006; P.A. 07-47 amended Subsec. (f)(2) to extend the council's annual reporting requirement re funding of prevention services to the Governor and the General Assembly to January 1, 2015, amended Subsec. (g)(1) to extend the annual reporting requirement of budgeted agencies to the council to November 1, 2014, and made technical and conforming changes in Subsecs. (f) and (g); pursuant to P.A. 07-73 “Commissioner of Mental Retardation” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Developmental Services”, effective October 1, 2007; P.A. 07-166 amended Subsec. (a) to make technical changes, effective June 19, 2007; P.A. 07-217 made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective July 12, 2007; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5 amended Subsec. (a) to change “Children's Trust Fund” to “Children's Trust Fund Council”, effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 10-179 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting reference to Commissioner of Health Care Access and by making technical changes; pursuant to P.A. 11-48, “Board of Governors of Higher Education” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Board of Regents for Higher Education” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-247 deleted reference to chairperson of the Children's Trust Fund Council in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 14-122 made technical changes in Subsecs. (e) and (f); P.A. 14-132 amended Subsec. (a) to add Commissioner of Housing, Commissioner of Agriculture and executive director of Office of Early Childhood to council and amended Subsec. (g) to add provisions in Subdiv. (1) and add Subdiv. (4) re agency reporting, effective June 6, 2014; P.A. 16-163 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “day care and” with “child care services, as described in section 19a-77,” in Subpara. (D), effective June 9, 2016; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing reference to executive director of Commission on Children with reference to executive director of Commission on Women, Children and Seniors or a designee and amended Subsec. (h) by replacing reference to Commission on Children with reference to Commission on Women, Children and Seniors, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 19-117 amended Subsecs. (a) and (h) by replacing “Commission on Women, Children and Seniors” with “Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity”, effective July 1, 2019; P.A. 19-118 amended Subsec. (g)(1) by eliminating requirement re report to appropriations, human services and children committees, effective July 1, 2019.

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Sec. 4-67y. Child Poverty and Prevention Council to constitute the children in the recession leadership team. Duties. Report. (a) The Child Poverty and Prevention Council, established pursuant to section 4-67x, shall constitute the children in the recession leadership team to make recommendations for the state's emergency response to children affected by the recession. The council may establish a subcommittee to act for it under this section. For purposes of this section, the council or a subcommittee established under this subsection shall meet quarterly if the unemployment rate of the state, as reported by the Labor Commissioner, is eight per cent or greater for the preceding three months.

(b) The council shall work in consultation with other government agencies to develop and promote policies, practices and procedures, within available appropriations, that (1) mitigate the long-term impact of economic recessions on children; (2) provide appropriate assistance and resources to families to minimize the number of children who enter poverty as a result of the recession; and (3) reduce human and fiscal costs of recessions, including foreclosures, child hunger, family violence, school failure, youth runaways, homelessness, child abuse and neglect.

(c) For purposes of this section, the council, within available appropriations, shall utilize strategies to mitigate the impact of the recession on children that include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Resource information sharing and strategic planning to address emergency response to children in the recession; (2) training of pertinent personnel on the availability of services, access points and interventions across agencies, including child trauma treatment; (3) development of linkages between job training and education programs and services; (4) development and implementation of efforts to coordinate outreach and improve access to services, including the establishment of multiple enrollment sites where feasible; (5) reduction of current response times to clients for safety net programs, including, but not limited to, the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the federal Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children, the National School Lunch Program and other federal child nutrition programs, the temporary family assistance program, the child care subsidy program, heating and rental assistance, eviction prevention services and free and reduced preschool meal programs; (6) identification of appropriate revisions to regulations and procedures to be streamlined to increase program access; (7) maximization of availability of targeted case management and intervention services; (8) assessment of the unique needs of children of soldiers serving or returning from war or other military service; and (9) maximization of all federal funding opportunities.

(d) Not later than January 1, 2011, the council shall prepare a report on (1) the progress in implementing the provisions of this section; and (2) other government actions taken to reduce the impact of the recession on children and families. Such report shall be submitted to the select committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to children and to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and human services.

(P.A. 10-133, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 10-133 effective June 8, 2010.

See Sec. 4-165c re immunity of the state and its officials, employees and agents.

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Sec. 4-67z. Review of legal obstacles to sharing of high value data. Report. (a) The Chief Data Officer, in consultation with the Attorney General and executive branch agency legal counsel, shall review the legal obstacles to the sharing of high value data of executive branch agencies, inventoried pursuant to section 4-67p, among agencies and with the public.

(b) Not later than January 15, 2020, and annually thereafter, the Chief Data Officer shall submit a report, developed in consultation with the Attorney General, agency data officers and executive branch agency legal counsel, that includes any recommendations on (1) methods to facilitate the sharing of such high value data to the extent permitted under state and federal law, including, but not limited to, the preparation and execution of memoranda of understanding among executive branch agencies, and (2) any necessary legislation, to the Connecticut Data Analysis Technology Advisory Board and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government administration, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a. Concomitantly, the Chief Data Officer shall post each such report on the Office of Policy and Management's Internet web site.

(c) The report submitted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall be consistent with the state data plan, created under section 4-67p. The Chief Data Officer shall update such report annually with additional information concerning the sharing of high value data and any additional recommendations, including any potential fiscal impact of any recommendations.

(P.A. 19-153, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 19-153 effective July 9, 2019.

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Sec. 4-67aa. Data sharing agreements with state instrumentalities. Required provisions. Disclosure. Exemption. (a) A data sharing agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (b) of section 12-15, subsection (j) of section 31-225a or section 269 of public act 21-2 of the June special session* by an office, department, board, commission, public institution of higher education or other instrumentality of the state with one or more individuals or organizations that allows for the sharing of data held by such state instrumentality shall include, but need not be limited to, the following provisions:

(1) The purposes for which any party that has entered into a data sharing agreement with a state instrumentality will use such data and a restriction that such data may only be used for purposes authorized in the data sharing agreement;

(2) The specific individuals, within any party that has entered into a data sharing agreement with a state instrumentality, who may access or use such data;

(3) Data provided by the state instrumentality shall not be shared with another party unless such party has entered into a data sharing agreement with such instrumentality pursuant to this section and with approval from such instrumentality;

(4) Data shall not be copied or stored in any location by any party, unless approved by the state instrumentality in the agreement;

(5) All data shall be stored and accessed in a secure manner, as prescribed in the data sharing agreement;

(6) Procedures for notifying the state instrumentality of any breach of such agreement;

(7) If any provision of the data sharing agreement or the application of such agreement is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of such agreement that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application;

(8) A party entering into a data sharing agreement shall not (A) use records or information obtained for such data for the purpose of enforcing federal immigration law, or (B) share, disclose or make accessible in any manner, directly or indirectly, such information or records to any federal or state agency that enforces federal immigration law, or to any officer or agent of such agency, unless required in compliance with a judicial warrant or court order issued by a judge or magistrate on behalf of the state or federal judicial branches;

(9) A data sharing agreement shall have an explicit term of length;

(10) If personally identifying information is permitted or required to be shared pursuant to a data sharing agreement, a description of any methods to de-identify such data.

(b) Any data or information shared with a third party pursuant to a data sharing agreement that is not subject to disclosure under section 1-210 by a state instrumentality shall not be subject to disclosure by such third party under section 1-210.

(c) Any data sharing agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be deemed a public record. Any state instrumentality that enters into such an agreement shall not release any information that may endanger data security or safety.

(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any contracts entered into by a state agency that comply with section 4e-70.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 271.)

*Note: Section 269 of public act 21-2 of the June special session is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 effective July 1, 2021.

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Sec. 4-68. Records and services of office to be available in connection with the preparation, legislation and execution of the budget. In the exercise of any function relating to the preparation, legislation and execution of the budget, the records and services of the Office of Policy and Management shall be available to the General Assembly, the Governor and any division of the office. The several divisions of said office shall cooperate to effect the purposes of this chapter.

(1949 Rev., S. 245; P.A. 77-614, S. 28, 610.)

History: P.A. 77-614 substituted office of policy and management for department of finance and control.

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Sec. 4-68a. Transferred to Chapter 57, Sec. 4a-12.

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Secs. 4-68b and 4-68c. Transferred to Chapter 57, Secs. 4a-14 and 4a-15, respectively.

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Sec. 4-68d. Collection of sums due state for public assistance. Section 4-68d is repealed.

(1967, P.A. 314, S. 17; P.A. 78-298, S. 13, 14.)

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Sec. 4-68e. Transferred to Chapter 57, Sec. 4a-13.

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Sec. 4-68f. Transferred to Chapter 57, Sec. 4a-17.

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Sec. 4-68g. (Formerly Sec. 17-21). Conservators for mentally ill or mentally retarded persons. Section 4-68g is repealed.

(1949 Rev., S. 2665; 1953, 1955, S. 1502d; 1957, P.A. 266; 1959, P.A. 182; 1963, P.A. 539, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 314, S. 16; 1969, P.A. 453, S. 2; P.A. 75-416, S. 2, 3.)

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Sec. 4-68h. Transferred to Chapter 57, Sec. 4a-16.

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Sec. 4-68i. Transferred to Chapter 57, Sec. 4a-18.

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Sec. 4-68j. Disapproval of requests by any state agency or official may be in writing. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management or said secretary's designee shall state the reasons in writing, if requested, the Office of Policy and Management disapproves any request of any state agency or official thereof.

(P.A. 75-238; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 29, 610; P.A. 78-298, S. 8, 14.)

History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner and department of finance and control with office of policy and management and its secretary; P.A. 78-298 required that written reasons for disapproval need be given only upon request.

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Sec. 4-68k. Data processing division, established. Deputy commissioner of data processing; responsibilities; qualifications. Section 4-68k is repealed.

(P.A. 75-519, S. 9, 10, 12; P.A. 77-614, S. 609, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 120, 136.)

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Sec. 4-68l. Grants to towns to supplement reimbursement under the general assistance program. Section 4-68l is repealed, effective June 26, 1997.

(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 75, 89; P.A. 97-274, S. 6, 7.)

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Sec. 4-68m. Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division. Duties. Collaboration with other agencies. Access to information and data. Availability of reports and presentations. (a) There is established a Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division within the Office of Policy and Management. The division shall be under the direction of an undersecretary.

(b) The division shall promote a more effective and cohesive state criminal justice system by:

(1) Conducting an in-depth analysis of the criminal justice system;

(2) Determining the long-range needs of the criminal justice system and recommending policy priorities for the system;

(3) Identifying critical problems in the criminal justice system and recommending strategies to solve those problems;

(4) Assessing the cost-effectiveness of the use of state and local funds in the criminal justice system;

(5) Recommending means to improve the deterrent and rehabilitative capabilities of the criminal justice system;

(6) Advising and assisting the General Assembly in developing plans, programs and proposed legislation for improving the effectiveness of the criminal justice system;

(7) Making computations of daily costs and comparing interagency costs on services provided by agencies that are a part of the criminal justice system;

(8) Reviewing the program inventories and cost-benefit analyses submitted pursuant to section 4-68s and considering incorporating such inventories and analyses in its budget recommendations to the General Assembly;

(9) Making population computations for use in planning for the long-range needs of the criminal justice system;

(10) Determining long-range information needs of the criminal justice system and acquiring that information;

(11) Cooperating with the Office of the Victim Advocate by providing information and assistance to the office relating to the improvement of crime victims' services;

(12) Serving as the liaison for the state to the United States Department of Justice on criminal justice issues of interest to the state and federal government relating to data, information systems and research;

(13) Measuring the success of community-based services and programs in reducing recidivism;

(14) Developing and implementing a comprehensive reentry strategy as provided in section 18-81w; and

(15) Engaging in other activities consistent with the responsibilities of the division.

(c) In addition to the division's other duties under this section, the division may perform any function described in subsection (b) of this section to promote an effective and cohesive juvenile justice system.

(d) In the performance of its duties under this section, the division shall collaborate with the Department of Correction, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection and consult with the Chief Court Administrator, the executive director of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch, the Chief State's Attorney and the Chief Public Defender.

(e) (1) At the request of the division, the Department of Correction, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the Chief Court Administrator, the executive director of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch, the Chief State's Attorney and the Chief Public Defender shall provide the division with information and data needed by the division to perform its duties under subsection (b) of this section.

(2) The division shall have access to individualized records maintained by the Judicial Branch and the agencies specified in subdivision (1) of this subsection as needed for research purposes. The division, in collaboration with the Judicial Branch and the agencies specified in subdivision (1) of this subsection, shall develop protocols to protect the privacy of such individualized records consistent with state and federal law. The division shall use such individualized records for statistical analyses only and shall not use such records in any other manner that would disclose the identity of individuals to whom the records pertain.

(3) Any information or data provided to the division pursuant to this subsection that is confidential in accordance with state or federal law shall remain confidential while in the custody of the division and shall not be disclosed.

(f) The Office of Policy and Management shall make any report or presentation by the division publicly available on the office's Internet web site, including those required pursuant to sections 4-68n, 4-68o and 4-68p.

(P.A. 05-249, S. 1; P.A. 06-193, S. 2; P.A. 07-217, S. 197; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 488; P.A. 21-97, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 05-249 effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 06-193 amended Subsec. (b) to add new Subdiv. (13) requiring division to develop and implement a comprehensive reentry strategy as provided in Sec. 18-81w and redesignate existing Subdiv. (13) as Subdiv. (14) and added new Subsec. (f) requiring division to submit the plan developed pursuant to Subsec. (b) to the Governor and certain legislative committees not later than January 15, 2007, and to update such plan and submit it to the Governor and said legislative committees not later than January 15, 2009, and biennially thereafter, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 07-217 amended Subsec. (f) to change the deadline for updating and submitting the updated plan to the Governor and legislative committees from “January 15, 2009, and biennially thereafter” to “February 15, 2009, and biennially thereafter”, effective July 12, 2007; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection” in Subsecs. (d) and (e), effective July 1, 2011; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (b) to add new Subdiv. (8) re review of inventories and analyses submitted under Sec. 4-68s and to redesignate existing Subdivs. (8) to (14) as Subdivs. (9) to (15), effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 21-97 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting “develop a plan to” and “and, to accomplish such plan, shall” and making technical changes and replaced existing Subsec. (f) re submission of plan with new Subsec. (f) re public availability of reports and presentations.

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Sec. 4-68n. Correctional system population projections. The Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division within the Office of Policy and Management shall develop population projections for the correctional system for planning purposes and issue a report on such projections not later than February fifteenth of each year. The Office of Policy and Management shall make such report publicly available on the office's Internet web site.

(P.A. 05-249, S. 2; P.A. 07-217, S. 198; P.A. 21-97, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 05-249 effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 07-217 changed the annual reporting deadline from November first to February fifteenth, effective July 12, 2007; P.A. 21-97 made a technical change and added provision re public availability of report.

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Sec. 4-68o. Reporting system to track criminal justice system trends and outcomes. (a) The Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division within the Office of Policy and Management shall develop a reporting system that is able to track trends and outcomes related to policies designed to reduce prison overcrowding, improve rehabilitation efforts and enhance reentry strategies for offenders released from prison.

(b) The reporting system shall, at a minimum, track on a monthly basis: (1) The number of admissions to prison (A) directly from courts, (B) on account of parole revocation, and (C) on account of probation revocation, (2) the number of releases on parole and to other forms of community supervision and facilities, (3) the rate of granting parole, (4) the number of probation placements and placements to probation facilities, (5) the prison population, and (6) the projected prison population.

(c) The reporting system shall, at a minimum, track on an annual basis: (1) Recidivism of offenders released from prison, (2) recidivism of offenders on probation, (3) recidivism of offenders participating in programs designed to reduce prison overcrowding, improve rehabilitation efforts and enhance reentry strategies for offenders released from prison, and (4) recidivism of offenders who received earned risk reduction credits pursuant to section 18-98e. The division shall measure recidivism in accordance with a nationally-accepted methodology.

(d) The division shall monthly report the reporting system's tracking pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. The Office of Policy and Management shall make such report publicly available on the office's Internet web site.

(e) The division shall publish an annual outcome report not later than February fifteenth of each year thereafter. The Office of Policy and Management shall make such report publicly available on the office's Internet web site. Such report may be included as part of the report submitted under section 4-68p.

(P.A. 05-249, S. 3; P.A. 07-217, S. 199; P.A. 10-32, S. 8; P.A. 21-97, S. 3.)

History: P.A. 05-249 effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 07-217 amended Subsec. (f) to provide that subsequent annual outcome reports be published “not later than February fifteenth of each year”, effective July 12, 2007; P.A. 10-32 amended Subsec. (f) to add “shall publish an annual outcome report”, effective May 10, 2010; P.A. 21-97 amended Subsec. (c) by adding Subdiv. (4) re earned risk reduction credits, deleted existing Subsec. (d) re defining outcomes for major programs and Subsec. (e) re monthly publication of report, added new Subsec. (d) re monthly reporting of tracking, and redesignated existing Subsec. (f) as Subsec. (e) and amended same to delete provision re first annual outcome report and add provision re public availability of report.

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Sec. 4-68p. Report of data analysis of state criminal justice system trends. Not later than October fifteenth of each year, the Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division within the Office of Policy and Management shall submit a report to the Governor and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary, in accordance with section 11-4a, containing data analysis of state criminal justice system trends, including, if available, the number of reported crimes and arrests, and the size of the populations on probation, parole, special parole and in prison. The Office of Policy and Management shall make such report publicly available on the office's Internet web site.

(P.A. 05-249, S. 4; P.A. 06-193, S. 3; P.A. 07-217, S. 200; P.A. 21-97, S. 4.)

History: P.A. 05-249 effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 06-193 required that division report and presentation to be made not later than January 1, 2008, include assessment of the status of development and implementation of the reentry strategy under Sec. 18-81w, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 07-217 changed the annual deadline for submitting a report and making a presentation from January first to February fifteenth and changed the deadline for beginning to include an assessment of the status of the reentry strategy from January 1, 2008, to February 15, 2008, effective July 12, 2007; P.A. 21-97 changed reporting month from February to October, required report submission to Governor and committee having cognizance relating to judiciary rather than presentation to committees having cognizance relating to criminal justice and appropriations, changed subject matter of report from that specifying actions to promote effective and cohesive criminal justice system to that containing data analysis of criminal justice system trends and added provision re public availability of report.

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Sec. 4-68q. Notification of outstanding rearrest warrants and arrest warrants for probation violations. Section 4-68q is repealed, effective October 1, 2021.

(P.A. 06-99, S. 1; P.A. 21-97, S. 9.)

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Sec. 4-68r. Definitions. For purposes of this section and sections 4-68s and 4-77c:

(1) “Cost-beneficial” means the cost savings and benefits realized over a reasonable period of time are greater than the costs of implementation;

(2) “Program inventory” means the (A) compilation of the complete list of all agency programs and activities; (B) identification of those that are evidence-based, research-based and promising; and (C) inclusion of program costs and utilization data;

(3) “Evidence-based” describes a program that (A) incorporates methods demonstrated to be effective for the intended population through scientifically based research, including statistically controlled evaluations or randomized trials; (B) can be implemented with a set of procedures to allow successful replication in the state; (C) achieves sustained, desirable outcomes; and (D) when possible, has been determined to be cost-beneficial;

(4) “Research-based” describes a program or practice that has some research demonstrating effectiveness, such as one tested with a single randomized or statistically controlled evaluation, but does not meet all of the criteria of an evidence-based program; and

(5) “Promising” describes a program or practice that, based on statistical analyses or preliminary research, shows potential for meeting the evidence-based or research-based criteria.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 486.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 effective July 1, 2015.

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Sec. 4-68s. Program inventory of agency programs. Pilot program re Pew-MacArthur Results First cost-benefit analysis of state grant programs. Report. (a) Not later than October 1, 2018, and annually thereafter, the Departments of Correction, Children and Families, Mental Health and Addiction Services and Social Services and the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch shall compile a program inventory of each of said agency's programs and shall categorize them as evidence-based, research-based, promising or lacking any evidence. Each program inventory shall include a complete list of all agency programs, including the following information for each such program for the prior fiscal year, as applicable: (1) A detailed description of the program, (2) the names of providers, (3) the intended treatment population, (4) the intended outcomes, (5) the method of assigning participants, (6) the total annual program expenditures, (7) a description of funding sources, (8) the cost per participant, (9) the annual number of participants, (10) the annual capacity for participants, and (11) the estimated number of persons eligible for, or needing, the program.

(b) Each program inventory required by subsection (a) of this section shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to children, human services, appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and finance, revenue and bonding, the Office of Fiscal Analysis, and the Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy at The University of Connecticut.

(c) Not later than November 1, 2018, and annually thereafter by November first, the Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy at The University of Connecticut shall submit a report containing a cost-benefit analysis of the programs inventoried in subsection (a) of this section to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to children, appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and finance, revenue and bonding, and the Office of Fiscal Analysis, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a.

(d) The Office of Policy and Management and the Office of Fiscal Analysis may include the cost-benefit analysis provided by the Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy at The University of Connecticut under subsection (c) of this section in their reports submitted to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to children, appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and finance, revenue and bonding on or before November fifteenth annually, pursuant to subsection (b) of section 2-36b.

(e) Not later than January 1, 2019, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall create a pilot program that applies the principles of the Pew-MacArthur Results First cost-benefit analysis model, with the overall goal of promoting cost-effective policies and programming by the state, to at least eight grant programs financed by the state selected by the secretary. Such grant programs shall include, but need not be limited to, programs that provide services for families in the state, employment programs and at least one contracting program that is provided by a state agency with an annual budget of over two hundred million dollars.

(f) Not later than April 1, 2019, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies. Such report shall include, but need not be limited to, a description of the grant programs the secretary has included in the pilot program described in subsection (e) of this section, the status of the pilot program and any recommendations.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 487; P.A. 16-28, S. 8; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 247; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 24.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 16-28 added references to children's committee re submittal of program inventory and annual reports and made technical changes, effective May 17, 2016; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (a) to replace reference to January 1, 2016 with reference to October 1, 2018, add reference to Department of Social Services, replace “agency's criminal and juvenile justice programs” with “agency's programs” and add “as applicable” re information for program inventory, amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) to replace “Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division within” with “Secretary of”, amended Subsec. (c) to replace “March 1, 2016” with “November 1, 2018”, added new Subsecs. (e) and (f) re pilot program and report re pilot program and made technical and conforming changes, effective October 31, 2017; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) by replacing “Central Connecticut State University” with “The University of Connecticut” and made a conforming change in Subsec. (d).

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Sec. 4-68t. Tracking, analysis and reporting of recidivism rates for children. Section 4-68t is repealed, effective October 1, 2021.

(P.A. 16-147, S. 17; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 142; P.A. 21-97, S. 9.)

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Secs. 4-68u to 4-68w. Reserved for future use.

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Sec. 4-68x. Urban violence reduction grant program. Section 4-68x is repealed, effective October 1, 2021.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4, S. 9; P.A. 21-97, S. 9.)

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Sec. 4-68y. Disproportionate minority contact: Definitions, reports. Not later than September 30, 2011, and biennially thereafter, the Commissioner of Children and Families, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the Chief State's Attorney, the Chief Public Defender, the Chief Court Administrator and the Police Officer Standards and Training Council shall submit a report, on behalf of the respective department, division, office or council, to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management on the plans established by the department, division, office or council to address disproportionate minority contact in the juvenile justice system and the steps taken to implement those plans during the previous two fiscal years. Any reports submitted by the Commissioner of Children and Families and the Chief Court Administrator, or on behalf of any other such department, division, office or council that has responsibility for providing child welfare services, including services in abuse and neglect cases, shall (1) indicate efforts undertaken in the previous two fiscal years to address disproportionate minority contact in the child welfare system, and (2) include an evaluation of the relationship between the child welfare system and disproportionate minority contact in the juvenile justice system. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall compile the submissions and shall submit a report on such submissions, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the Governor and the General Assembly not later than December thirty-first biennially. For the purposes of this section, “disproportionate minority contact” means that a disproportionate number of juvenile members of minority groups come into contact with the juvenile justice system.

(P.A. 11-154, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 11-154 effective July 8, 2011 (Revisor's note: “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” to conform with changes made by P.A. 11-51, S. 134).

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Sec. 4-68z. State-wide process improvement initiative for executive branch agencies. Steering committee. The Office of Policy and Management, within available appropriations, shall establish and oversee a state-wide process improvement initiative, to assist executive branch agencies, as defined in section 4-67o, with business process analysis for purposes of (1) streamlining processes, (2) optimizing service delivery through information technology, (3) eliminating unnecessary work, (4) establishing standardized work flows, and (5) prioritizing available resources to promote economic growth, improve services and increase workforce productivity. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall establish a steering committee to support such initiative. The secretary, or the secretary's designee, shall be the chairperson of such committee.

(Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 11-1, S. 10; P.A. 18-175, S. 4.)

History: Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 11-1 effective October 27, 2011; P.A. 18-175 deleted provisions re applying LEAN practices and added provisions re state-wide process improvement initiative, added new Subdivs. (1) to (5) re purposes of initiative, and added provisions re creation of steering committee, effective July 1, 2018.

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Sec. 4-68aa. Social innovation investment enterprise. Social innovation account. (a) As used in this section:

(1) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the secretary's designee;

(2) “Social innovation investment enterprise” means an entity created to coordinate the delivery of preventive social programs by nonprofit service providers, which has the capability of creating a social investment vehicle, entering into outcome-based performance contracts and contracting with service providers;

(3) “Social investment vehicle” means an investment product established by a social innovation investment enterprise to raise private investment capital; and

(4) “Outcome-based performance contract” means a contract entered into between the secretary and a social innovation investment enterprise that establishes outcome-based performance standards for preventive social programs delivered by nonprofit service providers and provides that investors in any social investment vehicle shall receive a return of their investment and earnings thereon only if outcome-based performance standards are met by the social innovation investment enterprise.

(b) The secretary may enter into an outcome-based performance contract with a social innovation investment enterprise for the purpose of accepting a United States Department of Justice fiscal year 2012 Second Chance Act Adult Offender Reentry Program Demonstration Category 2 Implementation grant. The outcome-based performance contract between the secretary and a social innovation investment enterprise may provide for payments from the social innovation account, established pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, to the social innovation investment enterprise or to investors or to both.

(c) The secretary shall comply with the provisions of section 4e-16 relating to privatization contracts when entering into an outcome-based performance contract with a social innovation investment enterprise pursuant to this section.

(d) There is established an account to be known as the “social innovation account” which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Any interest accruing to the account shall be credited to the account. Moneys may be transferred to the account from the General Fund. Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management for the purposes of facilitating the reentry of moderate and high-risk offenders into the community. The secretary may apply for and accept gifts, grants or donations from public or private sources to enable the account to be a source of payments to investors purchasing interests in a social investment vehicle.

(June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2, S. 128.)

History: June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 effective July 1, 2012.

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Sec. 4-68bb. Project Longevity Initiative. Definitions. Implementation. (a) For purposes of this section, “Project Longevity Initiative” means a comprehensive community-based initiative that is designed to reduce gun violence in the state's cities and “secretary” means the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.

(b) (1) Until June 30, 2022, pursuant to the provisions of section 4-66a, the secretary shall (A) provide planning and management assistance to municipal officials in the city of New Haven in order to ensure the continued implementation of the Project Longevity Initiative in said city and the secretary may utilize state and federal funds as may be appropriated for such purpose; and (B) do all things necessary to apply for and accept federal funds allotted to or available to the state under any federal act or program which support the continued implementation of the Project Longevity Initiative in the city of New Haven.

(2) On and after July 1, 2022, the Chief Court Administrator shall (A) provide planning and management assistance to municipal officials in the city of New Haven in order to ensure the continued implementation of the Project Longevity Initiative in said city and the Chief Court Administrator may utilize state and federal funds as may be appropriated for such purpose; and (B) do all things necessary to apply for and accept federal funds allotted to or available to the state under any federal act or program which support the continued implementation of the Project Longevity Initiative in the city of New Haven.

(c) (1) Until June 30, 2022, the secretary, or the secretary's designee, in consultation with the United States Attorney for the district of Connecticut, the Chief State's Attorney, the Commissioner of Correction, the executive director of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch, the mayors of the cities of Hartford, Bridgeport and Waterbury, and clergy members, nonprofit service providers and community leaders from the cities of Hartford, Bridgeport and Waterbury, shall implement the Project Longevity Initiative in the cities of Hartford, Bridgeport and Waterbury.

(2) On and after July 1, 2022, the Chief Court Administrator, or the Chief Court Administrator's designee, in consultation with the United States Attorney for the district of Connecticut, the Chief State's Attorney, the Commissioner of Correction, the executive director of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch, the mayors of the cities of Hartford, Bridgeport and Waterbury and clergy members, nonprofit service providers and community leaders from the cities of Hartford, Bridgeport and Waterbury, shall implement the Project Longevity Initiative in the cities of Hartford, Bridgeport and Waterbury.

(d) (1) Until June 30, 2022, pursuant to the provisions of section 4-66a, the secretary shall (A) provide planning and management assistance to municipal officials in the cities of Hartford, Bridgeport and Waterbury in order to ensure implementation of the Project Longevity Initiative in said cities and the secretary may utilize state and federal funds as may be appropriated for such purpose; and (B) do all things necessary to apply for and accept federal funds allotted to or available to the state under any federal act or program which will support implementation of the Project Longevity Initiative in the cities of Hartford, Bridgeport and Waterbury.

(2) On and after July 1, 2022, the Chief Court Administrator shall (A) provide planning and management assistance to municipal officials in the cities of Hartford, Bridgeport and Waterbury in order to ensure implementation of the Project Longevity Initiative in said cities and the Chief Court Administrator may utilize state and federal funds as may be appropriated for such purpose; and (B) do all things necessary to apply for and accept federal funds allotted to or available to the state under any federal act or program which will support implementation of the Project Longevity Initiative in the cities of Hartford, Bridgeport and Waterbury.

(e) (1) Until June 30, 2022, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management may accept and receive on behalf of the office, subject to the provisions of section 4b-22, any bequest, devise or grant made to the Office of Policy and Management to further the objectives of the Project Longevity Initiative and may hold and use such property for the purpose specified, if any, in such bequest, devise or gift.

(2) On and after July 1, 2022, the Chief Court Administrator may accept and receive on behalf of the Judicial Branch, any bequest, devise or grant made to the Judicial Branch to further the objectives of the Project Longevity Initiative and may hold and use such property for the purpose specified, if any, in such bequest, devise or gift.

(f) (1) Until June 30, 2022, the secretary, in consultation with the federal and state officials described in subsection (c) of this section, shall create a plan for implementation of the Project Longevity Initiative on a state-wide basis. Such plan shall, at a minimum, consider how to provide clients served by the Project Longevity Initiative with access to courses of instruction and apprentice programs provided by, but not limited to, a college, a university, a community college or the Technical Education and Career System. Not later than February 1, 2022, the secretary shall submit such plan to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety and security in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a.

(2) In the event that the secretary failed to submit the plan required under subdivision (1) of this subsection, on and after July 1, 2022, the Chief Court Administrator in consultation with the federal and state officials described in subsection (c) of this section, shall create a plan for implementation of the Project Longevity Initiative on a state-wide basis. Such plan shall, at a minimum, consider how to provide clients served by the Project Longevity Initiative with access to courses of instruction and apprentice programs provided by, but not limited to, a college, a university, a community college or the Technical Education and Career System. Not later than January 1, 2023, the Chief Court Administrator shall submit such plan to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety and security and the judiciary in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a.

(g) On and after July 1, 2022, in accordance with the provisions of section 4-38d, all powers and duties of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management under the provisions of this section, shall be transferred to the Chief Court Administrator.

(P.A. 13-247, S. 25; P.A. 21-153, S. 1; P.A. 22-118, S. 123.)

History: P.A. 13-247 effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 21-153 amended Subsecs. (c) and (d) by adding “and Waterbury” and amended Subsec. (f) by adding provisions re plan considerations and submission and making a technical change, effective July 12, 2021; P.A. 22-118 amended Subsecs. (b) to (f) by transferring, on and after July 1, 2022, responsibility for implementation of Project Longevity from the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management to the Chief Court Administrator and by making technical changes and by adding Subsec. (g) re transfer of power and duties from said secretary to the Chief Court Administrator in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 4-38d, effective May 7, 2022.

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Sec. 4-68cc. Neighborhood Security Fellowship Program. (a) As used in this section, “Neighborhood Security Fellowship Program” or “program” means the pilot program established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, and “Neighborhood Security Fellows” or “Fellows” means individuals who have been identified and recruited for participation in the Neighborhood Security Fellowship Program pursuant to said subsection.

(b) (1) The Office of Policy and Management shall establish a pilot program to foster neighborhood safety in urban environments and to serve as a blueprint to reduce neighborhood gun violence state-wide. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall select a municipality that has a population of at least one hundred twenty-four thousand and less than one hundred twenty-five thousand to participate in the Neighborhood Security Fellowship Program.

(2) The chief elected official of the municipality selected by the secretary shall select a nonprofit entity to administer the program, which shall be funded by local, state, federal and private moneys. Such moneys shall be used for the administration and costs of the program, including, but not limited to, salaries, benefits and other compensation for any individuals hired by such nonprofit entity to administer the program and stipends to be paid to Fellows.

(3) The Neighborhood Security Fellowship Program shall engage in, but not be limited to, the following activities and initiatives:

(A) The identification and recruitment into the program of individuals between eighteen and twenty-four years of age who are most likely to be perpetrators or victims of gun violence. Such identification and recruitment shall be accomplished after the execution of all appropriate or necessary waivers, authorizations and releases with the assistance of (i) the local or state police department serving the municipality selected, (ii) the local board of education serving the municipality selected, (iii) the state's attorney serving the judicial district of the municipality selected, (iv) the Court Support Services of the Judicial Branch, and (v) any other state agencies and departments and organizations capable of providing such assistance; and

(B) The coordination of programs, services and activities in which Fellows will participate, including, but not limited to, (i) anger management, (ii) life skills training, (iii) dispute and conflict resolution, (iv) remedial education, (v) leadership development, (vi) character building, (vii) mentoring programs, and (viii) preemployment skills workshops, including career counseling, work-readiness, team building, customer service and entrepreneurial training.

(4) The Neighborhood Security Fellowship Program may engage in (A) the coordination and placement of Fellows in worksite assignments, including (i) local, state and federal government agencies and departments, (ii) state-funded public construction projects within the municipality selected, (iii) private businesses, particularly those receiving assistance from the Small Business Express program established pursuant to section 32-7g or the Subsidized Training and Employment program established pursuant to section 31-3pp, and (iv) nonprofit community-based organizations receiving a grant-in-aid from the state, and (B) the coordination of training placements, including in adult education courses, vocational training programs, higher education courses and apprenticeship programs.

(c) (1) The chief elected official of the municipality selected under subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section, in conjunction with the Capital Region Development Authority established pursuant to section 32-601, shall select public construction projects located in the federally designated Promise Zones as Neighborhood Security projects. A state or municipal contract for a Neighborhood Security project shall be awarded only to a bidder that agrees to hire a nonprofit subcontractor that employs Fellows who will be assigned to work at such Neighborhood Security project worksite. The chief elected official of the municipality selected shall (A) determine, in conjunction with the Capital Region Development Authority, any minimum number of Fellows such nonprofit subcontractor shall be required to employ to be eligible to be hired for a Neighborhood Security project, and (B) encourage the hiring of any such nonprofit subcontractor for any other municipal or state-funded public construction project.

(2) Before awarding a contract for a Neighborhood Security project, the state or the municipality shall state in its notice of solicitation for competitive bids or request for proposals or qualifications for such contract that the bidder is required to comply with the provisions of section 4a-60g, the requirements concerning nondiscrimination and affirmative action under sections 4a-60 and 4a-60a and the provisions under subdivision (1) of this subsection regarding the hiring of a subcontractor. The state or the municipality may inquire whether a bidder is a business enterprise that participates in the Neighborhood Security Fellowship Program and may award preference points to such bidder.

(d) Not later than January 1, 2018, and annually thereafter, if the municipality selected under subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section received state funding for the Neighborhood Security Fellowship Program during the previous calendar year, such municipality and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall jointly submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies. Such report shall detail (1) the number of individuals participating in the program during the previous calendar year, (2) any changes in the level of gun-related incidents of violence in the municipality, (3) an evaluation of the programs, services and activities undertaken under subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of this section, (4) the costs of the program during the previous calendar year in both state and private dollars, and (5) any recommendations to expand the program to other municipalities.

(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-4, S. 260.)

History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-4 effective July 1, 2016.

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Sec. 4-68dd. Municipal Grant Portal. (a) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall, within available appropriations, establish and maintain a single electronic portal available on the Internet and located on the Office of Policy and Management's Internet web site for the purpose of posting all state-funded municipal grant applications. Such electronic portal shall be known as the Municipal Grant Portal.

(b) The Municipal Grant Portal shall include, but not be limited to: (1) All state-funded municipal grant applications and municipal reimbursement request forms, (2) a searchable database for locating information regarding state-funded municipal grants, and (3) features to encourage the active recruitment and participation of municipalities in the state-funded municipal grant application process.

(P.A. 17-183, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 17-183 effective July 10, 2017.

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Sec. 4-68ee. Report of sensitivity and stress test analyses for teachers' retirement system and state employees retirement system. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall develop and annually report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations sensitivity and stress test analyses for the teachers' retirement system and the state employees retirement system. Such reporting shall include projections of benefit levels, pension costs, liabilities, and debt reduction under various economic and investment scenarios. The secretary shall submit the report in accordance with section 11-4a and shall post and update the report on the Office of Policy and Management Internet web site at least annually.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 109.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 effective October 31, 2017.

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Sec. 4-68ff. Collection, presentation and reporting of prosecutorial data. (a) Not later than July 1, 2020, and annually thereafter, the Office of Policy and Management shall make a presentation to the Criminal Justice Commission, established under section 51-275a, on existing prosecutorial data, and report such presentation in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a to the chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary and make such presentation publicly available on the Internet web site of the Office of Policy and Management. The Office of Policy and Management shall include in any such presentation made on or after July 1, 2021, data described in subsection (b) of this section.

(b) Not later than February 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the Division of Criminal Justice, in consultation with the Judicial Branch, the Department of Correction and the Criminal Justice Information System Governing Board, established under section 54-142, shall provide to the Office of Policy and Management data collected under section 51-286j for the previous calendar year.

(P.A. 19-59, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 19-59 effective July 1, 2019.

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Sec. 4-68gg. Annual report re community engagement training. Not later than January 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall submit a report describing the content of the training provided pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 32 of public act 20-1*, and provide data on the number of trainings provided and number of police officers trained, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the (1) joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety and security and finance, revenue and bonding, and (2) general bonding subcommittee of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to finance, revenue and bonding.

(P.A. 20-1, S. 90.)

*Note: Section 32 of public act 20-1 is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.

History: P.A. 20-1 effective March 12, 2020.

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Sec. 4-68hh. Analysis and report re impact of federal and state housing programs on economic and racial segregation. (a) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall, within available appropriations, aggregate data related to existing federal and state housing programs in the state to analyze the impact of such programs on economic and racial segregation. Such review shall include, but need not be limited to, data relating to (1) housing development programs, (2) housing affordability initiatives, (3) communities where low-income housing tax credits and rental assistance are spent, and (4) specific neighborhood racial and economic demographics. In collecting and measuring such data, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall implement tools such as the dissimilarity index and the five dimensions of segregation used by the United States Bureau of the Census.

(b) Not later than January 1, 2022, and biennially thereafter, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing. Such report shall include a summary of any findings and recommendations relating to the data collected pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 62.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 effective June 23, 2021.

PART II*

BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS

*See Sec. 3-20i re appropriation for accumulated deficit as determined using generally accepted accounting principles.

Cited. 200 C. 395.

Sec. 4-69. Definitions. Wherever used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Accrual basis” means the basis upon which, in transactions thereon, revenues are accounted for when earned or due, even though not collected, and expenditures are accounted for as soon as liabilities are incurred, whether paid or not;

(2) “Agency fund” means a fund consisting of resources received or held by the state as an agent for certain individuals or governmental units;

(3) “Allotment” means a portion of an appropriation or special fund set aside to cover expenditures and encumbrances for a certain period or purpose;

(4) “Appropriation” means an authorization by the General Assembly to make expenditures and incur liabilities for specific purposes;

(5) “Assets” means the entire property of all kinds of the state, including both current assets and fixed assets;

(6) “Audit” means, in the absence of any expression defining the extent to which it has been limited, an examination of the subject matter of the accounting in all its financial aspects, including, so far as the several classifications of accounts may be involved, the verification of assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, revenues, expenditures, reserves and surplus in such detail as may be necessary to permit certification of the statements rendered and of the accountability of the fiduciary parties;

(7) “Auditors' certificate” means a statement signed by the auditors stating that they have examined the accounting records and expressing their opinion, based on such examination, regarding the financial condition of the state or any of its enterprises, the results from operations and any facts which the auditors in their professional capacity have investigated;

(8) “Balance sheet” means a statement showing the financial condition of a fund or government at a specified date;

(9) “Budget” means an estimate of proposed expenditures for a given period or purpose and the means of financing them, determined for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, and each fiscal year thereafter on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles, as administered by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, as expressed in appropriation and revenue acts;

(10) “Budget document” means the instrument used by the Governor to present a comprehensive financial program to the General Assembly;

(11) “Budgeted agency” means (A) every department, board, council, commission, institution or other agency of the Executive Department of the state government, provided each board, council, commission, institution or other agency included by law within any given department shall be deemed a division of that department; (B) every court, council, division and other agency of the judicial branch of the state government financed in whole or in part by the state, including those agencies, officers, employees and services for which, or for the payment of whose salaries, appropriations are made to be expended on the direction, taxation or approval of any state court or judge thereof; and all of said courts, councils, divisions, agencies, officers, employees and services shall be one or more budgeted agency or agencies as the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management may prescribe; (C) every full-time permanent department or agency of the legislative branch of the state government; and (D) every public and private institution, organization, association or other agency receiving financial aid from the state;

(12) “Capital budget” means that portion of the budget which deals with the estimates of proposed expenditures for land, nonstructural improvements to land, structural replacements and major improvements and the means of financing them;

(13) “Capital outlay” means expenditures which result in the acquisition of additions to fixed assets;

(14) “Cash basis” means the basis upon which, in transactions thereon, revenues are accounted for when received in cash and expenditures are accounted for when paid;

(15) “Current assets” means those assets owned by the state which are available to meet the cost of operations or to pay current liabilities of the state;

(16) “Current liabilities” means liabilities which are payable immediately or in the near future out of current resources, as distinguished from long-term liabilities to be met out of future resources;

(17) “Deficit” means the excess of the liabilities and reserves of a fund over its assets, or the excess of the obligations, reserves and unencumbered appropriations of a fund over its resources;

(18) “Disbursements” means payments in cash regardless of the purpose;

(19) “Encumbrances” means obligations in the form of purchase orders or contracts which are to be met from an appropriation and for which a part of the appropriation is reserved;

(20) “Expenditures” means amounts paid or liabilities incurred for all purposes, including expenses, provisions for retirement of debt and capital outlay;

(21) “Expenses” means expenditures for operation, maintenance, interest and other current expenditures for which no permanent or subsequently convertible value is received;

(22) “Fiscal period” means any period at the end of which the state closes its books in order to determine its financial condition and the results of its operations;

(23) “Fixed assets” means assets of a permanent character having a continuing value, such as land, buildings, machinery and furniture and other equipment;

(24) “General Fund” means the fund that is unrestricted as to use and available for general purposes;

(25) “Liabilities” means debts or other legal obligations arising out of transactions in the past which are to be liquidated or renewed or refunded upon some future date;

(26) “Modified accrual” means a basis of accounting where revenues are recognized when earned only so long as they are collectible within the period or soon enough afterward to be used to pay liabilities of that period and expenditures are recognized in the period in which they were incurred and would normally be liquidated;

(27) “Overdraft” means (A) the amount by which checks, drafts or other demands for payment on the Treasury or on a bank exceed the amount of the credit against which they are drawn or (B) the amount by which requisitions or audited vouchers exceed the appropriations or other credit to which they are chargeable;

(28) “Petty cash” means a sum of money, either in the form of currency or a special bank deposit, set aside for the purpose of making change or immediate payments of comparatively small amounts for which it is subsequently reimbursed from the cash of a fund;

(29) “Receipts” means sums actually received in cash from all sources unless otherwise described;

(30) “Refund” means an amount paid back or credit allowed on account of an overcollection;

(31) “Reimbursements” means cash or other assets received as a repayment of the cost of work or services performed, or of other expenditures made for or on behalf of another governmental unit, fund or department;

(32) “Revenue” means additions to cash or other current assets which neither increase any liability or reserve nor represent the recovery of an expenditure;

(33) “Special fund” means any fund which is to be used only in accordance with specific regulations or restrictions, including any fund created by a law authorizing and requiring the receipts of specific taxes or other revenues to be used to finance particular activities;

(34) “Trust fund” means any fund consisting of resources received and held by the state as trustee to be expended or invested in accordance with the conditions of the trust;

(35) “Unencumbered balance” means that portion of an appropriation or allotment not expended or encumbered;

(36) “Unexpended balance” means that portion of an appropriation or allotment which has not been expended;

(37) “Unliquidated encumbrances” means encumbrances which have not yet been paid or approved for payment;

(38) “Voucher” means a document certifying a certain transaction, especially a written form attesting the propriety of the payment of money;

(39) “Warrant” means a draft upon the treasurer for the payment of money.

(1949 Rev., S. 223; June, 1955, S. 74d; P.A. 81-466, S. 2, 4; P.A. 96-180, S. 1, 166; P.A. 11-48, S. 47.)

History: P.A. 81-466 deleted definition of “program budget” formerly found in Subdiv. (28) and renumbered remaining subsections accordingly, effective March 1, 1982; (Revisor's note: In 1995 the Revisors editorially changed the lower case alphabetic indicators in Subdivs. (11) and (26) to upper case for consistency with statutory usage); P.A. 96-180 amended Subdiv. (11) by substituting “Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management” for “director of the budget”, effective June 3, 1996; P.A. 11-48 redefined “budget” in Subdiv. (9), redefined “expenditures” in Subdiv. (20), added new Subdiv. (26) defining “modified accrual” and redesignated existing Subdivs. (26) to (38) as Subdivs. (27) to (39), effective July 1, 2011.

Cited. 148 C. 623. Appropriation to be spent for purpose specified; towns not agencies within section meaning. 163 C. 537. Cited. 193 C. 670; 200 C. 386.

Cited. 41 CS 90, 99.

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Secs. 4-70 and 4-70a. Director of the Budget; general duties. Budget and Management Division established. Sections 4-70 and 4-70a are repealed.

(1949 Rev., S. 224; P.A. 73-679, S. 1, 42, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 21, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 609, 610.)

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(1) “Purchase of service contract” (A) means a contract between a state agency and a private provider organization or municipality for the purpose of obtaining direct health and human services for agency clients and generally not for administrative or clerical services, material goods, training or consulting services, and (B) does not include a contract with an individual;

(2) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management;

(3) “State agency” means any department, board, council, commission, institution or other executive branch agency of state government;

(4) “Municipality” means a town or any other political subdivision of the state, including any local or regional board of education or health district that is created or designated by the town to act on behalf of the town; and

(5) “Private provider organization” means a nonstate entity that is either a nonprofit or proprietary corporation or partnership which receives funds from the state, and may receive federal or other funds, to provide direct health or human services to agency clients.

(b) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall establish an Office of Finance under the direction of an executive financial officer. The secretary shall assist the Governor in his duties respecting the formulation of the budget and the correlating and revising of estimates and requests for appropriations of all budgeted agencies and shall also assist the Governor in his duties respecting the investigation, supervision and coordination of the expenditures and other fiscal operations of such budgeted agencies.

(c) Said secretary shall direct internal management consultant services to state agencies in such areas as administrative management, facility planning and review, management systems and program evaluation and such other special studies and analyses as he deems necessary. The secretary shall annually report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the General Assembly concerning the state's purchase of service contracting activity. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, an assessment of the aggregate financial condition of nonprofit, community-based health and human services agencies that enter into purchase of service contracts.

(d) The secretary shall establish uniform policies and procedures for obtaining, managing and evaluating the quality and cost effectiveness of direct health and human services purchased from a private provider organization or municipality. The secretary shall require all state agencies which purchase direct health and human services to comply with such policies and procedures.

(e) Purchase of service contracts shall be subject to the competitive procurement provisions of sections 4-212 to 4-219, inclusive. The secretary may waive the competitive procurement requirements set forth in chapter 55a with respect to any purchase of service contract between a state agency and a private provider of human services.

(f) No state agency may hire a private provider organization or municipality to provide direct health or human services to agency clients without executing a purchase of service contract with such private provider organization or municipality.

(P.A. 73-679, S. 2, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 22, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 30, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 8, 136; P.A. 92-123, S. 1; 92-135, S. 3; P.A. 07-195, S. 1; P.A. 09-210, S. 6; P.A. 11-238, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 75-537 changed planning and budgeting division to budget and management division, left appointment of managing director and designee to discretion of commissioner of finance and control with provision that if one is not appointed, duties fall upon commissioner, deleted reference to state planning council and amended provision concerning projects financed by federal funds; P.A. 77-614 deleted former provision re appointment of director, replaced managing director with secretary of the office of policy and management, deleted former Subsecs. (b) and (c) re federal funds and contracts and made former Subsec. (d) new Subsec. (b) adding authorization for special studies and analyses; P.A. 78-303 deleted reference to forms management in Subsec. (b); P.A. 92-123 added Subsec. (c) re the purchase of human services from private providers; P.A. 92-135 amended Subsec. (a) to require secretary to establish an office of finance under direction of an executive financial officer; P.A. 07-195 amended Subsec. (c) by changing “human services” to “health and human services”, by changing January 1, 1994, to January 1, 2008, re due date of biennial report to General Assembly on purchase of services and by making technical changes, added Subsec. (d) defining “purchase of service contract” and permitting secretary to waive competitive procurement requirements re purchase of service contract between a state agency and a private provider of human services, and added Subsec. (e) re development, submission and implementation of plan for the competitive procurement of health and human services, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 09-210 added new Subsec. (a) defining “purchase of service contract”, “secretary”, “state agency”, “municipality” and “private provider organization”, redesignated existing Subsecs. (a) to (e) as Subsecs. (b) to (f), amended redesignated Subsec. (d) by replacing “private providers” with “a private provider organization or municipality”, making technical changes and deleting provision requiring report on system for purchase of services, amended redesignated Subsec. (e) by adding provision re purchase of service contracts subject to competitive procurement provisions of Secs. 4-212 to 4-219 and deleting definition of “purchase of service contract”, and added Subsec. (g) prohibiting state agency from hiring private provider or municipality to provide direct health or human services without executing a purchase of service contract, effective July 8, 2009; P.A. 11-238 amended Subsec. (c) by adding provision re report to General Assembly, deleted former Subsec. (f) re development of plan and redesignated existing Subsec. (g) as Subsec. (f), effective July 1, 2011.

Cited. 200 C. 386.

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Sec. 4-70c. Transfer of budget director's powers to managing director, Planning and Budgeting Division. Section 4-70c is repealed.

(P.A. 73-679, S. 3, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 54, 55.)

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Sec. 4-70d. Transferred to Chapter 578, Sec. 32-4f.

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Sec. 4-70e. Office of Finance. Executive financial officer. (a) There is established an Office of Finance which shall be within the Office of Policy and Management and shall report directly to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. The Office of Finance shall be administered by an executive financial officer.

(b) The executive financial officer of the Office of Finance shall, subject to the approval of the secretary: (1) Establish state agency financial policies, (2) review and approve, amend or reject all budget requests of state agencies for financial systems and operations and take actions to remedy any deficiencies in such systems and operations, (3) review and advise the executive heads of state agencies concerning agency financial staff needs, (4) in cooperation with the Department of Administrative Services, review the performance evaluations of state agency financial management personnel made by the executive heads of such agencies, recommend career development programs for higher level managers, coordinate interagency transfers of financial managers and advise state agencies concerning personnel policies and salary scales for financial managers, (5) monitor financial reports of all state agencies and (6) organize and implement programs for the exchange of information and technology concerning financial systems among state agencies and other state financial personnel.

(P.A. 92-135, S. 4.)

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Sec. 4-71. Transmission to General Assembly of budget document in odd-numbered year and status report in even-numbered year. Report re three fiscal years immediately following biennium. Not later than the first session day following the third day of February in each odd-numbered year, the Governor shall transmit to the General Assembly a budget document setting forth his financial program for the ensuing biennium with a separate budget for each of the two fiscal years and having the character and scope hereinafter set forth, and a report which sets forth estimated revenues and expenditures for the three fiscal years next ensuing the biennium to which the budget document relates. If the Governor has been elected or succeeded to the office of Governor since the submission of the last-preceding budget document, he shall transmit such document and report to the General Assembly not later than the first session day following the fourteenth day of February. In the even-numbered years, on the day on which the General Assembly first convenes, the Governor shall transmit a report on the status of the budget enacted in the previous year with any recommendations for adjustments and revisions, and a report, with revisions, if any, which sets forth estimated revenues and expenditures for the three fiscal years next ensuing the biennium in progress. The budget document shall consist of four parts, the nature and contents of which are set forth in sections 4-72, 4-73, 4-74 and 4-74a and shall be accompanied by the statement of grants to towns compiled pursuant to the provisions of section 4-71a and by the computation of the cost of an indexed increase in assistance payments made pursuant to section 4-71c. The report which sets forth estimated revenues and expenditures for the three fiscal years next ensuing the biennium shall contain, for each such year, estimated revenues, itemized by major source, and estimated expenditures for each budgeted agency for personal services, other expenses, other current expenses, equipment, payments to local governments, and other than payments to local governments. Such report transmitted in the even-numbered years shall contain the assumptions on which the estimated revenues and expenditures for the fiscal year next ensuing are based and shall set forth estimated revenues and expenditures in the same detail contained in the budget document.

(1949 Rev., S. 225; 1951, S. 75d; 1971, P.A. 1, S. 5; 113; 1972, P.A. 221, S. 8; P.A. 79-607, S. 16; P.A. 85-505, S. 16, 21; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 34, 168; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14, S. 29, 30.)

History: 1971 acts made changes to reflect the switch from biennial to annual sessions, changed date for budget document submission to first session day following third day of February in odd-numbered years except for new governors it remained first session day following February 14 and made provision for submission in even-numbered years on first day assembly is convened; 1972 act required four-part rather than three-part budget; P.A. 79-607 required that budget be accompanied by statement of grants to towns; P.A. 85-505 required that a computation of the cost of an indexed increase in assistance payments accompany the budget document; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended language to reflect change from annual to biennial budget, required governor to transmit, in each odd-numbered year, a budget document for the ensuing biennium with a separate budget for each of the two fiscal years, and a report which sets forth estimated expenditures and revenues for the three fiscal years next ensuing biennium to which budget document relates, and in each even-numbered year, a report on the status of the budget enacted in the previous year with any recommendations for adjustments and revisions and a report, with revisions, if any, which sets forth estimated revenues and expenditures for the three years next ensuing the biennium in progress; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14 changed effective date of June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 34 from August 22, 1991, to July 1, 1992, and first applicable to biennium commencing July 1, 1993.

Cited. 193 C. 670; 200 C. 386.

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Sec. 4-71a. Estimates of recommended state grants-in-aid to towns under the budget document. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall compile, for each state grant-in-aid program which is determined by statutory formula, the estimated amount of funds each town in the state would receive under each such program from the appropriations recommended by the Governor in the budget document.

(P.A. 79-607, S. 17.)

See Sec. 4-66b re urban action goals.

Cited. 200 C. 386.

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Sec. 4-71b. Estimates of state grants-in-aid under state budget act. Not later than August fifteenth or sixty days after the adjournment of the regular session of the General Assembly, whichever is later, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall compile, for each state grant-in-aid program which is determined by statutory formula, the estimated amount of funds each town in the state can expect to receive for each fiscal year of the biennium under each such program from funds appropriated for each such fiscal year.

(P.A. 79-607, S. 18; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 35, 168; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14, S. 29, 30; P.A. 96-224, S. 2.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended language to reflect change from annual to biennial budget; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14 changed effective date of June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 35 from August 22, 1991, to July 1, 1992, and first applicable to biennium commencing July 1, 1993; P.A. 96-224 provided that estimated grant amounts be compiled 60 days after adjournment of a regular legislative session or August fifteenth, whichever is later, rather than 60 days after signing of the budget act.

See Sec. 4-66b re urban action goals.

Cited. 200 C. 386.

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Sec. 4-71c. Computation of the cost of an indexed increase in assistance payments. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall annually compute the cost of an increase in assistance payments under the state-administered general assistance program, state supplement program, medical assistance program, temporary family assistance program and supplemental nutrition assistance program based on the percentage increase, if any, in the most recent calendar year average in the consumer price index for urban consumers provided if the increase in such index exceeds five per cent, the computation shall be based on a five per cent increase.

(P.A. 85-505, S. 15, 21; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 7, 165; P.A. 04-76, S. 1; P.A. 09-9, S. 2.)

History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 made technical changes, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 04-76 replaced reference to “general assistance program” with “state-administered general assistance program”; P.A. 09-9 replaced “food stamp” with “supplemental nutrition assistance”, effective May 4, 2009.

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Sec. 4-72. Governor's budget message. The budget document shall consist of the Governor's budget message in which he or she shall set forth as follows: (1) The Governor's program for meeting all the expenditure needs of the government for each fiscal year of the biennium to which the budget relates, indicating the classes of funds, general or special, from which such appropriations are to be made and the means through which such expenditure shall be financed; and (2) financial statements giving in summary form: (A) The financial position of all major state operating funds including revolving funds at the end of the last-completed fiscal year in a form consistent with accepted accounting practice. The Governor shall also set forth in similar form the estimated position of each such fund at the end of the year in progress and the estimated position of each such fund at the end of each fiscal year of the biennium to which the budget relates if the Governor's proposals are put into effect; (B) a statement showing as of the close of the last-completed fiscal year, a year by year summary of all outstanding general obligation and special tax obligation debt of the state and a statement showing the yearly interest requirements on such outstanding debt; (C) a summary of appropriations recommended for each fiscal year of the biennium to which the budget relates for each budgeted agency and for the state as a whole in comparison with actual expenditures of the last-completed fiscal year and appropriations and estimated expenditures for the year in progress; (D) for the biennium commencing July 1, 1999, and each biennium thereafter, a summary of estimated expenditures for certain fringe benefits for each fiscal year of the biennium to which the budget relates for each budgeted agency; (E) a summary of permanent full-time positions setting forth the number filled and the number vacant as of the end of the last-completed fiscal year, the total number intended to be funded by appropriations without reduction for turnover for the fiscal year in progress, the total number requested and the total number recommended for each fiscal year of the biennium to which the budget relates; (F) a statement of expenditures for the last-completed and current fiscal years, the agency request and the Governor's recommendation for each fiscal year of the ensuing biennium and, for any new or expanded program, estimated expenditure requirements for the fiscal year next succeeding the biennium to which the budget relates; (G) an explanation of any significant program changes requested by the agency or recommended by the Governor; (H) a summary of the revenue estimated to be received by the state during each fiscal year of the biennium to which the budget relates classified according to sources in comparison with the actual revenue received by the state during the last-completed fiscal year and estimated revenue during the year in progress; and (I) such other financial statements, data and comments as in the Governor's opinion are necessary or desirable in order to make known in all practicable detail the financial condition and operations of the government and the effect that the budget as proposed by the Governor will have on such condition and operations. If the estimated revenue of the state for the ensuing biennium as set forth in the budget on the basis of existing statutes is less than the sum of net appropriations recommended for the ensuing biennium as contained in the budget, plus, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, and each fiscal year thereafter, the projected amount necessary to extinguish any unreserved negative balance in such fund as reported in the most recently audited comprehensive annual financial report issued by the Comptroller prior to the start of the biennium, the Governor shall make recommendations to the General Assembly in respect to the manner in which such deficit shall be met, whether by an increase in the indebtedness of the state, by the imposition of new taxes, by increased rates on existing taxes or otherwise. If the aggregate of such estimated revenue is greater than the sum of such recommended appropriations for the ensuing biennium plus, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, and each fiscal year thereafter, the projected amount necessary to extinguish any unreserved negative balance in such fund as reported in the most recently issued annual report of the Comptroller published in accordance with section 3-115, the Governor shall make such recommendations for the use of such surplus for the reduction of indebtedness, for the reduction in taxation or for other purposes as in the Governor's opinion are in the best interest of the public welfare.

(1949 Rev., S. 226; 1951, S. 76d; 1971, P.A. 1, S. 6; 490; P.A. 79-446, S. 1; P.A. 86-305, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 36, 168; P.A. 98-263, S. 12, 21; P.A. 11-48, S. 48; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1, S. 11.)

History: 1971 acts made changes reflecting switch from biennial to annual sessions and required inclusion of revolving funds' status in budget document; P.A. 79-446 required inclusion of estimated interest and debt redemption information for year to which budget relates and additionally required summary of permanent full-time positions; P.A. 86-305 deleted requirement that budget message set forth “statements showing as of the close of the last-completed fiscal year and as of January first of the fiscal year in progress the bonded indebtedness of the state, the debt authorized and unissued, the debt temporarily incurred and the condition of the sinking funds and statements showing for the last-completed fiscal year the actual interest requirements on state indebtedness and any debt redemption and, for the year in progress and for the year to which the budget relates, the estimated interest requirements and debt redemption” and substituted requirement that message set forth “a statement showing as of the close of the last-completed fiscal year, a year by year summary of all outstanding general obligation and special tax obligation debt of the state and a statement showing the yearly interest requirements on such outstanding debt”; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended language to reflect change from annual to biennial budget, effective July 1, 1992, and applicable to biennium commencing July 1, 1993; (Revisor's note: In 1995 the lower case alphabetic indicators in Subdiv. (2) were changed editorially by the Revisors to upper case for consistency with statutory usage); P.A. 98-263 added new Subpara. (D) to Subdiv. (2), requiring document to set forth, for the biennium commencing July 1, 1999, and each biennium thereafter, a summary of estimated expenditures for certain fringe benefits for each budgeted agency, and redesignated existing Subparas. (D) to (F) as Subparas. (E) to (G), effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 11-48 deleted reference to “Part I” of the budget document, made technical changes, added new Subpara. (F) re statement of expenditures, agency requests and Governor's recommendations, added new Subpara. (G) re explanation of significant program changes, redesignated existing Subparas. (F) to (G) as Subparas. (H) to (I), deleted references to estimated unappropriated surplus, replaced “aggregate” with “sum of net” re appropriations recommended, added provision re projected amount necessary to extinguish any unreserved negative balance re Governor's recommendations for meeting a deficit, added “sum of” re recommended appropriations and added provision re projected amount necessary to extinguish any unreserved negative balance re Governor's recommendations for use of surplus, effective July 1, 2011; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1 replaced provision re audited comprehensive annual financial report issued by the Comptroller prior to start of biennium with provision re issued annual report of the Comptroller published in accordance with Sec. 3-115, effective December 29, 2015.

Cited. 200 C. 386.

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Sec. 4-73. Recommended appropriations. (a) The budget document shall present in detail for each fiscal year of the ensuing biennium the Governor's recommendation for appropriations to meet the expenditure needs of the state from the General Fund and from all special and agency funds classified by budgeted agencies and showing for each budgeted agency and its subdivisions: (1) A narrative summary describing the agency, the Governor's recommendations for appropriations for the agency, and a list of agency programs, the actual expenditure for the last-completed fiscal year, the estimated expenditure for the current fiscal year, the amount requested by the agency and the Governor's recommendations for appropriations for each fiscal year of the ensuing biennium; (2) a summary of permanent full-time positions by fund, setting forth the number filled and the number vacant as of the end of the last-completed fiscal year, the total number intended to be funded by appropriations without reduction for turnover for the fiscal year in progress, the total number requested and the total number recommended for each fiscal year of the biennium to which the budget relates.

(b) In addition, programs shall be supported by: (1) The statutory authorization for the program; (2) a statement of program objectives; (3) a description of the program, including a statement of need, eligibility requirements and any intergovernmental participation in the program; (4) a statement of performance measures by which the accomplishments toward the program objectives can be assessed, which shall include, but not be limited to, an analysis of the workload, quality or level of service and effectiveness of the program; (5) program budget data broken down by major object of expenditure, showing additional federal and private funds; (6) a summary of permanent full-time positions by fund, setting forth the number filled and the number vacant as of the end of the last-completed fiscal year, the total number intended to be funded by appropriations without reduction for turnover for the fiscal year in progress, the total number requested and the total number recommended for each fiscal year of the biennium to which the budget relates; (7) a statement of expenditures for the last-completed and current fiscal years, the agency request and the Governor's recommendation for each fiscal year of the ensuing biennium and, for any new or expanded program, estimated expenditure requirements for the fiscal year next succeeding the biennium to which the budget relates; and (8) an explanation of any significant program changes requested by the agency or recommended by the Governor.

(c) There shall be a supporting schedule of total agency expenditures including a line-item, minor object breakdown of personal services, energy costs, contractual services and commodities and a total of state aid grants and equipment, showing the actual expenditures for the last-completed fiscal year, estimated expenditures for the current fiscal year and requested and recommended appropriations for each fiscal year of the ensuing biennium, classified by objects according to a standard plan of classification.

(d) All federal funds expended or anticipated for any purpose shall be accounted for in the budget. The document shall set forth a listing of federal programs, showing the actual expenditures for the last-completed fiscal year, estimated expenditures for the current fiscal year and anticipated funds available for expenditure for each fiscal year of the ensuing biennium. Such federal funds shall be classified by each budgeted agency but shall not include research grants made to educational institutions.

(e) The budget document shall also set forth the budget recommendations for the capital program, to be supported by statements listing the agency's requests and the Governor's recommendations with the statements required by section 4-78.

(f) The appropriations recommended for the legislative branch of the state government shall be the estimates of expenditure requirements transmitted to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management by the Joint Committee on Legislative Management pursuant to section 4-77 and the recommended adjustments and revisions of such estimates shall be the recommended adjustments and revisions, if any, transmitted by said committee pursuant to said section 4-77.

(g) (1) The appropriations recommended for the Judicial Department shall be the estimates of expenditure requirements transmitted to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management by the Chief Court Administrator pursuant to section 4-77 plus the estimates of expenditure requirements for the biennium transmitted by said administrator pursuant to section 51-47c, and the recommended adjustments and revisions of such estimates shall be the recommended adjustments and revisions, if any, transmitted by said administrator pursuant to section 4-77.

(2) The appropriations recommended for the Division of Public Defender Services shall be the estimates of expenditure requirements transmitted to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management by the Chief Public Defender pursuant to section 4-77 and the recommended adjustments and revisions of such estimates shall be the recommended adjustments and revisions, if any, transmitted by said administrator pursuant to section 4-77.

(1949 Rev., S. 227; 1951, 1953, June, 1955, S. 77d; 1971, P.A. 1, S. 7; 1972, P.A. 85, S. 3; P.A. 78-298, S. 9, 14; P.A. 79-446, S. 2; 79-557, S. 1; P.A. 81-364, S. 3, 4; 81-376, S. 6, 11; 81-466, S. 1, 4; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 81-13, S. 2, 3; P.A. 82-386, S. 2, 3; P.A. 85-526, S. 4, 5; P.A. 86-305, S. 2; P.A. 87-1, S. 2, 7; 87-539, S. 4, 5; P.A. 91-256, S. 4, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 37, 168; P.A. 92-126, S. 41, 42, 48; 92-154, S. 5, 6, 23; P.A. 03-132, S. 2; P.A. 10-179, S. 145; P.A. 11-48, S. 31; 11-61, S. 74; P.A. 12-93, S. 2.)

History: 1971 act changed language to reflect switch from biennial to annual sessions; 1972 act deleted reference to recommendations of state building program commission; P.A. 78-298 added reference to requirements enumerated in Sec. 4-78; P.A. 79-446 required inclusion of summaries of permanent full-time positions; P.A. 79-557 added requirement of document setting out federal programs and funds by agency, exclusive of research grants to educational institutions; P.A. 81-364 added provision requiring the governor's recommended appropriation for the legislative branch of government to be the same as the estimated expenditure requirements transmitted to the office of policy and management by the legislative management committee under Sec. 4-77; P.A. 81-376 required information gathered under Subdiv. (5) of Subsec. (a) of Sec. 16a-47 to be included in budget document; P.A. 81-466 reorganized provisions and expanded required information in budget document, effective March 1, 1982; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 81-13 added Subsec. (g) re reduction in funds for energy use for budgeted agencies not cooperating in conducting energy audits and implementing required energy conservation measures; P.A. 82-386 added requirements in Subsec. (b) concerning the program evaluation procedure, including the statement of need and the statement by which performance may be measured and schedule concerning the number of budgeted agencies to be subject to the requirements re evaluation of programs and measurement of program effectiveness in 1983 and 1984; P.A. 85-526 added Subsec. (h) re recommendations for modifications to private activity bond allocations; P.A. 86-305 amended Subsec. (d) to require that all federal funds “expended or anticipated” rather than “received” be accounted for in budget, and to delete provision that document, or subsidiary document shall set forth a description citing federal program, amount and purpose for which such federal funds shall be received classified by function or grant program and substitute provisions that document shall set forth listing of federal programs, showing actual expenditures for last-completed fiscal year, estimated expenditures for current fiscal year and anticipated funds available for expenditure for ensuing fiscal year and repealed former Subsec. (g) which provided that document shall set forth a proposed reduction in funds for energy use requested by any budgeted agency occupying a state-owned or leased building and not cooperating with administrative services commissioner and secretary of the office of policy and management in conducting energy audits of such building and implementing audit recommendations or other energy conservation measures required by the secretary (Revisor's note: Subsec. (h), enacted by P.A. 85-526, was relettered editorially as Subsec. (g) by the Revisors); P.A. 87-1 made technical correction; P.A. 87-539 deleted Subsec. (g); P.A. 91-256 in Subsec. (a) added provisions concerning the constituent units of the state system of higher education; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended language to reflect change from annual to biennial budget, and deleted obsolete language in Subsec. (b) which phased in, between March 1, 1982, and March 1, 1984, the number of budgeted agencies to which the provisions of said subsection were applicable, effective July 1, 1992, and first applicable to biennium commencing July 1, 1993; P.A. 92-126 amended Subdiv. (1) of Subsec. (a) to remove language concerning fringe benefits for the constituent units of the state system of higher education, which had been added by P.A. 91-256; P.A. 92-154 attempted to amend language in Subsec. (a) which was deleted by P.A. 92-126; P.A. 03-132 amended Subsec. (c) to designate existing provisions as Subdiv. (1), inserting “energy costs” in schedule of expenditures therein, and to insert new Subdiv. (2) re statement of agency's plans for energy conservation and progress made in the last-completed fiscal year; P.A. 10-179 added Subsec. (g) re recommended judicial branch appropriations, effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting “Part II” designation re budget document and deleting “and a list of agency programs”, deleted former Subsec. (b) re program budgeting, redesignated existing Subsecs. (c) to (g) as Subsecs. (b) to (f), deleted former Subsec. (c)(2) re inclusion of supporting schedule of agency energy costs, amended Subsec. (c) by deleting “program in”, amended Subsec. (d) by deleting “Part II” designation and amended Subsec. (f) by replacing “judicial branch of the state government” with “Judicial Department”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-61 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by restoring “and a list of agency programs”, restored former Subsec. (b) re program budgeting, restored former Subsecs. (c) to (g) designations and amended Subsec. (g) by designating existing provisions as Subdiv. (1) and adding Subdiv. (2) re recommended appropriations for Division of Public Defender Services, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-93 amended Subsec. (g)(1) to include estimates of expenditure requirements transmitted pursuant to Sec. 51-47c in recommended Judicial Department appropriations, effective July 1, 2012.

Cited. 200 C. 386.

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Sec. 4-73a. Determination of actual rate of fringe benefits for funds of the constituent units of the state system of higher education. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1994, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Comptroller shall determine the actual rate for fringe benefits for the funds of the constituent units of the state system of higher education, established pursuant to subsection (b) of section 10a-77, section 10a-98a, subsection (b) of section 10a-99, subsections (b) and (c) of section 10a-105, section 10a-110a and section 10a-130, and shall report such information to the Office of Policy and Management by September 1, 1992, and annually by said date thereafter.

(P.A. 92-154, S. 7, 23.)

History: (Revisor's note: In 1993 reference to “subsection (b) of section 10a-83” was deleted editorially since that section was repealed by P.A. 92-126).

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Sec. 4-74. Appropriation and revenue bills. The budget document shall be based upon the consensus revenue estimate or revised consensus revenue estimate issued pursuant to section 2-36c, and shall include a draft or drafts of appropriation and revenue bills to carry out the recommendations of the Governor. Such appropriation bills shall indicate the funds, general or special, from which such appropriations shall be paid, but such appropriations need not be in greater detail than to indicate the total appropriation to be made to each budgeted agency and each independently organized division thereof for each major function or program, equipment, land and buildings and improvements.

(1949 Rev., S. 228; 1953, June, 1955, S. 78d; P.A. 09-214, S. 5; P.A. 11-48, S. 32; 11-61, S. 75.)

History: P.A. 09-214 added requirement that Part III of budget document be based upon consensus revenue estimate, effective July 20, 2009; P.A. 11-48 eliminated “Part III” designation re budget document, substituted “include” for “consist of” re draft or drafts, eliminated reference to parts I and II of budget document and eliminated “or program”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-61 restored “or program”, effective July 1, 2011.

Cited. 193 C. 670; 200 C. 386.

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Sec. 4-74a. Budget document to include recommendations concerning the economy and explanation concerning equity in the state. The budget document shall include: (1) The recommendations of the Governor concerning the economy, including, but not limited to, an analysis of the impact of both proposed spending and proposed revenue programs on the employment, production and purchasing power of the people and industries within the state; and (2) an explanation of the manner in which provisions of the budget further the Governor's efforts to ensure equity in the state. For purposes of this section, “equity” means efforts, regulations, policies, programs, standards, processes and any other functions of government or principles of law and governance intended to: (A) Identify and remedy past and present patterns of discrimination or inequality against and disparities in outcome for any class protected in chapter 814c; (B) ensure that such patterns of discrimination, inequality and disparities in outcome, whether intentional or unintentional, are neither reinforced nor perpetuated; and (C) prevent the emergence and persistence of foreseeable future patterns of discrimination against or disparities in outcome for any class protected in chapter 814c.

(1972, P.A. 221, S. 9; P.A. 11-48, S. 33; P.A. 22-118, S. 92.)

History: P.A. 11-48 eliminated “Part IV” designation re budget document and changed “document shall consist of” to “document shall include”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 22-118 designated existing provisions re recommendations concerning the economy as Subdiv. (1) and amended same to replace “and shall include” with “, including, but not limited to,”, added Subdiv. (2) re explanation of manner in which budget furthers equity in the state, added definition of “equity”, and made technical changes.

Cited. 200 C. 386.

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Sec. 4-75. Publication of the budget document. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, shall compile the requested appropriations, the appropriations as recommended by the Governor, the Governor's budget message and other data as presented in the budget document and shall have such compiled document published and distributed in the same manner as public documents.

(1949 Rev., S. 229; P.A. 73-679, S. 8, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 23, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610.)

History: P.A. 73-679 replaced director of the budget with managing director, planning and budgeting division, department of finance and control or his designee; P.A. 75-537 changed division name to budget and management division and deleted reference to designee; P.A. 77-614 replaced director with secretary of the office of policy and management.

Cited. 193 C. 670; 200 C. 386.

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Sec. 4-76. Governor to explain budget document and reports to legislative committees. The Governor or his authorized representative or agent shall appear before the appropriate committees of the General Assembly to explain the details of the budget document and report transmitted by the Governor in the odd-numbered years and the reports transmitted by the Governor in the even-numbered years pursuant to section 4-71, to answer questions and to give information as to the items included therein.

(1949 Rev., S. 230; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 38, 168.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended language to reflect change from annual to biennial budget, effective July 1, 1992, and first applicable to biennium commencing July 1, 1993.

Cited. 193 C. 670; 200 C. 386.

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Sec. 4-77. Submission of estimates of expenditures by budgeted agencies. Guidelines for standard economic and planning factors and for unit costs for utilities. Statement of revenue and estimated revenue. Financial, personnel and nonappropriated moneys status reports. (a) The administrative head of each budgeted agency shall transmit, on or before September first of each even-numbered year, to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, on blanks to be furnished by him not later than the preceding August first, and to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, through the Office of Fiscal Analysis, and the standing committee having cognizance of matters relating to such budgeted agency, estimates of expenditure requirements for each fiscal year of the next biennium. On or before September first of each odd-numbered year, said agency head shall transmit recommended adjustments and revisions, if any, of such estimates. The secretary shall set guidelines for standard economic and planning factors and for unit costs, based on source of supply, for fuel oil, electricity, gas and water usage by state agencies, which shall be used by all agencies in the preparation of their estimates of expenditure requirements. The expenditure requirements shall be classified to show expenditures estimated for each major function and activity, project or program of the budgeted agency and its subdivisions, grants or aids to governmental units and capital outlay, and shall include details setting forth the estimated expenditures classified by objects according to a standard plan of classification, with citations of the statutes, if any, relating thereto. Each expenditure requirement for any purpose other than capital outlay involving an increase in or addition to any appropriation of the current fiscal year shall be accompanied by an explanation of the increase or addition. Each expenditure requirement involving a capital outlay shall be accompanied by such supporting schedules of data and explanations as may be required by the secretary.

(b) The administrative head of each budgeted agency shall transmit, on or before September first of each year, to the secretary, in the form required by him, and, on or before November fifteenth of each year, to the joint committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to state finance, revenue and bonding, through the Office of Fiscal Analysis, a statement showing in detail the revenue and estimated revenue of the agency for the current fiscal year, an estimate of the revenue from the same or any additional sources for the next fiscal year and, in the even-numbered year, for the next biennium. Said agency head shall include in such statement recommendations as to any changes in the management, practices, regulations or laws governing his budgeted agency affecting the amount of revenue from operations, fees, taxes or other sources or the collection thereof, and any other information required by the secretary.

(c) The administrative head of each budgeted agency shall transmit, to the Office of Fiscal Analysis, copies of the agency's monthly (1) financial status report, (2) personnel status report, and (3) nonappropriated moneys status report 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. Such accounting of nonappropriated moneys shall include, at a minimum, an assessment of the status of any agency fund or account of such agency receiving or holding such moneys. Such assessments of such funds and accounts shall, at a minimum, account for all expenditures, encumbrances, liabilities, reimbursements and revenues.

(d) If any budgeted agency fails to submit estimates required pursuant to this section within the time specified, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall cause such estimates to be prepared for the budgeted agency.

(1949 Rev., S. 231; 1953, June, 1955, S. 79d; 1971, P.A. 1, S. 8; P.A. 73-679, S. 9, 43; P.A. 74-264, S. 1, 2; P.A. 75-537, S. 24, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 31, 610; P.A. 79-31, S. 5, 17; P.A. 82-195; 82-314, S. 15, 63; 82-465, S. 3, 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 39, 168; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7, S. 10.)

History: 1971 act changed language to reflect switch from biennial to annual sessions; P.A. 73-679 replaced director of the budget with managing director, planning and budgeting division, department of finance and control or his designee; P.A. 74-264 required submission of estimated expenditures to appropriations committee and to committee concerned with matters relating to agency and submission of estimated revenue to finance committee; P.A. 75-537 changed division name to budget and management division and deleted reference to designee; P.A. 77-614 replaced director with secretary of the office of policy and management and required secretary to set guidelines for economic and planning factors for agencies' use; P.A. 79-31 changed formal designation of finance committee; P.A. 82-195 required secretary to set guidelines for unit costs for utilities used by state agencies and divided section into subsections; P.A. 82-314 changed formal designation of appropriations committee and made other technical changes; P.A. 82-465 changed date for submission of expenditure estimates to committees from November fifteenth to September first and required agency heads to transmit copy of monthly financial status report and personnel status report to office of fiscal analysis; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended language to reflect change from annual to biennial budget, effective July 1, 1992, and first applicable to biennium commencing July 1, 1993; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7 added new Subsec. (c) requiring administrative head of each budgeted agency to transmit monthly financial, personnel and nonappropriated moneys status reports to Office of Fiscal Analysis, redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (d) and amended same by deleting provision re financial and personnel status reports and making technical changes, effective October 5, 2009.

Cited. 193 C. 670; 200 C. 386.

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Sec. 4-77a. Submission of estimates of expenditures for payment of workers' compensation claims. The estimates of expenditure requirements transmitted by the administrative head of each budgeted agency to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, pursuant to section 4-77, shall include an estimate of the amount required by such agency for the payment of the workers' compensation claims of the employees of each such agency. Appropriations which are recommended in the budget document transmitted by the Governor in the odd-numbered years or the status report transmitted by the Governor in the even-numbered years to the General Assembly pursuant to section 4-71 or contained in the state budget act or any deficiency bill, as provided in section 2-36, for the payment of such claims shall be made as follows: (1) For the Departments of Developmental Services, Mental Health and Addiction Services, Correction, Transportation, Emergency Services and Public Protection and Children and Families, directly to said agencies; (2) for all other budgeted state agencies, to the Department of Administrative Services which shall maintain an account for payment of workers' compensation claims.

(P.A. 89-279, S. 1, 3; P.A. 90-327, S. 1, 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 40, 168; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 58; P.A. 07-73, S. 2(a); June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2, S. 104.)

History: P.A. 90-327 provided that direct appropriations shall be made only to the departments of mental retardation, mental health, correction, transportation, public safety and children and youth services and that all other appropriations shall be through the department of administrative services; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended language to reflect change from annual to biennial budget, effective July 1, 1992, and first applicable to biennium commencing July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Department of Mental Health with Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995; pursuant to P.A. 07-73 “Department of Mental Retardation” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Developmental Services”, effective October 1, 2007; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2 replaced reference to Department of Public Safety with reference to Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, effective June 15, 2012.

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Sec. 4-77b. Estimate of expenditure requirement by Department of Administrative Services to include leasing and maintenance costs. The estimates of expenditure requirements transmitted by the Commissioner of Administrative Services to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management pursuant to section 4-77 and the appropriations recommended in the budget document transmitted by the Governor to the General Assembly pursuant to section 4-71 shall include an estimate of the amount required by the Department of Administrative Services for the leasing of additional facilities and an estimate of the amount required for the maintenance, including preventive maintenance, of facilities under the supervision, care and control of the department.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-12, S. 1, 55; P.A. 11-51, S. 97.)

History: P.A. 11-51 changed “Commissioner of Public Works” and “Department of Public Works” to “Commissioner of Administrative Services” and “Department of Administrative Services”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.

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Sec. 4-77c. Estimates of expenditure requirements for implementation of evidence-based programs. The Departments of Correction, Children and Families and Mental Health and Addiction Services, and the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch may include in the estimates of expenditure requirements transmitted pursuant to section 4-77, and the Governor may include in the Governor's recommended appropriations in the budget document transmitted to the General Assembly pursuant to section 4-71, an estimate of the amount required by said agencies for expenditures related to the implementation of evidence-based programs.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 489.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 effective July 1, 2016.

See Sec. 4-68r for definition of “evidence-based”.

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Sec. 4-78. Information contained in budget recommendations. The budget recommendations for the capital program to be paid from appropriated funds, proceeds of authorized bond issues or any federal or other funds available for capital projects shall be supported by statements indicating recommended priorities for projects and setting forth for each project: (a) The total estimated cost at completion; (b) appropriations, bond authorizations and federal or other funds received to date; (c) additional appropriations or bond authorizations required for completion; (d) the amount available for expenditure from bond authorizations, appropriations or federal or other funds of prior years; (e) the bond authorization or appropriation recommended for each fiscal year of the ensuing biennium; (f) the amount available for each fiscal year of the ensuing biennium if the budget recommendation is approved; (g) bond authorizations or appropriations estimated to be required for subsequent fiscal years for completion; and (h) the estimated addition to the operating budget when completed. All capital projects authorized, begun or completed in prior years shall be reviewed annually in terms of requirement for continuation of appropriations made to date and, where appropriation balances remain at completion or no imminent forwarding of the project is contemplated or where the project has been abandoned, recommendation shall be made for the reduction of such authorized bond issues or the lapsing of such appropriation balances.

(1951, S. 81d; 1971, P.A. 1, S. 9; P.A. 78-298, S. 10, 14; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 41, 168.)

History: 1971 act changed language to reflect switch from biennial to annual sessions; P.A. 78-298 amended section to include bond authorizations and federal and other funds in consideration of project priorities; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended language to reflect change from annual to biennial budget, effective July 1, 1992, and first applicable to biennium commencing July 1, 1993.

Cited. 200 C. 386.

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Sec. 4-79. Tentative budget. In any year in which there is a Governor-elect, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall cause to be prepared, not later than the fifteenth of November next succeeding the receipt by said secretary of the estimates of expenditure requirements and of revenue as provided in section 4-77, a tentative budget conforming as to scope, contents and character to the requirements of sections 4-72, 4-73 and 4-74 and containing the estimates of expenditures and revenue called for by section 4-77. Such tentative budget shall be transmitted to the Governor-elect.

(1949 Rev., S. 232; 1951, S. 82d; P.A. 73-679, S. 10, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 25, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 85-400, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 73-679 replaced director with managing director, planning and budgeting division, department of finance and control or his designee; P.A. 75-537 changed division name to budget and management division and deleted reference to designee; P.A. 77-614 replaced managing director with secretary of the office of policy and management; P.A. 85-400 deleted requirement that a tentative budget be prepared annually and substituted requirement that a tentative budget be prepared in any year in which there is a governor-elect.

Cited. 193 C. 670; 200 C. 386.

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Sec. 4-80. Hearings on tentative budget. Upon the receipt by a Governor-elect of the tentative budget provided for by section 4-79, he shall hold such hearings thereon as may be requested by budgeted agencies or may be considered by him desirable. He may require the attendance at such hearings of the heads and other officers of all budgeted agencies and the giving by them of such explanations and suggestions as they are called upon to give or as they desire to offer in respect to items of requested appropriations or estimated revenue in which they are interested. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall arrange a schedule of the time and place of such hearings to suit the convenience of the Governor-elect and shall give notice thereof to the respective budgeted agencies interested in such hearings. The secretary or his representative shall attend all such hearings and shall give such advice and assistance to the Governor-elect as that officer requests. The sum of twenty-five thousand dollars shall be made available by the Comptroller from the unappropriated resources of the state General Fund to the Governor-elect upon his request to the Comptroller. This sum may be used by him as he deems proper and necessary to meet the expenses of transition prior to his inauguration.

(1949 Rev., S. 233; 1951, S. 83d; 1971, P.A. 102; P.A. 73-679, S. 11, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 26, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 32, 610; P.A. 85-400, S. 2.)

History: 1971 act replaced provision for funding budget preparation with provision for appropriation for transition expenses generally; P.A. 73-679 replaced director of budget with managing director, planning and budgeting division, department of finance and control or his designee; P.A. 75-537 changed division name to budget and management division and deleted references to designee; P.A. 77-614 replaced managing director with secretary of the office of policy and management; P.A. 85-400 deleted references to governor to reflect change in Sec. 4-79 to require preparation of a tentative budget only in a year in which there is a governor-elect.

Cited. 193 C. 670; 200 C. 386.

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Sec. 4-81. Formulation of the budget. Section 4-81 is repealed.

(1949 Rev., S. 234; 1951, S. 84d; P.A. 78-298, S. 13, 14.)

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Sec. 4-82. Supplemental estimates. The Governor shall transmit to the General Assembly supplemental estimates for such appropriations as in his judgment may be necessary by reason of laws enacted after the transmission of the budget document, or as he deems to be in the public interest for other reasons. He shall accompany such estimates with a statement of the reasons therefor, including the reasons for their omission from the budget.

(1949 Rev., S. 235.)

Cited. 200 C. 386.

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Sec. 4-82a. Governor to report to General Assembly re projected deficit. Section 4-82a is repealed, effective July 12, 2013.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 47, 168; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14, S. 29, 30; P.A. 13-291, S. 2.)

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Sec. 4-83. Prohibited estimates or requests. Section 4-83 is repealed.

(1949 Rev., S. 236; P.A. 78-298, S. 13, 14.)

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Sec. 4-84. Contingency appropriation. Section 4-84 is repealed, effective July 1, 2015.

(1949 Rev., S. 237; 1951, S. 85d; 1957, P.A. 396, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 1, S. 10; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 42, 168; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 518.)

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Sec. 4-85. Quarterly requisitions for allotments; exceptions; modifications. Procedure for reductions to allotment requisitions and allotments in force for legislative and judicial branches. (a) Before an appropriation becomes available for expenditure, each budgeted agency shall submit to the Governor through the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, not less than twenty days before the beginning of the fiscal year for which such appropriation was made, a requisition for the allotment of the amount estimated to be necessary to carry out the purposes of such appropriation during each quarter of such fiscal year. Commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, the initial allotment requisition for each line item appropriated to the legislative branch and to the judicial branch for any fiscal year shall be based upon the amount appropriated to such line item for such fiscal year minus any amount of budgeted reductions to be achieved by such branch for such fiscal year pursuant to subsection (c) of section 2-35. Appropriations for capital outlays may be allotted in any manner the Governor deems advisable. Such requisition shall contain any further information required by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. The Governor shall approve such requisitions, subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section.

(b) Any allotment requisition and any allotment in force shall be subject to the following: (1) If the Governor determines that due to a change in circumstances since the budget was adopted certain reductions should be made in allotment requisitions or allotments in force or that estimated budget resources during the fiscal year will be insufficient to finance all appropriations in full, the Governor may modify such allotment requisitions or allotments in force to the extent the Governor deems necessary. Before such modifications are effected the Governor shall file a report with the joint standing committee having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and the joint standing committee having cognizance of matters relating to state finance, revenue and bonding describing the change in circumstances which makes it necessary that certain reductions should be made or the basis for his determination that estimated budget resources will be insufficient to finance all appropriations in full. (2) If the cumulative monthly financial statement issued by the Comptroller pursuant to section 3-115 includes a projected General Fund deficit greater than one per cent of the total of General Fund appropriations, the Governor, within thirty days following the issuance of such statement, shall file a report with such joint standing committees, including a plan which he shall implement to modify such allotments to the extent necessary to prevent a deficit. No modification of an allotment requisition or an allotment in force made by the Governor pursuant to this subsection shall result in a reduction of more than three per cent of the total appropriation from any fund or more than five per cent of any appropriation, except such limitations shall not apply in time of war, invasion or emergency caused by natural disaster.

(c) If a plan submitted in accordance with subsection (b) of this section indicates that a reduction of more than three per cent of the total appropriation from any fund or more than five per cent of any appropriation is required to prevent a deficit, the Governor may request that the Finance Advisory Committee approve any such reduction, provided any modification which would result in a reduction of more than five per cent of total appropriations shall require the approval of the General Assembly.

(d) The secretary shall submit copies of allotment requisitions thus approved or modified or allotments in force thus modified, with the reasons for any modifications, to the administrative heads of the budgeted agencies concerned, to the Comptroller and to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of appropriations and matters relating to the budgets of state agencies, through the Office of Fiscal Analysis. The Comptroller shall set up such allotments on the Comptroller's books and be governed thereby in the control of expenditures of budgeted agencies.

(e) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to authorize the Governor to reduce allotment requisitions or allotments in force concerning (1) aid to municipalities; or (2) any budgeted agency of the legislative or judicial branch, except that the Governor may propose an aggregate allotment reduction of a specified amount in accordance with this section for the legislative or judicial branch. If the Governor proposes to reduce allotment requisitions or allotments in force for any budgeted agency of the legislative or judicial branch, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall, at least five days before the effective date of such proposed reductions, notify the president pro tempore of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives of any such proposal affecting the legislative branch and the Chief Justice of any such proposal affecting the judicial branch. Such notification shall include the amounts, effective dates and reasons necessitating the proposed reductions. Not later than three days after receipt of such notification, the president pro tempore or the speaker, or both, or the Chief Justice, as appropriate, may notify the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, in writing, of any objection to the proposed reductions. The committee may hold a public hearing on such proposed reductions. Such proposed reductions shall become effective unless they are rejected by a two-thirds vote of the members of the committee not later than fifteen days after receipt of the notification of objection to the proposed reductions. If the committee rejects such proposed reductions, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall present an alternative plan to achieve such reductions to the president pro tempore and the speaker for any such proposal affecting the legislative branch or to the Chief Justice for any such proposal affecting the judicial branch. If proposed reductions in allotment requisitions or allotments in force for any budgeted agency of the legislative or judicial branch are not rejected, such reductions shall be achieved as determined by the Joint Committee on Legislative Management or the Chief Justice, as appropriate. The Joint Committee on Legislative Management or the Chief Justice, as appropriate, shall submit such reductions to the Governor through the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management not later than ten days after the proposed reductions become effective.

(1949 Rev., S. 238; P.A. 73-679, S. 12, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 27, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 33, 610; P.A. 79-623, S. 1, 8; P.A. 81-2, S. 2, 3; P.A. 82-314, S. 16, 63; P.A. 83-587, S. 4, 96; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 46, 168; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14, S. 29, 30; P.A. 05-288, S. 13, 14; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 57; P.A. 10-179, S. 31; P.A. 15-244, S. 165; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 481; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 729.)

History: P.A. 73-679 replaced director of budget with managing director, planning and budgeting division, department of finance and control or his designee; P.A. 75-537 changed division name to budget and management division and deleted references to designee; P.A. 77-614 replaced managing director with secretary of the office of policy and management; P.A. 79-623 divided section into subsections, clarified procedure by which governor may change appropriations and to what degree and included appropriations committee in provisions concerning notice of changes; P.A. 81-2 added Subsec. (g) authorizing governor, during fiscal year 1980–1981, to reduce allotments for appropriated accounts by 10% of the amount appropriated for that fiscal year; P.A. 82-314 changed committee names; P.A. 83-587 made a technical amendment, deleting obsolete Subsec. (g) concerning fiscal year 1980–1981; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 deleted language in Subsec. (a) which limited appropriations subject to provisions of section to appropriations “for administration, operation and maintenance of any budgeted agency”, deleted requirement that each budgeted agency collecting revenue which is added to or which supplements its appropriations shall attach to its requisitions a statement showing how much of proposed allotments are to be financed from appropriations, reimbursements and any other revenue, added provision that appropriations for capital outlays may be allotted in any manner the governor deems advisable, deleted Subsecs. (b), (c), (e) and (f) and substituted new Subsecs. (b) and (c) re procedures for modification of allotment requisitions or allotments in force, and added new Subsec. (e) re aid to municipalities; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14 changed effective date of June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 46 from July 1, 1992, and applicable to biennium commencing July 1, 1993, to August 22, 1991; P.A. 05-288 made a technical change in Subsecs. (a) and (c), effective July 13, 2005; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 added Subsec. (e)(2) re Governor's authority to reduce allotments for legislative and judicial branches and made a conforming change, effective September 9, 2009; P.A. 10-179 amended Subsec. (a) by requiring initial allotment requisition for each line item appropriated to legislative and judicial branches for any fiscal year to be based on amount appropriated for each such line item minus amount of budgeted reductions to be achieved by such branch for such fiscal year, and amended Subsec. (e) by establishing procedure for reduction of allotment requisitions and allotments in force for legislative and judicial branches, effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 15-244 amended Subsec. (b) to authorize Governor to direct transfer of Restricted Grants Fund amounts if Comptroller has projected General Fund deficit greater than 1 per cent of total appropriations, and made technical changes in Subsecs. (b) and (e), effective July 1, 2019; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (b) to replace “Comptroller has projected a” with reference to cumulative monthly financial statement issued by Comptroller pursuant to Sec. 3-115 re projected General Fund deficit, effective July 1, 2019; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 repealed P.A. 15-244, S. 165 and June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 481, effective July 1, 2019, effective October 31, 2017.

Cited. 148 C. 623. Section does not unconstitutionally confer veto powers in circumvention of Connecticut Constitution Art. IV, Sec. 15; does not confer legislative power in violation of separation of powers doctrine contained in Art. II of state constitution. 200 C. 386. Cited. 224 C. 168.

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Sec. 4-85a. Reductions of appropriations for the fiscal year 1971–1972. Section 4-85a is repealed.

(June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 96; P.A. 78-185, S. 2, 3; 78-298, S. 13, 14.)

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Secs. 4-85b and 4-85c. Preparation of a human services annual agenda. Human services annual agenda: Contents, schedule and cycle. Sections 4-85b and 4-85c are repealed.

(P.A. 79-211, S. 1, 2; P.A. 80-92; P.A. 83-181, S. 2, 3.)

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Sec. 4-85d. Submission of accounting of federal energy funds. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall annually submit to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy planning and activities, at the same time that the budget document is transmitted by the Governor in the odd-numbered years and the status report is transmitted by the Governor in the even-numbered years to the General Assembly under section 4-71, an estimated accounting of all federal funds for energy programs that will be carried over into the following fiscal year and an estimated accounting of federal energy funds which the state anticipates receiving in such fiscal year, accompanied by a detailed description of how such carried over and anticipated funds will be expended. The provisions of this section shall not apply to energy assistance programs and funds.

(P.A. 82-222, S. 4, 7; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 43, 168.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended language to reflect change from annual to biennial budget, effective July 1, 1992, and first applicable to biennium commencing July 1, 1993.

Cited. 200 C. 386.

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Sec. 4-86. Monthly notification re refunds. Warrants to be specific; not to exceed appropriations. Transfer of appropriations. (a) The Office of Policy and Management shall be notified monthly of all refunds of current year expenditures applied to budgeted appropriation accounts for expenditures.

(b) Each warrant, draft or order upon the State Treasurer shall specify the particular appropriation against which it is drawn, and no money shall be paid by the Treasurer unless the warrant, draft or order contains such a specification. The Treasurer shall honor all warrants, drafts or orders of the Comptroller drawn in accordance with the provisions of this section.

(c) The Comptroller shall keep an account in connection with each appropriation and shall not issue any warrant, draft or order on the Treasurer in payment of any obligation in excess of the available balance of the appropriation for the purpose or purposes for which such obligation was incurred, until the General Assembly has passed a deficiency bill for the purpose and allotments have been made by the Governor, or such appropriation has been increased as provided in section 4-87.

(d) Except as provided in section 4-87, no money shall be transferred or appropriated from one specific appropriation to another, otherwise than by authority of the General Assembly.

(1949 Rev., S. 29; 1971, P.A. 562; P.A. 73-679, S. 13, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 28, 55; P.A. 76-435, S. 41, 82; P.A. 77-614, S. 34, 610; P.A. 78-298, S. 11, 14; P.A. 83-310, S. 2, 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 48.)

History: 1971 act required surplus funds to be subject to budgetary control by budget division before being made available for future expenditures; P.A. 73-679 changed division name to planning and budgeting division; P.A. 75-537 changed name to budget and management division; P.A. 76-435 made technical changes; P.A. 77-614 replaced budget and management division with the office of policy and management; P.A. 78-298 divided section into subsections and required treasurer to honor all drafts etc. of comptroller; P.A. 83-310 amended Subsec. (a) to repeal provision that all refunds applied to appropriations accounts are subject to budgetary control by office of policy and management before accounts are made available for future expenditures and to substitute provision that said office shall be notified monthly of all refunds applied to budgeted appropriations accounts for expenditures; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (c) to delete reference to Sec. 4-84, effective July 1, 2015.

Cited. 200 C. 386.

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Sec. 4-87. Transfer and revision of appropriations. Relocation expenses. (a) Whenever any specific appropriation of a budgeted agency proves insufficient to pay the expenditures required for the statutory purposes for which such appropriation was made, the Governor may, at the request of the budgeted agency, transfer from any other specific appropriation of such budgeted agency such amount as the Governor deems necessary to meet such expenditures, except that transfers made from appropriations for fringe benefits to the operating funds of any constituent unit of the state system of higher education may be made only at the close of the fiscal year. No transfer to or from any specific appropriation of a sum or sums of over one hundred seventy-five thousand dollars or ten per cent of any such specific appropriation, whichever is less, shall be made under this section in any one fiscal year without the consent of the Finance Advisory Committee except for transfer made from appropriations for fringe benefits to the operating funds of any constituent unit of the state system of higher education. 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, through the Office of Fiscal Analysis.

(b) When the work, procedures or organization of any budgeted agency is modified in any respect by reason of statutory changes or management studies, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, may prepare and submit to the Governor his recommendations to increase or decrease the number of appropriation functions of such budgeted agency and the amounts therefor. The Governor shall have full authority, with the approval of the Finance Advisory Committee, to make such revision and to certify the same to the Secretary of the State and the Comptroller. Appropriation revisions approved by the Governor for any specific agency shall not exceed in total the amount originally appropriated for that agency.

(c) Whenever any appropriation of a budgeted agency located within the city of Hartford proves insufficient to pay the expenditures required for such agency to relocate outside the city of Hartford, the Governor, at the request of such agency, and with the consent of the Finance Advisory Committee, may transfer to such agency, from appropriations made to the Department of Administrative Services for rents and moving, such amount as the Governor deems necessary to meet such expenditures. Whenever the appropriations made to the Department of Administrative Services prove insufficient to pay the expenditures necessary to relocate a budgeted agency within the city of Hartford, the Governor, at the request of the department and the agency, and with the consent of the Finance Advisory Committee, may transfer to the department from appropriations made to the agency for relocation expenditures, such amount as the Governor deems necessary to meet such expenditures.

(1949 Rev., S. 239; 1959, P.A. 254; 1971, P.A. 1, S. 11; P.A. 73-679, S. 14, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 29, 55; P.A. 76-260, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 82-227, S. 1, 3; 82-314, S. 17, 63; P.A. 87-326, S. 1, 2; 87-589, S. 67, 87; P.A. 88-189, S. 1, 2; 88-364, S. 5, 123; P.A. 91-256, S. 5, 69; P.A. 11-51, S. 44; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-2, S. 33.)

History: 1959 act added Subsec. (b); 1971 act made changes to reflect switch from biennial to annual sessions; P.A. 73-679 replaced director of budget with managing director, planning and budgeting division, department of finance and control or his designee; P.A. 75-537 changed division name to budget and management division and deleted reference to designee; P.A. 76-260 changed limit on funds transferable without finance advisory committee's consent from $1,000 to $10,000 and required notification of appropriations committee; P.A. 77-614 replaced managing director with secretary of the office of policy and management; P.A. 82-227 replaced provision limiting transfer to any specific appropriation to $10,000 with provision limiting transfer to or from any specific appropriation to $50,000 or 10% of any such specific appropriation, whichever is less; P.A. 82-314 changed formal designation of appropriations committee; P.A. 87-326 added Subsec. (c) re relocation expenditures; P.A. 87-589 made technical change, substituting public works commissioner for administrative services commissioner; P.A. 88-189 added provision in Subsec. (c), re transfer of relocation funds from budgeted agency to department of public works, for relocation of agency within Hartford; P.A. 88-364 made technical change in Subsec. (b); P.A. 91-256 in Subsec. (a) added the language concerning the constituent units of the state system of higher education; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Works” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Administrative Services” in Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2011; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-2 amended Subsec. (a) by increasing from $50,000 to $175,000 the threshold amount over which Governor is required to receive consent of the Finance Advisory Committee for transfer of funds, effective June 2, 2016.

Cited. 200 C. 386.

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Sec. 4-88. Reversion of unencumbered balances. Section 4-88 is repealed.

(1949 Rev., S. 240; 1951, S. 86d; February, 1965, P.A. 126, S. 1; P.A. 78-268, S. 4, 5.)

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Sec. 4-89. Appropriations; treatment of unexpended balances at close of fiscal year. (a) No officer, department, board, commission, institution or other agency of the state shall, after the close of any fiscal year, incur, or vote or order or approve the incurring of, any obligation or expenditure under any appropriation made by the General Assembly for any fiscal year that had expired at the time the obligation for such expenditure was incurred. The Comptroller is authorized to draw warrants or process interdepartmental transactions against the available appropriations made for the current fiscal year for the payment of expenditures incurred during the prior fiscal year for which appropriations were made or in fulfillment of contracts properly made during such prior year, and the Treasurer is authorized to pay such warrants or record such interdepartmental transactions. The balances of certain appropriations which otherwise would lapse at the close of any fiscal year and for which no appropriation is made in the following year shall be extended into the succeeding fiscal year to permit liquidation of obligations of the prior fiscal year.

(b) Except as provided in this section, all unexpended balances of appropriations made by the General Assembly in the state budget act shall lapse at the end of the period for which they have been made and shall revert to the unappropriated surplus of the fund from which such appropriation or appropriations were made, except that any appropriation for the improvement of or maintenance work by contract on public roads, for the purchase of land or the erection of buildings or new construction or for specific projects for capital improvements and repairs, provided in the case of such specific projects allotments shall have been made by the Governor for design and construction, shall continue to be available until the attainment of the object or the completion of the work for which such appropriation was made, but in no case for more than six years unless renewed by act of the General Assembly.

(c) All unexpended balances of special appropriations made by the General Assembly for special programs, projects or studies shall lapse at the end of the period for which they have been made, except that if satisfied that the work of any such program, project or study is not completed and will continue during the following fiscal year, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall order any unexpended balance remaining in the special appropriation to be continued to the ensuing fiscal year.

(d) Any appropriation made by the General Assembly for no specific period, or any unexpended balance thereof, shall lapse on June thirtieth in the fourth year after such appropriation was made, provided when the purpose for which any such appropriation was made has been accomplished or there is no further need for funds thereunder, the unexpended balance thereof, upon the written consent of the head of the department, board, commission, institution or other agency to which such appropriation was made, shall lapse and shall revert to the unappropriated surplus of the fund from which such appropriation was made.

(e) The provisions of this section shall not apply to appropriations for Department of Transportation equipment, the highway and planning research program administered by the Department of Transportation, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection equipment or the purchase of public transportation equipment, the minor capital improvement account in the Department of Administrative Services, the litigation/settlement account in the Office of Policy and Management, library or educational equipment for the constituent units of the state system of higher education, or library or educational materials for the State Library, or the state-wide tourism marketing account of the Department of Economic and Community Development. Such appropriations shall not lapse until the end of the fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year of the appropriation, provided an obligation to spend such funds has been incurred in the next preceding fiscal year, except that for the purposes of library or educational equipment or materials, such funds shall not exceed twenty-five per cent of the amount of the appropriation for such purposes.

(f) The provisions of this section shall not apply to appropriations to (1) the Office of Higher Education for (A) student financial assistance for the Roberta B. Willis Scholarship program established under section 10a-173, or (B) the minority advancement program established under subsection (b) of section 10a-11, (2) the Board of Regents for Higher Education for (A) Connecticut higher education centers of excellence established under section 10a-25h, or (B) the debt-free community college program established pursuant to section 10a-174, (3) the operating funds of the constituent units of the state system of higher education established pursuant to sections 10a-105, 10a-99 and 10a-77, or (4) the Connecticut Open Educational Resource Coordinating Council established under section 10a-44d. Such appropriations shall not lapse until the end of the fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year of the appropriation except that centers of excellence appropriations deposited by the Board of Regents for Higher Education in the Endowed Chair Investment Fund, established under section 10a-20a, shall not lapse but shall be held permanently in the Endowed Chair Investment Fund and any moneys remaining in higher education operating funds of the constituent units of the state system of higher education shall not lapse but shall be held permanently in such funds. On or before September first, annually, the Office of Higher Education and Board of Regents for Higher Education shall submit a report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, through the Office of Fiscal Analysis, concerning the amount of each such appropriation carried over from the preceding fiscal year.

(g) The provisions of this section shall not apply to appropriations to the Department of Aging and Disability Services in an amount not greater than the amount of reimbursements of prior year expenditures for the services of interpreters received by the department during the fiscal year pursuant to section 17a-839 and such appropriations shall not lapse until the end of the fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year of the appropriation.

(h) The provisions of this section shall not apply to appropriations to the Labor Department, from the General Fund, for the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. Such appropriations shall not lapse.

(1949 Rev., S. 267; 1967, P.A. 363, S. 6; 605, S. 1; P.A. 78-268, S. 1, 5; 78-356, S. 1, 5; P.A. 80-322, S. 1, 2; P.A. 81-408, S. 1, 3; P.A. 83-310, S. 1, 3; 83-550, S. 1, 2; 83-587, S. 5, 96; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-6, S. 5, 6; P.A. 84-270, S. 1, 2; 84-368, S. 4, 5; 84-450, S. 1, 2; 84-465, S. 1–3; P.A. 85-565, S. 2, 3; P.A. 86-283, S. 4; P.A. 87-336, S. 1, 3; 87-408, S. 4, 5; P.A. 88-231, S. 11, 19; P.A. 89-351, S. 3, 11; P.A. 91-256, S. 6, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 161, 168; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-13, S. 20, 21; P.A. 92-126, S. 33, 48; P.A. 98-252, S. 75, 80; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1, S. 6, 51; P.A. 00-192, S. 26, 102; P.A. 06-187, S. 15, 74; P.A. 08-72, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 475; P.A. 11-44, S. 34; 11-48, S. 49, 136, 285; 11-51, S. 90; 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 12-156, S. 2; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 31; P.A. 13-240, S. 7; 13-247, S. 179, 200; P.A. 16-169, S. 24; 16-179, S. 2; P.A. 19-157, S. 7; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 34; P.A. 22-118, S. 120.)

History: 1967 acts made provision for extension of appropriations to permit liquidation of prior obligations and for date on which balances of appropriations lapse and included contracted maintenance work on roads in exception to provisions of section; P.A. 78-268 transferred governor's powers under section to secretary of the office of policy and management, allowed comptroller to process interdepartmental transactions against current appropriations for expenditures of previous year for one month and added Subsecs. (b) to (d), inclusive, clarifying times when appropriations lapse and exceptions to provisions; P.A. 78-356 introduced new material which excluded appropriations for transportation department and public transportation equipment from provisions of section and which was codified as Subsec. (e); P.A. 80-322 included environmental protection department in exclusion provision of Subsec. (e); P.A. 81-408 added Subsec. (f) to prevent lapse of certain amount of appropriations for student financial assistance; P.A. 83-310 amended Subsec. (a) to repeal provision limiting comptroller's authority to draw warrants or process transactions to a one-month period after close of prior fiscal year without authorization of secretary of office of policy and management and to repeal provision that after said one-month period, the secretary, in his discretion, may authorize payment of a claim for an expenditure incurred before the appropriation for such purpose has lapsed; P.A. 83-550 amended Subsec. (e) to allow for the carry-over of unexpended balances for the purchase of library or educational equipment for higher education, provided the funds shall not exceed 25% of the amount appropriated for such purchases; P.A. 83-587 amended Subsec. (f) to make the exemption from the provisions of this section applicable for appropriations to the board of governors; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-6 amended Subsec. (f) to exempt appropriations for the high technology graduate scholarship program from the provisions of the section and to delete obsolete reference to appropriations made to board of higher education; P.A. 84-270 amended Subsec. (e) to specify that section does not apply to appropriations for highway and planning research program; P.A. 84-368 amended Subsec. (f) to include appropriations to the Connecticut higher education fund for excellence established pursuant to Sec. 10a-25h; P.A. 84-450 added Subsec. (g) concerning appropriations to the commission on the deaf and hearing impaired; P.A. 84-465 amended Subsec. (e) adding provision re “library or educational materials for the state library” and amended Subsec. (f) to refer to appropriations for higher education department rather than for board of governors, to delete provision that student financial assistance appropriations may be carried over in an amount not greater than “the amount of any unanticipated federal funds received for that purpose during the second half of the state fiscal year”, substituting provision that carry-over would equal 5% of the annual “state student financial assistance appropriation”, and to add provision requiring board of governors to submit annual report re carried over appropriation; P.A. 85-565 specified that fund for excellence appropriations deposited in the endowed chair investment fund do not lapse; P.A. 86-283 substituted “centers of” for “fund for” excellence in Subsec. (f); P.A. 87-336 amended Subsec. (f) to provide that appropriations for the minority advancement program not lapse; P.A. 87-408 in Subsec. (f) specified that appropriations for the high technology doctoral fellowship program do not lapse; P.A. 88-231 added Subsec. (h) concerning appropriations from the municipal solid waste recycling trust fund; P.A. 89-351 amended Subsec. (h) to replace provision that appropriations from trust fund shall not lapse until end of fiscal year succeeding fiscal year of appropriation with provision that such appropriations shall not lapse; P.A. 91-256 in Subsec. (f) added provisions concerning the operating funds of the constituent units of the state system of higher education; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 added Subsec. (i), concerning appropriations to the local transportation infrastructure account; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-13 deleted all changes made by P.A. 91-3 of the June session; P.A. 92-126 in Subsec. (f) removed a reference to repealed Sec. 10a-83; (Revisor's note: In 1997 the word “fund” in the phrase “municipal solid waste recycling trust fund” in Subsec. (h) was replaced editorially by the Revisors with the word “account” to conform with Sec. 22a-241 and incorrect reference to Subsec. (f) of that section was changed to “(d)”); P.A. 98-252 amended Subsec. (g) to make a technical change, effective July 1, 1998; (Revisor's note: In codifying section 75 of public act 98-252, an incorrect reference to “section 69 of this act” was deemed by the Revisors to be a reference to “section 74 of this act” and therefore cited as “section 46a-33b”); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1 amended Subsec. (e) to add appropriations for the minor capital improvement account in the Department of Public Works, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 00-192 amended Subsec. (e) to include appropriations for the litigation/settlement account in the Office of Policy and Management, effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 06-187 amended Subsec. (e) to add appropriations for the state-wide tourism marketing account of the Commission on Culture and Tourism and added Subsec. (i) re nonlapsing of funds appropriated for the federal Workforce Investment Act, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 08-91 amended Subsec. (f) to eliminate 5% cap re appropriations for student financial assistance and add scholarship program established under Sec. 10a-169 to exceptions, effective July 1, 2008; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 deleted former Subsec. (h) re appropriations from municipal solid waste recycling trust account and redesignated existing Subsec. (i) as Subsec. (h); P.A. 11-44 replaced “Commission on the Deaf and Hearing Impaired” with “Bureau of Rehabilitative Services” in Subsec. (g), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting “for the period of one month” re extension of certain appropriations that would otherwise lapse into succeeding fiscal year and amended Subsec. (e) to replace “Commission on Culture and Tourism” with “Department of Economic and Community Development”, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-48, “Board of Governors of Higher Education” and “Department of Higher Education” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Board of Regents for Higher Education” in Subsec. (f), effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Works” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Construction Services” in Subsec. (e), effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (e), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-156 amended Subsec. (f) by replacing reference to Board of Regents for Higher Education with reference to Office of Higher Education re programs established under Secs. 10a-169 and 10a-170a and adding references to Board of Regents for Higher Education and Office of Higher Education, effective June 15, 2012; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (g) by replacing “Bureau of Rehabilitative Services” with “Department of Rehabilitation Services” and making a conforming change, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-240 amended Subsec. (f) to remove reference to high technology doctoral fellowship program established under Sec. 10a-25n, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 13-247 amended Subsec. (f) to delete references to scholarship programs established under Secs. 10a-169 and 10a-170a and add reference to Governor's Scholarship program established under Sec. 10a-173, effective July 1, 2013; pursuant to P.A. 13-247, “Department of Construction Services” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Administrative Services” in Subsec. (e), effective July 1, 2013; pursuant to P.A. 16-169, “Workforce Investment Act” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act” in Subsec. (h); P.A. 16-179 amended Subsec. (f) by replacing “Governor's” with “Roberta B. Willis”, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 19-157 amended Subsec. (g) by replacing “Department of Rehabilitation Services” with “Department of Aging and Disability Services”; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subsec. (f) by designating existing provisions re Roberta B. Willis Scholarship program as Subdiv. (1)(A), re minority advancement program as Subdiv. (1)(B), re Board of Regents for Higher Education's centers of excellence as Subdiv. (2) and re operating funds of the constituent units of the state system of higher education as Subdiv. (3) and added Subdiv. (4) re the Connecticut Open Educational Resource Coordinating Council, effective July 1, 2021; P.A. 22-118 amended Subsec. (f)(2) by designating existing provisions re Connecticut higher education centers of excellence as Subpara. (A) and adding Subpara. (B) re the debt-free community college program, effective July 1, 2022.

Cited. 200 C. 386.

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Secs. 4-90 to 4-92. Transfer of unexpended balances. Report of unexpended balance of special commissions; transfer to General Fund. Unused balances of appropriations. Sections 4-90 to 4-92, inclusive, are repealed.

(1949 Rev., S. 119, 241, 242; 1951, S. 87d, 88d; 1967, P.A. 363, S. 8; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 61; 1971, P.A. 1, S. 12; P.A. 73-679, S. 15, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 30, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 35, 610; P.A. 78-268, S. 4, 5.)

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Sec. 4-93. Finance Advisory Committee; appointment and term. Meeting agenda. The Finance Advisory Committee shall consist of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Treasurer, the Comptroller, two Senate members of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, not more than one of whom shall be of the same political party, and three House members of said committee appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, not more than two of whom shall be of the same political party. In addition, the president pro tempore shall appoint two Senate members of said joint standing committee, not more than one of whom shall be of the same political party, and the speaker shall appoint three House members of said committee, not more than two of whom shall be of the same political party, to serve as alternate members of the Finance Advisory Committee. An alternate member shall serve on the Finance Advisory Committee in the absence of a regular member of the same political party and house of the General Assembly. The president pro tempore and the speaker shall make their respective appointments to the Finance Advisory Committee upon the convening of the General Assembly in each odd-numbered year. The legislative members of said committee shall serve until the convening of the next regular session of the General Assembly in an odd-numbered year. The committee shall meet regularly on the first Thursday of each month and at such other times as the Governor designates. The committee shall furnish an agenda for each meeting to its legislative members and to the Office of Fiscal Analysis at least seven calendar days prior to the meeting.

(1949 Rev., S. 38; P.A. 76-434, S. 2, 12; P.A. 77-604, S. 42, 84; P.A. 82-314, S. 43, 63; 82-465, S. 4, 5; P.A. 88-1, S. 1, 13; P.A. 90-199, S. 1, 2; P.A. 96-93.)

History: P.A. 76-434 and P.A. 77-604 both deleted provision for payment of per diem and travel allowance; P.A. 82-314 changed official name of appropriations committee; P.A. 82-465 required committee to furnish legislative members and office of fiscal analysis with agenda not less than seven days before meeting; P.A. 88-1 changed regular meeting date of the committee from the first Wednesday of each month to the first Thursday; P.A. 90-199 added provision re appointment of alternate members to serve in the absence of a regular member of the same political party and house of the general assembly; P.A. 96-93 changed the terms of legislative members from one year to two years, changed date of appointment from “before the sixth Wednesday after the convening of the General Assembly” to “upon the convening of the General Assembly in each odd-numbered year” and changed ending date of term from “the sixth Wednesday after the convening of the next regular session of the General Assembly” to “the convening of the next regular session of the General Assembly in an odd-numbered year”.

Cited. 200 C. 386.

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Sec. 4-94. Finance Advisory Committee to approve transfers of funds. No transfer of funds shall be made from the General Fund to any budgeted agency in excess of the regular appropriations therefor, except upon recommendation of the Governor and after approval of the Finance Advisory Committee.

(1949 Rev., S. 39.)

Cited. 200 C. 386.

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Sec. 4-95. Appropriation for social services assistance and care. Section 4-95 is repealed.

(June, 1949, S. 13d; 1969, P.A. 730, S. 4; 1971, P.A. 1, S. 13; P.A. 78-298, S. 13, 14.)

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Sec. 4-95a. Finance Advisory Committee; appropriation of state funds to secure federal funds or offset loss of federal funds. Appropriation of funds from the Insurance Fund resources, when. (a) When the General Assembly is not in session, the Finance Advisory Committee may appropriate from the resources of the appropriate fund or funds amounts required as state matching funds to secure federal grants on projects or programs, the participation in which said committee deems to be in the best interest of the state. Any request for such appropriation shall include the certification of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management that the required funds have not been appropriated for the purpose of the request and federal funds would be lost unless state funds for matching purposes are made available.

(b) When the General Assembly is not in session, the Finance Advisory Committee may appropriate from the resources of the appropriate fund or funds amounts required to offset the loss of federal funds for projects or programs, the participation in which said committee deems to be in the best interest of the state. Any request for such appropriation shall include the certification of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management that the required funds have not been appropriated for the purpose of the request and federal funds have been reduced or eliminated. Funds appropriated to offset the loss of federal funds shall be authorized for a period not to exceed forty-five days after the General Assembly next convenes.

(c) When the General Assembly is not in session, the Finance Advisory Committee may appropriate from the resources of the Insurance Fund established by section 38a-52a amounts required by the Insurance Department to implement the provisions of any public or special act enacted without appropriation by the General Assembly. Any request for such appropriation shall include the certification of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management that the required funds have not been appropriated for the purpose of the request.

(d) No appropriation may be made under subsection (a) of this section unless authority exists in the general statutes for the programs contemplated.

(1967, P.A. 734, S. 1, 2; P.A. 73-679, S. 16, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 31, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 86-355, S. 2, 3; P.A. 93-430, S. 8; P.A. 07-217, S. 7.)

History: P.A. 73-679 replaced budget director with managing director, planning and budgeting division, department of finance and control or his designee; P.A. 75-537 changed division name to budget and management division and deleted reference to designee; P.A. 77-614 replaced managing director with secretary of the office of policy and management; P.A. 86-355 inserted new Subsec. (b) authorizing finance advisory committee to appropriate state funds to offset loss of federal funds, relettering former Subsec. (b) as (c); P.A. 93-430 inserted new Subsec. (c) allowing the finance advisory committee to appropriate from the insurance fund resources any amount required by the department to implement the provisions of any public or special act which was enacted without appropriation by the general assembly provided the secretary of the office of policy and management certifies that the required funds have not been appropriated for the purpose of the request and relettered former Subsec. (c) accordingly; P.A. 07-217 made a technical change in Subsec. (d), effective July 12, 2007.

Cited. 200 C. 386.

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Sec. 4-95b. Transfer of funds to implement improvements to fiscal and related reporting procedures. Funds appropriated to the Finance Advisory Committee under section 1 of special act 77-46, in the account entitled “FAC–Automated Accounting, Budget, Auditing and Personnel System Revisions”, may be transferred upon the recommendation of the Governor, with the approval of the Finance Advisory Committee, to the various state agencies as required to implement improvements to fiscal and related reporting procedures of the state.

(P.A. 77-572, S. 1, 3.)

Cited. 200 C. 386.

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Sec. 4-96. Additions to specific appropriations. Whenever expenditures from any special fund are authorized by specific appropriations, the Governor, if he finds that the available cash resources of such fund for any given fiscal year exceed the total amount of such appropriations and if he deems it to be in the best interests of the state, may add to such specific appropriations an amount not exceeding such excess available cash resources.

(1949 Rev., S. 268.)

Cited. 200 C. 386.

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Sec. 4-97. Use of appropriations. No appropriation or part thereof shall be used for any other purpose than that for which it was made unless transferred or revised as provided in section 4-87. Any board member, commissioner, director, manager or other officer or any person connected with any budgeted agency to which an appropriation has been made, who wilfully expends any moneys belonging to the state for any purpose other than that for which the money was appropriated, budgeted or allotted or who consents thereto, shall be liable to the state for such sum so spent, and the sum so spent, together with interest and costs, shall be recoverable in an action to be instituted by the Attorney General.

(1949 Rev., S. 244; P.A. 78-298, S. 12, 14.)

History: P.A. 78-298 replaced requirement for governor's authorization with general reference “transferred or revised” as provided in Sec. 4-87.

Cited. 200 C. 386.

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Sec. 4-97a. Moneys received for specific statutory purpose. Section 4-97a is repealed.

(June, 1971, S.A. 1, S. 6; P.A. 78-298, S. 13, 14.)

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Sec. 4-98. Appropriations encumbered by purchase order; current and capital expenditures. Delegation to agency. Purchasing cards. (a) Except for such emergency purchases as are made by a budgeted agency under regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Administrative Services, no budgeted agency or any agent thereof shall incur any obligation, by order, contract or otherwise, except by the issue of a purchase order or any other documentation approved by the Comptroller, necessary to process the transaction transmitted by the budgeted agency or its agents to the commissioner and the Comptroller, provided the amount to be charged against the appropriation for a budgeted agency in any year for a purchase order for a current expenditure shall be the amount anticipated to be spent in such year. The amount to be charged against the appropriation for any budgeted agency in any year for a capital expenditure, including an installment purchase, shall be the state's total cost for such capital expenditure unless otherwise authorized by the General Assembly or approved by the Finance Advisory Committee. Upon the receipt of any such purchase order or any other documentation approved by the Comptroller necessary to process the transaction, the Comptroller shall immediately charge the same to the specific appropriation of the budgeted agency issuing the same and certify on the face of the purchase order or approve such other documentation that the purchase is approved and recorded, if the proposed purchase is within the applicable specific appropriation and the budgeted agency has unencumbered funds sufficient to defray such expenditure. In transactions requiring purchase orders, the Comptroller shall promptly transmit such certified purchase order to the vendor named in the purchase order.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the Comptroller may delegate to any budgeted agency the certification and transmission requirements of purchase orders using authorized electronic methods, provided such agency transmits the information contained in such purchase orders to the Comptroller. Upon receipt of any such electronic transmission, the Comptroller shall immediately charge the same to the specific appropriation of the budgeted agency issuing the same and shall electronically certify that the purchase is approved and recorded, if the proposed purchase is within the applicable specific appropriation and the budgeted agency has unencumbered funds sufficient to defray such expenditure. Upon receipt of the Comptroller's certification, the budgeted agency shall transmit the purchase order to the vendor named in the purchase order.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) of this section, the Comptroller may allow budgeted agencies to use purchasing cards for purchases not exceeding two hundred fifty thousand dollars, unless such agency receives written approval from the Comptroller and the Commissioner of Administrative Services to exceed such amount. No budgeted agency, or any official, employee or agent of a budgeted agency, shall incur any obligation using such a card, except in accordance with procedures established by the Comptroller.

(1949 Rev., S. 269; March, 1950, S. 93d; P.A. 74-238; P.A. 77-614, S. 87, 610; P.A. 80-286; P.A. 93-285, S. 3; P.A. 96-156, S. 4; P.A. 98-16, S. 1, 2; P.A. 99-1, S. 1, 2; P.A. 00-25, S. 2; P.A. 01-26, S. 2; P.A. 04-87, S. 1; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 249.)

History: P.A. 74-238 made specific provisions for charging purchase orders against appropriations; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control and director of purchases with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 80-286 replaced reference to “full obligation” with words “total cost” with regard to capital expenditures and included approval by finance advisory committee as part of exception to capital expenditures provision; P.A. 93-285 designated existing provisions Subsec. (a) and added new Subsec. (b) regarding comptroller's delegation of powers to agencies and regulatory authority; P.A. 96-156 added Subsec. (c) permitting Comptroller to allow budgeted agencies to use purchasing cards for specified purchases; P.A. 98-16 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provision that voided nonemergency purchase orders not stamped with Comptroller's certificate, amended Subsec. (b) by substituting “agency copy of the” for “original”, inserted new Subsec. (c) re delegation of certification and transmission of purchase orders using electronic methods and redesignated former Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (d), effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 99-1 amended Subsec. (d) by increasing maximum purchases when using a purchasing card from $1,000 to $10,000, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 00-25 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting “any other documentation necessary to process the transaction” for “commitment” and making related changes for consistency, deleted former Subsec. (b) re delegation to budgeted agencies of certification and transmission requirements of this section, relettered former Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (b), amending Subsec. (b) by inserting “requirements” and “authorized”, substituting “purchase orders” for “order and commitment” and adding provisions re Comptroller's duties upon receipt of an electronic transmission and agency's duties upon receipt of Comptroller's certification, and relettered former Subsec. (d) as Subsec. (c); P.A. 01-26 made technical changes; P.A. 04-87 amended Subsec. (a) to add provisions re approval of purchase order or other documentation by the Comptroller; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (c) by changing amount of purchases using purchasing cards from $10,000 or less to not exceeding $250,000 and by adding provision re written approval to exceed such amount, effective July 1, 2012.

Cited. 200 C. 386.

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Sec. 4-99. Commitment of appropriations prior to beginning of fiscal period. Any appropriation for a fiscal year of a biennium shall be available for commitment fifteen days before the beginning of the fiscal period for which such appropriation was made, provided the Comptroller shall have on file an allotment covering such commitment, but no commitment thus effected shall be liquidated before the beginning of such fiscal period.

(1949 Rev., S. 270; 1961, P.A. 464; 1971, P.A. 1, S. 14; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 44, 168.)

History: 1961 act added proviso comptroller have allotment on file; 1971 act deleted reference to biennial appropriation reflecting the change from biennial to annual sessions; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended language to reflect change from annual to biennial budget, effective July 1, 1992, and first applicable to biennium commencing July 1, 1993.

Cited. 200 C. 386.

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Sec. 4-100. Penalty for exceeding appropriations; exceptions. Whenever any specific appropriation of money has been made by the General Assembly or by any community or corporation as provided in section 7-121, each agent, commissioner or executive officer of the state, except as provided in sections 4-87 and 4-99, or of any town, city, borough or school district, who wilfully authorizes or contracts for the expenditure of any money or the creation of any debt for any purpose in excess of the amount specifically appropriated for such purpose by the General Assembly or the community or corporation of which he is agent, commissioner or executive officer, unless such expenditure is made or debt contracted for the necessary repair of roads or bridges, or the necessary support of schools or paupers, in cases arising after the proper appropriation has been exhausted, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned in a community correctional center not more than one year or both.

(1949 Rev., S. 271; 1959, P.A. 152, S. 6; 1969, P.A. 297.)

History: 1959 act deleted references to county appropriations; 1969 act replaced jails with community correctional centers.

Penalty attaches only when a specific appropriation has been made and exceeded. 58 C. 462. Does not apply to governmental duty of municipality, or holding election. 89 C. 563; 96 C. 7. Payment to materialman not a violation of section where amount appropriated has been paid to contractor. 109 C. 558. Cited. 111 C. 515; 193 C. 670; 200 C. 386.

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Sec. 4-101. Appropriations to hospitals. All appropriations to hospitals by the General Assembly shall be expended under the direction of the Governor and of the managers of such institutions, respectively, for the support of charity patients, and so used as to benefit the state as application is made from time to time, a report of which expenditures shall be made biennially to the General Assembly; but no part of such appropriations shall be paid to any of such hospitals unless the same is in actual operation, unless the purpose for which an appropriation is to be expended is for a building and is so specified in the act making such appropriation. Each such hospital receiving state aid shall be paid at a rate determined as provided by section 17b-239 for the care and treatment of any patient when such expense is to be paid from state funds either directly or through the agency of any town or organization.

(1949 Rev., S. 291; 1949, S. 110d.)

Cited. 87 C. 438; 92 C. 123; 119 C. 153. Under former statute, payments for care of county patients not restricted to statutory amount. 127 C. 53. Cited. 133 C. 270; 175 C. 49.

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Sec. 4-101a. Office of Policy and Management. Grants, technical assistance or consultation services to nongovernmental acute care general hospitals. (a) The Office of Policy and Management may provide grants, technical assistance or consultation services, or any combination thereof, to one or more nongovernmental acute care general hospitals as permitted by this section. Such grants, technical assistance or consultation services shall be consistent with applicable federal disproportionate share regulations, as from time to time amended.

(b) Grants, technical assistance or consultation services, or any combination thereof, provided under this section may be made to assist a nongovernmental acute care general hospital to develop and implement a plan to achieve financial stability and assure the delivery of appropriate health care services in the service area of such hospital, or to assist a nongovernmental acute care general hospital in determining strategies, goals and plans to ensure its financial viability or stability. Any such hospital seeking such grants, technical assistance or consultation services shall prepare and submit to the Office of Policy and Management and the Health Systems Planning Unit of the Office of Health Strategy a plan that includes at least the following: (1) A statement of the hospital's current projections of its finances for the current and the next three fiscal years; (2) identification of the major financial issues which effect the financial stability of the hospital; (3) the steps proposed to study or improve the financial status of the hospital and eliminate ongoing operating losses; (4) plans to study or change the mix of services provided by the hospital, which may include transition to an alternative licensure category; and (5) other related elements as determined by the Office of Policy and Management. Such plan shall clearly identify the amount, value or type of the grant, technical assistance or consultation services, or combination thereof, requested. Any grants, technical assistance or consultation services, or any combination thereof, provided under this section shall be determined by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management not to jeopardize the federal matching payments under the medical assistance program and the emergency assistance to families program as determined by the Health Systems Planning Unit of the Office of Health Strategy or the Department of Social Services in consultation with the Office of Policy and Management.

(c) There is established a nonlapsing account, from which grants, purchases of services of any type or reimbursement of state costs for services deemed necessary by the Office of Policy and Management to assist one or more nongovernmental acute care general hospitals under this section shall be made.

(d) The submission of a proposed plan by the hospital under subsection (b) of this section may be considered an application for the purposes of any certificate of need which may be required to change the hospital's service offering.

(e) Upon review and approval of the probable significant benefit of a hospital's submitted plan, the Office of Policy and Management may recommend that a grant be awarded and issue such grant, or contract with one or more consultants to provide technical or other assistance or consultation services, or may provide any combination of such grant and assistance that the office deems necessary or advisable.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2, S. 40, 72; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2, S. 28, 53; P.A. 10-179, S. 107; P.A. 18-91, S. 68.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2 effective July 1, 1999; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2 transferred administration of the program to the Office of Policy and Management, limited the program to grants, technical assistance and consultation services to nongovernmental acute care general hospitals and made conforming and technical changes, effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 10-179 amended Subsec. (a) by making a technical change, amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “Office of Health Care Access” with “Office of Health Care Access division of the Department of Public Health” and amended Subsec. (d) by replacing “a letter of intent” with “an application”; P.A. 18-91 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing references to Office of Health Care Access with references to Health Systems Planning Unit, effective May 14, 2018.

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Sec. 4-101b. Certification of reasonable efforts of hospitals to provide uncompensated care. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any public or special act, no uncompensated care or disproportionate share payment may be made to any hospital under any provision of the general statutes or any public or special act unless the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management certifies that such hospital has made reasonable efforts to provide uncompensated care in this state.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4, S. 8, 58.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4 effective July 1, 2001.

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Sec. 4-102. Hospital societies' reports. All hospital societies receiving aid from the state shall, in July, annually, make report for the year ended on June thirtieth previous, and such report shall include an itemized statement of expenditures, with the name of each person receiving any salary or wages and the kind of service paid for, and the amount paid to each, and a statement of the different amounts paid for other separate purposes, and of the number of patients cared for, the average number for each year and the total number of weeks of care of all patients.

(1949 Rev., S. 292; 1971, P.A. 1, S. 15.)

History: 1971 act required annual rather than biennial reports, reflecting switch from biennial to annual sessions.

Cited. 92 C. 120; 175 C. 49.

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Sec. 4-103. Uniform system of accounting for hospitals receiving state aid. The uniform system of accounting recommended by the American Hospital Association shall be installed by all hospitals receiving state aid.

(1949 Rev., S. 293.)

Cited. 175 C. 49.

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Sec. 4-104. Inspection and subpoena of hospital records. Each private hospital, public hospital society or corporation receiving state aid shall, upon the demand of any patient who has been treated in such hospital and after his discharge therefrom, permit such patient or his physician or authorized attorney to examine the hospital record, including the history, bedside notes, charts, pictures and plates kept in connection with the treatment of such patient, and permit copies of such history, bedside notes and charts to be made by such patient, his physician or authorized attorney. If any such hospital, society or corporation is served with a subpoena issued by competent authority directing the production of such hospital record in connection with any proceedings in any court, the hospital, society or corporation upon which such subpoena is served may, except where such record pertains to a mentally ill patient, deliver such record or at its option a copy thereof to the clerk of such court. Such clerk shall give a receipt for the same, shall be responsible for the safekeeping thereof, shall not permit the same to be removed from the premises of the court and shall notify the hospital to call for the same when it is no longer needed for use in court. Any such record or copy so delivered to such clerk shall be sealed in an envelope which shall indicate the name of the patient, the name of the attorney subpoenaing the same and the title of the case referred to in the subpoena. No such record or copy shall be open to inspection by any person except upon the order of a judge of the court concerned, and any such record or copy shall at all times be subject to the order of such judge. Any and all parts of any such record or copy, if not otherwise inadmissible, shall be admitted in evidence without any preliminary testimony, if there is attached thereto the certification in affidavit form of the person in charge of the record room of the hospital or his authorized assistant indicating that such record or copy is the original record or a copy thereof, made in the regular course of the business of the hospital, and that it was the regular course of such business to make such record at the time of the transactions, occurrences or events recorded therein or within a reasonable time thereafter. A subpoena directing production of such hospital record shall be served not less than twenty-four hours before the time for production, provided such subpoena shall be valid if served less than twenty-four hours before the time of production if written notice of intent to serve such subpoena has been delivered to the person in charge of the record room of such hospital not less than twenty-four hours nor more than two weeks before such time for production.

(1949 Rev., S. 294; 1955, S. 111d.)

To facilitate examination of hospital records, section has been implemented by Practice Book. 153 C. 445; Id., 451. Under section, only such parts of hospital record as are generally admissible can be introduced in evidence; history discussed. Id., 445. Cited. 154 C. 593. That part of a hospital record which does not qualify as an exception to the hearsay rule under Sec. 52-180 is inadmissible in evidence. 158 C. 281. Since there was no correlation between hospital's diagnosis, treatment of injuries, and place of plaintiff's fall, hospital record not admissible as to place of fall. 167 C. 631. Cited. 172 C. 275. Meaning of term “state aid” discussed. 175 C. 49. Cited. 177 C. 677. Statement made by patient to physician concerning fear of reprisal from an alleged attacker was admissible as pertinent to diagnosis and treatment. 180 C. 96. Cited. 205 C. 542; 246 C. 51. Letters written for litigation purposes at plaintiff's request and summary of doctor's opinion do not satisfy requirements for the admissibility of hospital records. 247 C. 356.

Cited. 3 CA 137; 5 CA 629; 9 CA 59; Id., 379; 17 CA 121; 20 CA 348; 21 CA 138; 28 CA 402; 31 CA 94. Section allows otherwise inadmissible hearsay to be admissible with certain limitations. 63 CA 72.

Cited. 30 CS 535.

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Sec. 4-105. Procedure where right to inspect records is denied. If any patient who has received treatment in any such hospital, after discharge from such hospital, has made written application to such hospital, hospital society or corporation for permission to examine his or her record as such patient in such hospital and has been refused permission to examine or copy the same, such patient may file a written motion addressed to any judge of the Superior Court, praying for a disclosure of the contents of such hospital record relating to such patient and for a production of the same before such judge. Upon such application being filed, the judge to whom the same has been presented shall cause reasonable notice to be given to such hospital, hospital society or corporation of the time when and place where such petition will be heard, and such judge, after due hearing and notice, may order the officer authorized to act in the capacity of manager of such hospital to produce before the court and deliver into the custody of the court the history, bedside notes, charts, pictures and plates of such patient for the purpose of being examined or copied by such patient or his or her physician, advanced practice registered nurse or authorized attorney. Each officer of any hospital having custody of the history, bedside notes, charts, pictures or plates of any patient therein, who refuses to produce such record before such court, pursuant to the provisions of this section, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.

(1949 Rev., S. 295; P.A. 19-98, S. 14.)

History: P.A. 19-98 added reference to advanced practice registered nurse and made technical changes.

Cited. 175 C. 49.

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Sec. 4-106. Treatment of sexually transmitted diseases in hospitals receiving state aid. No hospital which receives appropriations made by the General Assembly and which has facilities reasonably suitable for the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases shall refuse to admit for treatment any patient suffering from any such disease.

(1949 Rev., S. 296; P.A. 18-168, S. 24.)

History: P.A. 18-168 replaced “venereal” with “sexually transmitted”.

Cited. 175 C. 49.

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Sec. 4-107. Institutions receiving state aid; visitation. Each private institution receiving, directly or by way of contract, any money from the state for purposes including the support or board of beneficiaries of the state, which refuses access to the proper board or official authorized by the state to visit such institution, shall forfeit all unpaid moneys or appropriations which it would otherwise have been entitled to receive from the state. All contracts with any such private institution made by the state, or by any authority acting for the state, shall be made subject to the provisions of this section.

(1949 Rev., S. 289.)

Cited. 92 C. 120; 175 C. 49.

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Sec. 4-107a. Fire training schools and emergency communications centers to report re use of state funds. (a) On or before November first, annually, each fire training school which received state funds for the current fiscal year shall submit a report, through the Connecticut State Firemen's Association, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, through the legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis. The report shall set forth, in a form prescribed by said office, a detailed statement of (1) any expenditures of state funds during the previous fiscal year, (2) estimated expenditures of state funds during the current fiscal year and (3) state funds requested for the following fiscal year.

(b) On or before November first, annually, each emergency communications center which received state funds for the current fiscal year shall submit a report, through the Connecticut State Firemen's Association, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, through the legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis. The report shall set forth, in a form prescribed by said office, a detailed statement of (1) any expenditures of state funds during the previous fiscal year, (2) estimated expenditures of state funds during the current fiscal year and (3) state funds requested for the following fiscal year.

(P.A. 83-517, S. 1, 3.)

PART III

DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES:
PURCHASES AND PRINTING

Sec. 4-108. Director of purchases; appointment. Section 4-108 is repealed.

(1949 Rev., S. 249; 1959, P.A. 258, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 609, 610.)

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Secs. 4-109 and 4-110. Transferred to Chapter 58, Secs. 4a-50 and 4a-51, respectively.

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Secs. 4-110a and 4-110b. Transferred to Chapter 58, Secs. 4a-54 and 4a-55, respectively.

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Sec. 4-110c. Transferred to Chapter 58, Sec. 4a-53.

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Sec. 4-110d. Transferred to Chapter 58, Sec. 4a-74.

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Sec. 4-111. Transferred to Chapter 58, Sec. 4a-52.

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Sec. 4-112. Transferred to Chapter 58, Sec. 4a-57.

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Sec. 4-112a. Sale of state highway equipment. Section 4-112a is repealed.

(1959, P.A. 229; P.A. 77-614, S. 94, 610; P.A. 79-174; P.A. 87-145, S. 2.)

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Secs. 4-113 to 4-114c. Transferred to Chapter 58, Secs. 4a-58 to 4a-62, inclusive.

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Sec. 4-115. Transferred to Chapter 58, Sec. 4a-65.

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Sec. 4-116. Transferred to Chapter 58, Sec. 4a-64.

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Sec. 4-117. Transferred to Chapter 58, Sec. 4a-68.

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Secs. 4-118 to 4-120. Reproduction of documents filed with certain agencies. Printing of public documents. Publication of documents. Sections 4-118 to 4-120, inclusive, are repealed.

(1949 Rev., S. 200, 247; March, 1950, S. 89d, 97d; 1953, S. 99d; 1957, P.A. 578, S. 1; 622, S. 1; 641, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 258, S. 10, 11; 1963, P.A. 519, S. 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 99, 100, 323, 486, 610; P.A. 80-266, S. 1, 3; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 81-11, S. 5, 19; P.A. 82-121; P.A. 83-531, S. 1, 2; 83-587, S. 6, 96; P.A. 88-297, S. 16.)

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Sec. 4-120a. Transferred to Chapter 58, Sec. 4a-67.

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Sec. 4-121. Supervisor of State Publications. Section 4-121 is repealed.

(1949 Rev., S. 306; P.A. 77-614, S. 609, 610.)

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Secs. 4-121a to 4-121c. Transferred to Chapter 58, Secs. 4a-71 to 4a-73, inclusive.

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Secs. 4-122 and 4-122a. Transferred to Chapter 58, Secs. 4a-75 and 4a-76.

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Sec. 4-123. Transferred to Chapter 58, Sec. 4a-56.

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Sec. 4-124. Transferred to Chapter 58, Sec. 4a-70.

PART IV

STATE PLANNING

Secs. 4-124a and 4-124b. Establishment. Director; powers and duties. Transfer of other state personnel. Sections 4-124a and 4-124b are repealed.

(1969, P.A. 628, S. 1, 3, 20; 1971, P.A. 67, S. 3; 821, S. 9; P.A. 73-679, S. 42, 43.)

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Secs. 4-124c to 4-124f. (Formerly Secs. 32-7a to 32-7d). Regional councils of elected officials. Duties of council. Bylaws; officers. Receipt of funds; dues; contracts; audits. Sections 4-124c to 4-124f, inclusive, are repealed, effective January 1, 2015.

(February, 1965, P.A. 511, S. 1–3; 1967, P.A. 378; 1969, P.A. 628, S. 11; P.A. 73-679, S. 18, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 33, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 83-256, S. 1; P.A. 91-96, S. 1; P.A. 97-185, S. 1, 3; P.A. 99-82, S. 2–4; P.A. 07-239, S. 5; P.A. 09-231, S. 3; P.A. 13-247, S. 390.)

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Sec. 4-124g. Transitional provisions. Section 4-124g is repealed.

(1969, P.A. 628, S. 4, 19; P.A. 73-679, S. 19, 20, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 34, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 88-116, S. 11.)

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Sec. 4-124h. Powers of regional council of elected officials where there is no regional planning agency or regional council of governments. Section 4-124h is repealed, effective January 1, 2015.

(1971, P.A. 67, S. 2; P.A. 08-182, S. 6; P.A. 13-247, S. 390.)

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Sec. 4-124i. Regional councils of governments. Definitions. As used in sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive:

(1) “Planning region” means a planning region of the state as defined or redefined by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or his designee under the provisions of section 16a-4a;

(2) “Chief elected official” means the highest ranking elected governmental official of any town, city or borough within the state;

(3) “Elected official” means any selectman, mayor, alderman, or member of a common council or other similar legislative body of any town or city, or warden or burgess of any borough;

(4) “Council” means a regional council of governments organized under the provisions of sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive;

(5) “Member” means any town, city or borough within a planning region of the state having become a member of a regional council of governments in accordance with sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive.

(1971, P.A. 821, S. 1; P.A. 73-679, S. 21, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 35, 55; P.A. 76-435, S. 21, 82; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 08-182, S. 1; P.A. 13-247, S. 258.)

History: P.A. 73-679 replaced director of state planning office with managing director, planning and budgeting, department of finance and control; P.A. 75-537 replaced managing director with commissioner of planning and energy policy; P.A. 76-435 made technical changes; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner with secretary of the office of policy and management; P.A. 08-182 redesignated Subsecs. (a) to (g) as Subdivs. (1) to (7) and added Subdiv. (8) defining “regional planning organization”; P.A. 13-247 deleted definitions of “regional council of elected officials”, “regional planning agency” and “regional planning organization” in former Subdivs. (2), (3) and (8), respectively, redesignated existing Subdivs. (4) to (7) as Subdivs. (2) to (5) and made technical changes, effective January 1, 2015.

See Sec. 8-31b re restructure of regional planning agencies and regional councils of elected officials into regional councils of governments.

See Sec. 8-37u re role of Commissioner of Housing in coordinating housing policy and activities.

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Sec. 4-124j. Creation. Membership. Withdrawal. Within any planning region of the state a regional council of governments may be created by the adoption of sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive, by ordinance of the legislative bodies of not less than sixty per cent of all towns, cities and boroughs within such planning region entitled to membership on such council as hereinafter provided. All towns, cities and boroughs within a planning region shall be entitled to membership on such council, including any city or borough with boundaries not coterminous with the boundaries of the town in which it is located. Any nonmember town, city or borough entitled to membership may join the council by the adoption of said sections by ordinance of its legislative body. Any member town, city or borough may withdraw from the council by adoption of an appropriate ordinance of its legislative body to become effective on the date of such adoption; provided, however, that any such withdrawing member shall be obligated to pay its pro rata share of expenses of operation and pro rata share of funds committed by the council to active programs as of such date of withdrawal.

(1971, P.A. 821, S. 2; P.A. 13-247, S. 259.)

History: P.A. 13-247 deleted provision re creation of regional council of governments where any regional council of elected officials or regional planning agency exists within a planning region, effective June 19, 2013.

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Sec. 4-124k. Representatives of members. Each member of a regional council of governments shall be entitled to one representative on the council who shall be the chief elected official of such member, or in the absence of any such chief elected official, an elected official appointed in the manner provided by ordinance of the legislative body of such member. Each representative of a member shall be entitled to one vote in the affairs of such council.

(1971, P.A. 821, S. 3.)

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Sec. 4-124l. Certification of establishment of council. Transitional period. (a) Upon the adoption of sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive, or upon the ratification of a resolution adopting said sections, as provided in section 4-124j, by any town, city or borough entitled to membership on a regional council of governments, the clerk of such town, city or borough shall immediately prepare and file with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management or his or her designee a certified copy of the adopting or ratifying ordinance, and, upon receipt of such certified ordinances from not less than sixty per cent of all such towns, cities and boroughs within a planning region, said secretary or his or her designee shall certify to such towns, cities and boroughs and all other eligible towns, cities and boroughs within the planning region, that a regional council of governments has been duly established within such planning region. Any subsequent ordinances adopting the provisions of said sections, or effecting the withdrawal from the council of a member shall be similarly filed.

(b) (1) If two or more regional councils of governments, regional councils of elected officials, regional planning agencies or any combination of such councils or agencies exist within the same planning region at the time of an adoption or ratification pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the municipalities comprising such councils and agencies shall negotiate a consolidation of operations. The individual activities of such existing councils and agencies shall continue, uninterrupted, for the transitional period. Such transitional period shall commence upon the date of the certification by the secretary pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. During such transitional period, the chief elected officials of each municipality within the planning region designated by the secretary pursuant to section 16a-4c shall constitute a transitional executive committee that shall have the following authority and responsibility: (A) To draft and propose bylaws for adoption by the certified regional council of governments; (B) to select and propose for election by the certified regional council of governments candidates for offices of such council, which may include one or more members of the transitional executive committee; (C) to propose staffing arrangements for adoption by the merged regional council of governments; (D) to prepare and propose, for adoption by the certified regional council of governments, a program of planning and implementation activities that shall provide for the assumption of active programs of the existing council or agency, as agreed upon and deemed appropriate by the transitional executive committee following appropriate due diligence and good faith negotiations, including a budget for such agreed-upon programs for a period not to exceed one year from the date on which the transitional period terminates; and (E) to propose, for adoption by the certified regional council of governments, the date on which the transitional period shall terminate, provided such date is not later than January 1, 2015.

(2) Upon the termination of the transitional period, the certified regional council of governments shall succeed to and be responsible for all of the rights, privileges and obligations, whether statutory or contractual, of any existing councils or agencies relating to such active programs as may be recommended by the transitional executive committee and adopted by the certified regional council of governments following appropriate due diligence and good faith negotiations during such transitional period. Any of the rights, privileges and obligations of the existing councils or agencies that are deemed unacceptable, in the sole discretion of the transitional executive committee, for assumption by the certified regional council of governments may continue to be administered by an unincorporated association of the municipalities that comprised the existing council or agency for a term to be determined by the member municipalities.

(1971, P.A. 821, S. 4; P.A. 73-679, S. 22, 23, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 36, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 06-196, S. 28; P.A. 13-247, S. 261; P.A. 14-217, S. 228, 256.)

History: P.A. 73-679 replaced director of state planning office with managing director, planning and budgeting division, department of finance and control or his designee; P.A. 75-537 replaced managing director with commissioner of planning and energy policy; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner with secretary of the office of policy and management; (Revisor's note: In 1995 the lower case Roman numeral indicators in Subsec. (b) were changed editorially by the Revisors to Arabic numerals for consistency with statutory usage); P.A. 06-196 made a technical change in Subsec. (d), effective June 7, 2006; P.A. 13-247 deleted Subsec. (a) designator, deleted provision prohibiting subsequent establishment of regional council of elected officials or regional planning agency within planning region where regional council of governments established, deleted former Subsecs. (b) to (d), and made technical changes, effective January 1, 2015; P.A. 14-217 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provision prohibiting subsequent establishment of regional council of elected officials or regional planning agency within planning region where regional council of governments is established, deleted former Subsecs. (b) to (d) re transitional period and reversion to regional council of elected officials, added new Subsec. (b) re establishing a transitional executive committee during a transitional period and made technical changes, and repealed P.A. 13-247, S. 261, effective June 13, 2014.

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Sec. 4-124m. Rights and duties of councils. Section 4-124m is repealed, effective January 1, 2015.

(1971, P.A. 821, S. 5; P.A. 13-247, S. 390.)

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Sec. 4-124n. Bylaws. Officers. Committees. Meetings. A regional council of governments shall adopt bylaws for the conduct of its business and shall annually elect from among the representatives to the council a chairman, a vice-chairman, a secretary, a treasurer and such other officers as may be designated or permitted in the bylaws. The bylaws may provide for alternate representatives of the council to attend and vote at any meeting in place of absent representatives and may provide for the organization of a regional planning commission. The bylaws may provide for an executive committee of the council and for additional committees including nonvoting advisory committees. Meetings of the council shall be called pursuant to the bylaws and minutes of all meetings of the council, its committees and other official actions shall be filed in the office of the council and shall be of public record.

(1971, P.A. 821, S. 7; P.A. 00-54, S. 2, 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 176.)

History: P.A. 00-54 restated provision authorizing adoption of bylaws re regional planning commission, effective May 16, 2000; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 deleted “, who shall be bonded,” and prohibition on serving more than 2 consecutive terms in same office, changed “shall” to “may” re bylaws to provide for executive committee of the council, deleted “executive committee of the regional planning commission and may provide”, and replaced provision requiring meetings to be called by chairman or as bylaws otherwise provide with provision requiring meetings to be called pursuant to bylaws, effective July 1, 2021.

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Sec. 4-124o. Regional planning commissions. Section 4-124o is repealed, effective January 1, 2015.

(1971, P.A. 821, S. 6; P.A. 86-140; P.A. 00-54, S. 1, 5; P.A. 01-195, S. 104, 181; P.A. 13-247, S. 390.)

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Sec. 4-124p. Receipt of funds. Dues. Contracts. Audits. Annual report. Each regional council of governments established under the provisions of sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive, is authorized to receive for its own use and purposes any funds from any source including the state and federal governments and including bequests, gifts and contributions made by any individual, corporation or association. Any town, city or borough participating in a regional council of governments shall annually appropriate funds for the expenses of such council in the performance of its purposes. Such funds shall be appropriated and paid in accordance with a dues formula established by the regional council of governments. Such council may withhold any services it deems advisable from any town, city or borough which has failed to pay such dues. Within the amount so received, a council may engage employees, and contract with professional consultants, municipalities, the state and the federal governments, other regional councils of governments and other intertown, regional or metropolitan agencies, or with any one or more of them, and may enter into contracts from time to time to carry out its purposes. Any such contract shall be approved by action of the regional council of governments in a manner prescribed by the council. The accounts of any regional council of governments shall be subject to an annual audit under the provisions of chapter 111 and such council shall file an annual report with the clerks of its member towns, cities or boroughs, with planning commissions, if any, of members, and with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or his designee.

(1971, P.A. 821, S. 8; P.A. 73-679, S. 24, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 37, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 83-256, S. 2; P.A. 91-96, S. 2; P.A. 97-185, S. 2, 3; P.A. 00-54, S. 3, 5; P.A. 13-247, S. 311.)

History: P.A. 73-679 replaced director of state planning office with managing director, planning and budgeting division, department of finance and control or his designee; P.A. 75-537 replaced managing director with commissioner of planning and energy policy; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner with secretary of the office of policy and management; P.A. 83-256 provided for the establishment of a dues formula and the withholding of services for failure to pay; P.A. 91-96 expanded types of agencies regional councils of governments can contract with to include other regional councils of government and made technical changes; P.A. 97-185 added specific authorization for regional council of governments to contract with other regional agencies, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 00-54 added provision re approval of contracts, effective May 16, 2000; P.A. 13-247 deleted “, regional councils of elected officials, regional planning agencies” and deleted provision allowing regional council of governments to enter into contract with other regional council of governments, regional council of elected officials or regional planning agency, effective January 1, 2015.

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Sec. 4-124q. Grants-in-aid to regional agencies. Voluntary Regional Consolidation Bonus Pool. Supplemental payments. Section 4-124q is repealed, effective June 19, 2013.

(P.A. 78-263, S. 1, 3; P.A. 82-411, S. 1, 6; P.A. 85-465, S. 1, 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 1, 121; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 65, 131; P.A. 11-48, S. 50; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 191; P.A. 13-247, S. 388.)

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Sec. 4-124r. Purchase of real property; borrowing for such purchase. Any regional council of governments established under the provisions of sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive, may purchase real property and borrow funds for such purchase for the purposes of providing administrative office space and program functions for such council.

(P.A. 00-54, S. 4, 5; P.A. 19-193, S. 6.)

History: P.A. 00-54 effective May 16, 2000; P.A. 19-193 added provisions re borrowing funds and program functions, effective July 1, 2019.

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Sec. 4-124s. Regional performance incentive program. (a) For purposes of this section:

(1) “Regional council of governments” means any such council organized under the provisions of sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive;

(2) “Municipality” means a town, city or consolidated town and borough;

(3) “Legislative body” means the board of selectmen, town council, city council, board of alderman, board of directors, board of representatives or board of the warden and burgesses of a municipality;

(4) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management or the designee of the secretary;

(5) “Regional educational service center” has the same meaning as provided in section 10-282; and

(6) “Employee organization” means any lawful association, labor organization, federation or council having as a primary purpose the improvement of wages, hours and other conditions of employment.

(b) There is established a regional performance incentive program that shall be administered by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. Any regional council of governments, regional educational service center or a combination thereof may submit a proposal to the secretary for: (1) The provision of any service that one or more participating municipalities of such council or local or regional board of education of such regional educational service center currently provide but which is not provided on a regional basis, (2) the redistribution of grants awarded pursuant to sections 4-66g, 4-66h, 4-66m and 7-536, according to regional priorities, or (3) regional revenue sharing among such participating municipalities pursuant to section 7-148bb. A copy of said proposal shall be sent to the legislators representing said participating municipalities or local or regional boards of education. Any regional educational service center serving a population greater than one hundred thousand may submit a proposal to the secretary for a regional special education initiative.

(c) (1) A regional council of governments or regional educational service center shall submit each proposal in the form and manner the secretary prescribes and shall, at a minimum, provide the following information for each proposal: (A) Service or initiative description; (B) the explanation of the need for such service or initiative; (C) the method of delivering such service or initiative on a regional basis; (D) the organization that would be responsible for regional service or initiative delivery; (E) a description of the population that would be served; (F) the manner in which the proposed regional service or initiative delivery will achieve economies of scale for participating municipalities or boards of education; (G) the amount by which participating municipalities will reduce their mill rates as a result of savings realized; (H) a cost benefit analysis for the provision of the service or initiative by each participating municipality and by the entity or board of education submitting the proposal; (I) a plan of implementation for delivery of the service or initiative on a regional basis; (J) a resolution endorsing such proposal approved by the governing body of the council or center, which shall include a statement that not less than twenty-five per cent of the cost of such proposal shall be funded by the council or center in the first year of operation, and that by the fourth year of operation the council or center shall fund one hundred per cent of such cost; (K) a resolution endorsing such proposal approved by the governing body of the council of each planning region in which the service or initiative is to be provided; (L) an acknowledgment from any employee organization that may be impacted by such proposal that they have been informed of and consulted about the proposal; and (M) an explanation of the potential legal obstacles, if any, to the regional provision of the service or initiative, and how such obstacles will be resolved.

(2) The secretary shall review each proposal and shall award grants for proposals the secretary determines best satisfy the following criteria: (A) The proposed service or initiative will be available to or benefit all participating members of the regional council of governments or regional educational service center regardless of such members' participation in the grant application process; (B) when compared to the existing delivery of services by participating members of the council or center, the proposal demonstrates (i) a positive cost benefit to such members, (ii) increased efficiency and capacity in the delivery of services, (iii) a diminished need for state funding, and (iv) increased cost savings; (C) the proposed service or initiative promotes cooperation among participating members that may lead to a reduction in economic or social inequality; (D) the proposal has been approved by a majority of the members of the council or center and, pursuant to this subsection, contains a statement that not less than twenty-five per cent of the cost of such proposal shall be funded by the council or center in the first year of operation, and that by the fourth year of operation the council or center shall fund one hundred per cent of such cost; and (E) any employee organizations that may be impacted by such proposal have been informed of and consulted about such proposal, pursuant to this subsection.

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 7-339a to 7-339l, inclusive, or any other provision of the general statutes, no regional council of governments or regional educational service center or any member municipalities or local or regional boards of education of such councils or centers shall be required to execute an interlocal agreement to implement a proposal submitted pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.

(e) Any board of education awarded a grant for a proposal submitted pursuant to subsection (c) of this section may deposit any cost savings realized as a result of the implementation of the proposed service or initiative into a nonlapsing account pursuant to section 10-248a.

(f) The secretary shall submit to the Governor and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to finance, revenue and bonding a report on the grants provided pursuant to this section. Each such report shall (1) include information on the amount of each grant and the potential of each grant for leveraging other public and private investments, and (2) describe any property tax reductions and improved services achieved by means of the program established pursuant to this section. The secretary shall submit a report for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2011, not later than February 1, 2012, and shall submit a report for each subsequent fiscal year not later than the first day of March in such fiscal year.

(P.A. 07-239, S. 8; P.A. 08-182, S. 11; P.A. 11-61, S. 5; P.A. 13-247, S. 253, 254; P.A. 14-122, S. 4, 5; P.A. 16-144, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 177.)

History: P.A. 07-239 effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 08-182 amended Subsec. (a) by adding Subdivs. (4) to (6) defining “municipality”, “legislative body” and “secretary”, respectively, amended Subsec. (b) by adding provisions re submission of proposals for joint services or a planning study and deleting prior submittal requirements, replaced former Subsec. (c) with new Subsec. (c) re information to be submitted to secretary and criteria and priority for awarding grants, and amended Subsec. (d) by revising provisions re submittal deadlines and by adding provision requiring report to include information on property tax reductions, effective July 1, 2008; P.A. 11-61 amended Subsec. (b) to add as eligible entities any 2 or more municipalities and economic development districts and to change application dates from December 1, 2007, and December 31, 2008, to December 1, 2011, and December 31, 2011, respectively, amended Subsec. (c)(2) to replace “such member municipalities” with “participating municipalities” and add Subpara. (B) re economic development district, and amended Subsec. (d) to change reporting dates from July 1, 2007, and February 1, 2008, to July 1, 2011, and February 1, 2012, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-247 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting provision re submission of proposal by specified entities for joint provision of service or services currently provided by municipalities within region of such an entity or contiguous thereto, but not provided on a regional basis, by authorizing specified entities to submit proposal for purposes described in Subdivs. (1) and (2) and by adding Subdiv. (3) re shared information technology services, added new Subsec. (d) re applying for a grant and redesignated existing Subsec. (d) as Subsec. (e), effective June 19, 2013, and amended Subsec. (a) by deleting former Subdivs. (2) and (3) re definitions of “regional council of elected officials” and “regional planning agency” and redesignating existing Subdivs. (4) to (6) as Subdivs. (2) to (4), amended Subsec. (b) by deleting references to regional planning agency and regional council of elected officials and making conforming changes, amended Subsec. (c)(1) by replacing “An entity specified in subsection (a) of this section” with “A regional council of governments or an economic development district” and amended Subsec. (d)(1) by adding provision re including costs to connect at same rate as other government entities, effective January 1, 2015; P.A. 14-122 amended Subsec. (a) to redefine “legislative body” by substituting “board of the warden” for “board of the mayor”; P.A. 16-144 added Subdiv. (5) re definition of “regional educational service center” in Subsec. (a), added references to regional educational service center and added provision authorizing local or regional board of education or regional educational service center serving population greater than 100,000 to submit proposal for regional special education initiative in Subsec. (b), added references to regional educational service center or local or regional board of education and added references to initiative in Subsec. (c) and added “until December 31, 2018” in Subsec. (d), effective June 9, 2016; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subsec. (a) by adding Subdiv. (6) defining “employee organization”, amended Subsec. (b) by deleting “On or before December 31, 2011, and annually thereafter, any” and “any two or more municipalities acting through a regional council of governments, any economic development district, any” re submission of proposal to Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, adding reference to local or regional boards of education, and deleting “local or regional board of education or” re submission of proposal for regional special education initiative, deleting “joint” and “or agency” and adding reference to local or regional board of education in Subdiv. (1), replacing provision re planning study with provision re redistribution of grants according to regional priorities in Subdiv. (2), and replacing “shared information technology services” with provision re regional revenue sharing in Subdiv. (3), amended Subsec. (c) by deleting reference to economic development district and to local or regional board of education in Subdiv. (1), adding “the proposed” and “for participating municipalities or boards of education” in Subdiv. (1)(F), replacing provision re legislative body of each participating municipality with provision re governing body of council or center in Subdiv. (1)(J), adding new Subdiv. (1)(K) re resolution approved by governing body of council, adding Subdiv. (1)(L) re acknowledgment from employee organization, and redesignating existing Subdiv. (1)(K) as Subdiv. (1)(M) and amending same to add “, and how such obstacles will be resolved”, and substantially revising Subdiv. (2) re criteria for awarding grants for proposals, substantially revised Subsec. (d) by replacing provisions re application to fund operating and capital costs to connect with state-wide, high speed, flexible network with prohibition on requiring execution of interlocal agreement, added new Subsec. (e) re depositing cost savings into nonlapsing account, redesignated existing Subsec. (e) as Subsec. (f) and amended same to add Subdiv. (1) designator, add Subdiv. (2) re description of property tax reductions and improved services achieved, delete inclusion in report of property tax reductions achieved and make a technical change, effective July 23, 2021 (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (c), references to Subsec. (c) of this section were changed editorially by the Revisors to “this subsection” for consistency with customary statutory usage).

See Sec. 4-66k re regional planning incentive account.

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Sec. 4-124t. Review by Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management of regional tax-based revenue sharing programs and regional asset districts. Report to General Assembly. (a) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall, within available appropriations, conduct a review of (1) regional tax-based revenue sharing programs, and (2) the establishment of regional asset districts. The review under subdivision (1) of this subsection shall include, but not be limited to, a study of any available models of such revenue sharing programs, the adaptations that may be needed in such programs for use in this state, the effect on property taxes and on a town's grand list, and other possible effects on both municipal and regional finances. The review under subdivision (2) of this subsection shall include, but not be limited to, a study of any available models of regional asset districts, the adaptations that may be needed in such programs for use in this state and other possible effects on both municipal and regional finances.

(b) Not later than July 1, 2009, the secretary shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to planning and development, and finance, revenue and bonding, with the results of the review undertaken pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, and with recommendations relating to the institution of revenue sharing programs and establishment of regional asset districts.

(P.A. 07-239, S. 7.)

History: P.A. 07-239 effective July 1, 2007.

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Sec. 4-124u. Process for voluntary review of projects of regional significance. (a) As used in this section, “proposed project of regional significance” means a proposed project, to be built by a private developer, that is an open air theater, shopping center or other development that is planned to create more than (1) five hundred thousand square feet of indoor commercial or industrial space, (2) two hundred fifty residential housing units in structures under four stories, or (3) one thousand parking spaces.

(b) Each regional council of governments shall establish a voluntary process for applicants to any state or municipal agency, department or commission to request a preapplication review of proposed projects of regional significance. Such process shall determine the components of the review which shall include a procedure to assure that all relevant municipalities and regional and state agencies provide the applicant with (1) preliminary comment on the project, which shall be in a form determined by the agency, (2) summaries of the review process of each agency, and (3) an opportunity for the applicant to discuss the project with representatives of each relevant municipality or state agency at a meeting convened by the regional council of governments. At least one representative from each relevant municipality and each state agency, department or commission shall participate in a review of a proposed project of regional significance upon request of a regional council of governments at a meeting convened for such purpose, provided (A) the regional council of governments notifies each agency, department or commission of any such meeting no later than the date three weeks before the date of such meeting, and (B) no such organization shall convene more than one such meeting in any quarter of a calendar year. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent two or more regional councils of governments from convening joint meetings to carry out the provisions of this section. The regional council of governments shall prepare a report of the comments of the agencies reviewing the proposal and provide a copy of such report to the applicant and each reviewing agency.

(c) No results or information obtained from the preapplication review established under this section shall be appealed under any provision of the general statutes and no such results or information shall be binding on the applicant or any authority, commission, department, agency or other official having jurisdiction to review the proposed project.

(P.A. 09-165, S. 1; P.A. 13-247, S. 262.)

History: P.A. 13-247 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting definition of “regional planning organization” and making technical changes, and amended Subsec. (b) by substituting “council of governments” for “planning organization” and “councils of governments” for “planning organizations”, effective January 1, 2015.

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Sec. 4-124v. Bond issue for nonprofit collaboration incentive grant program. (a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time, to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate five million dollars.

(b) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent of the amount stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management for the purpose of providing grants-in-aid under the nonprofit collaboration incentive grant program established pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.

(c) (1) There is established the nonprofit collaboration incentive grant program to provide grants to nonprofit organizations for infrastructure costs related to the consolidation of programs and services resulting from the collaborative efforts of two or more such organizations. Grant funds may be used for: (A) The purchase of and improvements to facilities; (B) the refinancing of facility loans; (C) equipment purchases; (D) energy conservation, transportation and technology projects; (E) planning and administrative costs related to such purchases, improvements, refinancing or projects; and (F) any other purpose authorized in guidelines established under subdivision (2) of this subsection.

(2) Not later than February 1, 2010, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall, in consultation with the chairpersons of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services, and with representatives of nonprofit organizations that receive state funding, develop guidelines for (A) administration of the nonprofit collaboration incentive grant program, (B) eligibility criteria for participation by nonprofit organizations, and for the expenditure of grant funds, and (C) prioritization for the awarding of grants pursuant to this section.

(3) Nonprofit organizations eligible for such funding pursuant to the guidelines developed under subdivision (2) of this subsection may file applications for such funding at such times and in such manner as the secretary prescribes. The secretary shall review all grant applications and make determinations as to which projects to fund and the amount of grants to be awarded in accordance with the guidelines developed under subdivision (2) of this subsection.

(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-2, S. 25; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 140.)

History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-2 effective September 25, 2009; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (c)(3) by deleting provision re notice of grant availability and solicitation of proposals, effective October 31, 2017.

PART V

OFFICE OF WORKFORCE COMPETITIVENESS

Sec. 4-124w. Office of Workforce Strategy. Responsibilities. (a) There is established an Office of Workforce Strategy. The office shall be within the Office of the Governor, for administrative purposes only.

(b) The department head of the Office of Workforce Strategy shall be the Chief Workforce Officer, who shall be appointed by the Governor in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-5 to 4-8, inclusive, with the powers and duties therein prescribed. The Chief Workforce Officer shall be qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of the office as set forth in this section and shall have knowledge of publicly funded workforce training programs. The Chief Workforce Officer shall:

(1) Be the principal advisor for workforce development policy, strategy and coordination to the Governor;

(2) Be the lead state official for the development of employment and training strategies and initiatives;

(3) Be the chairperson of the Workforce Cabinet, which shall consist of agencies involved with employment and training, as designated by the Governor pursuant to section 31-3m. The Workforce Cabinet shall meet at the direction of the Governor or the Chief Workforce Officer;

(4) Be the liaison between the Governor, the Governor's Workforce Council, established pursuant to section 31-3h and any local, regional, state or federal organizations and entities with respect to workforce development policy, strategy and coordination, including, but not limited to, implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as amended from time to time;

(5) Develop, and update as necessary, a state workforce strategy in consultation with the Governor's Workforce Council and the Workforce Cabinet and subject to the approval of the Governor. The Chief Workforce Officer shall submit, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, the state workforce strategy to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations, commerce, education, higher education and employment advancement, and labor and public employees at least thirty days before submitting such state workforce strategy to the Governor for his or her approval;

(6) Coordinate workforce development activities (A) funded through state resources, (B) funded through funds received pursuant to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as amended from time to time, or (C) administered in collaboration with any state agency for the purpose of furthering the goals and outcomes of the state workforce strategy approved by the Governor pursuant to subdivision (5) of this subsection and the workforce development plan developed by the Governor's Workforce Council pursuant to the provisions of section 31-11p;

(7) Collaborate with the regional workforce development boards to adapt the best practices for workforce development established by such boards for state-wide implementation, if possible;

(8) Coordinate measurement and evaluation of outcomes across education and workforce development programs, in conjunction with state agencies, including, but not limited to, the Labor Department, the Department of Education and the Office of Policy and Management;

(9) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, review any state plan for each program set forth in Section 103(b) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as amended from time to time, before such plan is submitted to the Governor;

(10) Establish methods and procedures to ensure the maximum involvement of members of the public, the legislature and local officials in workforce development policy, strategy and coordination;

(11) In conjunction with one or more state agencies enter into such contractual agreements, in accordance with established procedures and the approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. The Chief Workforce Officer may enter into agreements with other state agencies for the purpose of performing the duties of the Office of Workforce Strategy, including, but not limited to, administrative, human resources, finance and information technology functions;

(12) Market and communicate the state workforce strategy to ensure maximum engagement with students, trainees, job seekers and businesses while effectively elevating the state's workforce profile nationally;

(13) For the purposes of subsection (a) of section 10-21c identify subject areas, courses, curriculum, content and programs that may be offered to students in elementary and high school in order to improve student outcomes and meet the workforce needs of the state;

(14) Issue guidance to state agencies, the Governor's Workforce Council and regional workforce development boards in furtherance of the state workforce strategy and the workforce development plan developed by the Governor's Workforce Council pursuant to the provisions of section 31-11p. Such guidance shall be approved by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, allow for a reasonable period for implementation and take effect not less than thirty days from such approval. The Chief Workforce Officer shall consult on the development and implementation of any guidance with the agency, council or board impacted by such guidance;

(15) Coordinate, in consultation with the Labor Department and regional workforce development boards to ensure compliance with state and federal laws for the purpose of furthering the service capabilities of programs offered pursuant to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, P.L. 113-128, as amended from time to time, and the United States Department of Labor's American Job Center system;

(16) Coordinate, in consultation with the Department of Social Services, with community action agencies to further the state workforce strategy; and

(17) Take any other action necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

(c) The Chief Workforce Officer may call upon any office, department, board, commission, public institution of higher education or other agency of the state to supply such reports, information, data and assistance as may be reasonable, necessary and appropriate in order to carry out the Chief Workforce Officer's or the Office of Workforce Strategy's duties and requirements. Each officer or employee of such office, department, board, commission, public institution of higher education or other agency of the state shall furnish such reports, information, data and assistance as requested by the Chief Workforce Officer, to the extent permitted under state and federal law. Any request for data from a participating agency in CP20 WIN, established pursuant to section 10a-57g, shall be submitted through CP20 WIN in accordance with the policies and procedures established by CP20 WIN.

(d) The Office of Workforce Strategy shall provide staff to the Governor's Workforce Council and such other resources as the Chief Workforce Officer can make available, and shall coordinate all necessary support that other state agencies make available, as needed by the Governor's Workforce Council.

(e) The Chief Workforce Officer, on behalf of the Governor and the Governor's Workforce Council and in consultation with the Labor Commissioner, shall coordinate the state's role in the implementation of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, P.L. 113-128, as amended from time to time, and may issue guidance to this effect. The Labor Commissioner shall offer such resources as the commissioner can make available for such purpose.

(f) Not later than October 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, the Chief Workforce Officer shall submit to the Governor and, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations, higher education and employment advancement, education, commerce, and labor and public employees, a report regarding workforce development in the state. Such report shall include but not be limited to, any programs undertaken by the Office of Workforce Strategy, information on the number of individuals served by such programs, demographic information about such individuals and outcomes of such individuals after completion of a workforce development program.

(P.A. 00-192, S. 19, 102; P.A. 01-170, S. 1; P.A. 03-19, S. 5; 03-278, S. 8; P.A. 04-212, S. 2; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7, S. 109; P.A. 11-48, S. 81; P.A. 16-169, S. 24; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 203.)

History: P.A. 00-192 effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 01-170 added Subsec. (b)(9) re annual reporting requirements; P.A. 03-19 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective May 12, 2003; P.A. 03-278 made technical changes in Subsec. (b)(9), effective July 9, 2003; P.A. 04-212 made technical changes in Subsec. (a) and, in Subsec. (b), inserted new Subdiv. (5) charging Office of Workforce Competitiveness with coordinating strategies re technology-based talent and innovation among state and quasi-public agencies, renumbering existing Subdivs. accordingly, revised internal references in renumbered Subdivs. (8) and (9), and added Subdiv. (10) making Office of Workforce Competitiveness the lead state agency for developing strategies and initiatives to support Connecticut's position in the knowledge economy, effective July 1, 2004; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting former Subdiv. (5) re coordination of development and implementation of strategies re technology-based talent and innovation among state and quasi-public agencies and redesignating existing Subdivs. (6) to (11) as Subdivs. (5) to (10), effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (a) by placing Office of Workforce Competitiveness within Labor Department rather than within Office of Policy and Management for administrative purposes, amended Subsec. (b) by changing reference to the office to Labor Commissioner with assistance of the Office of Workforce Competitiveness, deleted former Subsec. (b)(6) re appointing officials and employees, redesignated existing Subsec. (b)(7) and (8) as Subsec. (b)(6) and (7), deleted former Subsec. (b)(9) re lead state agency for development of employment and training strategies, redesignated existing Subsec. (b)(10) as Subsec. (b)(8), and amended Subsec. (c) by designating Labor Department as lead state agency for development of employment and training strategies and by changing references to Office of Workforce Competitiveness to Labor Commissioner, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 16-169, “Workforce Investment Act of 1998, P.L. 105-220” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128” in Subsec. (b)(2), (4) and (5); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 substantially revised Subsecs. (a) and (b) by replacing Office of Workforce Competitiveness within the Labor Department with Office of Workforce Strategy within Office of the Governor and establishing appointment and duties of Chief Workforce Officer, substantially revised Subsec. (c) re provision of reports, information, data and assistance and deleting provision re Labor Department as lead state agency for development of certain employment and training strategies and initiatives, added Subsecs. (d) to (f) re provision of staff and resources to Governor's Workforce Council, coordination of state's role in implementation of federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and submission of annual report, respectively, effective July 1, 2021.

See Sec. 4-38f for definition of “administrative purposes only.”

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Secs. 4-124x and 4-124y. Technology assessment examination program; report. Information technology credential or degree program; guidelines; report. Sections 4-124x and 4-124y are repealed, effective July 1, 2011.

(P.A. 01-193, S. 4, 5, 9; P.A. 03-19, S. 6, 7; P.A. 11-48, S. 285, 303.)

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Sec. 4-124z. Review and evaluation of linkage between skill standards for education and training and employment needs of business and industry. (a) Not later than January 1, 2022, and as necessary thereafter, the board of the Technical Education and Career System, in consultation with the Chief Workforce Officer, the Labor Commissioner, the Commissioners of Economic and Community Development, Education and Social Services, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities and one member of industry representing each of the economic clusters identified by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development pursuant to section 32-1m shall (1) review, evaluate and, as necessary, recommend improvements for certification and degree programs offered by the Technical Education and Career System and the community-technical college system to ensure that such programs meet the employment needs of business and industry, (2) develop strategies to strengthen the linkage between skill standards for education and training and the employment needs of business and industry, (3) assess the unmet demand from employers in the state to hire graduates of trade programs from technical education and career schools and the unmet demand from students in the state to enroll in a trade program at a technical education and career school, and (4) assess opportunities to increase utilization of technical education and career schools during after school hours and on weekends.

(b) Not later than January 1, 2002, and annually thereafter, the superintendent of the Technical Education and Career System shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, commerce, labor and higher education and employment advancement on any certification or degree programs offered by technical education and career schools or community-technical colleges that do not meet current industry standards.

(P.A. 01-193, S. 6, 9; P.A. 03-278, S. 9; P.A. 04-212, S. 3; P.A. 05-191, S. 10; P.A. 11-48, S. 82; P.A. 12-116, S. 87; P.A. 13-31, S. 1; P.A. 16-15, S. 6; P.A. 17-237, S. 29; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 229.)

History: P.A. 01-193 effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 03-278 made technical changes in Subsec. (b), effective July 9, 2003; P.A. 04-212 amended Subsec. (b) to make a technical change, effective June 3, 2004; P.A. 05-191 substituted “32-1m” for “32-4g” in Subsec. (a); P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting reference to Office of Workforce Competitiveness, by requiring Commissioner of Economic and Community Development to work with Office of Workforce Competitiveness and by changing “Chancellor of the regional community-technical colleges” to “president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education”, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 12-116, “vocational-technical school” and “vocational-technical schools” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “technical high school” and “technical high schools”, respectively, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-31 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective May 28, 2013; P.A. 16-15 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education” with “president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities”, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 17-237 replaced references to technical high school system and technical high school with references to Technical Education and Career System and technical education and career school, respectively, effective July 1, 2017; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 substantially revised Subsec. (a) re membership and duties of group reviewing and examining certification and degree programs offered by the Technical Education and Career System and the community-technical college system, further amended Subsec. (a) by adding time frame for duties under section and adding Subdivs. (3) and (4) re assessment of unmet demand to hire graduates of and to enroll in technical education and career schools and of opportunities to increase utilization of such schools, and amended Subsec. (b) by replacing the Commissioner of Education with the superintendent of the Technical Education and Career System, deleting former Subdiv. (1) re implementation of programs to strengthen linkage between technical education and career schools, programs at regional community-technical colleges and employment needs and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2021 (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (a), “Chief Workforce Office” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Chief Workforce Officer” for accuracy).

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Sec. 4-124aa. Information technology internship and work-study program. Guidelines. Report. Section 4-124aa is repealed, effective July 1, 2011.

(P.A. 01-193, S. 7, 9; P.A. 03-19, S. 8; P.A. 11-48, S. 285, 303.)

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Sec. 4-124bb. Connecticut Career Ladder Advisory Committee. Establishment. Membership. Section 4-124bb is repealed, effective October 1, 2018.

(P.A. 03-142, S. 1; P.A. 11-48, S. 83, 285; P.A. 16-15, S. 7; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 137; P.A. 18-126, S. 13.)

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Sec. 4-124cc. Career ladder programs. Development of three-year plan. Section 4-124cc is repealed, effective July 1, 2011.

(P.A. 03-142, S. 2; P.A. 11-48, S. 303.)

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Sec. 4-124dd. Connecticut Allied Health Workforce Policy Board. Establishment, duties and membership. Section 4-124dd is repealed, effective October 1, 2018.

(P.A. 04-220, S. 1; P.A. 13-261, S. 1; P.A. 16-15, S. 8; P.A. 18-126, S. 13.)

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Sec. 4-124ee. Connecticut nursing faculty incentive program. Guidelines. Report. Section 4-124ee is repealed, effective July 1, 2011.

(P.A. 04-196, S. 1; P.A. 11-48, S. 303.)

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Sec. 4-124ff. Innovation Challenge Grant program. Council of Advisors on Strategies for the Knowledge Economy. (a) There is established, within available appropriations and in consultation with the council established under subsection (b) of this section, a competitive Innovation Challenge Grant program to promote and encourage partnerships and collaborations involving technology-based business and industry with institutions of higher education and technical education and career schools for the development of educational programs in emerging and interdisciplinary technology fields and to address related issues.

(b) There is established a Council of Advisors on Strategies for the Knowledge Economy to promote the formation of university-industry partnerships, identify benchmarks for technology-based workforce innovation and competitiveness and advise the award process (1) for innovation challenge grants to public postsecondary schools and their business partners, and (2) grants under section 4-124hh. The council shall be chaired by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and shall include the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, the president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities, the Labor Commissioner, the Chief Workforce Officer, the chief executive officer of Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated and four representatives from the technology industry, one of whom shall be appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one of whom shall be appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, one of whom shall be appointed by the minority leader of the Senate and one of whom shall be appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives.

(P.A. 04-212, S. 1; P.A. 05-198, S. 1; P.A. 11-48, S. 84, 285; P.A. 12-116, S. 87; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 145; P.A. 13-123, S. 1; P.A. 16-15, S. 9; P.A. 17-237, S. 30; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 230.)

History: P.A. 04-212 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 05-198 amended Subsec. (b) by designating provisions re innovation challenge grants as Subdiv. (1), adding Subdiv. (2) re grants under Sec. 4-124hh and expanding the council to include the executive directors of Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated and the Connecticut Development Authority, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (a) by removing Innovation Challenge Grant program from Office of Workforce Competitiveness and amended Subsec. (b) by making Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, rather than director of Office of Workforce Competitiveness, the chair of the council and by removing subsequent reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-48, “Commissioner of Higher Education” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 replaced “regional vocational-technical schools” with “technical high schools” in Subsec. (a) and designated Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management as the chairperson and Commissioner of Economic and Community Development as a member of the council and replaced “executive directors” with “chief executive officer” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-123 deleted reference to Connecticut Development Authority in Subsec. (b), effective June 18, 2013; P.A. 16-15 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education” with “president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities”, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 17-237 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “technical high schools” with “technical education and career schools”, effective July 1, 2017; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subsec. (b) by adding Chief Workforce Officer, effective July 1, 2021.

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Sec. 4-124gg. Industry advisory committees for career clusters within the Technical Education and Career System and regional community-technical college system. The board of the Technical Education and Career System, in consultation with the Labor Commissioner, shall create an integrated system of state-wide industry advisory committees for each career cluster offered as part of the Technical Education and Career System and regional community-technical college system. Said committees shall include industry representatives of the specific career cluster. Each committee for a career cluster shall, with support from the Office of Workforce Strategy, Labor Department, Technical Education and Career System, regional community-technical college system and the Department of Education, establish specific skills standards, corresponding curriculum and a career ladder for the cluster which shall be implemented as part of the schools' core curriculum.

(P.A. 04-212, S. 5; P.A. 11-48, S. 85; P.A. 12-116, S. 73; P.A. 17-237, S. 31; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 231.)

History: P.A. 04-212 effective June 3, 2004; P.A. 11-48 changed deadline date from October 1, 2005, to October 1, 2012, and changed Office of Workforce Competitiveness to Labor Commissioner, with the assistance of Office of Workforce Competitiveness, re creation of system of committees and replaced Office of Workforce Competitiveness with Labor Department as the entity to provide support to each committee, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-116 added “chairperson of the technical high school system board and the” and replaced references to regional vocational-technical school with references to technical high school, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 17-237 replaced “technical high school system” with “Technical Education and Career System” and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2017; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 replaced “Not later than October 1, 2012, the Labor Commissioner, with the assistance of the Office of Workforce Competitiveness and in consultation with the superintendent” with “The board” and added reference to consultation with Labor Commissioner and reference to Office of Workforce Strategy, effective July 1, 2021.

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Sec. 4-124hh. Grant program to generate talent in institutions of higher education and for student outreach and development. (a) The Department of Economic and Community Development shall, within available appropriations, establish a grant program to provide a flexible source of funding for the creation and generation of talent in institutions of higher education and, with appropriate connections to technical education and career schools and other secondary schools, for student outreach and development. Grants pursuant to this subsection shall be awarded to institutions of higher education and may be used to:

(1) Upgrade instructional laboratories to meet specific industry-standard laboratory and instrumentation skill requirements;

(2) Develop new curriculum and certificate and degree programs at the associate, bachelor's, master's and doctorate levels, tied to industry identified needs;

(3) Develop seamlessly articulated career development programs in workforce shortage areas forecasted pursuant to subdivision (10) of subsection (b) of section 4-124w in collaboration with technical education and career schools and other secondary schools and institutions of higher education;

(4) Support undergraduate and graduate student research projects and experimental learning activities; and

(5) Establish a nanotechnology postsecondary education program and clearinghouse for curriculum development, scholarships and student outreach.

(b) The Department of Economic and Community Development shall, within available appropriations, establish a grant program to provide funding for the advancement of research capabilities and research opportunities. Grants pursuant to this subsection shall be awarded to institutions of higher education and technology focused organizations and may be used to:

(1) Recruit eminent faculty in basic and applied research;

(2) Leverage federal funding for research centers;

(3) Provide pilot funding for faculty to develop initial research data for the development of larger grant funding proposals and to nonstate granting entities, such as federal agencies; and

(4) Establish a Connecticut Nanotechnology Collaboration Initiative to foster industry-university relationships by providing:

(A) Discovery grants, not to exceed fifty thousand dollars, to support post-doctorate or graduate students working with industry on nanotechnology projects under the supervision of faculty members. Each discovery grant shall be matched with a direct or in-kind industry grant in the same amount;

(B) Collaborative grants, not to exceed one hundred fifty thousand dollars, to support university research teams working with industry on collaborative research projects focused on specific application development. Each collaborative grant shall be matched with an industry grant in the same amount;

(C) Prototype grants, not to exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars, to enable universities and companies to demonstrate whether a prototype is manufacturable and functional and the cost effectiveness of nanotechnology-related applications. Each prototype grant shall be matched with an industry grant in an amount equal to two dollars for every one dollar of such prototype grant.

(c) The Department of Economic and Community Development shall, within available appropriations, establish a grant program to provide funding for the promotion of collaborative research applications between industry and institutions of higher education. Grants pursuant to this subsection shall be awarded to institutions of higher education, technology-focused organizations and business entities and may be used:

(1) To improve technology infrastructure by advancing the development of shared use between institutions of higher education and business entities of laboratories and equipment, including, but not limited to, technology purchase, lease and installation, operating and necessary support personnel and maintenance;

(2) As matching grants for joint projects between an industry, a technology-focused organization or a university. The Department of Economic and Community Development shall structure the matching grants to provide two rounds of funding annually and shall do outreach to companies. The matching grant part of the program shall include, but not be limited to, (A) one-to-one matching grants not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars, with in-kind match allowed for small and mid-sized companies, (B) involvement of a competitive process with outside reviewers using as key criteria (i) the demonstration of commercial relevance, and (ii) a clear path to the marketplace for any innovations developed in the course of the research, and (C) an aggressive marketing campaign through business organizations to raise industry awareness of resources from universities or technology-focused organizations; and

(3) To develop a Connecticut Center for Nanoscale Sciences and Development to provide a shared-use laboratory in one or more sites in the state to advance university research, industry application development and education involving the synthesis, characterization and fabrication of nanoscale materials, intermediates and devices and related program activities. The Department of Economic and Community Development shall conduct a feasibility study and business planning model leading to the establishment of such center, including strategies for securing investments from the federal government and private entities. On or before January 1, 2007, said department shall submit the results of such study, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to commerce and higher education and employment advancement.

(d) The Department of Economic and Community Development shall, within available appropriations, establish a grant program to provide funding for the promotion of commercialization of research done by institutions of higher education. Grants pursuant to this subsection shall be awarded to institutions of higher education and business entities and may be used:

(1) To provide funding to verify the technical and commercial feasibility of early stage discoveries by institutions of higher education that are disclosed or patented to accelerate and increase the likelihood that the technology will be successfully commercialized;

(2) To provide matching support for smaller institutions of higher education to allow for contracts with independent technology transfer organizations to provide specific service to support specific needs; and

(3) To provide specialized technical assistance to advance nanotechnology awards to Connecticut companies, including nanotechnology-related workshops and seminars, grant preparation assistance, marketing assistance, services related to matching grants and other technical assistance to assist companies with nanotechnology-related applications.

(P.A. 05-198, S. 2; P.A. 06-187, S. 27; 06-196, S. 29, 30; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7, S. 110; P.A. 10-32, S. 9; P.A. 11-48, S. 86; P.A. 12-116, S. 87; P.A. 17-237, S. 32.)

History: P.A. 05-198 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 06-187 added Subsec. (a)(5) permitting grants to be awarded for establishing nanotechnology post-secondary education program and clearinghouse for curriculum development, scholarships and student outreach, added Subsec. (b)(4) permitting funding for establishing a Connecticut Nanotechnology Collaboration Initiative to provide grants as specified in Subparas. (A), (B) and (C), added Subsec. (c)(3) permitting grants to be used to develop Connecticut Center for Nanoscale Sciences and Development and amended Subsec. (d) to make technical changes and add Subdiv. (3) permitting grants to be used through the Connecticut Small Business Innovation Research Office to provide specialized assistance to advance nanotechnology awards to Connecticut companies and the small business innovation research program, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 06-196 made technical changes in Subsecs. (a) and (c), effective June 7, 2006; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7 amended Subsec. (d)(3) to delete references to Connecticut Small Business Innovation Research Office and small business innovation research program, effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 10-32 made a technical change in Subsec. (a)(3), effective May 10, 2010; P.A. 11-48 replaced “Office of Workforce Competitiveness” with “Department of Economic and Community Development” and made conforming changes, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 12-116, “vocational-technical schools” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “technical high schools” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 17-237 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “technical high schools” with “technical education and career schools” and making a technical change, effective July 1, 2017.

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Sec. 4-124ii. Awarding of grants to generate talent in institutions of higher education. Grants under section 4-124hh shall be awarded based on the following order of priority:

(1) Grants that focus on key technology areas to give Connecticut a competitive advantage in the knowledge economy;

(2) Grants that create certificate and degree programs to encourage talent generation;

(3) Grants that promote multi-institutional collaboration across public and private institutions of higher education;

(4) Grants that involve multiple activities, enhance research capabilities, promote applied research collaborations and advance the commercialization of research of institutions of higher education; and

(5) Grants that include matching funds from institutions of higher education, technology-focused organizations or business entities.

(P.A. 05-198, S. 3.)

History: P.A. 05-198 effective July 1, 2005.

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Sec. 4-124jj. Office of Workforce Strategy account. Report. (a) There is established an account to be known as the “Office of Workforce Strategy account” which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account and any funds received from any public or private contributions, gifts, grants, donations, bequests or devises to the account. Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Office of Workforce Strategy for the purposes of funding workforce training programs and supporting administrative expenses of the Office of Workforce Strategy. The Office of Workforce Strategy may enter into contracts or agreements with the constituent units of the state system of higher education and regional workforce development boards for the purposes of this section. The Chief Workforce Officer, in consultation with the Labor Commissioner and the regional workforce development boards, shall (1) ensure that, as appropriate, participants in a workforce training program funded through the Office of Workforce Strategy account also enroll in additional workforce development programs for the purpose of minimizing duplication across existing workforce programs and leveraging federal funds; and (2) establish funding eligibility criteria for workforce training programs for the purpose of meeting the workforce needs of in-demand occupations.

(b) Not later than October 1, 2022, and annually thereafter until October 1, 2025, the Chief Workforce Officer shall submit to the Governor and, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to finance, higher education and employment advancement, education, commerce, and labor and public employees a report regarding the workforce training programs funded through the Office of Workforce Strategy account. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, information on the number of individuals served, demographic information about such individuals and outcomes of such individuals after completion of a workforce training program.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 205; P.A. 22-126, S. 1.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 effective July 1, 2021; P.A. 22-126 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective May 27, 2022.

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Sec. 4-124kk. American Rescue Plan Act funds; use by Office of Workforce Strategy. The Office of Workforce Strategy may expend funds received by the state pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for the purpose of supporting workforce development initiatives in accordance with state and federal law.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 256.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 effective July 1, 2021.

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Sec. 4-124ll. Model student work release policy. Adoption by local and regional boards of education. (a) On or before July 1, 2023, the Chief Workforce Officer, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, the executive director of the Technical Education and Career System and the Labor Commissioner, shall develop a model student work release policy. Not later than July 1, 2023, the Chief Workforce Officer shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, regarding such model student work release policy to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, commerce and labor.

(b) The Chief Workforce Officer may update the model student work release policy developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section as needed. The Chief Workforce Officer shall notify each local and regional board of education of such updated model student work release policy.

(c) For the school year commencing July 1, 2024, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall adopt the model student work release policy developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section or the most recent updated model student work release policy developed pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.

(P.A. 22-50, S. 7; 22-118, S. 160.)

History: P.A. 22-50 effective May 23, 2022, and 22-118 effective May 7, 2022, both contained identical provisions.

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Sec. 4-124mm. Connecticut Career Accelerator Program Account. Program to support commercial driver's license training. Reports. (a) There is established an account known as the Connecticut Career Accelerator Program Account that is within the Office of Workforce Strategy for the purpose of supporting commercial driver's license training within the CareerConneCT workforce training program. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited therein and such moneys shall be held in such account. The account may accept gifts, grants or donations from public or private sources. Any balance remaining in the account at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in the account for the fiscal year next succeeding. The account may be used for the purposes of the program described in subsection (b) of this section.

(b) Not later than January 1, 2023, the Office of Workforce Strategy shall design a program to support individuals pursuing training to obtain a commercial driver's license, including through the use of income share agreements or equivalent financial instruments. The Office of Workforce Strategy may competitively procure a consultant to support the design and implementation of the program. The program shall be implemented not later than July 1, 2023.

(c) The design of the program under subsection (b) of this section shall take into consideration: (1) Developing metrics for identifying qualified training providers, (2) developing incentive-based payments for training providers, such as paying a trainer eighty per cent of a student's tuition prior to providing any training and paying the trainer the remaining tuition upon placement of the student in a job, and (3) developing a method for targeting potential students for the program. The program shall include terms and conditions for the payment obligations undertaken by individuals who obtain tuition assistance from the account. The program shall require an individual who receives a direct tuition payment from the account to repay such payment if such individual is placed in a job after receiving training through the program that provides the individual with a higher income than such individual received prior to participating in such training. No interest shall be charged on any tuition repayment obligation. The program shall also consider offering wrap-around supports, such as stipends, child care services, counseling and other supports identified by the Office of Workforce Strategy. An individual who receives such supports shall not be required to repay the account for such supports.

(d) The Office of Workforce Strategy shall develop a marketing plan to attract individuals who fit the eligibility criteria for participation in the program, specifically targeted at recruiting individuals who are underserved, disadvantaged, unemployed, underemployed, dislocated workers, receiving temporary assistance for needy families, supplemental nutrition assistance program or any other public assistance benefits, formerly incarcerated or veterans of the armed services. The marketing plan shall include outreach to various state agencies, the regional workforce investment boards, transit authorities, housing authorities, the Office of Early Childhood and other partners as identified by the Office of Workforce Strategy.

(e) Not later than April 1, 2023, the Office of Workforce Strategy shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, on the design and implementation of the program established pursuant to subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of this section to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, commerce, education, finance, revenue and bonding, higher education and employment advancement and labor and public employees.

(f) Not later than July 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the Office of Workforce Strategy shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, on the program established pursuant to subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of this section to the Governor and to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, commerce, education, finance, revenue and bonding, higher education and employment advancement and labor and public employees. Such report may include information on the (1) program completion and job placement rate of individuals participating in the program; (2) starting wages, wage gains and wage growth of individuals employed after participating in the program; (3) funds used as payment obligations, grants and wraparound services for individuals participating in the program; (4) percentage of program participants in compliance with repayment obligations; and (5) total repayments received.

(P.A. 22-118, S. 466.)

History: P.A. 22-118 effective May 7, 2022.

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Sec. 4-124nn. Connecticut Career Accelerator Program Advisory Committee. (a) There is established a Connecticut Career Accelerator Program Advisory Committee to examine other innovative models that support individuals pursuing training to obtain a commercial driver's license and make recommendations for (1) aligning the program established under section 4-124mm with best practices of other states; and (2) methods to ensure the sustainability of the account, including whether to require depositing a percentage of state income tax paid by graduates of the program into the account and identifying methods of incentivizing corporations, private citizens and philanthropic organizations to contribute to the account. The advisory committee may hold informational hearings to gather information related to the program.

(b) The chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to finance revenue and bonding shall appoint the members of the advisory committee. The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to finance revenue and bonding shall serve as administrative staff of the advisory committee. Committee membership may include, but need not be limited to, representatives of the Office of Workforce Strategy, the Invest in Student Advancement Alliance, a technology solutions provider that prepares individuals for career training opportunities, nonprofit, for profit and labor organizations that operate commercial truck driving training programs and other workforce training programs and other individuals with knowledge and expertise that may facilitate and enhance the operation of the program.

(P.A. 22-118, S. 467.)

History: P.A. 22-118 effective May 7, 2022 (Revisor's note: In codifying section 467 of public act 22-118, an incorrect reference to “section 471 of this act”, which appeared in the engrossed bill, was changed editorially by the Revisors to “section 466 of this act” and therefore cited as “section 4-124mm”).

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Secs. 4-124oo to 4-124ss. Reserved for future use.

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Sec. 4-124tt. Pilot program for training re employment skills and credentials for certain individuals with minor dependents. Eligibility. Section 4-124tt is repealed, effective July 1, 2021.

(P.A. 06-164, S. 1; P.A. 11-48, S. 87; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 494.)

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Sec. 4-124uu. Program re trained workforce for the film industry. Section 4-124uu is repealed, effective May 28, 2014.

(P.A. 07-236, S. 6; P.A. 11-48, S. 97; P.A. 14-42, S. 8.)

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Sec. 4-124vv. Labor Department to fund Connecticut Career Choices. Section 4-124vv is repealed, effective July 1, 2021.

(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7, S. 33; P.A. 11-48, S. 88; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 494.)

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Sec. 4-124ww. Report identifying workforce shortage sectors and subsectors. Section 4-124ww is repealed, effective June 6, 2016.

(P.A. 11-48, S. 285; 11-133, S. 2; P.A. 16-170, S. 7.)

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CHAPTER 50*

OFFICE OF POLICY AND MANAGEMENT:GENERAL PROVISIONS; BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS;STATE PLANNING

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Note: Readers should refer to the 2024 Supplement, revised to January 1, 2024, for updated versions of statutes amended, repealed or added during the 2023 legislative sessions.

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GENERAL PROVISIONS

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BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS

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DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES:PURCHASES AND PRINTING

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STATE PLANNING

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OFFICE OF WORKFORCE COMPETITIVENESS

OFFICE OF POLICY AND MANAGEMENT:
GENERAL PROVISIONS; BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS;
STATE PLANNING

DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES:
PURCHASES AND PRINTING