CHAPTER 50

OFFICE OF POLICY AND MANAGEMENT:
GENERAL PROVISIONS; BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS;
STATE PLANNING

Table of Contents

Note: This 2024 Supplement is intended to be used in conjunction with the General Statutes of Connecticut, revised to January 1, 2023.

Sec. 4-66c. Urban action bonds.

Sec. 4-66g. Small town economic assistance program. Bond authorization. Certain sewer projects eligible.

Sec. 4-66k. Regional planning incentive account.

Sec. 4-66l. Municipal revenue sharing account. Grants.

Sec. 4-66p. Municipal Revenue Sharing Fund. Grants.

Sec. 4-66s. Collaboration task force. Offering performance of functions, activities or services.

Sec. 4-66dd. Office of Responsible Growth.

Sec. 4-67f. State agency projects to reduce costs and increase efficiencies. Employee awards.

Sec. 4-67i. Agency procurement plan.

Sec. 4-67o. Definitions.

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.

Sec. 4-67aa. Data sharing agreements with state instrumentalities. Required provisions. Disclosure. Exemption.

Sec. 4-67bb. Coordination of state agency services for persons with autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, or other developmental disabilities. Staff positions, duties.

Sec. 4-67cc. Agency data sharing. Plan for online portal to coordinate human services.

Sec. 4-68s. Program inventory of agency programs. Pilot program re Pew-MacArthur Results First cost-benefit analysis of state grant programs.

Sec. 4-68bb. Transferred

Sec. 4-68hh. Analysis and report re impact of federal and state housing programs on economic and racial segregation.

Sec. 4-68ii. Municipal fair share allocations.

Sec. 4-68jj. State agency use of artificial intelligence. Policies and procedures. Impact assessments.

Sec. 4-72. Governor's budget message. Recommendations concerning deficit or surplus.

Sec. 4-89. Appropriations; treatment of unexpended balances at close of fiscal year.

Sec. 4-97b. Assignment of authority to enter into contract or other agreement using state funds by secretary or budgeted agency.

Sec. 4-124w. Office of Workforce Strategy. Responsibilities.

Sec. 4-124jj. Office of Workforce Strategy account. Report.

Sec. 4-124mm. Connecticut Career Accelerator Program Account. Program to support commercial driver's license training. Identification of additional training opportunities and providers. Reports.

Sec. 4-124nn. Connecticut Career Accelerator Program Advisory Committee.

Sec. 4-124xx. Human Services Career Pipeline program. Training, certification, reporting requirements.

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PART I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

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 five hundred forty-four million four hundred eighty-seven thousand five hundred forty-four dollars, provided one hundred million dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 2024. 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 four hundred 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; P.A. 23-205, S. 51.)

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); P.A. 23-205 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $2,344,487,544 to $2,544,487,544, of which $100,000,000 is effective July 1, 2024, and amended Subsec. (b)(1)(G)(ii) to increase amount authorized from $2,229,800,000 to $2,409,800,000, effective July 1, 2023.

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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 eighty-six million dollars, provided thirty-five million of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 2024.

(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; P.A. 23-205, 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; P.A. 23-205 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $316,000,000 to $386,000,000, of which $35,000,000 is effective July 1, 2024, effective July 1, 2023.

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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. 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 this section, next providing grants for the support of regional election advisors pursuant to section 9-229c and then 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 years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023, 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) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and each fiscal year thereafter, funds from the regional planning incentive account shall be distributed to the regional council of governments formed pursuant to section 4-124j, in the amount totaling seven million dollars. Such funds shall be distributed under a formula determined by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management in consultation with the regional council of governments, that includes (A) a base payment amount payable to each such regional council, and (B) a per capita payment amount to each such regional council based upon population data for each such regional council from the most recent federal decennial census. Such formula shall be reviewed and updated every five years after the initial adoption of such formula.

(3) 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.

(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; P.A. 23-204, S. 93; 23-205, S. 155, 168.)

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; P.A. 23-204 amended Subsec. (a) by removing references to Subsecs. (b), (c), (d) and (e), amended Subsec. (d) by adding new Subdiv. (2) re distribution of funds from the regional planning incentive account to the regional council of governments and redesignating existing Subdiv. (2) as Subdiv. (3) and deleted Subsec. (e) re establishment of a regionalization subaccount and transfer of revenue from online lottery sales into the subaccount, effective July 1, 2023; P.A. 23-205 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision re support for regional election advisors and made a technical change and amended Subsec. (d)(1) by substituting “each fiscal year thereafter” with “June 30, 2023” and made a conforming change, effective July 1, 2023 (Revisor's note: In codifying section 168 of public act 23-205, an incorrect reference to “section 166 of this act”, which appeared in the engrossed bill, was changed editorially by the Revisors to “section 167 of this act” and therefore cited as “section 9-229c”).

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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:

(5) “Per capita distribution” means:

(6) “Pro rata distribution” means:

(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 years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023, 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 years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023, 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 years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023, 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:

(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 years ending June 30, 2020, to June 30, 2023, inclusive, 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; P.A. 23-204, S. 79, 80.)

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; P.A. 23-204 amended Subsec. (b)(1) to (b)(3) by replacing “For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year thereafter” with “For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023”, and amended Subsec. (g) by replacing “For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year thereafter” with “For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2020, to June 30, 2023, inclusive”, effective July 1, 2023.

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Sec. 4-66p. Municipal Revenue Sharing Fund. Grants. (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 subsections (c) to (f), inclusive, of this section.

(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.

(c) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and each fiscal year thereafter, moneys sufficient to make motor vehicle property tax grants payable to municipalities pursuant to subsection (c) of section 4-66l shall be expended not later than August first annually by the secretary.

(d) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and each fiscal year thereafter, moneys sufficient to make the grants payable pursuant to subsections (d) and (e) of section 12-18b shall be expended by the secretary.

(e) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and each fiscal year thereafter, each municipality or district listed below shall receive the following supplemental revenue sharing grant payable not later than October thirty-first annually:

Grantee	Grant Amount
Andover	43,820
Ansonia	-
Ashford	44,498
Avon	142,054
Barkhamsted	-
Beacon Falls	-
Berlin	258,989
Bethany	26,746
Bethel	-
Bethlehem	40,552
Bloomfield	291,027
Bolton	11,053
Bozrah	-
Branford	-
Bridgeport	6,059,559
Bridgewater	-
Bristol	234,651
Brookfield	272,396
Brooklyn	-
Burlington	34,417
Canaan	24,132
Canaan Fire District	100,000
Canterbury	94,624
Canton	-
Chaplin	34,779
Cheshire	241,134
Chester	-
Clinton	288,473
Colchester	134,167
Colebrook	-
Columbia	28,393
Cornwall	-
Coventry	113,156
Cromwell	-
Danbury	1,218,855
Darien	-
Deep River	-
Derby	205,327
Durham	244,059
Eastford	-
East Granby	-
East Haddam	-
East Hampton	120,397
East Hartford	200,959
East Haven	-
East Lyme	524,097
Easton	-
East Windsor	-
Ellington	-
Enfield	-
Essex	-
Fairfield	191,245
Farmington	802,461
Franklin	25,666
Glastonbury	385,930
Goshen	-
Granby	-
Greenwich	-
Griswold	-
Groton	466,668
Guilford	496,560
Haddam	-
Hamden	1,646,236
Hampton	28,585
Hartford	15,792,632
Hartland	76,110
Harwinton	39,036
Hebron	125,020
Kent	-
Killingly	268,063
Killingworth	155,954
Lebanon	162,740
Ledyard	-
Lisbon	139,316
Litchfield	46,905
Lyme	-
Madison	175,790
Manchester	780,354
Mansfield	3,291,730
Marlborough	48,977
Meriden	622,306
Middlebury	15,067
Middlefield	14,971
Middletown	-
Milford	1,130,086
Monroe	443,723
Montville	20,897
Morris	-
Naugatuck	283,399
New Britain	2,176,332
New Canaan	-
New Fairfield	265,666
New Hartford	-
New Haven	16,921,822
Newington	-
New London	1,112,913
New Milford	-
Newtown	267,960
Norfolk	9,911
North Branford	152,031
North Canaan	11,334
North Haven	-
North Stonington	-
Norwalk	1,780,046
Norwich	210,834
Old Lyme	-
Old Saybrook	-
Orange	221,467
Oxford	267,543
Plainfield	-
Plainville	-
Plymouth	-
Pomfret	23,434
Portland	-
Preston	-
Prospect	73,271
Putnam	71,039
Redding	57,277
Ridgefield	117,659
Rocky Hill	65,602
Roxbury	-
Salem	132,694
Salisbury	-
Scotland	13,960
Seymour	-
Sharon	-
Shelton	-
Sherman	-
Simsbury	-
Somers	240,198
Southbury	74,062
Southington	-
South Windsor	57,854
Sprague	-
Stafford	-
Stamford	1,846,049
Sterling	-
Stonington	218,992
Stratford	-
Suffield	206,051
Thomaston	-
Thompson	4,459
Tolland	322,977
Torrington	72,539
Trumbull	604,706
Union	-
Vernon	330,755
Voluntown	-
Wallingford	-
Warren	-
Washington	-
Waterbury	5,582,559
Waterford	-
Watertown	-
Westbrook	-
West Hartford	-
West Haven	-
Weston	70,181
Westport	66,133
Wethersfield	-
Willington	-
Wilton	93,135
Winchester	105,432
Windham	1,349,376
Windsor	357,943
Windsor Locks	150,116
Wolcott	136,938
Woodbridge	120,477
Woodbury	-
Woodstock	-
TOTAL	74,672,468

(2) If the total of grants payable to each municipality and district in accordance with subdivision (1) of this subsection exceeds the amount appropriated for the purposes of said subdivision, the amount of the grant payable to each municipality and district shall be reduced proportionately.

(f) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and each fiscal year thereafter, moneys remaining in the Municipal Revenue Sharing Fund, including moneys accrued to the fund during such fiscal year but received after the end of such fiscal year, shall be expended not later than October first following the end of each such fiscal year by the secretary for the purposes of the municipal revenue sharing grants established pursuant to subsection (d) of section 4-66l.

(2) The amount of the grant payable to a municipality in any year in accordance with subdivision (1) of this subsection 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 Fund established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.

(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-2, S. 41; P.A. 23-204, S. 75.)

History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-2 effective June 2, 2016; P.A. 23-204 made a conforming change in Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (c) re payment of motor vehicle property tax grants pursuant to Sec. 4-66l(c), Subsec. (d) re grants payable pursuant to Subsecs. 12-18b(d) and (e), Subsec. (e) re supplemental revenue sharing grants, and Subsec. (f) re expenditure of moneys remaining in fund, effective July 1, 2023.

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Sec. 4-66s. Collaboration task force. Offering performance of functions, activities or services. Section 4-66s is repealed, effective July 1, 2023.

(P.A. 19-117, S. 366; P.A. 23-204, S. 445.)

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Sec. 4-66dd. Office of Responsible Growth. (a) There shall be an Office of Responsible Growth within the Intergovernmental Policy Division of the Office of Policy and Management.

(b) The Office of Responsible Growth shall be responsible for the following:

(1) Collecting, analyzing and disseminating information to assist in the ongoing development of responsible growth goals for the Governor, Continuing Committee on State Planning and Development, state and regional agencies, local governments and the public;

(2) Coordinating the development of state agency policy, planning and programming to improve outcomes and make efficient use of state resources and expertise through the development and implementation of the state plan of conservation and development pursuant to chapters 297 and 297a;

(3) Administering the responsibilities under the Connecticut Environmental Policy Act that have been assigned to the Office of Policy and Management, as set forth in sections 22a-1 to 22a-1h, inclusive;

(4) Facilitating interagency coordination in matters involving land and water resources and infrastructure improvements, among other activities;

(5) Facilitating coordination between the state, planning regions and municipalities on matters of development and conservation by serving as a state liaison to regional councils of governments;

(6) Providing staff support to boards, committees and other groups deemed appropriate by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, such as the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations and the State Water Planning Council;

(7) Administering grant programs, as deemed appropriate by the secretary, such as responsible growth and transit-oriented development and regional performance incentive grant programs; and

(8) Performing other duties as deemed appropriate by the secretary to address current and emerging development and conservation issues.

(c) The secretary shall designate a member of the secretary's staff to serve as the State Responsible Growth Coordinator to oversee the Office of Responsible Growth.

(d) The Office of Responsible Growth established pursuant to this section shall constitute a successor agency to the office established by Executive Order No. 15 of Governor M. Jodi Rell, in accordance with section 4-38d.

(P.A. 23-207, S. 17.)

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Sec. 4-67f. State agency projects to reduce costs and increase efficiencies. Employee awards. (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.

(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-7, S. 2, 36; P.A. 94-70; P.A. 23-204, S. 231.)

History: P.A. 94-70 added Subsec. (d) re savings realized through implementation of employee recommendations sponsored by the panel; P.A. 23-204 deleted former Subsec. (c) re innovations review panel and former Subsec. (d) re savings realized from recommendations, effective July 1, 2023.

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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 4-216.

(P.A. 19-117, S. 104; P.A. 23-204, S. 110.)

History: P.A. 23-204 replaced reference to Sec. 4-215 with Sec. 4-216, effective January 1, 2024.

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Sec. 4-67o. Definitions. As used in this section and sections 2-79e, 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; P.A. 23-22, S. 3.)

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; P.A. 23-22 amended the introductory language to make a technical change.

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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, the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities and the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity. 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; P.A. 23-22, S. 4.)

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; P.A. 23-22 amended Subsec. (a) by making technical changes.

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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 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; P.A. 23-4, S. 2.)

*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; P.A. 23-4 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting reference to Sec. 31-225a(j), effective June 7, 2023.

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Sec. 4-67bb. Coordination of state agency services for persons with autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, or other developmental disabilities. Staff positions, duties. Not later than October 1, 2023, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall establish two new staff positions, (1) one of whom shall serve as state-wide coordinator of programs and services provided by state agencies for individuals with autism spectrum disorder, and (2) one of whom shall (A) identify programs and services provided by state agencies for individuals who have an intellectual or developmental disability other than autism spectrum disorder; and (B) help commissioners of such agencies to coordinate such programs and services.

(P.A. 23-137, S. 14.)

History: P.A. 23-137 effective June 27, 2023.

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Sec. 4-67cc. Agency data sharing. Plan for online portal to coordinate human services. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, in consultation with the Departments of Administrative Services, Developmental Services, Social Services, Aging and Disability Services, Mental Health and Addiction Services, Education, Correction and Children and Families and the Office of Early Childhood, shall create a plan to develop a secure online portal to facilitate sharing of basic critical information across agencies in order to ensure efficient and safe delivery of services. The portal shall include a means for each agency to note when it has performed a site visit or has scheduled a site visit and shall give the individual performing the site visit the opportunity to record notes that can be shared across agencies. Such plan shall: (1) Review the feasibility of using current online portals already utilized by state agencies as well as a new online portal; (2) detail data sharing and privacy requirements for sharing such information across state agencies in accordance with federal and state law concerning data sharing and privacy; and (3) be submitted, 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 and the budgets of state agencies and human services not later than July 1, 2024. For purposes of this section, “site visit” means any meeting with a client or an inspection that occurs outside the physical offices of the state agency providing the service or conducting the inspection.

(P.A. 23-137, S. 13.)

History: P.A. 23-137 effective July 1, 2023.

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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. (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.

(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; P.A. 23-204, S. 232.)

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); P.A. 23-204 deleted former Subsec. (f) re report on pilot program, effective July 1, 2023.

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Sec. 4-68bb. Transferred to Chapter 870, Sec. 51-9c.

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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 not later than January 1, 2024, 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; P.A. 23-204, S. 71.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 effective June 23, 2021; P.A. 23-204 amended Subsec. (b) to set a final report date of January 1, 2024, effective June 12, 2023.

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Sec. 4-68ii. Municipal fair share allocations. (a) As used in this section:

(1) “Affordable housing unit” means a dwelling unit conveyed by an instrument containing a covenant or restriction that requires such dwelling unit to be sold or rented at or below a price intended to preserve such unit as housing for a low-income household;

(2) “Commission”, “zoning commission” or “zoning authority” means a zoning commission, planning commission, planning and zoning commission, zoning board of appeals or other municipal agency exercising zoning or planning authority;

(3) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Housing, unless otherwise specified;

(4) “Dwelling unit” means any house or building, or portion thereof, which is occupied, is designed to be occupied, or is rented, leased or hired out to be occupied, as a home or residence of one or more persons;

(5) “Median income” is the state median income, as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development;

(6) “Multifamily housing” means a residential building that contains three or more dwelling units;

(7) “Municipal fair share allocation” means the portion of the minimum need for affordable housing units in a planning region, as determined pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, that is allocated to a municipality located within such planning region;

(8) “Planning region” means a planning region of the state, as defined or redefined by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the secretary's designee, under the provisions of section 16a-4a, except the Metropolitan and Western planning regions shall be considered a single planning region; and

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

(b) (1) Not later than December 1, 2024, the secretary, in consultation with the Commissioners of Housing and Economic and Community Development and, as may be determined by the secretary, experts, advocates, state-wide organizations that represent municipalities, organizations with expertise in affordable housing, fair housing and planning and zoning, shall establish a methodology for each municipality's fair share allocation by:

(A) Determining the need for affordable housing units in each planning region; and

(B) Fairly allocating such need to the municipalities in each planning region considering the duty of the state and municipalities to affirmatively further fair housing pursuant to section 8-2 and 42 USC 3608. Such methodology shall rely on data from the Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy data set published by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, or from a similar source as may be determined by the secretary.

(2) The secretary shall ensure that the fair share allocation methodology:

(A) Is designed with due consideration for the duty of the state and each municipality to affirmatively further fair housing in accordance with section 8-2 and 42 USC 3608;

(B) Relies on appropriate metrics of the minimum need for affordable housing units in a planning region to ensure adequate housing options, including the number of households whose income is not greater than thirty per cent of the area median income and whose housing costs constitute fifty per cent or more of such household's income;

(C) Relies on appropriate factors for fairly allocating such need to each municipality within each planning region, including a municipality's compliance with the requirements of sections 8-2 and 8-23 with regard to promoting housing choice and economic diversity in housing, including housing for both low and moderate income households, and encouraging the development of housing which meets the identified housing needs and the development of housing opportunities, including opportunities for multifamily housing, for all residents of the municipality and the planning region in which the municipality is located;

(D) Does not assign a fair share allocation to any municipality with a federal poverty rate of twenty per cent or greater based on data reported in the most recent United States decennial census or similar source; and

(E) Increases the municipal fair share allocation of a municipality if such municipality, when compared to other municipalities in the same planning region, has:

(i) A greater dollar value of the ratable real and personal property, as reflected by its equalized net grand list, calculated in accordance with the provisions of section 10-261a, for residential, commercial, industrial, public utility and vacant land;

(ii) A higher median income, based on data reported in the most recent United States decennial census or similar source;

(iii) A lower percentage of its population that is below the federal poverty threshold, based on data reported in such census or similar source; or

(iv) A lower percentage of its population that lives in multifamily housing, based on data reported in such census or similar source.

(3) (A) Not later than December 1, 2024, the secretary, in consultation with the Commissioners of Housing and Economic and Community Development, shall, using the methodology established pursuant to this subsection, determine the minimum need for affordable housing units for each planning region and a municipal fair share allocation for each municipality within each planning region.

(B) No municipal fair share allocation determined pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this subdivision shall exceed twenty per cent of the occupied dwelling units in such municipality.

(c) The secretary shall submit the methodology established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to planning and development and housing, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, and each chamber of the General Assembly for approval.

(P.A. 23-207, S. 18.)

History: P.A. 23-207 effective July 1, 2023.

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Sec. 4-68jj. State agency use of artificial intelligence. Policies and procedures. Impact assessments. (a) For the purposes of this section:

(1) “Artificial intelligence” means (A) an artificial system that (i) performs tasks under varying and unpredictable circumstances without significant human oversight or can learn from experience and improve such performance when exposed to data sets, (ii) is developed in any context, including, but not limited to, software or physical hardware, and solves tasks requiring human-like perception, cognition, planning, learning, communication or physical action, or (iii) is designed to (I) think or act like a human, including, but not limited to, a cognitive architecture or neural network, or (II) act rationally, including, but not limited to, an intelligent software agent or embodied robot that achieves goals using perception, planning, reasoning, learning, communication, decision-making or action, or (B) a set of techniques, including, but not limited to, machine learning, that is designed to approximate a cognitive task; and

(2) “State agency” has the same meaning as provided in section 4d-1.

(b) (1) Not later than February 1, 2024, the Office of Policy and Management shall develop and establish policies and procedures concerning the development, procurement, implementation, utilization and ongoing assessment of systems that employ artificial intelligence and are in use by state agencies. Such policies and procedures shall, at a minimum, include policies and procedures that:

(A) Govern the procurement, implementation and ongoing assessment of such systems by state agencies;

(B) Are sufficient to ensure that no such system (i) results in any unlawful discrimination against any individual or group of individuals, or (ii) has any unlawful disparate impact on any individual or group of individuals on the basis of any actual or perceived differentiating characteristic, including, but not limited to, age, genetic information, color, ethnicity, race, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, familial status, pregnancy, veteran status, disability or lawful source of income;

(C) Require a state agency to assess the likely impact of any such system before implementing such system; and

(D) Provide for the Department of Administrative Services to perform ongoing assessments of such systems to ensure that no such system results in any unlawful discrimination or disparate impact described in subparagraph (B) of this subdivision.

(2) The Office of Policy and Management may revise the policies and procedures established pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection if the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management determines, in said secretary's discretion, that such revision is necessary.

(3) The Office of Policy and Management shall post the policies and procedures established pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, and any revision made to such policies and procedures pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection, on the office's Internet web site.

(c) Beginning on February 1, 2024, no state agency shall implement any system that employs artificial intelligence (1) unless the state agency has performed an impact assessment, in accordance with the policies and procedures established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, to ensure that such system will not result in any unlawful discrimination or disparate impact described in subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section, or (2) if the head of such state agency determines, in such agency head's discretion, that such system will result in any unlawful discrimination or disparate impact described in subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section.

(P.A. 23-16, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 23-16 effective July 1, 2023.

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PART II

BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS

Sec. 4-72. Governor's budget message. Recommendations concerning deficit or surplus. (a) 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.

(b) 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 annual comprehensive 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; P.A. 23-197, S. 4.)

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; P.A. 23-197 redesignated existing provisions as Subsecs. (a) and (b) and amended redesignated Subsec. (b) to change “comprehensive annual financial report” to “annual comprehensive financial report”.

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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 (A) 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, (B) 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, and (C) any appropriations to the Office of Higher Education for the Roberta B. Willis Scholarship program shall not lapse but shall be held permanently for such program. 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; P.A. 23-204, S. 136.)

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; P.A. 23-204 amended Subsec. (f) by designating existing provisions re centers of excellence appropriations as Subdiv. (4)(A) and re operating funds of the constituent units as Subdiv. (4)(B) and adding Subdiv. (4)(C) re appropriations for the Roberta B. Willis Scholarship program, effective July 1, 2023.

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Sec. 4-97b. Assignment of authority to enter into contract or other agreement using state funds by secretary or budgeted agency. (a) For purposes of this section, “budgeted agency” has the same meaning as defined in subparagraph (A) of subdivision (11) of section 4-69 and “department head” has the same meaning as provided in section 4-5. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management may execute a memorandum of understanding with the department head of any budgeted agency to assign to such department head the authority to enter into a contract or other written agreement using any funds appropriated to the secretary by any provision of the general statutes, public or special act or authorized by the State Bond Commission for purposes of such contract or agreement, provided such department head otherwise has the authority to contract for the specific purpose that such funds are required to be used for, as set forth in such statute, public or special act or authorization of the State Bond Commission.

(b) The department head of a budgeted agency, upon the approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, may execute a memorandum of understanding with the department head of another budgeted agency, to assign to such other department head the authority to enter into a contract or other written agreement using any funds appropriated to the assigning budgeted agency by any provision of the general statutes, public or special act or authorization of the State Bond Commission for purposes of such contract or agreement, provided the department head to whom such authority is assigned otherwise has the authority to contract for the specific purpose that such funds are required to be used for, as set forth in such statute, public or special act or authorization of the State Bond Commission.

(c) Not later than January 1, 2024, and annually 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 appropriations and the budgets of state agencies. Such report shall contain a summary of all assignments of authority made by the secretary under subsection (a) of this section and by other budgeted agencies under subsection (b) of this section during the year immediately preceding such report.

(P.A. 23-204, S. 97.)

History: P.A. 23-204 effective July 1, 2023.

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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 Department of Economic and Community Development, 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; P.A. 23-204, S. 70.)

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; P.A. 23-204 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “Office of the Governor” with “Department of Economic and Community Development”, effective June 12, 2023.

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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, 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; P.A. 23-70, S. 2.)

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; P.A. 23-70 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting “until October 1, 2025”, effective July 1, 2023.

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Sec. 4-124mm. Connecticut Career Accelerator Program Account. Program to support commercial driver's license training. Identification of additional training opportunities and providers. 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 and training for careers identified by the Office of Workforce Strategy, pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section, 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) (1) Not later than July 1, 2024, 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 January 1, 2025.

(2) Not later than July 1, 2025, the Office of Workforce Strategy shall identify (A) additional training opportunities, for careers requiring not more than one year of training, to expand the program designed pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, and (B) training providers to use for such additional training opportunities.

(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) (1) Not later than July 1, 2025, 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 commercial driver's license training program established under 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.

(2) Not later than July 1, 2026, the Office of Workforce Strategy shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, regarding the identification of additional training opportunities and training providers pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section 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.

(f) Not later than July 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, the Office of Workforce Strategy shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, on the commercial driver's license training program established under 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; P.A. 23-75, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 22-118 effective May 7, 2022; P.A. 23-75 added provision re training for careers identified by the Office of Workforce Strategy in Subsec. (a), redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (b)(1), replaced “January 1, 2023” with “July 1, 2024” and “July 1, 2023” with “January 1, 2025” in same, added requirement re identification of additional training opportunities and providers in Subsec. (b)(2), redesignated existing Subsec. (e) as Subsec. (e)(1), replaced “April 1, 2023” with “July 1, 2023” and made technical and conforming changes in same, added report requirement in Subsec. (e)(2), and replaced “2024” with “2026” and made technical and conforming changes in Subsec. (f), effective June 26, 2023.

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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; P.A. 23-38, S. 9.)

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”); P.A. 23-38 amended Subsec. (b) by making technical changes.

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Sec. 4-124xx. Human Services Career Pipeline program. Training, certification, reporting requirements. (a) The Chief Workforce Officer, appointed pursuant to section 4-124w, in consultation with the Labor Commissioner, the Commissioners of Social Services, Developmental Disabilities, Public Health and Aging and Disability Services, the Governor's Workforce Council, the executive director of the Office of Higher Education, the Council on Developmental Disabilities, the Autism Spectrum Disorder Advisory Council and regional workforce development boards, shall establish a Human Services Career Pipeline program to ensure a sufficient number of trained providers are available to serve the needs of persons in the state with an intellectual disability, other developmental disabilities, physical disabilities, cognitive impairment or mental illness and elderly persons. Such pipeline shall include training and certification for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, first aid, medication administration, job placement and incentives for retention in the human services labor sector upon successful completion of the program.

(b) The Chief Workforce Officer shall consult with the Labor Commissioner and the Commissioners of Aging and Disability Services, Developmental Services, Mental Health and Addiction Services and Social Services, the Council on Developmental Disabilities and the Autism Spectrum Disorder Advisory Council to determine: (1) The greatest needs for human services providers, and (2) barriers to hiring and retaining qualified providers. The Chief Workforce Officer shall assist local and regional boards of education in enhancing existing partnerships or establishing new partnerships with providers of human services and higher education institutions to provide a pathway to a diploma, credential, certificate or license and a job providing human services.

(c) The Chief Workforce Officer, in consultation with the Labor Commissioner, shall develop a plan for the Human Services Career Pipeline program that includes, but is not be limited to: (1) A strategy to increase the number of state residents pursuing careers in human services, (2) recommended salary and working conditions necessary to retain an adequate number of human services providers to serve state residents, and (3) estimated funding needed to support the Human Services Career Pipeline program.

(d) The Chief Workforce Officer shall establish such career pipeline not later than July 1, 2024, and submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, not later than January 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, regarding the development and implementation of the pipeline to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, aging, higher education and employment, human services, labor and public health. For purposes of this section, “human services labor sector” means persons trained to provide services to persons with an intellectual disability; other developmental disabilities, including, but not limited to, autism spectrum disorder; physical disabilities; cognitive impairment or mental illness; and elderly persons.

(P.A. 23-137, S. 11.)

History: P.A. 23-137 effective July 1, 2023.

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