HB 6660 — AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS FOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT.

LCO(a) No.There is established a fund to be known as the "Municipal Revenue Sharing Fund" which shall be a separate, nonlapsing fund.

4030 4 of 165 Governor's Bill No6660 (a) There is established a fund to be known as the "Municipal Revenue Sharing Fund" which shall be a separate, nonlapsing fund.

(c) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and each fiscal year thereafter, moneys sufficient to make motor vehicle property tax grants payable to municipalitiespursuant to subsection(c)ofsection4-66l shall be expended not later than August first annually by the secretary.

T1 Grantee Grant Amount T2 T3sHB6660 Andover/ 43,820File T4 Ansonia - T5 Ashford 44,498 T6 Avon 142,054 T7 Barkhamsted - T8 Beacon Falls - T9 Berlin 258,989 T10 Bethany 26,746 LCO No.

4030742 53 ofsHB6660 165File Governor's Bill No6660 T11 Bethel - T12 Bethlehem 40,552 T13 Bloomfield 291,027 T14 Bolton 11,053 T15 Bozrah - T16 Branford - T17 Bridgeport 6,059,559 T18 Bridgewater - T19 Bristol 234,651 T20 Brookfield 272,396 T21 Brooklyn - T22 Burlington 34,417 T23 Canaan 24,132 T24 Canaan Fire District 100,000 T25 Canterbury 94,624 T26 Canton - T27 Chaplin 34,779 T28 Cheshire 241,134 T29 Chester - T30 Clinton 288,473 T31 Colchester 134,167 T32 Colebrook - T33 Columbia 28,393 T34 Cornwall - T35 Coventry 113,156 T36 Cromwell - T37 Danbury 1,218,855 T38 Darien - T39 Deep River - T40 Derby 205,327 T41 Durham 244,059 T42 Eastford - T43 East Granby - T44 East Haddam - T45 East Hampton 120,397 T46 East Hartford 200,959 T47 East Haven - T48 East Lyme 524,097 T49 Easton - T50 East Windsor - T51 Ellington - LCO No.

4030742 6T3 ofAndover 16543,820 Governor'sT4 BillAnsonia No6660- T52T5 EnfieldAshford -44,498 T53T6 EssexAvon -142,054 T54T7 FairfieldBarkhamsted 191,245- T55T8 FarmingtonBeacon 802,461Falls T56- FranklinT9 25,666Berlin T57258,989 GlastonburyT10 385,930Bethany T5826,746 GoshenT11 Bethel - T59T12 GranbyBethlehem -40,552 T60T13 GreenwichBloomfield -291,027 T61T14 GriswoldBolton 11,053 T15 Bozrah - T62T16 GrotonBranford 466,668- T63T17 GuilfordBridgeport 496,5606,059,559 T64T18 HaddamBridgewater - T65T19 HamdenBristol 1,646,236234,651 T66T20 HamptonBrookfield 28,585272,396 T67T21 HartfordBrooklyn 15,792,632- T68T22 HartlandBurlington 76,11034,417 T69T23 HarwintonCanaan 39,03624,132 T70T24 HebronCanaan 125,020Fire T71District Kent100,000 -T25 T72Canterbury Killingly94,624 268,063T26 T73Canton Killingworth- 155,954T27 T74Chaplin Lebanon34,779 162,740T28 T75Cheshire Ledyard241,134 T29 Chester - T76T30 LisbonClinton 139,316288,473 T77T31 LitchfieldColchester 46,905134,167 T78T32 LymeColebrook - T79T33 MadisonColumbia 175,79028,393 T80T34 ManchesterCornwall 780,354- T81T35 MansfieldCoventry 3,291,730113,156 T82T36 MarlboroughCromwell 48,977- T83T37 MeridenDanbury 622,3061,218,855 T84T38 MiddleburyDarien 15,067- T85T39 MiddlefieldDeep 14,971River T86 Middletown - T87T40 MilfordDerby 1,130,086205,327 T88T41 MonroeDurham 443,723244,059 T89T42 MontvilleEastford 20,897- T90T43 MorrisEast Granby - T91T44 NaugatuckEast 283,399Haddam T92- NewsHB6660 Britain/ 2,176,332File LCO No.

4030742 74 ofsHB6660 165File Governor's Bill No.6660 T93 New Canaan - T94 New Fairfield 265,666 T95 New Hartford - T96 New Haven 16,921,822 T97 Newington - T98 New London 1,112,913 T99 New Milford - T100 Newtown 267,960 T101 Norfolk 9,911 T102 North Branford 152,031 T103 North Canaan 11,334 T104 North Haven - T105 North Stonington - T106 Norwalk 1,780,046 T107 Norwich 210,834 T108 Old Lyme - T109 Old Saybrook - T110 Orange 221,467 T111 Oxford 267,543 T112 Plainfield - T113 Plainville - T114 Plymouth - T115 Pomfret 23,434 T116 Portland - T117 Preston - T118 Prospect 73,271 T119 Putnam 71,039 T120 Redding 57,277 T121 Ridgefield 117,659 T122 Rocky Hill 65,602 T123 Roxbury - T124 Salem 132,694 T125 Salisbury - T126 Scotland 13,960 T127 Seymour - T128 Sharon - T129 Shelton - T130 Sherman - T131 Simsbury - T132 Somers 240,198 T133 Southbury 74,062 LCO No.

4030742 8T45 ofEast 165Hampton Governor's120,397 BillT46 No.6660East T134Hartford Southington200,959 -T47 T135East SouthHaven Windsor- 57,854T48 T136East SpragueLyme -524,097 T137T49 StaffordEaston - T138T50 StamfordEast 1,846,049Windsor T139 Sterling - T140T51 StoningtonEllington 218,992- T141T52 StratfordEnfield - T142T53 SuffieldEssex 206,051- T143T54 ThomastonFairfield -191,245 T144T55 ThompsonFarmington 4,459802,461 T145T56 TollandFranklin 322,97725,666 T146T57 TorringtonGlastonbury 72,539385,930 T147T58 TrumbullGoshen 604,706- T148T59 UnionGranby - T149T60 VernonGreenwich 330,755- T150T61 VoluntownGriswold - T151T62 WallingfordGroton -466,668 T152T63 WarrenGuilford -496,560 T153T64 WashingtonHaddam - T154T65 WaterburyHamden 5,582,5591,646,236 T155T66 WaterfordHampton -28,585 T156T67 WatertownHartford -15,792,632 T157T68 WestbrookHartland -76,110 T158T69 WestHarwinton Hartford39,036 -T70 T159Hebron West125,020 HavenT71 Kent - T160T72 WestonKillingly 70,181268,063 T161T73 WestportKillingworth 66,133155,954 T162T74 WethersfieldLebanon -162,740 T163T75 WillingtonLedyard - T164T76 WiltonLisbon 93,135139,316 T165T77 WinchesterLitchfield 105,43246,905 T166T78 WindhamLyme 1,349,376- T167T79 WindsorMadison 357,943175,790 T168T80 WindsorManchester Locks780,354 150,116T81 T169Mansfield Wolcott3,291,730 136,938T82 T170Marlborough Woodbridge48,977 120,477T83 T171Meriden Woodbury622,306 -T84 T172Middlebury Woodstock15,067 -T85 T173Middlefield TOTAL14,971 74,672,468T86 LCOMiddletown - sHB6660 / File No.

4030742 95 ofsHB6660 165File Governor'sNo. Bill No6660 (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)742 ForT87 theMilford fiscal1,130,086 yearT88 endingMonroe June443,723 30,T89 2024,Montville and20,897 eachT90 fiscalMorris year- thereafter,T91 theNaugatuck total283,399 grantsT92 paidNew toBritain municipalities2,176,332 pursuantT93 toNew sectionsCanaan 3-- 55iT94 toNew 3-55m,Fairfield inclusive,265,666 asT95 amendedNew byHartford this- act,T96 shallNew beHaven paid16,921,822 fromT97 theNewington Municipal- RevenueT98 SharingNew Fund,London established1,112,913 inT99 subsectionNew (a)Milford of- thisT100 sectionNewtown and267,960 notT101 fromNorfolk the9,911 MashantucketT102 andNorth MoheganBranford Fund152,031 establishedT103 pursuantNorth toCanaan section11,334 3-55i,T104 asNorth amendedHaven by- thisT105 act.North Stonington - T106 Norwalk 1,780,046 T107 Norwich 210,834 T108 Old Lyme - T109 Old Saybrook - T110 Orange 221,467 T111 Oxford 267,543 T112 Plainfield - T113 Plainville - T114 Plymouth - T115 Pomfret 23,434 T116 Portland - T117 Preston - T118 Prospect 73,271 T119 Putnam 71,039 T120 Redding 57,277 T121 Ridgefield 117,659 T122 Rocky Hill 65,602 T123 Roxbury - T124 Salem 132,694 T125 Salisbury - T126 Scotland 13,960 T127 Seymour - T128 Sharon - sHB6660 / File No.

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742 T129 Shelton - T130 Sherman - T131 Simsbury - T132 Somers 240,198 T133 Southbury 74,062 T134 Southington - T135 South Windsor 57,854 T136 Sprague - T137 Stafford - T138 Stamford 1,846,049 T139 Sterling - T140 Stonington 218,992 T141 Stratford - T142 Suffield 206,051 T143 Thomaston - T144 Thompson 4,459 T145 Tolland 322,977 T146 Torrington 72,539 T147 Trumbull 604,706 T148 Union - T149 Vernon 330,755 T150 Voluntown - T151 Wallingford - T152 Warren - T153 Washington - T154 Waterbury 5,582,559 T155 Waterford - T156 Watertown - T157 Westbrook - T158 West Hartford - T159 West Haven - T160 Weston 70,181 T161 Westport 66,133 T162 Wethersfield - T163 Willington - T164 Wilton 93,135 T165 Winchester 105,432 T166 Windham 1,349,376 T167 Windsor 357,943 T168 Windsor Locks 150,116 T169 Wolcott 136,938 T170 Woodbridge 120,477 sHB6660 / File No.

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742 T171 Woodbury - T172 Woodstock - T173 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) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and each fiscal year thereafter, the total grants paid to municipalities pursuant to sections 3- 55i to 3-55m, inclusive, shall be paid from the Municipal Revenue Sharing Fund, established in subsection (a) of this section and not from the Mashantucket and Mohegan Fund established pursuant to section 3-55i.

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SubsectionsSection (d)12-18b andof (e)the ofgeneral sectionstatutes 12-18bis ofrepealed and the generalfollowing statutesis arerepealedandthefollowingissubstitutedinlieuthereof(EffectiveJulysubstituted 1,in 2023):lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(a) For the purposes of this section:

(1) "College and hospital property" means all real property described in subsection (a) of section 12-20a;

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742 (2) "Equalized net grand list per capita" means the grand list of a municipality upon which taxes were levied for the general expenses of such municipality three years prior to the fiscal year in which a grant under this section is to be paid, equalized in accordance with the provisionsofsection10-261aanddividedbythetotalpopulationofsuch municipality;

(3) "Municipality" means any town, city, borough, consolidated town and city and consolidated town and borough;

(4) "State, municipal or tribal property" means all real property described in subsection (a) of section 12-19a;

(5) "Tier one municipality" means a municipality with an equalized net grand list per capita of less than one hundred thousand dollars;

(6) "Tier two municipality" means a municipality with an equalized net grand list per capita of one hundred thousand dollars to two hundred thousand dollars;

and (7) "Tier three municipality" means a municipality with an equalized net grand list per capita of greater than two hundred thousand dollars.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 12-19a and 12-20a, on or before [May] September thirtieth, annually, all funds appropriated for state grants in lieu of taxes shall be payable to municipalities and fire districts pursuant to the provisions of this section.

On or before January first, annually, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall determine the amount due, as a state grant in lieu of taxes, to each municipality and fire district in this state wherein college and hospital property is located and to each municipality and fire district in this state wherein state, municipal or tribal property, except that which was acquired and used for highways and bridges, but not excepting property acquired andusedfor highway administrationor maintenance purposes, is located.

Such determination shall be calculated based on assessed values provided to the Office of Policy and Management prior to the preceding April first, pursuant to section 12-19b, as amended by sHB6660 / File No.

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742 this act.

(1) The grant payable to any municipality or fire district for state, municipal or tribal property under the provisions of this section in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year thereafter, shall be equal to the total of:

(A) One hundred per cent of the property taxes that would have been paid with respect to any facility designated by the Commissioner of Correction, on or before August first of each year, to be a correctional facility administered under the auspices of the Department of Correction or a juvenile detention center under direction of the Department of Children and Families that was used for incarcerative purposes during the preceding fiscal year.

If a list containing the name and location of such designated facilities and information concerning their use for purposes of incarceration during the preceding fiscal year is not available from the Secretary of the State on August first of any year, the Commissioner of Correction shall, on said date, certify to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management a list containing such information;

(B) One hundred per cent of the property taxes that would have been paid with respect to that portion of the John Dempsey Hospital located at The University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington that is used as a permanent medical ward for prisoners under the custody of the Department of Correction.

Nothing in thissection shall be construed as designating any portion of The University of Connecticut Health Center John Dempsey Hospital as a correctional facility;

(C) One hundred per cent of the property taxes that would have been paid on any land designated within the 1983 Settlement boundary and taken into trust by the federal government for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation on or after June 8, 1999;

(D) One hundred per cent of the property taxes that would have been paid with respect to the property and facilities owned by the Connecticut Port Authority;

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742 (E) Subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of section 12-19a, sixty- five per cent of the property taxes that would have been paid with respect to the buildings and grounds comprising Connecticut Valley Hospital and Whiting Forensic Hospital in Middletown;

(F) With respect to any municipality in which more than fifty per cent of the property is state-owned real property, one hundred per cent of the property taxes that would have been paid with respect to such state- owned property;

(G) Forty-five per cent of the property taxes that would have been paid with respect to all municipally owned airports;

except for the exemption applicable to such property, on the assessment list in such municipality for the assessment date two years prior to the commencement of the state fiscal year in which such grant is payable.

The grant provided pursuant to this section for any municipally owned airport shall be paid to any municipality in which the airport is located, except that the grant applicable to Sikorsky Airport shall be paid one- half to the town of Stratford and one-half to the city of Bridgeport;

(H) One hundred per cent of the property taxes that would have been paid with respect to any land designated within the 1983 Settlement boundary and taken into trust by the federal government for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation prior to June 8, 1999, or taken into trust by the federal government for the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, provided the real property subject to this subparagraph shall be the land only, and shall not include the assessed value of any structures, buildings or other improvements on such land;

and (I)Forty-five per centoftheproperty taxesthat wouldhave beenpaid with respect to all other state-owned real property.

(2) The grant payable to any municipality or fire district for college and hospital property under the provisions of this section in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, and each fiscal year thereafter, shall be equal to the total of seventy-seven per cent of the property taxes that, except foranyexemptionapplicabletoany collegeandhospitalproperty under sHB6660 / File No.

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742 the provisions of section 12-81, would have been paid with respect to collegeandhospitalpropertyontheassessmentlistinsuchmunicipality or fire district for the assessment date two years prior to the commencement of the state fiscal year in which such grant is payable.

(c) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall list municipalities, boroughs and fire districts based on the equalized net grand list per capita.

Boroughs and fire districts shall have the same equalized net grand list per capita as the town, city, consolidated town and city or consolidated town and borough in which such borough or fire district is located.

(1) The total amount of the grants paid to a municipality or fire district pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall not be lower LCOthan No.the total amount of the payment in lieu of taxes grants received by such municipality or fire district for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021.

4030 10 of 165 Governor's Bill No.6660 than the total amount of the payment in lieu of taxes grants received by such municipality or fire district for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021.

(3) Each municipality designated as an alliance district pursuant to sectionsHB6660 10-262u/ orFile inNo. which more than fifty per cent of the property is state-owned real property shall be classified as a tier one municipality.

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742 section 10-262u or in which more than fifty per cent of the property is state-owned real property shall be classified as a tier one municipality.

(B) If the total of grants payable to each municipality and fire district LCOin No.accordance with the provisions of subdivisions (1) to (4), inclusive, of this subsection exceeds the amount appropriated for the purposes of said subdivisions, the amount of the grant payable to each municipality and fire district shall be reduced proportionately, except that no grant shall be reduced below the amount set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection.

4030 11 of 165 Governor's Bill No.6660 in accordance with the provisions of subdivisions (1) to (4), inclusive, of this subsection exceeds the amount appropriated for the purposes of said subdivisions, the amount of the grant payable to each municipality and fire district shall be reduced proportionately, except that no grant shall be reduced below the amount set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection.

[and] (3) The city of Bridgeport shall be due five million dollars, [on or before the thirtieth day of September,] annually, which amount shall be in addition to the amount due such city pursuant to the provisions of [subsections]sHB6660 subsection/ (b)File orNo. (d) of this section;

[.]742 (4)13 TheresHB6660 shallFile beNo. an amount due the town of Voluntown, with respect to any state-owned forest, of an additional sixty thousand dollars, annually, for reimbursement to municipalities for loss of taxes on private tax-exempt property;

742 [subsections] subsection (b) or (d) of this section;

(4) There shall be an amount due the town of Voluntown, with respect to any state-owned forest, of an additional sixty thousand dollars, annually, for reimbursement to municipalities for loss of taxes on private tax-exempt property;

and (6) The amount due the city of New London, with respect to the United States Coast Guard Academy located in said city, shall be one LCOmillion No.dollars, annually, for reimbursement to municipalities for loss of taxes on private tax-exempt property.

4030(f) 12For purposes of 165this Governor'ssection, Billany No.6660real millionproperty dollars,that annually,is forowned reimbursementby The University of Connecticut Health Center Finance Corporation established pursuant to municipalitiesthe forprovisions lossof sections 10a-250 to 10a-263, inclusive, or by one or more subsidiary corporations established pursuant to subdivision (13) of taxessection on10a-254 privateand tax-exemptthat is free from taxation pursuant to the provisions of section 10a-259 shall be deemed to be state-owned real property.

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Any town, borough or fire district that neglectssHB6660 to/ transmitFile toNo. the secretary the assessed valuation as required by this section shall forfeit two hundred fifty dollars to the state, provided the secretary may waive such forfeiture in accordance with procedures and standards adopted by regulation in accordance with chapter 54.

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742 neglects to transmit to the secretary the assessed valuation as required by this section shall forfeit two hundred fifty dollars to the state, provided the secretary may waive such forfeiture in accordance with procedures and standards adopted by regulation in accordance with chapter 54.

If any town, borough or fire districtisaggrievedbytheactionofthesecretaryfollowingsuchhearing or in denying any such hearing, the town, borough or fire district may LCOnot No.later thanten business days after receiving such notice, appeal to the superior court for the judicial district wherein such town, borough or fire district is located.

4030 13 of 165 Governor's Bill No.6660 not later thanten business days after receiving such notice, appeal to the superior court for the judicial district wherein such town, borough or fire district is located.

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[(a)] Not later than April first in each year, any municipality to which asHB6660 grant/ isFile payableNo. under the provisions of section 12-18b, as amended by this act, or 12-20a shall provide the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management with the assessed valuation of the tax-exempt real property as of the immediately preceding October first, adjusted in accordancewithanygradualincreaseinordefermentof assessedvalues of real property implemented in accordance with section 12-62c, which is required for computation of such grant.

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742 a grant is payable under the provisions of section 12-18b, as amended by this act, or 12-20a shall provide the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management with the assessed valuation of the tax-exempt real property as of the immediately preceding October first, adjusted in accordancewithanygradualincreaseinordefermentofassessed values of real property implemented in accordance with section 12-62c, which is required for computation of such grant.

Any municipality aggrieved by the action of said secretary under the provisions of this section may, not later than ten business days following receipt of such notice, appeal to the secretary for a hearing concerning such reevaluation, provided such appeal shall LCObe No.in writing and shall include a statement as to the reasons for such appeal.

4030 14 of 165 Governor's Bill No.6660 be in writing and shall include a statement as to the reasons for such appeal.

[Saidsecretary shallcertify to the Comptroller the amount due each municipality under the provisionsofsection12-18borunderanyrecomputationoccurringprior to September fifteenth which may be effected as the result of the provisions of this section, and the Comptroller shall draw his or her order on the Treasurer on or before the fifth business day following September fifteenth and the Treasurer shall pay the amount thereof to such municipality on or before the thirtieth day of September following.]sHB6660 If/ anyFile recomputationNo. is [effected] affected as the result of the provisions of this section on or after the January first following the date on which the municipality has provided the assessed valuation in question,any adjustmentsto theamount dueto any municipality forthe period for which such adjustments were made shall be made in the next payment the Treasurer shall make to such municipality pursuant to this section.

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742 following.] If any recomputation is effected as the result of the provisions of this section on or after the January first following the date on which the municipality has provided the assessed valuation in question,any adjustmentsto theamount dueto any municipality forthe period for which such adjustments were made shall be made in the next payment the Treasurer shall make to such municipality pursuant to this section.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 12-18b or subsection (a) of this section, the amount due the city of New London, on or before the thirtieth day of September, annually, with respect to the United States LCOCoast No.Guard Academy in New London, shall be one million dollars, which amount shall be paid from the municipal revenue sharing account established pursuant to section 4-66l, for reimbursement to towns for loss of taxes on private tax-exempt property.] Sec.9.Subsection(b)ofsection4-66lofthegeneralstatutesisrepealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023):

4030 15 of 165 Governor's Bill No.6660 Coast Guard Academy in New London, shall be one million dollars, which amount shall be paid from the municipal revenue sharing account established pursuant to section 4-66l, for reimbursement to towns for loss of taxes on private tax-exempt property.] Sec.

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Section 3-55i of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023):

There is established the "Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund" which shall be a separate nonlapsing fund.

All funds received by the state of Connecticut from the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe pursuant to the joint memorandum of understanding entered into by and between thestate andthetribe onJanuary 13,1993,asamendedonApril30,1993, and any successor thereto, shall be deposited in the General Fund.

During the fiscal [year] years ending June 30, 2015, [and each fiscal year thereafter] to June 30, 2023, inclusive, from the funds received by the state from the tribe pursuant to said joint memorandum of understanding, as amended, and any successor thereto, an amount equal to the appropriation to the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund for Grants to Towns shall be transferred to the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund and shall be distributed by the Office of Policy and Management, during said fiscal year, in accordance with the provisions of section 3-55j.

For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and each fiscal year thereafter, from the funds received by the state from the tribe pursuant to said joint memorandum of understanding, as amended, and any successor thereto, an amount equal to the appropriation to the Municipal Revenue Sharing Fund, for Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Grants, shall be transferred to the Municipal Revenue Sharing Fund and shall be distributed by the Office of Policy and Management during each fiscal year, in accordance with the provisions of section 4-66p, as amended by this act.

The amount of the grant payable to each municipality during any fiscal year, in accordance with said section, shall be reduced proportionately if the total of such grants exceeds the amount of funds available for such year.

The grant shall be paid in three installments as follows:

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4030 16 of 165 Governor's Bill No6660 the Office of Policy and Management shall, annually, not later than the fifteenth day of December, the fifteenth day of March and the fifteenth day ofJune certify to theComptroller theamount due each municipality under theprovisionsofsection [3-55j]4-66p,as amendedby thisact, and the Comptroller shall draw an order on the Treasurer on or before the fifth business day following the fifteenth day of December, the fifth business day following the fifteenth day of March and the fifth business day following the fifteenth day of June and the Treasurer shall pay the amount thereof to such municipality on or before the first day of January, the first day of April and the thirtieth day of June.

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Subsection (b) of section 4-66l of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023):

(1) For the fiscal [year] years ending June 30, 2022, [andand each[each fiscal year thereafter] and June 30, 2023, moneys sufficient to make motor vehicle property tax grants payable to municipalities pursuant to subsection (c) ofsHB6660 this/ sectionFile shallNo. be expended not later than August first annually by the secretary;

(2)742 For17 thesHB6660 fiscalFile [year]No. years ending June 30, 2022, [and each fiscal year thereafter] 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, as amended by this act, and subsections (b) and (c) of section 12- 20b, as amended by this act, shall be expended by the secretary;

and742 (3)of Forthis thesection fiscalshall [year]be yearsexpended endingnot Junelater 30,than 2022,August [andfirst eachannually fiscalby LCOthe No.secretary;

4030(2) 17For ofthe 165fiscal Governor's[year] Billyears No.6660ending yearJune thereafter]30, 2022, and [each fiscal year thereafter] June 30, 2023, moneys insufficient to make the accountgrants remainingpayable shallpursuant beto expendedsubsection annually(d) of section 12-18b, as amended by thethis secretaryact, forsubdivisions the(1) purposesand (3) of thesubsection municipalrevenuesharinggrantsestablishedpursuanttosubsection(d)(e) of section 12-18b, as amended by this section.act, subsection (b) of section 12-19b and subsections (b) and (c) of section 12-20b shall be expended by the secretary;

and (3) For the fiscal [year] years ending June 30, 2022, and [each fiscal year thereafter] 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.

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Subsection742 (d)Sec. of section 1-1t of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(d)11. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or public or special act, but subject to the provisions of chapter 15, any requirement that an agency or quasi-public agency insert an advertisement of a [legal] notice in a newspaper shall [include] be LCO No.

4030 18 of 165 Governor's Bill No.6660 construed to permit the posting of such notice on the agency's or quasi- public agency's Internet web site [or other electronic portal of the agency] which is available to the general public in lieu of publication in a newspaper, provided such notice (1) is posted on such Internet web site by the earliest deadline prescribed by the applicable statute, public or special act or provision of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies for publishing such notice in a newspaper, and (2) remains visible on such Internet web site until completion of the action, meeting or proceeding for which such notice is provided, and in the case of a notice of decision, for the duration of the applicable appeal period.

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Section 1-2 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(a) Each provision of the general statutes, the special acts or the charter of any town, city or borough which requires the insertion of an advertisement of a [legal] notice in a daily newspaper shall be construed to permit such advertisement to be inserted in a weekly newspaper or, if such provision applies to (1) a state agency or quasi-public agency, on the Internet web site of such state agency or quasi-public agency in accordance with subsection (d) of section 1-1t, as amended by this act, or (2) a town, city or borough, on the Internet web site of such town, city or borough in accordance with subsection (b) of this section;

but this [section] subsection shall not be construed to reduce or otherwise affect the time required by law for giving such notice.

Whenever notice of any action or other proceeding is required to be given by publication in a newspaper, either by statute or order of court and for which publication on an Internet web site is not authorized under this section or section 1- 1t, as amended by this act, the newspaper selected for that purpose, unless otherwise expressly prescribed, shall be one having a substantial circulation in the town in which at least one of the parties, for whose benefit such notice is given, resides.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, a public or special act or a municipal charter or ordinance, but subject to the LCO No.

4030 19 of 165 Governor's Bill No.6660 provisions of chapter 15, a town, city or borough may publish a notice described in subsection (a) of this section on the Internet web site of the town, city or borough which is available to the general public, provided such notice (1) is posted on such Internet web site by the earliest deadline prescribed by the applicable statute, public or special act, municipal charter or ordinance or provision of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies for publishing such notice in a newspaper, and (2) remains visible on such Internet web site until completion of the action, meeting or proceeding for which such notice is provided, and in the case of a notice of decision, for the duration of the applicable appeal period.

Sec.

17.

(2) [(A)](A) For the purposes of subdivision (1) of this subsection, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the LCOSocial No.Equity Council shall transmit, for even-numbered years, estimates of expenditure requirements and for odd-numbered years, recommended adjustments and revisions, if any, of such estimates, to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, in the manner prescribed for a budgeted agency under subsection (a) of section 4-77.

4030The 20council of 165 Governor's Bill No.6660 Social Equity Council shall transmit,recommend for even-numberedeach years,fiscal estimatesyear ofcommencing expenditurewith requirementsthe andfiscal foryear odd-numberedending years,June recommended30, adjustments2023, andappropriate revisions,funding iffor any,all ofcredits suchpayable estimates, to theangel Secretaryinvestors ofthat theinvest Office of Policy and Management, in thecannabis mannerbusinesses prescribedpursuant forto a budgeted agency under subsection (a) of section 4-77.12-704d.

[The(B) councilThe shallOffice recommend for each fiscal year commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, appropriate funding for all credits payable to angel investors that invest in cannabis businesses pursuant to section 12-704d.] [(B)TheOffice of Policy andManagementand Management may not make adjustments to any such estimates or adjustments and revisions of such estimates transmitted by the council.

Notwithstanding any provision of the generalsHB6660 statutes/ orFile anyNo. special act, the Governor shall not reduce the allotment requisitions or allotments in force pursuant to section 4-85 or make reductions in allotments in order to achieve budget savings in the General Fund, concerning any appropriations made by the General Assembly for the purposes of subdivision (1) of this subsection.] (d) On and after July 1, 2022, there is established a fund to be known as the ["Prevention and Recovery Services Fund" which shall be a separate,nonlapsingfund]"CannabisPreventionandRecoveryServices Fund".

742 19 sHB6660 File No.

742 general statutes or any special act, the Governor shall not reduce the allotment requisitions or allotments in force pursuant to section 4-85 or make reductions in allotments in order to achieve budget savings in the General Fund, concerning any appropriations made by the General Assembly for the purposes of subdivision (1) of this subsection.

(d) On and after July 1, 2022, there is established a fund to be known as the ["Prevention and Recovery Services Fund" which shall be a separate,nonlapsingfund]"CannabisPreventionandRecoveryServices Fund".

[TheThe Social Equity Council may make recommendations to any relevant state agency regarding expenditures to be made for the purposes set forth in this subsection.]subsection. LCO No.

4030 21 of 165 Governor's Bill No.6660 Sec.

18.12.

(2) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, June 30, 2025, and June 30, 2026, sixty per cent ofsuchtax receivedinthe Cannabis SocialSocialEquity Equity andInnovationFundestablishedunder section21a-420f,asamended by this act, twenty-five per cent of such tax received in the Cannabis PreventionsHB6660 and/ RecoveryFile ServicesNo. Fund established under section 21a- 420f, as amended by this act, and fifteen per cent in the General Fund;

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742 Prevention and Recovery Services Fund established under section 21a- 420f, as amended by this act, and fifteen per cent in the General Fund;

19.13.

(e) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and thereafter, fees LCOcollected No.by the department under this section shall be paid to the State Treasurer and credited to the General Fund, except that the fees collected under subdivisions (12) and (13) of subsection (c) of this section shall be deposited in the Cannabis Social Equity and Innovation Fund established under section 21a-420f, as amended by this act.

4030 22 of 165 Governor's Bill No6660 collected by the department under this section shall be paid to the State Treasurer and credited to the General Fund, except that the fees collected under subdivisions (12) and (13) of subsection (c) of this section shall be deposited in the Cannabis Social Equity and Innovation Fund established under section 21a-420f, as amended by this act.

20.14.

(a) Thirty days after the Social Equity Council posts the criteria for social equity applicants on its Internet web site, the department shall open up a three-month application period for cultivators during which a social equity applicant may apply to the department for a provisional cultivator license and final license for a cultivation facility located in a disproportionately impacted area without participating in a lottery or requestsHB6660 for/ proposals.File No.

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742 request for proposals.

21.15.

Section 4-72 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(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 LCO No.

4030 23 of 165 Governor's Bill No.6660 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)] (F) an explanation of any significant program changes requested by the agency or recommended by the Governor;

[(H)] (G) a summary of the revenue estimated to be received by the state during each fiscal year of the biennium to which thebudgetrelatesclassifiedaccordingtosourcesincomparisonwiththe LCO No.

4030 24 of 165 Governor's Bill No.6660 actual revenue received by the state during the last-completed fiscal year and estimated revenue during the year in progress;

and [(I)] (H) such other financial statements,dataandcommentsasintheGovernor'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 comprehensive annual financial report issued by the Comptroller prior to the start of the biennium, the Governor shall make recommendations to the General Assembly in respect to the manner in which such deficit shall be met, whether by an increase in the indebtedness of the state, by the imposition of new taxes, by increased rates on existing taxes or otherwise.

If the aggregate of such estimated revenue is greater than the sum of such recommended appropriations for the ensuing biennium plus, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, and each fiscal year thereafter, the projected amount necessary to extinguish any unreserved negative balance in such fund as reported in the most recently issued annual report of the Comptroller published in accordance with section 3-115, the Governor shall make such recommendations for the use of such surplus for the reduction of indebtedness, for the reduction in taxation or for other purposes as in the Governor's opinion are in the best interest of the public welfare.

Sec.

22.

Section 4-73 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(a) The budget document shall present in detail for each fiscal year of the ensuing biennium the Governor's recommendation for LCO No.

4030 25 of 165 Governor's Bill No.6660 appropriations to meet the expenditure needs of the state from the General Fund and from all special and agency funds classified by budgeted agencies and showing for each budgeted agency and its subdivisions [:

(1) A] a narrative summary describing the agency, the Governor's recommendations for appropriations for the agency, and a list of agency programs, the actual expenditure for the last-completed fiscal year, the estimated expenditure for the current fiscal year, the amount requested by the agency and the Governor's recommendations for appropriations for each fiscal year of the ensuing biennium.

[;

(2) a summary of permanent full-time positions by fund, setting forth the number filled and the number vacant as of the end of the last-completed fiscal year, the total number intended to be funded by appropriations without reduction for turnover for the fiscal year in progress, the total number requested and the total number recommended for each fiscal year of the biennium to which the budget relates.] [(b) In addition, programs shall be supported by:

(1) The statutory authorization for the program;

(2) a statement of program objectives;

(3) a description of the program, including a statement of need, eligibility requirements and any intergovernmental participation in the program;

(4) a statement of performance measures by which the accomplishments toward the program objectives can be assessed, which shall include, but not be limited to, an analysis of the workload, quality or level of service andeffectivenessoftheprogram;(5)programbudget databrokendown by major object of expenditure, showing additional federal and private funds;

(6) a summary of permanent full-time positions by fund, setting forth the number filled and the number vacant as of the end of the last- completed fiscal year, the total number intended to be funded by appropriations without reduction for turnover for the fiscal year in progress, the total number requested and the total number recommended for each fiscal year of the biennium to which the budget relates;

(7) a statement of expenditures for the last-completed and current fiscal years, the agency request and the Governor's recommendation for each fiscal year of the ensuing biennium and, for LCO No.

4030 26 of 165 Governor's Bill No.6660 any new or expandedprogram, estimated expenditure requirements for thefiscalyear nextsucceeding thebienniumtowhichthebudget relates;

and (8) an explanation of any significant program changes requested by the agency or recommended by the Governor.] [(c)] (b) [There shall be a supporting schedule of total agency expenditures including a line-item, minor object breakdown of] The budget document shall include supporting information on personal services, [energy costs,] contractual services and commodities and a totalofstate aidgrantsandequipment,showing theactualexpenditures for thelast-completed fiscal year, estimated expenditures for the current fiscal year and requested and recommended appropriations for each fiscal year of the ensuing biennium.

[, classified by objects according to a standard plan of classification.] [(d)] (c) All federal funds expended or anticipated for any purpose shall be accounted for in the budget.

The budget document shall set forth a listing of federal programs, showing the actual expenditures for the last-completed fiscal year, estimated expenditures for the current fiscalyearandanticipatedfundsavailableforexpenditureforeachfiscal year of the ensuing biennium.

Such federal funds shall be classified by each budgeted agency but shall not include research grants made to educational institutions.

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

[(f)] (e) The appropriations recommended for the legislative branch of the state government shall be the estimates of expenditure requirements transmitted to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management by the Joint Committee on Legislative Management pursuant to section 4-77 and the recommended adjustments and revisions of such estimates shall be the recommended adjustments and LCO No.

4030 27 of 165 Governor's Bill No.6660 revisions, if any, transmitted by said committee pursuant to [said] section 4-77.

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

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

Sec.

23.

Section 4-75 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management [,] shall compile the requested appropriations, the appropriations as recommended by the Governor, the Governor's budget message and other data as presented in the budget document and shall have such compiled document published and distributed in the same manner as public documents, except the secretary may publish such compiled document on the Internet web site of the Office of Policy and Management in lieu of publishing such document by any other method.

Sec.

24.

LCO(a) No.The judges of the Superior Court, judges of the Appellate Court and judges of the Supreme Court shall receive annually salaries as follows:

4030 28 of 165 Governor's Bill No.6660 (a) The judges of the Superior Court, judges of the Appellate Court and judges of the Supreme Court shall receive annually salaries as follows:

(D) thesHB6660 Chief/ JudgeFile ofNo. the Appellate Court, two hundred seven thousand four hundred fifty dollars;

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742 the Chief Judge of the Appellate Court, two hundred seven thousand four hundred fifty dollars;

(2) On and after July 1, 2023, (A) the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, two hundred thirty-ninethirty-one thousand onetwo hundred eightyforty-five dollars;

(B) the Chief Court Administrator if a judge of the Supreme Court, LCOAppellate No.Court or Superior Court, two hundred twenty-two thousand two hundred eleven dollars;

4030(C) 29each of 165 Governor's Bill No.6660 Appellate Court or Superior Court, two hundred twenty-nine thousand eight hundred thirty-six dollars;(C)each associate judge oftheSupremeof Court,the SupremeCourt, two hundredhundredthirteenthousandninehundredsixty-five twenty-one thousand three hundred seven dollars;

(D) the Chief Judge of the Appellate Court, two hundred eighteeneleven thousand eightfive hundred sixtyninety-nine dollars;

(E) each judge of the Appellate Court, two hundred seven thousand eightnine hundred eighty-foureighty-seven dollars;

(F) the Deputy Chief Court Administrator if a judge of the Superior Court, twoone hundred fourninety-seven thousand fifty-eighttwo hundred eighty-eight dollars;

and (G) each judge of the Superior Court, one hundred ninety-nineninety-three thousand ninetwo hundred fiveseventy-three dollars.

(3) On and after July 1, 2024, (A) the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, two hundred forty-eightthirty-five thousandthousandeight seven hundred forty-sevenseventy dollars;

(B) the Chief Court Administrator if a judge of the Supreme Court, Appellate Court or Superior Court, two hundred thirty-ninetwenty-six thousand twenty-ninesix hundred fifty-five dollars;

(C) each associate judge of the Supreme Court, two hundred thirtyeighteen thousand onetwo hundred fifty-nineforty-five dollars;

(D) the Chief Judge of the Appellate Court, two hundred twenty-sevenfifteen thousand sixeight hundred fourteenthirty-one dollars;

(E) each judge of the Appellate Court, two hundred sixteenfive thousand oneseven hundred ninety-nine dollars;

(F) the Deputy Chief Court Administrator if a judge of the Superior Court, two hundred twelveone thousand two hundred twentythirty-four dollars;

and (G) each judge of the Superior Court, twoone hundred sevenninety-seven thousand nineone hundred onethirty-eight dollars.

[(b)sHB6660 (1)/ InFile addition to the salary such judge is entitled to receive under subsection (a) of this section, on and after July 1, 2021, a judge designated as the administrative judge of the appellate system shall receive one thousand two hundred thirty dollars in additional compensation, each Superior Court judge designated as the administrative judge of a judicial district shall receive onethousand two hundred thirty dollars in additional compensation and each Superior Court judge designated as the chief administrative judge for facilities, administrative appeals, judicial marshal service or judge trialrefereesor for theFamily, Juvenile, CriminalorCivilDivisionoftheSuperior Court LCO No.

4030742 3023 ofsHB6660 165File Governor'sNo. Bill No.6660 shall receive one thousand two hundred thirty dollars in additional compensation.] [(2)] (b) (1) In addition to the salary such judge is entitled to receive under subsection (a) of this section, on and after July 1, 2022, a judge designated as the administrative judge of the appellate system shall receive one thousand two hundred ninety-two dollars in additional compensation, each Superior Court judge designated as the administrative judge of a judicial district shall receive onethousand two hundred ninety-two dollars in additional compensation and each Superior Court judge designated as the chief administrative judge for facilities, administrative appeals, judicial marshal service or judge trial referees or for the Family, Juvenile, Criminal or Civil Division of the Superior Court shall receive one thousand two hundred ninety-two dollars in additional compensation.

(2)742 [(b) (1) In addition to the salary such judge is entitled to receive under subsection (a) of this section, on and after July 1, 2023,2021, a judge designated as the administrative judge of the appellate system shall receive one thousand threetwo hundred sixty-threethirty dollars in additional compensation, each Superior Court judge designated as the administrative judge of a judicial district shall receive onethousand two hundred thirty dollars in additional compensation and each Superior Court judge designated as the chief administrative judge for facilities, administrative appeals, judicial marshal service or judge trialrefereesor for theFamily, Juvenile, CriminalorCivilDivisionoftheSuperior Court shall receive one thousand threetwo hundred sixty-threethirty dollars in additional compensation.] [(2)] (b) (1) In addition to the salary such judge is entitled to receive under subsection (a) of this section, on and after July 1, 2022, a judge designated as the administrative judge of the appellate system shall receive one thousand two hundred ninety-two dollars in additional compensation, each Superior Court judge designated as the administrative judge of a judicial district shall receive onethousand two hundred ninety-two dollars in additional compensation and each Superior Court judge designated as the chief administrative judge for facilities, administrative appeals, judicial marshal service or judge trial referees or for the Family, Juvenile, Criminal or Civil Division of the Superior Court shall receive one thousand threetwo hundred sixty-threeninety-two dollars in additional compensation.

(3)(2) In addition to the salary such judge is entitled to receive under subsection (a) of this section, on and after July 1, 2024,2023, a judge designated as the administrative judge of the appellate system shall receive one thousand fourthree hundred eighteen dollars in additional compensation, each Superior Court judge designated as the administrativejudgeofajudicialdistrictshallreceiveonethousandfouradministrative LCOjudge of a judicial district shall receive one thousand three hundred eighteen dollars in additional compensation and each Superior Court judge designated as the chief administrative judge for facilities, administrative appeals, judicial marshal service or judge trial referees or for the Family, Juvenile, Criminal or Civil Division of the sHB6660 / File No.

4030742 3124 ofsHB6660 165File Governor'sNo. Bill No.6660 hundred eighteen dollars in additional compensation and each Superior Court judge designated as the chief administrative judge for facilities, administrative appeals, judicial marshal service or judge trialrefereesor for theFamily, Juvenile, CriminalorCivilDivisionoftheSuperior Court shall receive one thousand four hundred eighteen dollars in additional compensation.

742 Superior Court shall receive one thousand three hundred eighteen dollars in additional compensation.

(3) In addition to the salary such judge is entitled to receive under subsection (a) of this section, on and after July 1, 2024, a judge designated as the administrative judge of the appellate system shall receive one thousand three hundred forty-four dollars in additional compensation, each Superior Court judge designated as the administrative judge of a judicial district shall receive one thousand three hundred forty-four dollars in additional compensation and each Superior Court judge designated as the chief administrative judge for facilities, administrative appeals, judicial marshal service or judge trial referees or for the Family, Juvenile, Criminal or Civil Division of the Superior Court shall receive one thousand three hundred forty-four dollars in additional compensation.

(1)sHB6660 A/ judgeFile whoNo. has completed ten or more years but less than fifteen years of service shall receive one-quarter of three per cent of the annual salary payable under subsection (a) of this section.

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742 (1) A judge who has completed ten or more years but less than fifteen years of service shall receive one-quarter of three per cent of the annual salary payable under subsection (a) of this section.

LCO(3) No.A judge who has completed twenty or more years but less than twenty-five years of service shall receive three-quarters of three per cent of the annual salary payable under subsection (a) of this section.

4030 32 of 165 Governor's Bill No6660 (3) A judge who has completed twenty or more years but less than twenty-five years of service shall receive three-quarters of three per cent of the annual salary payable under subsection (a) of this section.

25.16.

(1) (A) [on and after July 1, 2021, the sum of two hundred seventy-one dollars, and (B)] on and after July 1, 2022, the sum of two hundred eighty-five dollars, (B) on and after July 1, 2023, the sum of threetwo hundred oneninety-one dollars, and (C) on and after July 1, 2024, the sum of threetwo hundred thirteenninety-seven dollars;

26.17.

[(h) (1) On and after July 1, 2021,the Chief Family Support Magistrate shall receive a salary of one hundred fifty-seven thousand seventy-eight dollars,sHB6660 and/ otherFile family support magistrates shall receive an annual salary of one hundred forty-nine thousand four hundred ninety-eight dollars.] [(2)] (h) (1) On and after July 1, 2022, the Chief Family Support Magistrate shall receive a salary of one hundred sixty-four thousand LCO No.

4030742 3326 ofsHB6660 165File Governor'sNo. Bill No6660 nine hundred thirty-two dollars, and other family support magistrates shall receive an annual salary of one hundred fifty-six thousand nine hundred seventy-three dollars.

(2)742 dollars, and other family support magistrates shall receive an annual salary of one hundred forty-nine thousand four hundred ninety-eight dollars.] [(2)] (h) (1) On and after July 1, 2023,2022, the Chief Family Support Magistrate shall receive a salary of one hundred seventy-foursixty-four thousand threenine hundred thirty-two dollars, and other family support magistrates shall receive an annual salary of one hundred sixty-fivefifty-six thousand sixnine hundred sevenseventy-three dollars.

(3)(2) On and after July 1, 2024,2023, the Chief Family Support Magistrate shall receive a salary of one hundred eightysixty-eight thousand ninetwo hundred sixty-threethirty-one dollars, and other family support magistrates shall receive an annual salary of one hundred seventy-twosixty thousand twoone hundred thirty-onetwelve dollars.

(3) On and after July 1, 2024, the Chief Family Support Magistrate shall receive a salary of one hundred seventy-one thousand five hundred ninety-five dollars, and other family support magistrates shall receive an annual salary of one hundred sixty-three thousand three hundred fifteen dollars.

27.18.

(2)OnandaftersHB6660 July/ 1,2023,eachfamilyFile supportrefereeNo. shallreceive, for acting as a family support referee, in addition to the retirement salary, the sum of two hundred fifty-eight dollars and expenses, including mileage, for each day a family support referee is so engaged.

LCO742 27 sHB6660 File No.

4030742 34(2)Onandafter of 165 Governor's Bill No6660 (3)Onandafter July 1,2024,eachfamily1,2023,eachfamily supportreferee shallreceive, for acting as a family support referee, in addition to the retirement salary, the sum of two hundred sixty-eightfifty dollars and expenses, including mileage, for each day a family support referee is so engaged.

Sec.(3)Onandafter July 1,2024,eachfamily supportreferee shallreceive, for acting as a family support referee, in addition to the retirement salary, the sum of two hundred fifty-five dollars and expenses, including mileage, for each day a family support referee is so engaged.

28.This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:

Section 10-287c of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023):

(a) The [State Board of Education] Commissioner of Administrative Services is authorized to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter, provided any rules or regulations to implement the provisions of sections 10-283, as amended by this act, 10-287, 10-287a, 10-292d and subsection (d) of section 10-292m shall be prescribed in consultation with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.

Whenever the Commissioner of Education has made a commitment for a grant on or before June 30, 2011, prior to the completion of a project as provided in section 10-287a, and said commissioner has made advances thereon as provided in said section, any such regulations prescribed in accordance with this section which were in effect at the time of such commitment and advances shall be applicable to any additional commitment and subsequent advances with respect to such project.

(b) Not later than June 30, 2013, the Commissioner of Administrative Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 in orderto implement theprovisionsofthischapter.Suchregulationsshall apply to any project for which a grant application is filed with the Department of Education on or after July 1, 2013.

(c) (1) Not later than June 30, 2024, the Commissioner of Administrative Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to establish (A) the maximum allowable cost per square foot for theconstructionofany schoolbuilding project,and(B)that any costs LCO No.

4030 35 of 165 Governor's Bill No.6660 that exceed the maximum allowable cost per square foot shall be deemed ineligible costs.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 4-168 to 4-172, inclusive, in order to effectuate the provisions of this subsection, prior to adopting such regulations and not later than October 1, 2023, the commissioner shall issue policies and procedures to implement the provisions of this subsection that shall have the force and effect of law.

The commissioner shall post all policies and procedures on the department's Internet web site and submit such policies and procedures to the Secretary of the State for posting on the eRegulations System at least fifteen days prior to the effective date of any policy or procedure.

Any such policy or procedure shall no longer be effective upon the earlier of either the adoption of the policy or procedure as a final regulation under section 4-172 or July 1, 2025, if such regulations have not been submitted to the legislative regulation review committee for consideration under section 4-170.

Sec.

29.

Subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 10-283 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023):

(2) (A) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall assign each school building project to a category on the basis of whether such project is primarily required to:

[(A)] (i) Create new facilities or alter existing facilities to provide for mandatory instructional programs pursuant to this chapter, for physical education facilities in compliance with Title IX of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1972 where such programs or such compliance cannot be provided within existing facilities or for the correction of code violations which cannot be reasonably addressed within existing program space;

[(B)] (ii) create new facilities or alter existing facilities to enhance mandatory instructional programs pursuant to this chapter or provide comparable facilities among schools to all students at the same grade level or levels within the school district unless such project is otherwise explicitly LCO No.

4030 36 of 165 Governor's Bill No.6660 included in another category pursuant to this section;

and [(C)] (iii) create new facilities or alter existing facilities to provide supportive services, provided in no event shall such supportive services include swimming pools, auditoriums, outdoor athletic facilities, tennis courts, elementary school playgrounds, site improvement or garages or storage, parking or general recreation areas.

(B) All applications submitted prior to July first shall be reviewed promptly by the Commissioner of Administrative Services.

The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall estimate the amount of the grant for which such project is eligible, in accordance with the provisions of section 10-285a, provided an application for a school building project determined by the Commissioner of Education to be a project that will assist the state in meeting its obligations pursuant to the decisionin Sheffv.

O'Neill,238Conn.1 (1996),or any relatedstipulation or order in effect, as determined by the Commissioner of Education, shall have until September first to submit an application for such a project and may have until December first of the same year to secure and report all local and state approvals required to complete the grant application.

(C) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall annually prepare a listing of all such eligible school building projects listed by category together with the amount of the estimated grants for such projects and shall submit the same to [the Governor,] the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management [and the General Assembly] on or before the [fifteenth] first day of December.

[, except as provided in section 10-283a, with a request for authorization to enter into grant commitments.

On or before December thirty-first annually, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management may submit comments and recommendations regarding each eligible project on suchlistingofeligibleschoolbuildingprojectstotheschoolconstruction committee, established pursuant to section 10-283a.] (D) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall LCO No.

4030 37 of 165 Governor's Bill No.6660 review the listing of eligible school building projects to determine whether the total costs of all eligible projects can be accommodated by the state's projected debt service expenditures, as estimated by the OfficeofPolicyandManagement.Notwithstandinganyprovisionofthe general statutes, the secretary may modify the listing based upon such review and shall return the modified listing to the Commissioner of Administrative Services before the fifteenth day of December.

(E) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall submit such listing to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before the thirty-first day of December with a request for authorization to enter into grant commitments.

(F) Each such listing submitted pursuant to subparagraph (E) of this subdivision shall include a report on the following factors for each eligible project:

(i) An enrollment projection and the capacity of the school, (ii) a substantiation of the estimated total project costs, (iii) the readiness of such eligible project to begin construction, (iv) efforts made by the local or regional board of education to redistrict, reconfigure, merge or close schools under the jurisdiction of such board prior to submitting an application under this section, (v) enrollment and capacity information for all of the schools under the jurisdiction of such board for the five years prior to application for a school building project grant, (vi) enrollment projections and capacity information for all of the schoolsunderthejurisdictionofsuchboardfortheeightyearsfollowing the date such application is submitted, [and] (vii) the state's education priorities relating to reducing racial and economic isolation for the schooldistrict, and(viii)theestimateddebt service costsassociated with such school building project.

On and after July 1, 2022, each such listing shall include an addendum that contains all grants approved pursuant to subsection (b) of this section during the prior fiscal year.

(G) For the period beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June 30, 2012, no project, other than a project for a technical education and career school, may appear on the separate schedule of authorized projects LCO No.

4030 38 of 165 Governor's Bill No.6660 which have changed in cost more than twice.

On and after July 1, 2012, no project, other than a project for a technical education and career school, may appear on the separate schedule of authorized projects which have changed in cost more than once, except the Commissioner of Administrative Services may allow a project to appear on such separate schedule of authorized projects a second time if the town or regional school district for such project can demonstrate that exigent circumstances require such project to appear a second time on such separate schedule of authorized projects.

Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, no projects which have changed in scope or cost to the degree determined by the Commissioner of Administrative Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, shall be eligible for reimbursement under this chapter unless it appears on such list.

The percentage determined pursuant to section 10-285a at the time a school building project on such schedule was originally authorized shallbe used for purposesofthegrant for suchproject.Onandafter July 1, 2006, a project that was not previously authorized as an interdistrict magnet school shall not receive a higher percentage for reimbursement than that determined pursuant to section 10-285a at the time a school building project on such schedule was originally authorized.

(H) The General Assembly shall annually authorize the Commissioner of Administrative Services to enter into grant commitments on behalf of the state in accordance with the commissioner's categorized listing for such projects as the General Assembly shall determine.

The Commissioner of Administrative Services may not enter into any such grant commitments except pursuant to such legislative authorization.

(I) Any regional school district which assumes the responsibility for completion of a public school building project shall be eligible for a grant pursuant to subdivision(5)or (6),asthe case may be,ofsubsection (a) of section 10-286 when such project is completed and accepted by such regional school district.

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30.

Section 3-22e of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(a) There is established a Connecticut Higher Education Trust Advisory Committee which shall consist of the State Treasurer, the [executive director of the Office] Commissioner of Higher Education, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the cochairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and finance, revenue and bonding, or their designees, and one student financial aid officer and one finance officer at a public institution of higher education in the state, each appointed by the Board of Regents for Higher Education, and one student financial aid officer andonefinanceofficeratanindependentinstitutionofhighereducation in the state, each appointed by the Connecticut Conference of Independent Colleges.

The advisory committee shall meet at least annually.

The State Treasurer shall convene the meetings of the committee.

(b) Within six months from the date of the trust's annual report, the State Treasurer and the [executive director of the Office] Commissioner of Higher Education shall jointly report, in accordance with section 11- 4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and finance, revenue and bonding on an evaluation of the Connecticut Higher Education Trust and recommendations, if any, for improvements in the program.

Sec.

31.

Section 4-5 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

As used in sections 4-6, 4-7 and 4-8, the term "department head" meansSecretaryoftheOffice ofPolicy andManagement, Commissioner of Administrative Services, Commissioner of Revenue Services, Banking Commissioner, Commissioner of Children and Families, Commissioner of Consumer Protection, Commissioner of Correction, LCO No.

4030 40 of 165 Governor's Bill No.6660 Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, State Board of Education, Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, Commissioner of Agriculture, Commissioner of Public Health, Insurance Commissioner, Labor Commissioner, Commissioner of MentalHealth andAddictionServices,Commissioner ofSocialServices, Commissioner of Developmental Services, Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, Commissioner of Transportation, Commissioner of Veterans Affairs, Commissioner of Housing, Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services, the Commissioner of Early Childhood, the executive director of the Office of Health Strategy, the executive director of the Office of Military Affairs, the executive director of the Technical Education and Career System, the Chief Workforce Officer and the [executive director oftheOffice]Commissioner ofHigher Education.As used in sections 4-6 and 4-7, "department head" also means the Commissioner of Education.

Sec.

32.

Subdivision (11) of subsection (c) of section 10-15j of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(11) The [executive director of the Office] Commissioner of Higher Education, or the [executive director's] commissioner's designee.

Sec.

33.

Subsection (b) of section 10a-1d of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(b) The Governor shall appoint [an executive director of the Office] a Commissioner of Higher Education in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-5 to 4-8, inclusive, as amended by this act.

The [executive director] commissioner shall have the responsibility for implementing the policies and directives of the office.

Sec.

34.

Subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 10a-11b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu LCO No.

4030 41 of 165 Governor's Bill No.6660 thereof (Effective from passage):

(2) The following persons shall serve as ex-officio nonvoting members on the commission:

(A) The Commissioner of Education, the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development and the Labor Commissioner, or their designees;

(B) the president of the Connecticut Conference of Independent Colleges, or the president's designee;

(C) a member of the State Board of Education, as designated by the chairperson of the state board;

(D) the superintendent of the technical high school system, or the superintendent's designee;

(E) the chief executive officer of Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated, or the chief executive officer's designee;

(F) the [executive director of the Office] Commissioner of Higher Education;

(G) the chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to higher education and employment advancement;

and (H) the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the secretary's designee.

Sec.

35.

Subsection (c) of section 10a-19e of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(c) Persons who qualify under subsection (b) of this section shall be reimbursed on an annual basis for qualifying student loan payments in amounts as determined by the [executive director of the Office] Commissioner of Higher Education.

A person qualifying under subsection (b) of this section shall only bereimbursed for loan payments made while such person is employed in the state as an engineer.

The Office of Higher Education shall develop eligibility requirements for recipients of such reimbursements.

Such requirements may include income guidelines.

Persons may apply for grants to the Office of Higher Education at such time and in such manner as the [executive director of the Office] Commissioner of Higher Education prescribes.

Sec.

36.

Subsection (c) of section 10a-19f of the general statutes is LCO No.

4030 42 of 165 Governor's Bill No.6660 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(c) Persons who qualify under subsection (b) of this section shall receive reimbursement grants on an annual basis for qualifying student loan payments in amounts as determined by the [executive director of the Office] Commissioner of Higher Education.

A person qualifying under subsection (b) of this section shall only be reimbursed for loan payments made while such person is employed in Connecticut by a qualifying company or in research at an institution of higher education in an economically valuable field.

The Office of Higher Education shall develop eligibility requirements for recipients of such reimbursement grants in consultation with the Department of Economic and Community Development.

Such requirements may include income guidelines.

Persons may apply for grants to the Office of Higher Education at such time and in such manner as the [executive director of the Office] Commissioner of Higher Education prescribes.

Sec.

37.

Subsection (b) of section 10a-19l of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(b) The [executive director of the Office] Commissioner of Higher Education shall (1) develop, in consultation with the Department of Public Health, eligibility requirements for recipients of such loan reimbursement grants, which requirements may include, but need not be limited to, income guidelines, and (2) award at least twenty per cent of such loan reimbursement grants to graduates of a regional community-technical college.

The [executive director] commissioner shall consider health care workforce shortage areas when developing such eligibility requirements.

A person who qualifies for a loan reimbursement grant shall be reimbursed on an annual basis for qualifying student loan payments in amounts determined by the [executive director] commissioner.

A health care provider shall only be reimbursed for loan payments made while such person is employed LCO No.

4030 43 of 165 Governor's Bill No6660 full-time in the state as a health care provider.

Persons may apply for loan reimbursement grants to the Office of Higher Education at such time and in such manner as the [executive director] commissioner prescribes.

Sec.

38.

Subdivisions (3) and (4) of section 10a-22a of the general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(3) "Branch" means a subdivision of a school (A) located at a different facility and geographical site from the school, except for a site that is an additional classroom site as determined by the [executive director] commissioner, or the [executive director's] commissioner's designee, and (B) that (i) offers one or more complete programs leading to a diploma or certificate;

(ii) operates under the school's certificate of operation;

(iii) meets the same conditions of authorization as the school;

and (iv) exercises administrative control and is responsible for its own academic affairs;

(4) ["Executive director"] "Commissioner" means the [executive director of the Office] Commissioner of Higher Education;

and Sec.

39.

Section 10a-22b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(a) No person, board, association, partnership, corporation, limited liability company or other entity shall offer instruction in any form or manner in any trade or in any industrial, commercial, service, professional or other occupation unless such person, board, association, partnership, corporation, limited liability company or other entity first receives from the [executive director] commissioner a certificate authorizing the occupational instruction to be offered.

(b) Except for initial authorizations, the [executive director] commissioner may accept institutional accreditation by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education, in LCO No.

4030 44 of 165 Governor's Bill No.6660 satisfaction of the requirements of this section and section 10a-22d, as amended by this act, including the evaluation and attendance requirement.

Except for initial authorizations, the [executive director] commissioner may accept programmatic accreditation in satisfaction of the requirements of this section and section 10a-22d, as amended by this act, with regard to instruction offered by a hospital unless the [executive director] commissioner finds reasonable cause not to rely upon such accreditation.

(c) Each person, board, association, partnership, corporation, limited liability company or other entity which seeks to offer occupational instruction shall submit to the [executive director] commissioner, or the [executive director's] commissioner's designee, in such manner and on such forms as the [executive director] commissioner, or the [executive director's] commissioner's designee, prescribes, an application for a certificate of authorization.

Each application for initial authorization shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee made payable to the private career school student protection account.

Such application fee shall be in the amount of two thousand dollars for the private career school and two hundred dollars for each branch of a private career school in this state, except that, each application for initial authorization submitted on and after the effective date of the regulations adopted pursuant to section 10a-22k, shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee in the amount specified in such regulations.

Any application for initial authorization that remains incomplete six months after the date such application was first submitted to the Office of Higher Education shall expire and the office shall not approve such expired application for authorization.

(d) Each person, board, association, partnership, corporation, limited liability company or other entity seeking to offer occupational instruction shall have a net worth consisting of sufficient liquid assets or produce other evidence of fiscal soundness to demonstrate the ability of the proposed private career school to operate, achieve all of its objectives and meet all of its obligations, including those concerning LCO No.

4030 45 of 165 Governor's Bill No.6660 staff and students, during the period oftime for which the authorization is sought.

(e) Upon receipt of a complete application pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, the [executive director] commissioner shall cause to be conducted an evaluation of the applicant school.

Not later than sixty days (1) after receipt of a complete application for initial authorization, or (2) prior to expiration of the authorization of a private career school applying to renew its certificate of authorization pursuant to section 10a-22d, as amended by this act, the [executive director] commissioner, or the [executive director's] commissioner's designee, shall appoint an evaluation team, pursuant to subsection (f) of this section, except that on and after the effective date of the regulations adopted pursuant to section10a-22k,theevaluationteamshallbeappointedpursuanttosuch regulations, to conduct such evaluation of the applicant school.

The evaluation team shall submit a written report to the [executive director] commissioner recommending authorization or nonauthorization after anon-site inspection.

Not later thanonehundredtwenty daysfollowing the completed appointment of the evaluation team, the [executive director]commissionershallnotifytheapplicantschoolofauthorization or nonauthorization.

The [executive director] commissioner may consult with the Labor Department and may request the advice of any other state agency which may be of assistance in making a determination.

In the event of nonauthorization, the [executive director] commissioner shall set forth the reasons therefor in writing and the applicant school may request in writing a hearing before the [executive director] commissioner.

Such hearing shall be held in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.

(f) For purposes of an evaluation of an applicant school, the [executive director] commissioner, or the [executive director's] commissioner's designee, shall appoint an evaluation team which shall include (1) at least two members representing the Office of Higher Education, and (2) at least one member for each of the areas of occupational instruction for which authorization is sought who shall be LCO No.

4030 46 of 165 Governor's Bill No.6660 experienced in such occupation.

The applicant school shall have the righttochallengeanyproposedmemberoftheevaluationteamforgood cause shown.

A written challenge shall be filed with the [executive director] commissioner within ten business days following the appointment of such evaluation team.

In the event of a challenge, a decision shall bemade thereonby the [executive director]commissioner within ten business days from the date such challenge is filed, and if the challenge is upheld the [executive director] commissioner shall appoint a replacement.

Employees of the state or any political subdivision of the state may be members of evaluation teams.

The [executive director] commissioner, or the [executive director's] commissioner's designee, shall not appoint any person to an evaluation team unless the [executive director] commissioner, or such designee, has received from such person a statement that the person has no interest which is in conflict with the proper discharge of the duties of evaluation team members as described in this section.

The statement shall be on a form prescribed by the [executive director]commissioner andshallbesignedunder penalty of false statement.

Except for any member of the evaluation team who is a state employee, members may be compensated for their service at the discretion of the [executive director] commissioner and shall be reimbursed for actual expenses, which expenses shall be charged to and paid by the applicant school.

(g) The evaluation team appointed pursuant to subsection (f) of this section shall:

(1) Conduct an on-site inspection;

(2) submit a written report outlining any evidence of noncompliance;

(3) give the school thirty days from the date of the report to provide evidence of compliance;

and (4) submit to the [executive director] commissioner a written report recommending authorization or nonauthorization not later than one hundred twenty days after the on-site inspection.

The evaluation team shall determine whether (A) the quality and content of each course or program of instruction, including, but not limited to, residential, on-line, home study and correspondence, training or study shall reasonably and adequately achieve the stated objective for which LCO No.

4030 47 of 165 Governor's Bill No.6660 such course or program is offered;

(B) the school has adequate space, equipment, instructional materials and personnel for the instruction offered;

(C) the qualifications of directors, administrators, supervisors and instructors shall reasonably and adequately assure that students receive education consistent with the stated objectives for which a course or program is offered;

(D) students and other interested persons shall be provided with a catalog or similar publication describing the courses and programs offered, course and program objectives, length of courses and programs, schedule of tuition, fees and all other charges and expenses necessary for completion of the course or program, and termination, withdrawal and refund policies;

(E) upon satisfactory completion of the course or program, each student shall be provided appropriate educational credentials by the school;

(F) adequate records shall be maintained by the school to show attendance and grades, or other indicators of student progress, and standards shall be enforced relating to attendance and student performance;

(G) the applicant school shall be financially sound and capable of fulfilling its commitments to students;

(H) any student housing owned, leased, rented or otherwise maintained by the applicant school shall be safe and adequate;

and (I) the school and any branch of the school in this state hasadirectorlocatedattheschoolorbranchwhoisresponsiblefor daily oversight of the school's or branch's operations.

The evaluation team may also indicate in its report such recommendations as may improve the operation of the applicant school.

Sec.

40.

Section 10a-22c of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(a)Nocertificatetooperateaprivate careerschoolshallbeauthorized by the [executive director] commissioner, or the [executive director's] commissioner's designee, if (1) any principal, officer, member or director of the applicant school has acted in a similar capacity for a private career school which has had its authorization revoked pursuant to section 10a-22f, as amended by this act;

(2) the applicant school does not have a net worth consisting of sufficient liquid assets or other LCO No.

4030 48 of 165 Governor's Bill No.6660 evidence of fiscal soundness to operate for the period of time for which authorization is sought;

(3) the applicant school or any of its agents engages in advertising, sales, collection, credit or other practices which are false, deceptive, misleading or unfair;

(4) the applicant school has any policy which discourages or prohibits the filing of inquiries or complaints regarding the school's operation with the [executive director] commissioner;

(5) the applicant school fails to satisfactorily meet the criteria set forth in subsection (g) of section 10a-22b, as amended by this act, or, on and after the effective date of regulations adopted pursuant to section 10a-22k, the criteria set forth in such regulations;

(6) a private career school that has previously closed fails to follow the procedures for school closure under section 10a-22m, as amended by this act;

or (7) the applicant school does not have a director located at the school and at each of its branches in this state.

(b) The [executive director] commissioner may deny a certificate of authorization if the person who owns or intends to operate a private career school has been convicted in this state, or any other state, of larceny in violation of section 53a-122 or 53a-123;

identity theft in violation of section 53a-129b or 53a-129c;

forgery in violation of section 53a-138 or 53a-139;

or has a criminal record in this state, or any other state, that the [executive director] commissioner reasonably believes renders the person unsuitable to own and operate a private career school.

A refusal of a certificate of authorization under this subsection shall be made in accordance with the provisions of sections 46a-79 to 46a-81, inclusive.

(c) No certificate to operate a private career school shall be issued by the [executive director] commissioner pursuant to section 10a-22d, as amended by this act, until such private career school seeking authorization files with the [executive director] commissioner certificates indicating that the buildings and premises for such school meet all applicable state and local fire and zoning requirements.

Such certificates shall be attested to by the fire marshal and zoning enforcement officer within the municipality in which such school is LCO No.

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(d) No certificate to operate a new private career school shall be issued by the [executive director]commissioner pursuant to section10a- 22d, as amended by this act, until such private career school seeking authorization files with the [executive director] commissioner an irrevocableletterofcreditissuedbyabankwithitsmainofficeorbranch located within this state in the penal amount of forty thousand dollars guaranteeing the payments required of the school to the private career school student protection account in accordance with the provisions of section 10a-22u, as amended by this act, except that, any letter of credit issued on and after the effective date of the regulations adopted pursuant to section 10a-22k, shall be in a penal amount specified in such regulations.

The letter of credit shall be payable to the private career school student protection account in the event that such school fails to make payments to the account as provided in subsection (a) of section 10a-22u, as amended by this act, or in the event the state takes action to reimburse the account for a tuition refund paid to a student pursuant to the provisions of section 10a-22v, as amended by this act, provided the amount of the letter of credit to be paid into the private career school student protection account shall not exceed the amounts owed to the account.

In the event a private career school fails to close in accordance with the provisions of section 10a-22m, as amended by this act, the [executive director] commissioner may seize the letter of credit, which shall be made payable to the private career school protection account.

(e) The [executive director] commissioner shall notify the applicant private career school, by certified mail, return receipt requested of the decision to grant or deny a certificate of authorization not later than sixty days after receiving the written report of the evaluation team appointed pursuant to subsection (e) of section 10a-22b, as amended by this act.

Sec.

41.

Section 10a-22d of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

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4030 50 of 165 Governor's Bill No.6660 (a) After the initial year of approval and for the next three years of operation as a private career school, renewal of the certificate of authorization shall be required annually.

(b) Following the fourth year of continuous authorization, a renewal of the certificate of authorization, if granted, shall be for a period not to exceed five years and may be subject to an evaluation pursuant to subsection (e) of section 10a-22b, as amended by this act, provided no private career school shall operate for more than five additional years from the date of any renewal without the completion of an evaluation pursuant to subsection (e) of section 10a-22b, as amended by this act.

(c) Renewal of the certificate of authorization shall be granted only upon(1)payment ofanonrefundablerenewalfeetotheOffice ofHigher Education in the amount of two hundred dollars for the private career school and two hundred dollars for each branch of a private career school, except that, any renewal fees paid on and after the effective date of the regulations adopted pursuant to section 10a-22k, shall be in the amount specified in such regulations, (2) submission of any reports or audits, as prescribed by the [executive director] commissioner, or the [executive director's] commissioner's designee, concerning the fiscal condition of the private career school or its continuing eligibility to participate in federal student financial aid programs, (3) the filing with the [executive director] commissioner of a complete application for a renewed certificate of authorization not less than one hundred twenty days prior to the termination date of the most recent certificate of authorization, and (4) a determination that the private career school meets all the conditions of its recent authorization, including, but not limited to, at the discretion of the [executive director] commissioner, evidence that such school is current on its financial obligations and has adequate financial resources to serve its current students, and the filing of documentation with the [executive director] commissioner that the private career school has a passing financial ratio score as required by 34 CFR 668, as amended from time to time.

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4030 51 of 165 Governor's Bill No.6660 (d) If the [executive director] commissioner, or the [executive director's] commissioner's designee, determines, at any time during a school's authorizationperiod, that such school is out of compliance with the conditions of authorization under sections 10a-22a to 10a-22o, inclusive, as amended by this act, and any applicable regulations of Connecticut state agencies, the school may be placed on probation for a period not to exceed one year.

If, after the period of one year of probationary status, the school remains out of compliance with the conditions of authorization, the [executive director] commissioner may revoke such school's certificate of authorization to operate as a private career school pursuant to section 10a-22f, as amended by this act.

During the school's period of probation, the school shall post its probationary certificate of authorization in public view.

The Office of Higher Education may publish the school's probationary certificate of authorization status.

(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 10a-22a to 10a-22o, inclusive, as amended by this act, the [executive director] commissioner may authorize the extension of the most recent certificate of authorization for a period not to exceed sixty days for good cause shown, providedsuch extensionshallnot change thedate oftheoriginal certificate's issuance or the date for each renewal.

(f) After the first year of authorization, each private career school shallpayanonrefundableannualfeetotheprivate careerschoolstudent protection account in the amount of two hundred dollars for the private career school and two hundred dollars for each branch of a private career school, except that, any annual fee paid on and after the effective date of the regulations adopted pursuant to section 10a-22k, shall be in the amount specified in such regulations.

The annual fee shall be due and payable for each year after the first year of authorization that the private career school and any branch of a private career school is authorized by the [executive director] commissioner to offer career instruction.

Such annual fee shall be in addition to any renewal fee assessed under this section.

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4030 52 of 165 Governor's Bill No6660 (g) Each private career school shall keep financial records in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.

An annual financial statement detailing the financial status of the school shall be prepared by school management and reviewed or audited, or, for a nonaccredited school annually receiving less than fifty thousand dollars in tuition revenue, compiled, by a licensed certified public accountant or licensed public accountant in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

A copy of such financial statement shall be filed with the [executive director] commissioner on or before the last day of the fourth month following the end of the school's fiscal year, except in the case of a nationally accredited school recognized by the United States Department of Education, in which case such financial statement shall be due on or before the last day of the sixth month following the end of the school's fiscal year.

Only audited financial statements shall be accepted from a nationally accredited school.

Upon a nonaccredited school's written request, the [executive director] commissioner may authorize, for good cause shown, a filing extension for a period not to exceed sixty days.

No filing extensions shall be granted to a nationally accredited school.

(h) The failure of any private career school to submit an application to the Office of Higher Education for the renewal of a certificate of authorization on or before the date on which it is due may result in the loss of authorization under section 10a-22f, as amended by this act.

The [executive director] commissioner of said office may deny the renewal of such certificate of authorization if there exists a failure to file such renewal application by the date on which it is due, or the end of any period of extension authorized pursuant to subsection (e) of this section.

Sec.

42.

Section 10a-22e of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(a) During any period of authorization by the [executive director] commissioner to operate as a private career school pursuant to sections 10a-22a to 10a-22o, inclusive, as amended by this act, and sections 10a- LCO No.

4030 53 of 165 Governor's Bill No.6660 22u to 10a-22w, inclusive, as amended by this act, such private career school may request revision of the conditions of its authorization.

Such schoolshall make such request to the [executive director]commissioner, in the manner and on such forms prescribed by the [executive director] commissioner sixty days prior to the proposed implementation date of any intended revision.

Such revision shall include, but not be limited to, changes in (1) courses or programs;

(2) ownership of the school;

(3) name of the school;

(4) location of the school's main campus;

or (5) location of any of the school's additional classroom sites or branch campuses.

A private career school requesting revision of the conditions of its authorization based on a change in ownership of the school shall submit an application and letter of credit pursuant to sections 10a-22b, as amended by this act, and 10a-22c, as amended by this act, accompanied by a nonrefundable change of ownership fee made payable to the private career school student protection account under section 10a-22u, as amended by this act, in the amount of two thousand dollars for the private career school and two hundred dollars for each branchofa private career schoolinthisstate, except that, any ownership fee paid on and after the effective date of the regulations adopted pursuant to section 10a-22k, shall be in the amount specified in such regulations.

(b) The [executive director] commissioner, or the [executive director's] commissioner's designee, may,notlater than thirty days after receipt of a request to revise the conditions of authorization, issue an order prohibiting any such change if it would constitute a material or substantial deviation from the conditions of authorization.

(c) If the [executive director] commissioner, or the [executive director's] commissioner's designee, fails to take action upon a request for revision by the thirtieth day following the proposed implementation date of the intended revision, such request shall be deemed approved, and the private career school's certificate of authorization shall be so revised for the same period as its current authorization.

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43.

Section 10a-22f of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(a) A certificate of authorization issued to a private career school pursuant to sections 10a-22a to 10a-22o, inclusive, as amended by this act, and sections 10a-22u to 10a-22w, inclusive, as amended by this act, may be revoked by the [executive director] commissioner if such school (1) ceases to meet the conditions of its authorization;

(2) commits a materialorsubstantialviolationofsections10a-22ato10a-22o,inclusive, as amended by this act, or sections 10a-22u to 10a-22w, inclusive, as amendedbythisact,ortheregulationsprescribedthereunder;(3)makes a false statement about a material fact in application for authorization or renewal;

(4) fails to make a required payment to the private career school student protection account pursuant to section 10a-22u, as amended by this act;

or (5) fails to submit a complete application for a renewal of a certificate of authorization pursuant to section 10a-22d, as amended by this act.

(b) The [executive director] commissioner, or the [executive director's] commissioner's designee, shall serve written notice, by certified mail, return receipt requested upon a private career school indicating that revocation of the school's authorization is under consideration and the [executive director] commissioner shall set forth the reasons such revocation is being considered.

Not later than forty- five days after mailing such written notice, the [executive director] commissioner, or the [executive director's] commissioner's designee, shall hold a compliance conference with the private career school.

(c) If, after the compliance conference, the [executive director] commissioner determines that revocation of the certificate of authorizationisappropriate,the[executivedirector]commissionershall issue an order and serve written notice by certified mail, return receipt requested upontheprivate career school,whichnotice shallinclude,but not be limited to, the date of the revocation.

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4030 55 of 165 Governor's Bill No.6660 (d) A private career school aggrieved by the order of the [executive director] commissioner revoking its certificate of authorization pursuant to subsection (c) of this section shall, not later than fifteen days after such order is mailed, request in writing a hearing before the [executive director] commissioner.

Such hearing shall be held in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.

Sec.

44.

Section 10a-22g of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):