Sec. 2-24b. Racial and ethnic impact statement required for certain bills and amendments.
Sec. 2-33b. Performance-informed budget review.
Sec. 2-53o. Connecticut precious metals working group. Annual report.
Sec. 2-24b. Racial and ethnic impact statement required for certain bills and amendments. (a) Beginning with the session of the General Assembly commencing on January 6, 2027, a racial and ethnic impact statement shall be prepared with respect to certain bills and amendments at the request of any member of the General Assembly. With respect to a bill favorably reported during the regular session, any such request shall be made not later than ten days after the deadline for the committee that introduced the bill to vote to report favorably under the joint rules of the House of Representatives and the Senate. With respect to an amendment introduced during the regular session, any such request shall be made at least fifteen days prior to the deadline for adjournment sine die of the regular session. Any such prepared statement shall be made available electronically on the Internet web site of the General Assembly.
(b) The Commission on Racial Equity in Public Health, established pursuant to section 19a-133a, shall develop procedures for a member to request and the commission to prepare a racial and ethnic impact statement. The commission shall memorialize such procedures in a letter to the speaker of the House of Representatives, president pro tempore of the Senate, majority leader of the Senate, minority leader of the Senate, majority leader of the House of Representatives and minority leader of the House of Representatives with a request for such procedures to be included in the joint rules of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
(c) (1) Any public agency, as defined in section 1-200, or quasi-public agency, as defined in section 1-120, receiving a request for records or information by the commission for purposes of preparing a racial and ethnic impact statement pursuant to this section, shall submit, not later than five days after the date of such request and in the manner requested by the commission, such records or information.
(2) If a public agency or quasi-public agency needs additional time to comply with such request, the public agency or quasi-public agency shall specify the reason for such need to the commission not later than two days after the date of the request for records or information. The commission shall provide such public agency or quasi-public agency a reasonable extension of time to fulfill such request.
(3) The commission may copy any records or information obtained pursuant to this subsection for purposes of preparing a racial and ethnic impact statement pursuant to this section.
(P.A. 08-143, S. 5; P.A. 18-78, S. 1; P.A. 25-27, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 08-143 effective June 5, 2008; P.A. 18-78 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “January 7, 2009” with “January 9, 2019”, to delete reference to increasing or decreasing pretrial or sentenced population of state correctional facilities, to add “at the request of any member of the General Assembly” and add provisions re deadlines for request, and amended Subsec. (b) to replace “shall” with “may”, replace reference to judiciary committee with reference to government administration committee and make a technical change; P.A. 25-27 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “January 9, 2019” with “January 6, 2027” and “ten days” with “fifteen days” and to add provision re statement available electronically, amended Subsec. (b) to replace provision permitting government administration committee to make recommendations concerning preparation of statements to be added to joint rules with provision requiring Commission on Racial Equity in Public Health to develop procedures to request statement and to request inclusion of procedures in joint rules, and added Subsec. (c) re acquisition of information for preparation of statements.
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Sec. 2-33b. Performance-informed budget review. Section 2-33b is repealed, effective June 30, 2025.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 212; P.A. 25-168, S. 94.)
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Sec. 2-36. Deficiency bills. On the day the Governor submits a budget document to the General Assembly, or a report on the status of the budget enacted in the previous year, pursuant to section 4-71, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall submit to the Treasurer and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, through the Office of Fiscal Analysis, any items to be included in a deficiency bill, which may be passed by the General Assembly to pay expenses of the current fiscal year of the biennium. Each such item shall be accompanied by a statement which explains the need for a deficiency appropriation. Any agency which has an item to be included in the deficiency bill shall, on such day, submit a report to said joint standing committee, through the Office of Fiscal Analysis, concerning any steps taken by the agency to reduce or eliminate the deficiency.
(1949 Rev., S. 30; 1971, P.A. 1, S. 4; P.A. 82-314, S. 2, 63; P.A. 83-488, S. 1, 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 33, 168; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14, S. 29, 30; P.A. 25-168, S. 88.)
History: 1971 act changed deficiency appropriations to cover one year instead of two; P.A. 82-314 changed formal designation of appropriations committee; P.A. 83-488 repealed prior provisions that (1) the general assembly may pass deficiency bills for current year expenses provided estimates are referred to committee having cognizance of appropriations and state agency budgets on or before opening of fifth week of session, and (2) any person authorized to make estimates for appropriations for next fiscal year may, any time prior to opening of such fifth week, furnish treasurer with estimate of amount needed for a deficiency in the appropriation for the current fiscal year; (3) no deficiency bill other than for expenses connected with general assembly session shall be passed unless based on an estimate as herein provided, substituting new Subsecs. (a) and (b); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended language to reflect change from annual to biennial budget; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14 changed effective date of June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 33, from August 22, 1991, to July 1, 1992, and first applicable to biennium commencing July 1, 1993; P.A. 25-168 deleted former Subsec. (a) re submission of list of appropriation accounts with a potential deficiency, deleted Subsec. designator (b) and amended same to make technical changes, effective June 30, 2025.
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Sec. 2-36b. Legislative committees to meet with Secretary of Office of Policy and Management re report on various state revenue and expenditure issues. (a) Not later than December fifteenth each year, the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and finance, revenue and bonding shall meet with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the director of the legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis, and such other persons as they deem appropriate, to consider the items submitted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
(b) On or before November twentieth, annually, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the director of the legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis shall each submit the following to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and finance, revenue and bonding:
(1) For the current biennium and the next ensuing three fiscal years, a consensus estimate of state revenues developed in accordance with subsection (a) of section 2-36c, an estimate of the level of expenditure change from current year expenditures allowable by consensus revenue estimates in each fund, any changes to current year expenditures necessitated by fixed cost drivers and an estimate of material and likely changes to nonfixed costs;
(2) The projected tax credits to be used in the current biennium and the next ensuing three fiscal years, and the assumptions on which such projections are based;
(3) A summary of any estimated deficiencies in the current fiscal year, the reasons for such deficiencies, and the assumptions upon which such estimates are based;
(4) The projected balance in the Budget Reserve Fund at the end of each uncompleted fiscal year of the current biennium and the next ensuing three fiscal years;
(5) The projected bond authorizations, allocations and issuances in each of the next ensuing five fiscal years and their impact on the debt service of the major funds of the state;
(6) An analysis of revenue and expenditure trends and of the major cost drivers affecting state spending, including identification of any areas of concern and efforts undertaken to address such areas, including, but not limited to, efforts to obtain federal funds; and
(7) An analysis of the state's preparedness for plausible recession scenarios, including estimates of the size of multiyear budget deficits that may result from revenue declines and other contingencies, and an assessment of the sufficiency of the Budget Reserve Fund and other state resources to address such budget deficits.
(c) For purposes of this section, “fixed cost drivers” may include costs related to debt service, pension contributions, retiree health care, entitlement programs and federal mandates.
(P.A. 05-262, S. 1; P.A. 09-214, S. 1; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7, S. 9; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 78; P.A. 19-117, S. 91; P.A. 25-140, S. 1; 25-168, S. 89.)
History: P.A. 05-262 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 09-214 amended Subsec. (b)(1) to add reference to consensus revenue estimate, effective July 20, 2009; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7 added Subsec. (c) requiring annual report by Secretary of Office of Policy and Management re nonappropriated moneys held by agency, effective October 5, 2009; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 amended Subsec. (b) by adding “For the current biennium and the next ensuing three fiscal years,” and replacing provisions re expenditures and ending balance for each fund with provisions re expenditure change in Subdiv. (1), adding definition of “fixed cost drivers” and making a technical change, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 19-117 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “November thirtieth” with “December fifteenth” and amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “November fifteenth” with “November twentieth”; P.A. 25-140 amended Subsec. (a) by making a technical change, amended Subsec. (b) by replacing provision re fixed cost drivers with provision re estimate of material and likely changes to nonfixed costs in Subdiv. (1), replacing provision re possible uses of surplus funds with provision re state's preparedness for plausible recession scenarios in Subdiv. (7), redesignating “fixed cost drivers” description as new Subsec. (c), and making technical changes, and redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (d), effective July 8, 2025; P.A. 25-168 deleted former Subsec. (c) re annual submission by secretary of summary of nonappropriated moneys held by each budgeted agency, effective June 30, 2025.
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Sec. 2-53l. Electronic databases showing state, quasi-public agency and constituent unit expenditures. (a) On or before July 1, 2011, until July 8, 2019, the legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis shall establish and maintain searchable online electronic databases on said office's Internet web site for purposes of posting state expenditures, including state contracts and grants. On and after July 8, 2019, said databases shall be maintained by the office of the Comptroller on said office's publicly accessible Internet web site for purposes of posting expenditures of the state and quasi-public agencies and constituent units of the state system of higher education, including disaggregated payments and data related to state and quasi-public agency and constituent unit contracts and grants, state and quasi-public agency and constituent unit employee payroll and state retiree pensions.
(b) Each budgeted agency, as defined in section 4-69, quasi-public agency, as defined in section 1-120, and constituent unit, as defined in section 10a-1, shall submit, in a timely manner, any information requested by the Comptroller for the purpose of maintaining the electronic databases.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a state or quasi-public agency or constituent unit to: (1) Create unavailable financial or management data or an information technology system that does not exist, or (2) disclose consumer, client, patient, student or other information otherwise protected by law from disclosure.
(P.A. 10-155, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1, S. 71; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 97; P.A. 19-102, S. 1; P.A. 25-71, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 10-155 effective June 5, 2010; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective June 22, 2010; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (c) by changing reporting date from November 1, 2010, and quarterly thereafter to January 15, 2013, and annually thereafter, effective June 15, 2012; P.A. 19-102 added references to quasi-public agencies and substituted references to the Comptroller for references to the legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis, amended Subsec. (a) to make a technical change and to add provision re contracts, grants, payroll and pensions, deleted former Subsec. (c) re annual report by legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis, deleted former Subsec. (d) re review of procedures and report by the Auditors of Public Accounts, redesignated existing Subsec. (e) as new Subsec. (c) and amended same to add reference to other information and make a technical change, effective July 8, 2019; P.A. 25-71 added references to constituent units and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2025.
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Sec. 2-53o. Connecticut precious metals working group. Annual report. (a) There is established a Connecticut precious metals working group to monitor (1) economic conditions, (2) inflation expectations, (3) precious metals prices and activities, including the market activities of leading commodities exchanges and bullion market associations, and (4) precious metals legislation proposed in or enacted by other states.
(b) The working group shall consist of the following members: (1) Members of the General Assembly, as designated by the chairpersons of the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to banking, finance, revenue and bonding and commerce; (2) the Treasurer, or the Treasurer's designee; and (3) any individuals such chairpersons deem relevant and necessary to carry out the duties of the working group, including, but not limited to, economists, bankers and residents who are precious metals investors.
(c) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to finance, revenue and bonding shall serve as administrative staff of the working group.
(d) Commencing in calendar year 2026, and annually thereafter, the working group shall submit a report to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to banking, finance, revenue and bonding and commerce, summarizing the working group's findings from its monitoring activities and including any recommendations to improve the precious metals market in the state.
(P.A. 25-168, S. 443.)
History: P.A. 25-168 effective June 30, 2025.
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