§ 4-28b — Federal block grant funds. Hearing. Approval or modification of Governor's recommended allocations. Transfer of allocations. Reduction of federal reimbursements.

Connecticut § 4-28b

• Jurisdiction: Connecticut
• Title 4: Management of State Agencies
• Ch. 47: State Property and Funds

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Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes: (1) If, during any fiscal year, the state receives federal block grant funds, the Governor shall submit recommended allocations of such funds to the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro tempore of the Senate. Within five days of receipt of the recommendations, the speaker and the president pro tempore shall submit the recommended allocations to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and to the joint standing committee or committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of the subject matter relating to such recommended allocations, as determined by the speaker and the president pro tempore. Within thirty days of their receipt of the Governor's recommended allocations, the committee having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, in concurrence with the committee or committees of cognizance, shall advise the Governor of their approval or modifications, if any, of such recommended allocations. If the joint standing committees do not concur, the committee chairpersons shall appoint a committee on conference which shall be comprised of three members from each joint standing committee. At least one member appointed from each committee shall be a member of the minority party. The report of the committee on conference shall be made to each committee, which shall vote to accept or reject the report. The report of the committee on conference may not be amended. If a joint standing committee rejects the report of the committee on conference, the Governor's recommended allocations shall be deemed approved. If the joint standing committees accept the report, the committee having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies shall advise the Governor of their approval or modifications, if any, of such recommended allocations, provided if the committees do not act within thirty days, the recommended allocations shall be deemed approved. Disbursement of such funds shall be in accordance with the Governor's recommended allocations as approved or modified by the committees. After such recommended allocations have been so approved or modified, any proposed transfer to or from any specific allocation of a sum or sums of over fifty thousand dollars or ten per cent of any such specific allocation, whichever is less, shall be submitted by the Governor to the speaker and the president pro tempore and approved, modified or rejected by the committees in accordance with the procedures set forth in this subdivision. Notification of all transfers made shall be sent to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and to the committee or committees of cognizance, through the Office of Fiscal Analysis; (2) if, during any fiscal year, federal funding for programs financed by state appropriations with federal reimbursements is reduced below the amounts estimated under the provisions of section 2-35, the Governor shall submit recommendations to the joint standing committee having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and to the committee of cognizance, for legislation necessary to modify funding for such programs consistent with such reductions in federal funding.

Legislative History

(P.A. 81-449, S. 9, 11; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 81-2, S. 1, 2; P.A. 82-242, S. 1, 2; P.A. 83-376, S. 1, 2; P.A. 84-73, S. 1, 2; P.A. 86-355, S. 1, 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 28, 131; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 1.) History: Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 81-2 specified applicability re education block grants; P.A. 82-242 made provisions applicable to any fiscal year where previously limited in applicability to 1981-1982 fiscal year generally and to 1982-1983 fiscal year in case of education block grants; P.A. 83-376 amended Subdiv. (2) to make provisions applicable to all block grants where previously limited in applicability to block grants received in lieu of categorical grants, established 5-day limit for speaker and president pro tempore to submit governor's recommendations to committees and 30-day limit for committees to advise governor, established conference committee procedure and added provision that any proposed amendments to recommendations after their approval or modification shall be submitted and approved, modified, or rejected in accordance with procedures in Subdiv. (2); P.A. 84-73 amended Subdiv. (2) to repeal requirement that proposed amendments to governor's recommendations, after approval, are subject to procedures in Subdiv. (2), substituting requirement that after governor's recommended allocations have been approved, any proposed transfer to or from any specific allocation of more than $50,000 or 10% of such allocation, whichever is less, shall be subject to procedures in Subdiv. (2) and adding provision that notice of all transfers shall be sent to certain joint standing committees through office of fiscal analysis; P.A. 86-355 repealed former Subdiv. (1) which had authorized governor, with approval of finance advisory committee, to authorize expenditure of state funds to replace reduced or eliminated federal grant for not more than 60 days following reduction or elimination of such grant, and renumbered remaining subdivisions; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 added requirement for a hearing on recommended allocations within 15 days of receipt of the recommendations by the committee and made technical changes for the purpose of gender neutrality, effective July 1, 2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3 deleted provision requiring that committees hold a public hearing on recommended allocations within 15 days of committees' receipt, effective June 30, 2005.