General Statutes of Connecticut Chapter 47 — State Property and Funds

Federal funds; Governor's responsibilities. Copy of applications and notice of awards to be submitted to committee having cognizance of appropriations and budgets of state agencies. Waste treatment management planning areas

(a) The Governor is designated, as administrative agent of the state, to apply for any funds or other aid for new construction, reconstruction and equipment for state institutions, for The University of Connecticut and for any other purpose which the Congress of the United States has authorized or may authorize the fed…

Advisory commission

The Governor may designate and establish such advisory commission or commissions as may be required as a condition of eligibility for benefits under any federal law, to consult with the agency designated pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) of section 4-28 in carrying out its purposes. The Governor shall design…

Federal block grant funds. Hearing. Approval or modification of Governor's recommended allocations. Transfer of allocations. Reduction of federal reimbursements

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…

Federal oil pricing and allocation settlement funds. Approval or modification of Governor's recommended allocations

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 4-28, 4-30a, 16a-4a and 16a-14, on July 1, 1987, and every six months thereafter, the Governor shall submit to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy planning and activities his recommended allocations of any funds…

Reserved for future use.

*(See end of section for amended version of subsection (b) and effective date.) Tobacco Settlement Fund. Disbursements

(a) There is created a Tobacco Settlement Fund which shall be a separate nonlapsing fund. Any funds received by the state from the Master Settlement Agreement executed November 23, 1998, shall be deposited into the fund. *(b) (1) The Treasurer is authorized to invest all or any part of the Tobacco Settlement Fund, all…

Tobacco and Health Trust Fund. Transfers from Tobacco Settlement Fund. Board of trustees. Disbursements

(a) There is created a Tobacco and Health Trust Fund which shall be a separate nonlapsing fund. The purpose of the trust fund shall be to create a continuing significant source of funds to support and encourage development of programs to reduce tobacco and nicotine use through prevention, education and cessation progra…

Receipt of funds for tobacco education, reduction or prevention of use. Department of Public Health approval

Any governmental entity or Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended or Section 501(c)(4) of said Internal Revenue Code organization, including, but not limited to, local health districts and regional…

Regulation of certain cigarette manufacturers under tobacco settlement agreements: Definitions

As used in sections 4-28h to 4-28j, inclusive: (1) “Adjusted for inflation” means increased in accordance with the formula for inflation adjustment set forth in Exhibit C to the Master Settlement Agreement; (2) “Affiliate” means a person who directly or indirectly owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is unde…

Regulation of certain cigarette manufacturers under tobacco settlement agreements: Escrow funds

(a)(1) Any tobacco product manufacturer selling cigarettes to consumers within this state, whether directly or through a distributor, dealer or similar intermediary or intermediaries, after July 1, 2000, shall (A) become a participating manufacturer, as the term is defined in section II(jj) of the Master Settlement Agr…

Cigarette manufacturers: Compliance with escrow requirements. Penalties

(a) Each tobacco product manufacturer that elects to place funds into escrow pursuant to section 4-28i shall certify to the Attorney General that it is in compliance with said section 4-28i. Such certification shall be made annually for calendar years prior to calendar year 2014, and quarterly for calendar years commen…

Cigarette manufacturers: Enforcement. Definitions

As used in sections 4-28k to 4-28r, inclusive: (1) “Brand family” means all styles of cigarettes sold under the same trade mark and differentiated from one another by means of additional modifiers or descriptors, including, but not limited to, menthol, lights, kings and 100's, and includes any use of a brand name, alon…

Cigarette manufacturers: Enforcement. Certification

(a) Any tobacco product manufacturer whose cigarettes are sold in this state, whether directly or through a distributor, retailer or similar intermediary or intermediaries, shall execute a certification annually on a form prescribed by the commissioner, certifying under penalty of law for false statement that, as of th…

Cigarette manufacturers: Directory. Violations of law. Review

(a)(1) Not later than July 1, 2005, the commissioner shall develop and make available for public inspection, on the Department of Revenue Services' web site and in such other forms as the commissioner deems appropriate, a directory listing of all tobacco product manufacturers that have provided current and accurate cer…

Cigarette manufacturers: Agents for service of process. Bonds or other security

(a)(1) Any nonparticipating manufacturer that has not registered to do business in this state, pursuant to title 33 or 34, as a foreign corporation or business entity shall, as a condition precedent to having its brand families listed or retained in the directory maintained pursuant to section 4-28m, appoint and contin…

Cigarette manufacturers: Information submission requirements. Information disclosures by commissioner and Attorney General. Reports by manufacturer and importer

(a) Not later than twenty-five days after the end of each month, and more frequently if so directed by the commissioner, each stamper shall submit such information as the commissioner requires to facilitate compliance with sections 4-28k to 4-28r, inclusive, including, but not limited to, a list by brand family of the…

Cigarette manufacturers: Violations by stampers. Penalties. Seizure of contraband. Injunctions

(a) In addition to any other civil or criminal remedy provided by law, upon a determination that a stamper has violated subsection (b) of section 4-28m or any regulation adopted under sections 4-28k to 4-28r, inclusive, the commissioner, after a hearing, may revoke or suspend the license of such stamper in the manner p…

Cigarette manufacturers: State to recover enforcement costs. Certification of stampers

(a) In any action brought by the state to enforce the provisions of sections 4-28k to 4-28p, inclusive, the state shall be entitled to recover, when it is the prevailing party, the costs of investigation, expert witness fees, costs of the action and reasonable attorneys' fees. (b) If a court determines that a person ha…

Cigarette manufacturers: Severability of provisions

If a court of competent jurisdiction finds that the provisions of sections 4-28h to 4-28r, inclusive, conflict and cannot be reconciled, then sections 4-28h to 4-28j, inclusive, shall supersede the provisions of sections 4-28k to 4-28r, inclusive. If any section, subsection, subdivision, subparagraph, sentence, clause…

Regulation of certain cigarette manufacturers under tobacco settlement agreements: Assignment of escrow funds to the state

(a) Any tobacco product manufacturer that places funds into escrow pursuant to subsection (a) of section 4-28i, or a third party to which a tobacco product manufacturer has transferred such manufacturer's interests in such funds, may make an assignment to the state of all or part of its interest in any funds in the qua…

Use of appropriations in conjunction with federal funds

Any state appropriation or the proceeds of any bond issue authorized by the General Assembly for the purpose of erecting a building or buildings for the use of any state institution, any state university within the Connecticut State University System enumerated in section 10a-87, any technical education and career scho…

Revenue sharing funds

Funds due to the state under the federal revenue sharing program in each fiscal year ending June 30, beginning with fiscal year 1978-79, and the balance in the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund of the state as of June thirtieth of each fiscal year shall be treated as General Fund revenues and shall be available for General Fu…

Use of indirect cost recoveries

Any state agency which receives indirect cost recoveries from federal grant funds or other sources, when such recoveries apply to costs originally paid from the General Fund, shall deposit such cost recoveries with the Treasurer, to the credit of General Fund revenues, unless such deposit is waived by the Secretary of…

Certain securities-related funds

For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, and each fiscal year thereafter, any moneys collected for the registration of securities, notice filing and exemption filing under chapter 672a shall be deposited in the General Fund.

Borrowing money for the Transportation Department

Section 4-30 is repealed.