Sec. 3-69a. Deposit of funds in General Fund and Citizens' Election Fund.
Sec. 3-69a. Deposit of funds in General Fund and Citizens' Election Fund.
(a)(1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005, the funds received under this part, excluding the proceeds from the sale of property deposited in the Special Abandoned Property
Fund in accordance with section 3-62h, shall be deposited in the General Fund.
(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, and each fiscal year thereafter, a portion
of the funds received under this part shall, upon deposit in the General Fund, be credited
to the Citizens' Election Fund established in section 9-701 as follows: (A) For the fiscal
year ending June 30, 2006, seventeen million dollars, (B) for the fiscal year ending June
30, 2007, sixteen million dollars, (C) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, seventeen
million three hundred thousand dollars, and (D) for the fiscal year ending June 30,
2009, and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount deposited for the preceding fiscal
year, adjusted in accordance with any change in the consumer price index for all urban
consumers for such preceding fiscal year, as published by the United States Department
of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. The State Treasurer shall determine such adjusted
amount not later than thirty days after the end of such preceding fiscal year.
(b) All costs incurred in the administration of this part, except as provided in section
3-62h and subsection (a) of this section, and all claims allowed under this part shall be
paid from the General Fund.
(1961, P.A. 540, S. 14; 1963, P.A. 164; February, 1965, P.A. 45; P.A. 92-200, S. 1, 5; P.A. 04-216, S. 58; Oct. 25 Sp.
Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 51; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 96.)
History: 1963 act increased from $10,000 to $25,000 or 7% of gross receipts amount to be held in separate fund; 1965
act clarified amount to be retained in separate fund as 7% of gross receipts of "previous fiscal year"; P.A. 92-200 deleted
provisions directing treasurer to retain the greater of $25,000 or 7% of gross receipts of previous fiscal year in a separate
fund for the payment of all allowed claims and authorizing governor, with consent of finance advisory committee, to add
to fund from unappropriated general fund surplus additional amounts needed and added provision requiring treasurer to
deposit sufficient funds in separate account, to pay costs incurred in administration of this part of chapter 32 from such
account and to pay allowed claims from unappropriated general fund surplus; P.A. 04-216 made changes and added
references to conform the provisions of section with those of Sec. 3-62h, effective May 6, 2004; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A.
05-5 divided existing section into Subsecs. (a)(1) and (b), amending Subsec. (a)(1) to require that cash portion of funds
be deposited in General Fund for "each fiscal year until the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005," and deleting ", including
the proceeds from the sale of property," from said requirement, and adding Subsec. (a)(2) to require that an amount of
cash portion of funds be deposited in Citizens' Election Fund for fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, and each fiscal year
thereafter, effective December 7, 2005; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 amended Subsec. (a) to clarify that proceeds from the
sale of property deposited in the Special Abandoned Property Fund are excluded from requirement that all funds received
under part shall be deposited in the General Fund, to replace provision requiring funds to be deposited in election fund
with provision that funds be deposited in the General Fund and credited to election fund, to require deposit in election fund
of $17,300,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, and to require, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, and each
fiscal year thereafter, that amount deposited in said fund shall be the amount deposited for the previous fiscal year adjusted
in accordance with any change in the consumer price index for such preceding fiscal year and amended Subsec. (b) to
make technical changes re payment of administrative expenses and claims costs, effective June 26, 2007.
See Sec. 9-717 re effect of court of competent jurisdiction's prohibiting or limiting the expenditure of funds from the
Citizens' Election Fund established in Sec. 9-701.