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