Journal of the Senate 05/08/2012

The prayer was offered by the Deputy Chaplain, Rabbi Philip Lazowski of Bloomfield, Connecticut.

Almighty God, give of every good thing, we thank You for the privilege of serving the Senate. We thank You for the part we play in accomplishing and fulfilling the needs of your people in the State of Connecticut. Establish within us the desire to work harder, being guided by Your hand of those who trust in us.

Sensitize us to the need of your people and make us mindful of the privilege that we are chosen, namely the coveted positions as Senator.

As we go forth this day, enable us to do so in full confidence that we may prove ourselves faithfully to the trust imposed in us as we pray. Fill us with understanding that knows no limit; with courage that cannot be shaken. With vision to see far away.

Let integrity and unrighteousness preserve us. Look in favor upon our nation, President and State, and her leaders. Protect our defenders of freedom and help keep them safe.

The following House Bill was introduced and read by the Clerk. (Emergency Certification signed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House accompanied the bill in accordance with Section 2-26 of the Connecticut General Statutes and Joint Rules 9. )

H. B. No. 5557 AN ACT MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO STATE EXPENDITURES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2013.

The following bill was taken from the table, read the third time, the report of the Committee accepted and the Bill Passed.

FINANCE, REVENUE AND BONDING. Substitute for S. B. No. 440 (RAISED) (File No. 377) AN ACT CONCERNING PHOSPHOROUS REDUCTION IN STATE WATERS. (As amended by Senate Amendment Schedule "A").

Senator Meyer of the 12th, withdrew Senate Amendment Schedule “A” (LCO 5241)

Senator Meyer of the 12th, offered Senate Amendment Schedule “B” (LCO 5069) and moved adoption.

Strike everything after the enacting clause and substitute the following in lieu thereof:

"Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, or the commissioner's designee and the chief elected officials of the cities of Danbury, Meriden and Waterbury and the towns of Cheshire, Southington and Wallingford, and the chief elected official of any other municipality impacted by the state-wide strategy to reduce phosphorus, or such chief elected officials' designees, shall collaboratively evaluate and make recommendations regarding a state-wide strategy to reduce phosphorus loading in inland nontidal waters in order to comply with standards established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Such evaluation and recommendations shall include (1) a state-wide response to address phosphorus nonpoint source pollution, (2) approaches for municipalities to use in order to comply with standards established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency for phosphorus, including guidance for treatment and potential plant upgrades, and (3) the proper scientific methods by which to measure current phosphorous levels in inland nontidal waters and to make future projections of phosphorous levels in such waters.

Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2013) (a) For the purposes of this section:

(1) "Established lawn" means any area of ground that is covered with any species of grass for two or more growing seasons and that is customarily kept mowed;

(2) "Golf course" means an area solely designated for the play or practice of the game of golf, including, but not limited to, surrounding grounds, trees and ornamental beds; and

(3) "Impervious surface" means any structure, surface or improvement that reduces or prevents absorption of stormwater into land, including, but not limited to, porous paving, paver blocks, gravel, crushed stone, decks, patios and elevated structures.

(b) Notwithstanding chapter 427a of the general statutes, no person shall apply fertilizer, as defined in section 22-111b of the general statutes, any soil amendment, as defined in section 22-111aa of the general statutes, or any compost that contains phosphate to an established lawn, except when: (1) A soil testing method approved by the Commissioner of Agriculture and performed within the previous two years indicates the soil is lacking in phosphorus and fertilizer, soil amendments or compost containing phosphate is needed for the growth of such lawn, or (2) such fertilizer, soil amendment or compost containing phosphate is used for establishing new grass or repairing such lawn with seed or sod.

(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to: (1) Property classified as agricultural land, as defined in section 22-26bb of the general statutes, or (2) a golf course.

(d) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, no person shall apply any fertilizer, as defined in section 22-111b of the general statutes, soil amendment, as defined in section 22-111aa of the general statutes, or compost that contains phosphate to any lawn during the period beginning December first and ending March fifteenth of the following year.

(e) Notwithstanding chapters 427a and 441 of the general statutes and subsections (b) and (d) of this section, no person shall apply any fertilizer, as defined in section 22-111b of the general statutes, soil amendment, as defined in section 22-111aa of the general statutes, or compost that contains phosphate to any portion of a lawn that is located twenty feet or less from any brook, stream, river, lake, pond, sound or any other body of water, except if such fertilizer, soil amendment or compost is applied with the use of a drop spreader, rotary spreader with a deflector or targeted spray liquid, such application may occur on any portion of lawn that is located not less than fifteen feet from any such brook, stream, river, lake, pond, sound or any other body of water.

(f) No person shall apply any fertilizer, as defined in section 22-111b of the general statutes, soil amendment, as defined in section 22-111aa of the general statutes, or compost that contains phosphate to any impervious surface.

(g) For use by the general public or posting and distribution at retail points of sale, the Commissioner of Agriculture may approve consumer information on use restrictions and best practices for fertilizer, soil amendments and compost that contain phosphate.

(h) The Commissioner of Agriculture may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54 of the general statutes, to implement the provisions of this section.

(i) Any person who violates subsection (b), (d), (e), (f) or (g) of this section shall be assessed a civil penalty by the Commissioner of Agriculture of five hundred dollars.

(j) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the use of any fertilizer, soil amendment or compost that contains 0. 67 per cent or less phosphate.

Sec. 3. Subsection (c) of section 22a-478 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(c) The funding of an eligible water quality project shall be pursuant to a project funding agreement between the state, acting by and through the commissioner, and the municipality undertaking such project and shall be evidenced by a project fund obligation or grant account loan obligation, or both, or an interim funding obligation of such municipality issued in accordance with section 22a-479. A project funding agreement shall be in a form prescribed by the commissioner. Eligible water quality projects shall be funded as follows:

(1) A nonpoint source pollution abatement project shall receive a project grant of seventy-five per cent of the cost of the project determined to be eligible by the commissioner.

(2) A combined sewer project shall receive (A) a project grant of fifty per cent of the cost of the project, and (B) a loan for the remainder of the costs of the project, not exceeding one hundred per cent of the eligible water quality project costs.

(3) A construction contract eligible for financing awarded by a municipality on or after July 1, [1999] 2012, as a project undertaken for [nitrogen] nutrient removal shall receive a project grant of thirty per cent of the cost of the project associated with [nitrogen] nutrient removal, a twenty per cent grant for the balance of the cost of the project not related to [nitrogen] nutrient removal, and a loan for the remainder of the costs of the project, not exceeding one hundred per cent of the eligible water quality project costs. [Nitrogen] Nutrient removal projects under design or construction on July 1, [1999] 2012, and projects that have been constructed but have not received permanent, Clean Water Fund financing, on July 1, [1999] 2012, shall be eligible to receive a project grant of thirty per cent of the cost of the project associated with [nitrogen] nutrient removal, a twenty per cent grant for the balance of the cost of the project not related to [nitrogen] nutrient removal, and a loan for the remainder of the costs of the project, not exceeding one hundred per cent of the eligible water quality project costs.

(4) If supplemental federal grant funds are available for Clean Water Fund projects specifically related to the clean-up of Long Island Sound that are funded on or after July 1, [2003] 2012, a distressed municipality, as defined in section 32-9p, may receive a combination of state and federal grants in an amount not to exceed fifty per cent of the cost of the project associated with [nitrogen] nutrient removal, a twenty per cent grant for the balance of the cost of the project not related to [nitrogen] nutrient removal, and a loan for the remainder of the costs of the project, not exceeding one hundred per cent of the allowable water quality project costs.

(5) A municipality with a water pollution control project, the construction of which began on or after July 1, 2003, which has (A) a population of five thousand or less, or (B) a population of greater than five thousand which has a discrete area containing a population of less than five thousand that is not contiguous with the existing sewerage system, shall be eligible to receive a grant in the amount of twenty-five per cent of the design and construction phase of eligible project costs, and a loan for the remainder of the costs of the project, not exceeding one hundred per cent of the eligible water quality project costs.

(6) Any other eligible water quality project shall receive (A) a project grant of twenty per cent of the eligible cost, and (B) a loan for the remainder of the costs of the project, not exceeding one hundred per cent of the eligible project cost.

(7) Project agreements to fund eligible project costs with grants from the Clean Water Fund that were executed during or after the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, shall not be reduced according to the provisions of the regulations adopted under section 22a-482.

(8) On or after July 1, 2002, an eligible water quality project that exclusively addresses sewer collection and conveyance system improvements may receive a loan for one hundred per cent of the eligible costs provided such project does not receive a project grant. Any such sewer collection and conveyance system improvement project shall be rated, ranked, and funded separately from other water pollution control projects and shall be considered only if it is highly consistent with the state's conservation and development plan, or is primarily needed as the most cost effective solution to an existing area-wide pollution problem and incorporates minimal capacity for growth.

(9) All loans made in accordance with the provisions of this section for an eligible water quality project shall bear an interest rate of two per cent per annum. The commissioner may allow any project fund obligation, grant account loan obligation or interim funding obligation for an eligible water quality project to be repaid by a borrowing municipality prior to maturity without penalty. "

Senator Roraback of the 30th, offered Senate Amendment Schedule “C” (LCO 5395) and moved adoption.

On the roll call vote Senate Amendment Schedule “C” (LCO 5395) was Rejected.

	N	1	JOHN W. FONFARA			N	19	EDITH G. PRAGUE
	N	2	ERIC D. COLEMAN			N	20	ANDREA STILLMAN
	N	3	GARY D. LEBEAU		Y		21	KEVIN KELLY
	N	4	STEVE CASSANO		Y		22	ANTHONY MUSTO
	N	5	BETH BYE			N	23	EDWIN A. GOMES
	N	6	TERRY B. GERRATANA		Y		24	MICHAEL A. MCLACHLAN
Y		7	JOHN A. KISSEL			N	25	BOB DUFF
Y		8	KEVIN WITKOS		Y		26	TONI BOUCHER
	N	9	PAUL DOYLE			N	27	CARLO LEONE
	N	10	TONI N. HARP		Y		28	JOHN MCKINNEY
	N	11	MARTIN M. LOONEY			N	29	DONALD E. WILLIAMS, JR.
	N	12	EDWARD MEYER		Y		30	ANDREW W. RORABACK
Y		13	LEN SUZIO		Y		31	JASON WELCH
	N	14	GAYLE SLOSSBERG		Y		32	ROBERT J. KANE
	N	15	JOAN V. HARTLEY	A			33	EILEEN M. DAILY
Y		16	JOE MARKLEY		Y		34	LEONARD FASANO
	N	17	JOSEPH J. CRISCO, JR.		Y		35	ANTHONY GUGLIELMO
	N	18	ANDREW MAYNARD		Y		36	L. SCOTT FRANTZ

"Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2013) (a) For the purposes of this section:

(1) "Established lawn" means any area of ground that is covered with any species of grass for two or more growing seasons and that is customarily kept mowed;

(2) "Golf course" means an area solely designated for the play or practice of the game of golf, including, but not limited to, surrounding grounds, trees and ornamental beds; and

(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to: (1) Property classified as agricultural land, as defined in section 22-26bb of the general statutes, or (2) a golf course.

(h) The Commissioner of Agriculture may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54 of the general statutes, to implement the provisions of this section.

(i) Any person who violates subsection (b), (d), (e), (f) or (g) of this section shall be assessed a civil penalty by the Commissioner of Agriculture of five hundred dollars. "

Remarking were Senators Meyer of the 12th, Cassano of the 4th, Suzio of the 13th and McLachlan of the 24th.

Senator Kelly of the 21st, offered Senate Amendment Schedule “D” (LCO 5289) and moved adoption.

Senator Kelly of the 21st, withdrew Senate Amendment Schedule “D” (LCO 5289)

On the roll call vote Senate Bill No. 440 as amended by Senate Amendment Schedule “B” (LCO 5069) was Passed.

Y	1	JOHN W. FONFARA	Y	19	EDITH G. PRAGUE
Y	2	ERIC D. COLEMAN	Y	20	ANDREA STILLMAN
Y	3	GARY D. LEBEAU	Y	21	KEVIN KELLY
Y	4	STEVE CASSANO	Y	22	ANTHONY MUSTO
Y	5	BETH BYE	Y	23	EDWIN A. GOMES
Y	6	TERRY B. GERRATANA	Y	24	MICHAEL A. MCLACHLAN
Y	7	JOHN A. KISSEL	Y	25	BOB DUFF
Y	8	KEVIN WITKOS	Y	26	TONI BOUCHER
Y	9	PAUL DOYLE	Y	27	CARLO LEONE
Y	10	TONI N. HARP	Y	28	JOHN MCKINNEY
Y	11	MARTIN M. LOONEY	Y	29	DONALD E. WILLIAMS, JR.
Y	12	EDWARD MEYER	Y	30	ANDREW W. RORABACK
Y	13	LEN SUZIO	Y	31	JASON WELCH
Y	14	GAYLE SLOSSBERG	Y	32	ROBERT J. KANE
Y	15	JOAN V. HARTLEY	Y	33	EILEEN M. DAILY
Y	16	JOE MARKLEY	Y	34	LEONARD FASANO
Y	17	JOSEPH J. CRISCO, JR.	Y	35	ANTHONY GUGLIELMO
Y	18	ANDREW MAYNARD	Y	36	L. SCOTT FRANTZ

Senator Looney of the 11th, moved immediate transmittal to the House, Senate Bill No. 440 as amended by Senate Amendment Schedule "B" to the House for further action.

The following bill was taken from the table, read the third time, the report of the Committee accepted and the Bill Passed.

PUBLIC HEALTH. Substitute for S. B. No. 177 (RAISED) (File No. 420) AN ACT CONCERNING NOTIFICATION TO POTENTIAL AND EXISTING NURSING HOME OWNERS.

Senator Prague of the 19th, explained the bill, offered Senate Amendment Schedule “A” (LCO 4580) and moved adoption.

In line 10, strike "Any" and insert in lieu thereof "The state of Connecticut values the quality of care provided to residents in nursing homes. Please be aware that any"

In line 16, strike "in addition to civil and" and insert in lieu thereof "as well as" and after "under" insert "applicable"

In line 42, strike, "Any" and insert in lieu thereof "The state of Connecticut values the quality of care provided to residents in nursing homes. Please be aware that any"

In line 47, after "to" and before "criminal" insert "civil and" and strike "in addition to"

In line 48, strike "civil and" and insert in lieu thereof "as well as" and after "under" insert "applicable"

In line 60, after "owners" insert ", including, but not limited to, an officer, director, trustee, limited partner, managing partner, general partner or any person having at least a ten per cent ownership interest in the owner, as well as any administrator, assistant administrator, medical director, director of nursing or assistant director of nursing,"

After the last section, add the following and renumber sections and internal references accordingly:

"Sec. 501. Subsection (b) of section 17b-403 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2012):

(b) The State Ombudsman shall serve on a full-time basis, and shall personally or through representatives of the office:

(A) Are made by, or on behalf of, residents or, as to complaints involving the application for admission to a long-term care facility, by or on behalf of applicants; and

(B) Relate to action, inaction or decisions that may adversely affect the health, safety, welfare or rights of the residents, including the welfare and rights of the residents with respect to the appointment and activities of guardians and representative payees, of (i) providers or representatives of providers of long-term care services, (ii) public agencies, or (iii) health and social service agencies;

(2) Provide services to protect the health, safety, welfare and rights of the residents;

(3) Inform the residents about means of obtaining services provided by providers or agencies described in subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of this subsection or services described in subdivision (2) of this subsection;

(4) Ensure that the residents and, as to issues involving applications for admission to long-term care facilities, applicants have regular and timely access to the services provided through the office and that the residents and complainants receive timely responses from representatives of the office to complaints;

(5) Represent the interests of the residents, and of applicants in relation to issues concerning applications to long-term care facilities, before governmental agencies and seek administrative, legal and other remedies to protect the health, safety, welfare and rights of the residents;

(6) Provide administrative and technical assistance to representatives to assist the representatives in participating in the program;

(7) (A) Analyze, comment on and monitor the development and implementation of federal, state and local laws, regulations, and other governmental policies and actions that pertain to the health, safety, welfare and rights of the residents with respect to the adequacy of long-term care facilities and services in this state and to the rights of applicants in relation to applications to long-term care facilities;

(B) Recommend any changes in such laws, regulations, policies and actions as the office determines to be appropriate; and

(A) Any changes in federal, state and local laws, regulations and other governmental policies and actions that pertain to the health, safety, welfare and rights of residents with respect to the adequacy of long-term care facilities and services in this state and to the health, safety, welfare and rights of applicants which the State Ombudsman determines to be appropriate;

(B) Appropriate action by groups or agencies with jurisdictional authority to deal with problems affecting individual residents and the general resident population and applicants in relation to issues concerning applications to long-term care facilities; and

(C) The enactment of legislative recommendations by the General Assembly and of regulatory recommendations by commissioners of Connecticut state agencies;

(B) Promote the development of citizen organizations to participate in the program; and

(C) Provide technical support for the development of resident and family councils to protect the well-being and rights of residents;

(10) Coordinate ombudsman services with the protection and advocacy systems for individuals with developmental disabilities and mental illnesses established under (A) Part A of the Development Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (42 USC 6001, et seq. ), and (B) The Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986 (42 USC 10801 et seq. );

(11) Coordinate, to the greatest extent possible, ombudsman services with legal assistance provided under Section 306(a)(2)(C) of the federal Older Americans Act of 1965, (42 USC 3026(a)(2)(C)) as amended from time to time, through the adoption of memoranda of understanding and other means;

(12) Create, and periodically update as needed, a training manual that provides guidance on structuring and implementing the fear of retaliation training required by section 19a-522c, as amended by this act, for use by nursing home facilities;

[(12)] (13) Provide services described in subdivisions (1) to [(11)] (12), inclusive, of this subsection, to residents under age sixty living in a long-term care facility, if (A) a majority of the residents of the facility where the younger person resides are over age sixty and (B) such services do not weaken or decrease service to older individuals covered under this chapter; and

[(13)] (14) Carry out such other activities and duties as may be required under federal law.

Sec. 502. Section 19a-522c of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2012):

A nursing home administrator of a chronic and convalescent nursing home or a rest home with nursing supervision shall ensure that all facility staff receive annual in-service training in (1) an area specific to the needs of the patient population at such facilities, and (2) residents' fear of retaliation. A nursing home administrator shall ensure that any person conducting the in-service training is familiar with needs of the patient population at the facility, provided such training need not be conducted by a qualified social worker or qualified social worker consultant. A nursing home administrator shall ensure that the in-service training in residents' fear of retaliation includes discussion of (A) residents' rights to file complaints and voice grievances, (B) examples of what might constitute or be perceived as employee retaliation against residents, and (C) methods of preventing employee retaliation and alleviating residents' fear of retaliation. In accordance with section 19a-36, the Commissioner of Public Health shall amend the Public Health Code in conformity with the provisions of this section. "

Remarking were Senators Welch of the 31st, Kane of the 32nd and Prague of the 19th.

On the roll call vote Senate Bill No. 177 as amended by Senate Amendment Schedule “A” (LCO 4580) was Passed.

	Y	1	JOHN W. FONFARA	Y	19	EDITH G. PRAGUE
	Y	2	ERIC D. COLEMAN	Y	20	ANDREA STILLMAN
	Y	3	GARY D. LEBEAU	Y	21	KEVIN KELLY
	Y	4	STEVE CASSANO	Y	22	ANTHONY MUSTO
	Y	5	BETH BYE	Y	23	EDWIN A. GOMES
	Y	6	TERRY B. GERRATANA	Y	24	MICHAEL A. MCLACHLAN
	Y	7	JOHN A. KISSEL	Y	25	BOB DUFF
	Y	8	KEVIN WITKOS	Y	26	TONI BOUCHER
	Y	9	PAUL DOYLE	Y	27	CARLO LEONE
	Y	10	TONI N. HARP	Y	28	JOHN MCKINNEY
	Y	11	MARTIN M. LOONEY	Y	29	DONALD E. WILLIAMS, JR.
	Y	12	EDWARD MEYER	Y	30	ANDREW W. RORABACK
	Y	13	LEN SUZIO	Y	31	JASON WELCH
	Y	14	GAYLE SLOSSBERG	Y	32	ROBERT J. KANE
	Y	15	JOAN V. HARTLEY	Y	33	EILEEN M. DAILY
	Y	16	JOE MARKLEY	Y	34	LEONARD FASANO
	Y	17	JOSEPH J. CRISCO, JR.	Y	35	ANTHONY GUGLIELMO
A		18	ANDREW MAYNARD	Y	36	L. SCOTT FRANTZ

Senator Looney of the 11th, moved immediate transmittal to the House, Senate Bill No. 177 as amended by Senate Amendment Schedule "A" to the House for further action.

The following bill was taken from the table, read the third time, the report of the Committee accepted and the referred to the Education Committee.

JUDICIARY. S. B. No. 141 (RAISED) (File No. 463) AN ACT CONCERNING SENIOR SAFETY ZONES.

Senator Fasano of the 34th, withdrew Senate Amendment Schedule “A” (LCO 3773)

Senator Prague of the 19th, offered Senate Amendment Schedule “B” (LCO 4381) and moved adoption.

After the last section, add the following and renumber sections and internal references accordingly:

"Sec. 501. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2012) (a) No person who is required to register under section 54-251, 54-252, 54-253 or 54-254 of the general statutes shall enter a school building, except that any such person who (1) is employed in a position that might require providing services to or in such school building, or (2) has a child who attends the school may enter such school building to provide such services or visit such child at the discretion of such person's probation or parole officer or, if such person is not on probation or parole, at the discretion of the chief of police of the police department or resident state trooper for the municipality in which such school is located, at such times and for such periods as such officer, chief or trooper may prescribe, and provided such person gives notice to the principal of the school that such person will be in the school building.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, any person required to register under section 54-251, 54-252, 54-253 or 54-254 of the general statutes may enter a school building for purposes of participating in an activity not sponsored or organized by the school, including, but not limited to, voting in a municipal, state or federal election. "

On the motion of Senator Looney of the 11th, the bill as amended be Senate Amendment “B” (LCO 4381) was referred to the Committee on Education.

The following favorable report was taken from the table, read the third time, the report of the Committee accepted and the bill passed.

JUDICIARY. Substitute for S. B. No. 270 (RAISED) (File No. 239) AN ACT CONCERNING CONSUMER PROTECTION.

Senator Doyle of the 9th, explained the bill, offered Senate Amendment Schedule “A” (LCO 5287) and moved adoption.

Remarking were Senators Witkos of the 8th, Kane of the 32nd, Kissel of the 7th, Boucher of the 26th and McKinney of the 28th.

Strike everything after the enacting clause and substitute the following in lieu thereof:

(1) "Cardholder" means any person who presents a driver's license or an identity card to a seller or seller's agent or employee, to purchase or receive a smoking device from such seller or seller's agent or employee;

(2) "Identity card" means an identification card issued in accordance with the provisions of section 1-1h of the general statutes;

(3) "Smoking device" means any item intended for use or designed for the purpose of smoking tobacco or herbal products. Smoking devices include, but are not limited to, metal, wooden, acrylic, glass, stone, plastic, ceramic, electric or air-driven pipes, water pipes, carburetion tubes and devices, smoking and carburetion masks, roach clips, rolling papers, chillums, bongs, ice pipes or chillers;

(4) "Transaction scan" means the process by which a seller or seller's agent or employee checks, by means of a transaction scan device, the validity of a driver's license or an identity card; and

(5) "Transaction scan device" means any commercial device or combination of devices used at a point of sale that is capable of deciphering in an electronically readable format the information encoded on the magnetic strip or bar code of a driver's license or an identity card.

(b) No person shall sell a smoking device to any person under eighteen years of age. Any person who violates this subsection shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars for the first offense, not more than three hundred fifty dollars for a second offense within an eighteen-month period, and not more than five hundred dollars for each subsequent offense within an eighteen-month period.

(c) (1) In any prosecution against a seller or seller's agent or employee for a violation of subsection (b) of this section, it shall be an affirmative defense that all of the following occurred: (A) A cardholder attempting to purchase a smoking device presented a driver's license or an identity card to the seller or seller's agent; (B) a transaction scan of the driver's license or identity card that the cardholder presented indicated that the license or card was valid; and (C) the smoking device was sold to the cardholder in reasonable reliance upon the identification presented and the completed transaction scan.

(2) In determining whether a seller or seller's agent or employee has proven the affirmative defense provided by subdivision (1) of this subsection, the trier of fact in such prosecution shall consider that reasonable reliance upon the identification presented and the completed transaction scan may require a seller or seller's agent or employee to exercise reasonable diligence and that the use of a transaction scan device does not excuse a seller or seller's agent or employee from exercising such reasonable diligence to determine the following: (A) Whether a person to whom the seller or seller's agent or employee sells the smoking device is eighteen years of age or older; and (B) whether the description and picture appearing on the driver's license or identity card presented by a cardholder is that of the cardholder.

(d) A smoking device held as evidence in a prosecution under subsection (b) of this section shall be destroyed upon the final disposition of such prosecution.

Sec. 2. Subsection (b) of section 51-164n of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2012):

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any person who is alleged to have committed (1) a violation under the provisions of subsection (b) of section 1 of this act, section 1-9, 1-10, 1-11, 4b-13, 7-13, 7-14, 7-35, 7-41, 7-83, 7-283, 7-325, 7-393, 8-25, 8-27, 9-63, 9-322, 9-350, 10-193, 10-197, 10-198, 10-230, 10-251, 10-254, 12-52, 12-170aa, 12-292 or 12-326g, subdivision (4) of section 12-408, subdivision (3), (5) or (6) of section 12-411, section 12-435c, 12-476a, 12-476b, 12-487, 13a-71, 13a-107, 13a-113, 13a-114, 13a-115, 13a-117b, 13a-123, 13a-124, 13a-139, 13a-140, 13a-143b, 13a-247 or 13a-253, subsection (f) of section 13b-42, section 13b-90, 13b-221, 13b-292, 13b-336, 13b-337, 13b-338, 13b-410a, 13b-410b or 13b-410c, subsection (a), (b) or (c) of section 13b-412, section 13b-414, subsection (d) of section 14-12, section 14-20a or 14-27a, subsection (e) of section 14-34a, subsection (d) of section 14-35, section 14-43, 14-49, 14-50a or 14-58, subsection (b) of section 14-66, section 14-66a, 14-66b or 14-67a, subsection (g) of section 14-80, subsection (f) of section 14-80h, section 14-97a, 14-100b, 14-103a, 14-106a, 14-106c, 14-146, 14-152, 14-153 or 14-163b, a first violation as specified in subsection (f) of section 14-164i, section 14-219 as specified in subsection (e) of said section, subdivision (1) of section 14-223a, section 14-240, 14-249, 14-250 or 14-253a, subsection (a) of section 14-261a, section 14-262, 14-264, 14-267a, 14-269, 14-270, 14-275a, 14-278 or 14-279, subsection (e) of section 14-283, section 14-291, 14-293b, 14-296aa, 14-319, 14-320, 14-321, 14-325a, 14-326, 14-330 or 14-332a, subdivision (1), (2) or (3) of section 14-386a, section 15-33, subsection (a) of section 15-115, section 16-256, 16-256e, 16a-15 or 16a-22, subsection (a) or (b) of section 16a-22h, section 17a-24, 17a-145, 17a-149, 17a-152, 17a-465, 17a-642, 17b-124, 17b-131, 17b-137 or 17b-734, subsection (b) of section 17b-736, section 19a-30, 19a-33, 19a-39 or 19a-87, subsection (b) of section 19a-87a, section 19a-91, 19a-105, 19a-107, 19a-215, 19a-219, 19a-222, 19a-224, 19a-286, 19a-287, 19a-297, 19a-301, 19a-309, 19a-335, 19a-336, 19a-338, 19a-339, 19a-340, 19a-425, 19a-502, 20-7a, 20-14, 20-158, 20-231, 20-257, 20-265 or 20-324e, section 20-341l, 20-597, 20-608, 20-610, 21-30, 21-38, 21-39, 21-43, 21-47, 21-48, 21-63, 21-76a, 21a-21, 21a-25, 21a-26 or 21a-30, subsection (a) of section 21a-37, section 21a-46, 21a-61, 21a-63 or 21a-77, subsection (b) of section 21a-79, section 21a-85, 21a-154 or 21a-159, subsection (a) of section 21a-279a, section 22-13, 22-14, 22-15, 22-16, 22-29, 22-34, 22-35, 22-36, 22-38, 22-39, 22-39a, 22-39b, 22-39c, 22-39d, 22-39e, 22-49, 22-54, 22-61, 22-89, 22-90, 22-98, 22-99, 22-100, 22-111o, 22-279, 22-280a, 22-318a, 22-320h, 22-324a, 22-326 or 22-342, subsection (b), (e) or (f) of section 22-344, section 22-359, 22-366, 22-391, 22-413, 22-414, 22-415, 22a-66a or 22a-246, subsection (a) of section 22a-250, subsection (e) of section 22a-256h, section 22a-381d, 22a-449, 22a-461, 23-37, 23-38, 23-46 or 23-61b, subsection (a) or (b) of section 23-65, section 25-37, 25-40, 26-19, 26-21, 26-31, 26-40, 26-40a, 26-49, 26-54, 26-59, 26-61, 26-64, 26-79, 26-89, 26-97, 26-107, 26-117, 26-128, 26-131, 26-132, 26-138, 26-141, 26-207, 26-215, 26-224a, 26-227, 26-230, 26-294, 28-13, 29-6a, 29-109, 29-143o, 29-143z or 29-156a, subsection (b), (d), (e) or (g) of section 29-161q, section 29-161y, 29-161z, 29-198, 29-210, 29-243, 29-277, subsection (c) of section 29-291c, section 29-316, 29-318, 29-381, 30-48a, 30-86a, 31-3, 31-10, 31-11, 31-12, 31-13, 31-14, 31-15, 31-16, 31-18, 31-23, 31-24, 31-25, 31-28, 31-32, 31-36, 31-38, 31-38a, 31-40, 31-44, 31-47, 31-48, 31-51, 31-51k, 31-52, 31-52a or 31-54, subsection (a) or (c) of section 31-69, section 31-70, 31-74, 31-75, 31-76, 31-76a, 31-89b or 31-134, subsection (i) of section 31-273, section 31-288, 36a-787, 42-230, 45a-450, 45a-634 or 45a-658, subdivision (13) or (14) of section 46a-54, section 46a-59, 46b-22, 46b-24, 46b-34, 47-34a, 47-47, 49-8a, 49-16 or 53-133, or section 53-212a, 53-249a, 53-252, 53-264, 53-302a, 53-303e, 53-311a, 53-321, 53-322, 53-323, 53-331, 53-344 or 53-450, or (2) a violation under the provisions of chapter 268, or (3) a violation of any regulation adopted in accordance with the provisions of section 12-484, 12-487 or 13b-410, or (4) a violation of any ordinance, regulation or bylaw of any town, city or borough, except violations of building codes and the health code, for which the penalty exceeds ninety dollars but does not exceed two hundred fifty dollars, unless such town, city or borough has established a payment and hearing procedure for such violation pursuant to section 7-152c, shall follow the procedures set forth in this section. "

On the roll call vote Senate Bill No. 270 as amended by Senate Amendment Schedule “A” (LCO 5287) was Passed.

Y	1	JOHN W. FONFARA	Y		19	EDITH G. PRAGUE
Y	2	ERIC D. COLEMAN	Y		20	ANDREA STILLMAN
Y	3	GARY D. LEBEAU	Y		21	KEVIN KELLY
Y	4	STEVE CASSANO	Y		22	ANTHONY MUSTO
Y	5	BETH BYE	Y		23	EDWIN A. GOMES
Y	6	TERRY B. GERRATANA	Y		24	MICHAEL A. MCLACHLAN
Y	7	JOHN A. KISSEL	Y		25	BOB DUFF
Y	8	KEVIN WITKOS	Y		26	TONI BOUCHER
Y	9	PAUL DOYLE	Y		27	CARLO LEONE
Y	10	TONI N. HARP	Y		28	JOHN MCKINNEY
Y	11	MARTIN M. LOONEY	Y		29	DONALD E. WILLIAMS, JR.
Y	12	EDWARD MEYER	Y		30	ANDREW W. RORABACK
Y	13	LEN SUZIO	Y		31	JASON WELCH
Y	14	GAYLE SLOSSBERG		N	32	ROBERT J. KANE
Y	15	JOAN V. HARTLEY	Y		33	EILEEN M. DAILY
Y	16	JOE MARKLEY	Y		34	LEONARD FASANO
Y	17	JOSEPH J. CRISCO, JR.	Y		35	ANTHONY GUGLIELMO
Y	18	ANDREW MAYNARD	Y		36	L. SCOTT FRANTZ

Senator Looney of the 11th, moved immediate transmittal to the House, Senate Bill No. 177 as amended by Senate Amendment Schedule "A" (LCO 5287) to the House for further action.

FINANCE, REVENUE AND BONDING. Substitute for S. B. No. 405 (RAISED) (File Nos. 411 and 629) AN ACT CONCERNING TARGETED HEALTH AREAS.

Senator LeBeau of the 3rd, explained the bill, offered Senate Amendment Schedule “A” (LCO 5190) and moved adoption.

Remarking were Senators Suzio of the 13th, Frantz of the 36th, Gerratana of the 6th, Kane of the 32nd, McLachlan of the 24th, Boucher of the 26th and Kane of the 32nd.

Strike everything after the enacting clause and substitute the following in lieu thereof:

"Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) On or after October 1, 2012, the Commissioner of Public Health, in consultation with the Commissioner of Social Services and a representative designated by the Connecticut State Medical Society, shall, within available resources, designate as targeted health areas not more than ten municipalities that have (1) a medically-underserved population, or (2) a population with a high rate of chronic disease. Said commissioners and representative shall identify any needed medical specialty in any municipality designated as a targeted health area.

Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) For the purposes of the Small Business Express program established pursuant to section 32-7g of the general statutes, a small business eligible for assistance shall include (1) a physician licensed in Connecticut who (A) is engaged in the active practice of primary care for adults or children, or any needed medical specialty identified pursuant to section 1 of this act, (B) practices in a municipality designated as a targeted health area pursuant to section 1 of this act, and (C) is in good standing with the payment of all state and local taxes and with the Department of Public Health; (2) a physician office that, as of the effective date of this section (A) provides primary care services to adults or children, or any needed medical specialty identified pursuant to section 1 of this act, (B) is located in an area designated as a targeted health area pursuant to section 1 of this act, and (C) is in good standing with the payment of all state and local taxes and with the Department of Public Health; or (3) any physician located within a municipality designated as a targeted health area pursuant to section 1 of this act who meets the criteria of subsection (a) of section 32-7g of the general statutes. "

On the roll call vote Senate Bill No. 405 as amended by Senate Amendment Schedule “A” (LCO 5190) was Passed.

Y	1	JOHN W. FONFARA	Y	19	EDITH G. PRAGUE
Y	2	ERIC D. COLEMAN	Y	20	ANDREA STILLMAN
Y	3	GARY D. LEBEAU	Y	21	KEVIN KELLY
Y	4	STEVE CASSANO	Y	22	ANTHONY MUSTO
Y	5	BETH BYE	Y	23	EDWIN A. GOMES
Y	6	TERRY B. GERRATANA	Y	24	MICHAEL A. MCLACHLAN
Y	7	JOHN A. KISSEL	Y	25	BOB DUFF
Y	8	KEVIN WITKOS	Y	26	TONI BOUCHER
Y	9	PAUL DOYLE	Y	27	CARLO LEONE
Y	10	TONI N. HARP	Y	28	JOHN MCKINNEY
Y	11	MARTIN M. LOONEY	Y	29	DONALD E. WILLIAMS, JR.
Y	12	EDWARD MEYER	Y	30	ANDREW W. RORABACK
Y	13	LEN SUZIO	Y	31	JASON WELCH
Y	14	GAYLE SLOSSBERG	Y	32	ROBERT J. KANE
Y	15	JOAN V. HARTLEY	Y	33	EILEEN M. DAILY
Y	16	JOE MARKLEY	Y	34	LEONARD FASANO
Y	17	JOSEPH J. CRISCO, JR.	Y	35	ANTHONY GUGLIELMO
Y	18	ANDREW MAYNARD	Y	36	L. SCOTT FRANTZ

Senator Looney of the 11th, moved immediate transmittal to the House, Senate Bill No. 405 as amended by Senate Amendment Schedule "A" (LCO 5190) to the House for further action.

The following bill was taken from the table, read the third time, the report of the Committee accepted and the Bill Passed Temporarily.

PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. S. B. No. 75 (RAISED) (File No. 24) AN ACT CONCERNING A "CONNECTICUT-MADE" MARKETING CAMPAIGN.

Senator LeBeau of the 3rd, explained the bill, offered Senate Amendment Schedule “A” (LCO 4976) and moved adoption.

Strike everything after the enacting clause and substitute the following in lieu thereof:

"Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) On or before July 1, 2012, the Department of Economic and Community Development shall establish a program to recognize cultural, historical and ethnic events at the request of any person, organization or entity. Such recognition may be for periods ranging from one day to a maximum of two weeks annually. The department shall establish guidelines for the program established pursuant to this section that shall include, but not be limited to, procedures for submitting such requests to the department, a requirement that such requests be submitted not less than one hundred twenty days before the event and a mechanism for inclusion in the department's tourism calendar.

Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 32-701 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(a) The terms and conditions of any agreement for state assistance under any program of the general statutes to a business entity operated for profit administered by the Department of Economic and Community Development, Connecticut Development Authority and Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated, shall include provisions for (1) specific goals for the creation and retention of full-time and part-time jobs and for periodic reports by the recipient on progress in achieving such goals if the primary purpose of the state assistance is job creation or retention, and (2) a requirement that an applicant for any type of state assistance, except (A) grants, and (B) loans of a term of less than one year, provide the agency with appropriate security for such financial assistance, including, but not limited to, a letter of credit, a lien on real property or a security interest in goods, equipment, inventory or other property of any kind and that the recipient of such state assistance will remain in substantial material compliance with state and federal law.

Sec. 3. Subdivision (58) of section 12-412 of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(58) (A) Sales of any services rendered for purposes of [(A)] (i) personnel services, [(B)] (ii) commercial or industrial marketing, development, testing or research services, or [(C)] (iii) business analysis and management services, whenever, pursuant to a joint venture agreement, the recipient of any such services is either a corporation, a partnership, or a limited liability company, and such services are rendered by one or more corporate shareholders, or a corporate partner or corporate member in such joint venture, and in accordance with which the company rendering such service must have an ownership interest equivalent to not less than twenty-five per cent of total ownership in such joint venture, provided [(i)] (I) the purpose of such joint venture is directly related to production or development of new or experimental products or systems and the marketing and support thereof, [(ii)] (II) at least one of the corporations participating in such joint venture shall have been actively engaged in business in this state for not less than ten years, and [(iii)] (III) exemption for such sales in accordance with this subsection, with respect to any single joint venture, shall not be allowed for a period in excess of twenty consecutive years from the date of such venture's incorporation, formation or organization, or in the case of a joint venture in existence prior to January 1, 1986, within the aircraft industry, for a period in excess of [thirty] forty consecutive years, and such exemption shall be applicable to sales of such services rendered on or after January 1, 1986.

(B) In the case of a joint venture in the aircraft industry, the ownership interest percentage of each participant shall be the aggregate ownership interest percentage owned directly or indirectly by each participant that is a "related member" as defined in section 12-218c.

Sec. 4. Subsection (c) of section 32-9zz of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(c) Any manufacturer may establish an interest-bearing manufacturing reinvestment account, provided (1) contributions in any income year shall not exceed the lesser of (A) fifty thousand dollars in income years commencing on or after January 1, 2011, and prior to January 1, 2012, or one hundred thousand dollars in income years commencing on or after January 1, 2012, or (B) such manufacturer's domestic gross receipts, (2) moneys may be held in such account for not more than five years, (3) distributions from such account shall be used by such manufacturer to purchase machinery [,] or equipment for use in the state or manufacturing facilities, as defined in subdivision (72) of section 12-81, or for workforce training, development or expansion in the state, and (4) disbursements shall be [subject to tax at a rate of three and one-half per cent regardless of corporate or business structure] treated in accordance with the provisions of chapter 208 or 229.

Sec. 5. Subsection (d) of section 32-9zz of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(d) Any money remaining in a [manufacturer's] manufacturing reinvestment account at the end of the five-year period [or] after such account's creation or organization, including any interest earned [that results in the account balance exceeding the amounts established pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of this section in any given year] remaining, shall be returned to the manufacturer [who shall pay the full rate of tax on such amount under chapter 208, provided such payment shall be deemed to be a timely payment if such tax is remitted to the Commissioner of Revenue Services not later than sixty days after the date of such return] and shall be treated in accordance with the provisions of chapter 208 or 229.

Sec. 6. Subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 12-217 of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage and applicable to income years commencing on or after January 1, 2012):

(a) (1) In arriving at net income as defined in section 12-213, as amended by this act, whether or not the taxpayer is taxable under the federal corporation net income tax, there shall be deducted from gross income, (A) all items deductible under the Internal Revenue Code effective and in force on the last day of the income year except (i) any taxes imposed under the provisions of this chapter which are paid or accrued in the income year and in the income year commencing January 1, 1989, and thereafter, any taxes in any state of the United States or any political subdivision of such state, or the District of Columbia, imposed on or measured by the income or profits of a corporation which are paid or accrued in the income year, (ii) deductions for depreciation, which shall be allowed as provided in subsection (b) of this section, (iii) deductions for qualified domestic production activities income, as provided in Section 199 of the Internal Revenue Code, and (iv) in the case of any captive real estate investment trust, the deduction for dividends paid provided under Section 857(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, and (B) additionally, in the case of a regulated investment company, the sum of (i) the exempt-interest dividends, as defined in the Internal Revenue Code, and (ii) expenses, bond premium, and interest related to tax-exempt income that are disallowed as deductions under the Internal Revenue Code, and (C) in the case of a taxpayer maintaining an international banking facility as defined in the laws of the United States or the regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as either may be amended from time to time, the gross income attributable to the international banking facility, provided, no expense or loss attributable to the international banking facility shall be a deduction under any provision of this section, and (D) additionally, in the case of all taxpayers, all dividends as defined in the Internal Revenue Code effective and in force on the last day of the income year not otherwise deducted from gross income, including dividends received from a DISC or former DISC as defined in Section 992 of the Internal Revenue Code and dividends deemed to have been distributed by a DISC or former DISC as provided in Section 995 of said Internal Revenue Code, other than thirty per cent of dividends received from a domestic corporation in which the taxpayer owns less than twenty per cent of the total voting power and value of the stock of such corporation, and (E) additionally, in the case of all taxpayers, the value of any capital gain realized from the sale of any land, or interest in land, to the state, any political subdivision of the state, or to any nonprofit land conservation organization where such land is to be permanently preserved as protected open space or to a water company, as defined in section 25-32a, where such land is to be permanently preserved as protected open space or as Class I or Class II water company land, and (F) in the case of manufacturers, the amount of any contribution to a manufacturing reinvestment account established pursuant to section 32-9zz, as amended by this act, in the [taxable] income year that such contribution is made to the extent not deductible for federal income tax purposes.

Sec. 7. Subdivision (9) of subsection (a) of section 12-213 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage and applicable to income years commencing on or after January 1, 2012):

(9) (A) "Gross income" means gross income, as defined in the Internal Revenue Code, and, in addition, means any interest or exempt interest dividends, as defined in Section 852(b)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code, received by the taxpayer or losses of other calendar or fiscal years, retroactive to include all calendar or fiscal years beginning after January 1, 1935, incurred by the taxpayer which are excluded from gross income for purposes of assessing the federal corporation net income tax, and in addition, notwithstanding any other provision of law, means interest or exempt interest dividends, as defined in said Section 852(b)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code, accrued on or after the application date, as defined in section 12-242ff, with respect to any obligation issued by or on behalf of the state, its agencies, authorities, commissions and other instrumentalities, or by or on behalf of its political subdivisions and their agencies, authorities, commissions and other instrumentalities;

(B) "Gross income" shall include (i) to the extent not properly includable in gross income for federal income tax purposes, an amount equal to fifty per cent of any distribution from a manufacturing reinvestment account used in accordance with subsection (c) of section 32-9zz, as amended by this act, to the extent that a contribution to such account was subtracted from gross income pursuant to subparagraph (F) of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 12-217, as amended by this act, in computing net income for the current or a preceding income year, and (ii) to the extent not properly includable in gross income for federal income tax purposes, an amount equal to (I) any distribution from a manufacturing reinvestment account not used in accordance with subdivision (3) of subsection (c) of section 32-9zz, as amended by this act, to the extent that a contribution to such account was subtracted from gross income pursuant to subparagraph (F) of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 12-217, as amended by this act, in computing net income for the current or a preceding income year, and (II) any return of money from a manufacturing reinvestment account pursuant to subsection (d) of section 32-9zz, as amended by this act, to the extent that a contribution to such account was subtracted from gross income pursuant to subparagraph (F) of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 12-217, as amended by this act, in computing income for the current or a preceding income year;

[(B)] (C) "Gross income" shall not include the amount which for federal income tax purposes is treated as a dividend received by a domestic United States corporation from a foreign corporation on account of foreign taxes deemed paid by such domestic corporation, when such domestic corporation elects the foreign tax credit for federal income tax purposes;

[(C)] (D) "Gross income" shall not include any amount which for federal income tax purposes is treated as a dividend received directly or indirectly by a taxpayer from a passive investment company;

Sec. 8. Subdivision (20) of subsection (a) of section 12-701 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage and applicable to taxable years commencing on or after January 1, 2012):

(20) "Connecticut adjusted gross income" means adjusted gross income, with the following modifications:

(A) There shall be added thereto (i) to the extent not properly includable in gross income for federal income tax purposes, any interest income from obligations issued by or on behalf of any state, political subdivision thereof, or public instrumentality, state or local authority, district or similar public entity, exclusive of such income from obligations issued by or on behalf of the state of Connecticut, any political subdivision thereof, or public instrumentality, state or local authority, district or similar public entity created under the laws of the state of Connecticut and exclusive of any such income with respect to which taxation by any state is prohibited by federal law, (ii) any exempt-interest dividends, as defined in Section 852(b)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code, exclusive of such exempt-interest dividends derived from obligations issued by or on behalf of the state of Connecticut, any political subdivision thereof, or public instrumentality, state or local authority, district or similar public entity created under the laws of the state of Connecticut and exclusive of such exempt-interest dividends derived from obligations, the income with respect to which taxation by any state is prohibited by federal law, (iii) any interest or dividend income on obligations or securities of any authority, commission or instrumentality of the United States which federal law exempts from federal income tax but does not exempt from state income taxes, (iv) to the extent included in gross income for federal income tax purposes for the taxable year, the total taxable amount of a lump sum distribution for the taxable year deductible from such gross income in calculating federal adjusted gross income, (v) to the extent properly includable in determining the net gain or loss from the sale or other disposition of capital assets for federal income tax purposes, any loss from the sale or exchange of obligations issued by or on behalf of the state of Connecticut, any political subdivision thereof, or public instrumentality, state or local authority, district or similar public entity created under the laws of the state of Connecticut, in the income year such loss was recognized, (vi) to the extent deductible in determining federal adjusted gross income, any income taxes imposed by this state, (vii) to the extent deductible in determining federal adjusted gross income, any interest on indebtedness incurred or continued to purchase or carry obligations or securities the interest on which is exempt from tax under this chapter, (viii) expenses paid or incurred during the taxable year for the production or collection of income which is exempt from taxation under this chapter or the management, conservation or maintenance of property held for the production of such income, and the amortizable bond premium for the taxable year on any bond the interest on which is exempt from tax under this chapter to the extent that such expenses and premiums are deductible in determining federal adjusted gross income, (ix) for property placed in service after September 10, 2001, but prior to September 11, 2004, in taxable years ending after September 10, 2001, any additional allowance for depreciation under subsection (k) of Section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code, as provided by Section 101 of the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002, to the extent deductible in determining federal adjusted gross income, (x) to the extent deductible in determining federal adjusted gross income, the deduction allowable as qualified domestic production activities income, pursuant to Section 199 of the Internal Revenue Code, [and] (xi) to the extent not properly includable in gross income for federal income tax purposes for the taxable year, any income from the discharge of indebtedness, in taxable years ending after December 31, 2008, in connection with any reacquisition, after December 31, 2008, and before January 1, 2011, of an applicable debt instrument or instruments, as those terms are defined in Section 108 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by Section 1231 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the inclusion of which income in federal gross income for the taxable year is deferred, as provided by said Section 1231; (xii) to the extent not properly includable in gross income for federal income tax purposes, an amount equal to fifty per cent of any distribution from a manufacturing reinvestment account used in accordance with subdivision (3) of subsection (c) of section 32-9zz, as amended by this act, to the extent that a contribution to such account was subtracted from federal adjusted gross income pursuant to clause (xix) of subparagraph (B) of this subdivision in computing Connecticut adjusted gross income for the current or a preceding taxable year; and (xiii) to the extent not properly includable in gross income for federal income tax purposes, and amount equal to (I) any distribution from a manufacturing reinvestment account not used in accordance with subdivision (3) of subsection (c) of section 32-9zz, as amended by this act, to the extent that a contribution to such account was subtracted from federal adjusted gross income pursuant to clause (xix) of subparagraph (B) of this subdivision in computing Connecticut adjusted gross income for the current or a preceding taxable year, and (II) any return of money from a manufacturing reinvestment account pursuant to subsection (d) of section 32-9zz, as amended by this act, to the extent that a contribution to such account was subtracted from federal adjusted gross income pursuant to clause (xix) of subparagraph (B) of this subdivision in computing Connecticut adjusted gross income for the current or a preceding taxable year.

(B) There shall be subtracted therefrom (i) to the extent properly includable in gross income for federal income tax purposes, any income with respect to which taxation by any state is prohibited by federal law, (ii) to the extent allowable under section 12-718, exempt dividends paid by a regulated investment company, (iii) the amount of any refund or credit for overpayment of income taxes imposed by this state, or any other state of the United States or a political subdivision thereof, or the District of Columbia, to the extent properly includable in gross income for federal income tax purposes, (iv) to the extent properly includable in gross income for federal income tax purposes and not otherwise subtracted from federal adjusted gross income pursuant to clause (x) of this subparagraph in computing Connecticut adjusted gross income, any tier 1 railroad retirement benefits, (v) to the extent any additional allowance for depreciation under Section 168(k) of the Internal Revenue Code, as provided by Section 101 of the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002, for property placed in service after December 31, 2001, but prior to September 10, 2004, was added to federal adjusted gross income pursuant to subparagraph (A)(ix) of this subdivision in computing Connecticut adjusted gross income for a taxable year ending after December 31, 2001, twenty-five per cent of such additional allowance for depreciation in each of the four succeeding taxable years, (vi) to the extent properly includable in gross income for federal income tax purposes, any interest income from obligations issued by or on behalf of the state of Connecticut, any political subdivision thereof, or public instrumentality, state or local authority, district or similar public entity created under the laws of the state of Connecticut, (vii) to the extent properly includable in determining the net gain or loss from the sale or other disposition of capital assets for federal income tax purposes, any gain from the sale or exchange of obligations issued by or on behalf of the state of Connecticut, any political subdivision thereof, or public instrumentality, state or local authority, district or similar public entity created under the laws of the state of Connecticut, in the income year such gain was recognized, (viii) any interest on indebtedness incurred or continued to purchase or carry obligations or securities the interest on which is subject to tax under this chapter but exempt from federal income tax, to the extent that such interest on indebtedness is not deductible in determining federal adjusted gross income and is attributable to a trade or business carried on by such individual, (ix) ordinary and necessary expenses paid or incurred during the taxable year for the production or collection of income which is subject to taxation under this chapter but exempt from federal income tax, or the management, conservation or maintenance of property held for the production of such income, and the amortizable bond premium for the taxable year on any bond the interest on which is subject to tax under this chapter but exempt from federal income tax, to the extent that such expenses and premiums are not deductible in determining federal adjusted gross income and are attributable to a trade or business carried on by such individual, (x) (I) for a person who files a return under the federal income tax as an unmarried individual whose federal adjusted gross income for such taxable year is less than fifty thousand dollars, or as a married individual filing separately whose federal adjusted gross income for such taxable year is less than fifty thousand dollars, or for a husband and wife who file a return under the federal income tax as married individuals filing jointly whose federal adjusted gross income for such taxable year is less than sixty thousand dollars or a person who files a return under the federal income tax as a head of household whose federal adjusted gross income for such taxable year is less than sixty thousand dollars, an amount equal to the Social Security benefits includable for federal income tax purposes; and (II) for a person who files a return under the federal income tax as an unmarried individual whose federal adjusted gross income for such taxable year is fifty thousand dollars or more, or as a married individual filing separately whose federal adjusted gross income for such taxable year is fifty thousand dollars or more, or for a husband and wife who file a return under the federal income tax as married individuals filing jointly whose federal adjusted gross income from such taxable year is sixty thousand dollars or more or for a person who files a return under the federal income tax as a head of household whose federal adjusted gross income for such taxable year is sixty thousand dollars or more, an amount equal to the difference between the amount of Social Security benefits includable for federal income tax purposes and the lesser of twenty-five per cent of the Social Security benefits received during the taxable year, or twenty-five per cent of the excess described in Section 86(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, (xi) to the extent properly includable in gross income for federal income tax purposes, any amount rebated to a taxpayer pursuant to section 12-746, (xii) to the extent properly includable in the gross income for federal income tax purposes of a designated beneficiary, any distribution to such beneficiary from any qualified state tuition program, as defined in Section 529(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, established and maintained by this state or any official, agency or instrumentality of the state, (xiii) to the extent allowable under section 12-701a, contributions to accounts established pursuant to any qualified state tuition program, as defined in Section 529(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, established and maintained by this state or any official, agency or instrumentality of the state, (xiv) to the extent properly includable in gross income for federal income tax purposes, the amount of any Holocaust victims' settlement payment received in the taxable year by a Holocaust victim, (xv) to the extent properly includable in gross income for federal income tax purposes of an account holder, as defined in section 31-51ww, interest earned on funds deposited in the individual development account, as defined in section 31-51ww, of such account holder, (xvi) to the extent properly includable in the gross income for federal income tax purposes of a designated beneficiary, as defined in section 3-123aa, interest, dividends or capital gains earned on contributions to accounts established for the designated beneficiary pursuant to the Connecticut Homecare Option Program for the Elderly established by sections 3-123aa to 3-123ff, inclusive, (xvii) to the extent properly included in gross income for federal income tax purposes, fifty per cent of the income received from the United States government as retirement pay for a retired member of (I) the Armed Forces of the United States, as defined in Section 101 of Title 10 of the United States Code, or (II) the National Guard, as defined in Section 101 of Title 10 of the United States Code, [and] (xviii) to the extent properly includable in gross income for federal income tax purposes for the taxable year, any income from the discharge of indebtedness in connection with any reacquisition, after December 31, 2008, and before January 1, 2011, of an applicable debt instrument or instruments, as those terms are defined in Section 108 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by Section 1231 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, to the extent any such income was added to federal adjusted gross income pursuant to subparagraph (A)(x) of this subdivision in computing Connecticut adjusted gross income for a preceding taxable year; and (xix) to the extent not deductible in determining federal adjusted gross income, the amount of any contribution to a manufacturing reinvestment account established pursuant to section 32-9zz, as amended by this act, in the taxable year that such contribution is made.

(C) With respect to a person who is the beneficiary of a trust or estate, there shall be added or subtracted, as the case may be, from adjusted gross income such person's share, as determined under section 12-714, in the Connecticut fiduciary adjustment. "

Senator LeBeau of the 3rd, offered Senate Amendment Schedule “B” (LCO 5329) and moved adoption.

After the last section, add the following and renumber sections and internal references accordingly:

"Sec. 501. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2012) The owner of any project requiring approval by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall, prior to such approval, provide notice of such project to the owner of any real property located within three thousand feet of such project. "

Senator Kelly of the 21st, offered Senate Amendment Schedule “C” (LCO 5326) and moved adoption.

Senator Kelly of the 21st, withdrew Senate Amendment Schedule “C” (LCO 5326)

On the motion of Senator Looney of the 11th the bill as amended by Senate Amendment Schedule “A” and “B” was Passed Temporarily.

The following House Bill was introduced. (Emergency Certification signed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House accompanied the bill in accordance with Section 2-26 of the Connecticut General Statutes and Joint Rules 9. )

H. B. No. 5556 AN ACT CONCERNING CHANGES TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS AND OTHER ELECTION LAWS.

The following House Bill was introduced, read by the Clerk and passed. (Emergency Certification signed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House accompanied the bill in accordance with Section 2-26 of the Connecticut General Statutes and Joint Rules 9. )

NO COMMITTEE. H. B. No. 5557 AN ACT MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO STATE EXPENDITURES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2013.

Senator Harp of the 10th, explained the Emergency Certified bill, and moved adoption.

Senator Kane of the 32nd, offered Senate Amendment Schedule “A” (LCO 5383) and moved adoption.

Remarking were Senators Harp of the 10th, Frantz of the 36th and Boucher of the 26th.

Remarking were Senators Welch of the 31st, Stillman of the 20th, McLachlan of the 24th, Kelly of the 21st, Harp of the 10th and McKinney of the 28th.

On the roll call vote Senate Amendment Schedule “A” (LCO 5383) was Rejected.

	N	1	JOHN W. FONFARA			N	19	EDITH G. PRAGUE
	N	2	ERIC D. COLEMAN			N	20	ANDREA STILLMAN
	N	3	GARY D. LEBEAU		Y		21	KEVIN KELLY
	N	4	STEVE CASSANO			N	22	ANTHONY MUSTO
	N	5	BETH BYE			N	23	EDWIN A. GOMES
	N	6	TERRY B. GERRATANA		Y		24	MICHAEL A. MCLACHLAN
Y		7	JOHN A. KISSEL			N	25	BOB DUFF
Y		8	KEVIN WITKOS		Y		26	TONI BOUCHER
	N	9	PAUL DOYLE			N	27	CARLO LEONE
	N	10	TONI N. HARP		Y		28	JOHN MCKINNEY
	N	11	MARTIN M. LOONEY			N	29	DONALD E. WILLIAMS, JR.
	N	12	EDWARD MEYER		Y		30	ANDREW W. RORABACK
Y		13	LEN SUZIO		Y		31	JASON WELCH
	N	14	GAYLE SLOSSBERG		Y		32	ROBERT J. KANE
	N	15	JOAN V. HARTLEY	A			33	EILEEN M. DAILY
Y		16	JOE MARKLEY		Y		34	LEONARD FASANO
	N	17	JOSEPH J. CRISCO, JR.		Y		35	ANTHONY GUGLIELMO
	N	18	ANDREW MAYNARD		Y		36	L. SCOTT FRANTZ

Strike everything after the enacting clause and substitute the following in lieu thereof:

"Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2012) The amounts appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, in section 67 of public act 11-61 regarding the GENERAL FUND are amended to read as follows:

Sec. 2. (Effective July 1, 2012) The amounts appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, in section 68 of public act 11-61 regarding the SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION FUND are amended to read as follows:

Sec. 3. (Effective July 1, 2012) The amounts appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, in section 4 of public act 11-6 regarding the SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND MARINES' FUND are amended to read as follows:

Sec. 4. (Effective July 1, 2012) The amounts appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, in section 6 of public act 11-6 regarding the BANKING FUND are amended to read as follows:

Sec. 5. (Effective July 1, 2012) The amounts appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, in section 7 of public act 11-6 regarding the INSURANCE FUND are amended to read as follows:

Sec. 6. (Effective July 1, 2012) The amounts appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, in section 69 of public act 11-61 regarding the CONSUMER COUNSEL AND PUBLIC UTILITY CONTROL FUND are amended to read as follows:

Sec. 7. (Effective July 1, 2012) The amounts appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, in section 9 of public act 11-6 regarding the WORKERS' COMPENSATION FUND are amended to read as follows:

Sec. 8. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2012) (a) The chief administrative officer of the department or agency of the state who shall be responsible for any capital project that has an estimated cost of fifty million dollars or more and will receive any portion of its funding from the proceeds of bonds issued under the provisions of section 3-20 of the general statutes shall:

(1) Develop a detailed oversight plan for such project, including estimates of required capital outlays, future annual operating expenses associated with such project, and additional state revenues that may be generated by such project; and

(2) Enter into a contract with a private nongovernmental entity to perform an independent analysis of such project, including all estimates required by subdivision (1) of this subsection, and an examination of comparable investments that would be an alternative to such project.

(b) (1) The chief administrative officer of the department or agency of the state shall submit the plan and analysis required pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to finance, revenue and bonding, and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to such project, if any. Each such committee shall conduct a public hearing and meeting to vote on such project not earlier than three days after the date of receipt of such plan and analysis, but not later than thirty days after the date of receipt of such plan and analysis. Each such committee may request that any other information pertinent to such project also be submitted for purposes of the public hearing and committee meeting.

(2) The vote taken by each such committee on such project shall be to approve or disapprove such project as a whole.

(c) If such project receives a favorable vote from each such committee, the General Assembly may approve such project as a whole by a majority vote of each house, or may reject such project as a whole by a majority vote of either house. If the General Assembly is in session, it shall vote to approve or reject such project not later than thirty days after the favorable vote by each such committee. If the General Assembly is not in session when such vote or votes are taken, such project shall be submitted to the General Assembly not later than ten days after the first day of the next regular session or special session called for such purpose.

(d) If such project is approved as provided in this section, such project shall appear as a separate item on the agenda of the State Bond Commission, when said commission meets to consider such project.

(e) The requirements of this section are in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other requirements of the general statutes relating to planning and development of capital projects, authorization of capital projects by the General Assembly and consideration of and voting on such capital projects by the State Bond Commission.

Sec. 9. Section 32-4l of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(a) (1) The Department of Economic and Community Development shall establish a first five plus program to encourage business expansion and job creation. As part of said program, the department may provide substantial financial assistance to up to ten eligible business development projects in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, and up to five eligible business development projects in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013.

(2) A business development project eligible for financial assistance under the first five plus program shall commit, in the manner prescribed by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, to (A) create not less than two hundred new jobs within twenty-four months from the date such application is approved; or (B) invest not less than twenty-five million dollars and create not less than two hundred new jobs within five years from the date such application is approved. On and after the effective date of this section, any business development project that commits to create two hundred new jobs pursuant to this section shall be required, as a condition of receiving financial assistance, to maintain such new jobs for a period of not less than one calendar year from the date the business development project satisfies the new job commitment requirement.

(3) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development may give preference to a business development project that (A) involves the relocation of an out-of-state or international manufacturer or corporate headquarters, or (B) is a redevelopment project if the commissioner believes such redevelopment project will create jobs sooner than the schedule set forth in subdivision (2) of this subsection.

(4) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development may, in awarding financial assistance to an eligible business development project, work with the Connecticut Development Authority and Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated, to secure financing for such project.

(5) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall certify to the Governor for his or her approval that a business development project applicant has satisfied all the eligibility criteria in the program. Financial assistance awarded through the first five plus program shall be with the written consent of the Governor.

(b) Financial assistance for the first five plus program for eligible business development projects shall be exempt from the provisions of subsection (c) of section 32-223, section 32-462, subsection (q) of section 32-9t and, at the commissioner's discretion, section 12-211a for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2012, and June 30, 2013.

(c) The commissioner [may] shall take such action as [the commissioner deems] necessary or appropriate to enforce [such commitment] a business development project's commitment to create or invest in new jobs, including, but not limited to, establishing terms and conditions for the repayment of any financial assistance awarded pursuant to the provisions of this section.

(d) On or before January 1, 2012, on or before September 1, 2012, on or before January 1, 2013, and on or before September 1, 2013, the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall report in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to commerce and finance, revenue and bonding on the projects funded through the first five plus program, the number of jobs created and the impact on the economy of this state.

Sec. 10. Subsection (a) of section 32-1m of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is amended by adding subdivision (25) as follows (Effective from passage):

(NEW) (25) With regard to each economic development investment of ten million dollars or more for a single project or program made by the department in the ten fiscal years prior to the current fiscal year: (A) The amount of the department's original investment, (B) the projected return on the investment, (C) the projected number of jobs to be created by the investment, (D) the status of the project or program, and (E) the economic impact of the project or program, including any (i) tax revenue generated by the project or program, and (ii) other economic development that resulted as a byproduct of the investment in the project or program.

Sec. 11. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Not later than October 1, 2012, and monthly thereafter, the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. Such report shall include, with regard to each economic development investment of ten million dollars or more for a single project or program made by the department in the current fiscal year: (1) The amount of the department's original investment, (2) the amount of any additional funds provided by the department to the project or program, (3) the status of any construction related to the project or program, and (4) the projected number of jobs to be created by the project or program.

Sec. 12. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Correction shall prepare a plan to solicit bids or proposals for a contract to provide (1) mental health care services, and (2) food service to prisoners. Not later than September 1, 2012, said commissioner shall submit such plan, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to judiciary and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies.

Sec. 13. Section 2-32b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(1) "Local government" means any political subdivision of the state having power to make appropriations or to levy taxes, including any town, city or borough, consolidated town and city or consolidated town and borough, any village, any school, sewer, fire, water or lighting district, metropolitan district, any municipal district, any beach or improvement association, and any other district or association created by any special act or pursuant to chapter 105, or any other municipal corporation having the power to issue bonds;

(2) "State mandate" means any constitutional, statutory or executive action that requires a local government to establish, expand or modify its activities in such a way as to necessitate additional expenditures from local revenues, excluding any order issued by a state court and any legislation necessary to comply with a federal mandate;

(3) "Local government organization and structure mandate" means a state mandate concerning such matters as: (A) The form of local government and the adoption and revision of statutes on the organization of local government; (B) the establishment of districts, councils of governments, or other forms and structures for interlocal cooperation and coordination; (C) the holding of local elections; (D) the designation of public officers, and their duties, powers and responsibilities; and (E) the prescription of administrative practices and procedures for local governing bodies;

(4) "Due process mandate" means a state mandate concerning such matters as: (A) The administration of justice; (B) notification and conduct of public hearings; (C) procedures for administrative and judicial review of actions taken by local governing bodies; and (D) protection of the public from malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance by local government officials;

(5) "Benefit spillover" means the process of accrual of social or other benefits from a governmental service to jurisdictions adjacent to or beyond the jurisdiction providing the service;

(6) "Service mandate" means a state mandate as to creation or expansion of governmental services or delivery standards therefor and those applicable to services having substantial benefit spillover and consequently being wider than local concern. For purposes of this section, applicable services include but are not limited to elementary and secondary education, community colleges, public health, hospitals, public assistance, air pollution control, water pollution control and solid waste treatment and disposal. A state mandate that expands the duties of a public official by requiring the provision of additional services is a "service mandate" rather than a "local government organization and structure mandate";

(7) "Interlocal equity mandate" means a state mandate requiring local governments to act so as to benefit other local governments or to refrain from acting to avoid injury to, or conflict with neighboring jurisdictions, including such matters as land use regulations, tax assessment procedures for equalization purposes and environmental standards;

(8) "Tax exemption mandate" means a state mandate that exempts privately owned property or other specified items from the local tax base;

(9) "Personnel mandate" means a state mandate concerning or affecting local government: (A) Salaries and wages; (B) employee qualifications and training except when any civil service commission, professional licensing board, or personnel board or agency established by state law sets and administers standards relative to merit-based recruitment or candidates for employment or conducts and grades examinations and rates candidates in order of their relative excellence for purposes of making appointments or promotions to positions in the competitive division of the classified service of the public employer served by such commission, board or agency; (C) hours, location of employment, and other working conditions; and (D) fringe benefits including insurance, health, medical care, retirement and other benefits.

(b) The Office of Fiscal Analysis shall append to any bill before either house of the General Assembly for final action which has the effect of creating or enlarging a state mandate to local governments, an estimate of the cost to such local governments which would result from the passage of such bill. Any amendment offered to any bill before either house of the General Assembly which has the effect of creating or enlarging a state mandate to local governments shall have appended thereto an estimate of the cost to such local governments which would result from the adoption of such amendment.

(c) The estimate required by subsection (b) of this section shall be the estimated cost to local governments for the first fiscal year in which the bill takes effect. If such bill does not take effect on the first day of the fiscal year, the estimate shall also indicate the estimated cost to local governments for the next following fiscal year. If a bill is amended by the report of a committee on conference in such a manner as to result in a cost to local governments, the Office of Fiscal Analysis shall append an estimate of such cost to the report before the report is made to either house of the General Assembly.

(d) On and after January 1, 1985, (1) any bill reported by a joint standing committee of the General Assembly which may create or enlarge a state mandate to local governments, as defined in subsection (a) of this section, shall be referred by such committee to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, unless such reference is dispensed with by a vote of at least two-thirds of each house of the General Assembly, and (2) any bill amended by either house of the General Assembly or by the report of a committee on conference in such a manner as to create or enlarge a state mandate shall be referred to said committee, unless such reference is dispensed with by a vote of at least two-thirds of each house of the General Assembly. Any such bill which is favorably reported by said committee shall contain a determination by said committee concerning the following: (A) Whether or not such bill creates or enlarges a state mandate, and, if so, which type of mandate is created or enlarged; (B) whether or not the state shall reimburse local governments for costs resulting from such new or enlarged mandate, and, if so, which costs are eligible for reimbursement, the level of reimbursement, the timetable for reimbursement and the duration of reimbursement.

(e) No bill that creates or enlarges a state mandate to local governments, as defined in subsection (a) of this section, shall be passed without the vote of at least two-thirds of each house of the General Assembly.

Sec. 14. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a Commission on the Status of Protected Citizens that shall consist of the following members who shall be appointed as follows: (1) One by the Governor, who shall have expertise in the field of African-American affairs; (2) one by the president pro tempore of the Senate, who shall have expertise in the field of children and youth development; (3) one by the majority leader of the Senate, who shall have expertise in issues affecting the elderly; (4) one by the minority leader of the Senate, who shall have expertise in the field of issues affecting women; (5) one by the speaker of the House of Representatives, who shall have expertise in the field of Latino and Puerto Rican affairs; (6) one by the majority leader of the House of Representatives, who shall be a member of the public; and (7) one by the minority leader of the House of Representatives, who shall have expertise in the field of Asian Pacific American affairs. All members appointed under this subsection shall serve for terms of two years from January first in the year of their appointment. The commission shall elect a chairperson and a vice-chairperson from among its members. Any person absent from (A) three consecutive meetings of the commission, or (B) fifty per cent of such meetings during any calendar year shall be deemed to have resigned from the commission, effective immediately. Vacancies on the commission shall be filled by the appointing authority. Members of the commission shall serve without compensation but shall, within the limits of available funds, be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. The commission shall meet as often as deemed necessary by the chairperson or a majority of the commission.

(1) Develop a plan prior to the beginning of each legislative session that outlines the commission's priorities for the session and strategies to accomplish each priority;

(2) Work in consultation with the respective state agency to develop plans and programs that address each of the following areas as they affect children, the elderly, women, the African-American community, the Latino and Puerto Rican community and the Asian Pacific American community, including, but not limited to: (A) Access to health care, (B) housing, (C) job training, (D) access to the legal system, (E) mental health and addiction services, (F) economic development, (G) workplace justice and equality, (H) immigration, (I) education, (J) English language instruction, (K) international trade, and (L) economic cooperation with Asian, African and Latin American countries;

(3) In consultation with the joint committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to legislative management, establish a plan of short-term and long-term initiatives based on the needs of children, the elderly, women, the African-American community, the Latino and Puerto Rican community and the Asian Pacific American community;

(4) Review, comment and testify on any proposed state legislation and regulations that would affect children, the elderly, women, the African-American community, the Latino and Puerto Rican community and the Asian Pacific American community;

(5) Advise and provide information to the Governor and the General Assembly on the state's policies concerning children, the elderly, women, the African-American community, the Latino and Puerto Rican community and the Asian Pacific American community;

(6) Advise the Governor and the General Assembly concerning the coordination and administration of state programs serving children, the elderly, women, the African-American community, the Latino and Puerto Rican community and the Asian Pacific American community;

(7) Maintain a liaison between children, the elderly, women, the African-American community, the Latino and Puerto Rican community and the Asian Pacific American community and governmental entities, including, but not limited to, the General Assembly;

(8) Promote the political empowerment of the elderly, women, the African-American community, the Latino and Puerto Rican community and the Asian Pacific American community through voter registration, voting rights and citizenship training;

(9) Support the state's efforts to develop international trade and cross-border economic cooperation with the countries of Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Pacific Rim;

(10) Support the state's efforts to develop effective foreign language and cultural programs for educational and economic development purposes;

(11) Encourage female, elderly, African-American, Latino and Puerto Rican and Asian Pacific American representation at all levels of state government, including state boards and commissions, and support the development of such representatives in addition to maintaining an accessible list of prospective appointees who are members of such communities;

(12) Secure appropriate recognition of the accomplishments and contributions of women, the elderly, the African-American, the Latino and Puerto Rican and the Asian Pacific American communities of the state; and

(13) Prepare and submit to the Governor and General Assembly an annual report concerning its activities with any appropriate recommendations concerning children, women, the elderly and the African-American, Latino and Puerto Rican and Asian Pacific American populations of the state.

(c) The commission may use such funds as may be available from federal, state or other sources and may enter into contracts to carry out the purposes of this section.

(d) The commission shall consist of the following divisions: (1) The Children's Affairs Division, (2) the Elderly Affairs Division, (3) the Women's Affairs Division, (4) the African-American Affairs Division, (5) the Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Division, and (6) the Asian Pacific American Affairs Division.

(e) The commission may, within available appropriations and subject to the provisions of chapter 67 of the general statutes, employ two staff members for each division of the commission and may employ an executive director.

(f) The commission shall constitute a successor agency to the Commission on Aging, the Commission on Children, the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women, the Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission, the African-American Affairs Commission and the Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission, in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d and 4-39 of the general statutes.

Sec. 15. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any personnel policy or any other provision of law, no longevity payment shall be made to any person in state service, as defined in section 5-196 of the general statutes, who is not subject to collective bargaining pursuant to chapter 68 of the general statutes.

(b) No collective bargaining agreement entered into pursuant to chapter 68 of the general statutes on or after July 1, 2012, shall contain any provision that provides longevity payments to employees, as defined in section 5-270 of the general statutes.

Sec. 16. (Effective from passage) (a) Notwithstanding any provision of section 2-8 of the general statutes, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, the members and officers of the General Assembly shall receive salaries that are ten per cent less than the salaries specified in section 2-8 of the general statutes.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of section 3-2 of the general statutes, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor shall receive salaries that are ten per cent less than the salaries specified in section 3-2 of the general statutes.

(c) Notwithstanding any provision of section 3-11 of the general statutes, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, the Treasurer shall receive a salary that is ten per cent less than the salary specified in section 3-11 of the general statutes.

(d) Notwithstanding any provision of section 3-77 of the general statutes, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, the Secretary of the State shall receive a salary that is ten per cent less than the salary specified in section 3-77 of the general statutes.

(e) Notwithstanding any provision of section 3-111 of the general statutes, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, the Comptroller shall receive a salary that is ten per cent less than the salary specified in section 3-111 of the general statutes.

(f) Notwithstanding any provision of section 3-124 of the general statutes, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, the Attorney General shall receive a salary that is ten per cent less than the salary specified in section 3-124 of the general statutes.

(g) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, the commissioners of state agencies and the executive directors of boards and commissions shall receive salaries in amounts that are ten per cent less than the amounts of the salaries they received for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012.

Sec. 17. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 3-69a and 9-750 of the general statutes, on and after the effective date of this section, (1) no funds received by the State Treasurer under part III of chapter 32 of the general statutes and deposited in the General Fund shall be credited to the Citizens' Election Fund established in section 9-701 of the general statutes, and (2) no revenues from the tax imposed under chapter 208 of the general statutes shall be deposited in the Citizens' Election Fund.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 157 of the general statutes, no grants shall be paid from the Citizens' Election Fund.

Sec. 18. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 9-701 of the general statutes, on or after July 1, 2012, any funds remaining on June 30, 2012, in the Citizens' Election Fund established in section 9-701 of the general statutes shall be transferred from said fund and credited to the resources of the General Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013.

Sec. 19. (Effective July 1, 2012) Up to $460,000 of the funds appropriated to the Department of Social Services in section 1 of this act, for Housing/Homeless Services, shall be used for upgrades to the Homeless Management Information System.

Sec. 20. (Effective January 1, 2013) (a) Funds appropriated to the Office of Policy and Management in section 1 of this act, for Private Providers, shall be transferred to the following agencies that contract with private providers to reflect a one per cent cost-of-living adjustment to wages and benefits effective January 1, 2013: Departments of Developmental Services, Mental Health and Addiction Services, Children and Families, Social Services, Public Health and Correction and the Judicial Department. Such funds shall be used to provide an increase in private provider employee wages.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 17a-17 of the general statutes and section 28 of public act 11-6, rates or allowable per diem payments to private residential treatment centers licensed pursuant to section 17a-145 of the general statutes for residential care shall be increased by one per cent effective January 1, 2013. The provisions of said section 17a-17 shall not otherwise be considered in any increases or decreases to said rates or allowable per diem payments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013.

Sec. 21. Subsection (b) of section 36 of public act 11-6 is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2012):

(b) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, the distribution of priority school district grants, pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10-266p of the general statutes, shall be as follows: (1) For priority school districts in the amount of $39,792,940, (2) for school readiness in the amount of [$69,813,190] $74,464,190, (3) for extended school building hours in the amount of $2,994,752, and (4) for school accountability in the amount of $3,499,699.

Sec. 22. Subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 96 of public act 11-6, as amended by section 44 of public act 11-61 and section 17 of public act 11-239, is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(b) (1) The secretary shall provide manufacturing transition grants to municipalities in an amount equal to the amount each municipality received from the state as payments in lieu of taxes pursuant to sections 12-94b, 12-94c, 12-94f and 12-94g of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2011, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011. Such grant payments shall be made in quarterly allotments, payable on November fifteenth, February fifteenth, May fifteenth and August fifteenth. The total amount of the grant payment is as follows:

Sec. 23. Section 46 of public act 11-48 is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(a) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 4-30a and 4-30b of the general statutes, after the accounts for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2012, and June 30, 2013, are closed, if the Comptroller determines that an unappropriated surplus exists in the General Fund, the Comptroller shall reserve an amount, not to exceed seventy-five million dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, and fifty million dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, to be applied to any net increase in unreserved negative General Fund balance beyond the amount reported by the Comptroller as of June 30, 2011, before any other reserve required by any provision of the general statutes is determined.

(2) If, after the accounts for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, are closed, the Comptroller determines that an unappropriated surplus in an amount less than fifty million dollars exists in the General Fund, the Comptroller shall reserve the amount of any such unappropriated surplus, if any, to be applied to any net increase in unreserved negative General Fund balance beyond the amount reported by the Comptroller as of June 30, 2011, before any other reserve required by any provision of the general statutes is determined.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 4-30a and 4-30b of the general statutes, after the accounts for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, and each fiscal year thereafter are closed, if the Comptroller determines that an unappropriated surplus exists in the General Fund, the Comptroller shall reserve an amount equal to the increment of the deferred charge, determined under section 3-115b of the general statutes, as amended by [this act] public act 11-48, for such fiscal year, before any other reserve required by any provision of the general statutes is determined.

Sec. 24. (Effective from passage) (a) The Commissioner of Transportation shall not increase the fare for buses or ADA paratransit services during the calendar year 2013.

(b) The Commissioner of Transportation shall not increase the fare for rail services during the calendar year 2013 by an amount greater than the amount designated in section 13b-78m of the general statutes.

Sec. 25. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) For purposes of this section, "electronic form" means a spreadsheet, database or word processing format, and does not mean an image format.

(b) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall transmit to the General Assembly in electronic form, through the Office of Fiscal Analysis, at such time as the Governor transmits to the General Assembly, pursuant to section 4-71 of the general statutes, a budget document in each odd-numbered year or a report on the status of the budget enacted in the previous year in each even-numbered year: (1) The data contained in such budget document or report, (2) the supporting forms for such budget document or report in a single, standardized and complete file, and (3) the estimates of expenditure requirements transmitted by the administrative head of each budgeted agency pursuant to section 4-77 of the general statutes.

(c) Not later than ten days after the General Assembly adopts a budget or budget adjustment bill, the Office of Fiscal Analysis shall transmit to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management in electronic form such budget or budget adjustment bill, along with all supporting schedules, charts and data for each appropriation, including fund, agency, special identification code, dollar amount, authorized position count and description.

Sec. 26. Subparagraph (D) of subdivision (3) of subsection (c) of section 10-264l of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2012):

(D) Each interdistrict magnet school operated by a regional educational service center that began operations for the school year commencing July 1, 2001, and that for the school year commencing July 1, 2008, enrolled at least fifty-five per cent, but no more than eighty per cent of the school's students from a single town shall receive a per pupil grant for each enrolled student who is a resident of the district that enrolls at least fifty-five per cent, but no more than eighty per cent of the school's students in the amount of [four thousand two hundred fifty dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, and three thousand eight hundred thirty-three] eight thousand one hundred eighty dollars for the fiscal [years] year ending [June 30, 2011, June 30, 2012, and] June 30, 2013, and each fiscal year thereafter, and a per pupil grant for each enrolled student who is not a resident of the district that enrolls at least fifty-five per cent, but no more than eighty per cent of the school's students in the amount of [six thousand seven hundred thirty] eight thousand one hundred eighty dollars for the fiscal [years] year ending [June 30, 2010, June 30, 2011, June 30, 2012, and] June 30, 2013, [inclusive] and each fiscal year thereafter.

Sec. 27. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) There is established, within the Division of Criminal Justice, the Social Services Fraud Prevention Unit. Such unit shall identify, investigate and determine whether any fraud has occurred in relation to (1) granting or maintaining assistance, or (2) providing payments to vendors under programs administered by the Department of Social Services, including, but not limited to, (A) the temporary family assistance program, (B) the supplemental nutrition assistance program, (C) the child care subsidy program, or (D) the Medicaid program pursuant to Title XIX of the Social Security Act.

(b) The Division of Criminal Justice shall constitute a successor agency to the Department of Social Services as to the matters described in subsection (a) of this section in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d, 4-38e and 4-39 of the general statutes.

(c) The establishment of the Social Services Fraud Prevention Unit pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and the hiring of additional employees pursuant to section 28 of this act shall result in savings of $102,200,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013.

(d) The Legislative Commissioners' Office shall, in codifying the provisions of this section, make such technical, grammatical and punctuation changes and statutory placements and classifications as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.

Sec. 28. (Effective from passage) On or before June 30, 2012, the Chief State's Attorney shall hire (1) an additional twenty-six employees to support the operations of the Social Services Fraud Prevention Unit established in section 27 of this act, and (2) an additional twelve employees to support the operations of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.

Sec. 29. (Effective from passage) (a) On or before July 1, 2012, the Chief Information Officer shall schedule a meeting of the Joint Labor Management Information Technology Committee, established under the Revised 2011 Agreement Between the State of Connecticut and the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition, to consider, among other things, utilizing new technologies and reducing licensing procurement and consulting costs. The committee shall meet monthly and at other times upon the call of the Chief Information Officer or upon the majority request of committee members.

(b) On or before August 15, 2012, the Chief Information Officer shall submit a report, in accordance with section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the president pro tempore of the Senate, the minority leader of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives and the minority leader of the House of Representatives summarizing the recommendations of the committee concerning the matters specified in subsection (a) of this section.

Sec. 30. (Effective from passage) (a) On or before July 1, 2012, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall schedule a meeting of the Joint Labor Management Committee, established under the Revised 2011 Agreement Between the State of Connecticut and the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition, to explore and, where appropriate, implement strategies to: (1) Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of state government, (2) streamline and flatten organizational structures to concentrate on service delivery, (3) examine and redress barriers to the most efficient use of in-house resources to address agency and cross-agency needs, (4) discourage the use of outside contractors and consultants when internal capacity exists or can reasonably be developed, (5) make best efforts to ensure that vendors and service providers doing business with the state do so at reasonable rates of return and under terms that reflect the shared sacrifice being asked from all sectors of Connecticut society. The committee shall meet monthly and at other times upon the call of said secretary or upon the majority request of committee members.

(b) On or before August 15, 2012, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall submit a report, in accordance with section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the president pro tempore of the Senate, the minority leader of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives and the minority leader of the House of Representatives summarizing the recommendations of the committee concerning the matters specified in subsection (a) of this section.

Sec. 31. (Effective from passage) (a) On and after the effective date of this section, the Commissioner of Transportation shall:

(1) Enter into no new obligation or expense related to the New Britain-Hartford busway project;

(2) Expend only such funds as are necessary to pay amounts owed on contracts related to said project that were entered into, and under which work was completed, before the effective date of this section, including amounts owed for liquidated damages provided for under the terms of such contracts; and

(3) Reallocate any federal funds received for said project to other transportation projects, including, but not limited to, bridge repair and repair and redesign of dangerous highway intersections, to the extent such reallocation is permitted by law.

(b) The State Bond Commission shall reallocate any remaining state funds approved for said project to other transportation projects, including, but not limited to, bridge repair and repair and redesign of dangerous highway intersections.

Sec. 32. Subsection (a) of section 13b-79p of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(a) The Commissioner of Transportation shall implement the following strategic transportation projects and initiatives:

(1) Restoring commuter rail service on the New Haven-Hartford-Springfield line, including providing shuttle bus service between the rail line and Bradley International Airport;

[(2) Implementing the New Britain-Hartford busway, subject to the availability of federal funds; ]

[(3)] (2) Rehabilitating rail passenger coaches for use on Shore Line East, the New Haven-Hartford-Springfield line and the branch lines;

[(5)] (4) Meeting the costs of capital improvements on the branch lines, not to exceed forty-five million dollars;

[(6)] (5) Meeting the capital costs of parking and rail station improvements on the New Haven Line, Shore Line East and the branch lines, not to exceed sixty million dollars;

[(7)] (6) Funding the local share of the Southeast Area Transit federal pilot project;

[(9)] (8) Conducting environmental planning and assessment for the expansion of Interstate 95 between Branford and the Rhode Island border;

[(10)] (9) Completing preliminary design and engineering for Interstate 84 widening between Waterbury and Danbury;

[(11)] (10) Funding the Commercial Vehicle Information System Network, including weigh-in motion and electronic preclearance of safe truck operators for fixed scale operations on Interstate 91 and Interstate 95, not to exceed four million dollars;

[(12)] (11) Funding the capital costs of the greater Hartford highway infrastructure improvements in support of economic development;

[(14)] (13) Purchasing not more than thirty-eight electric rail cars for use on the New Haven Line and Shore Line East commuter rail services;

[(15)] (14) Purchasing of equipment and facilities to support Shore Line East commuter rail expansion, including implementation of phases I and II, as recommended in the report submitted pursuant to subsection (d) of this section;

[(16)] (15) Improving bicycle access to and storage facilities at transportation centers;

[(18)] (17) Funding the Waterbury Intermodal Transportation Center, not to exceed eighteen million dollars;

[(19)] (18) Improving bus connectivity and service, not to exceed twenty million dollars for capital costs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008. The funds shall be used to (A) construct bus maintenance and storage facilities for the Windham and Torrington regional transit districts, not to exceed fourteen million dollars, (B) purchase vehicles for the Buses for 21st Century Mobility program, not to exceed five million dollars, and (C) purchase vehicles for elderly and disabled demand responsive transportation programs for use by municipalities that participate in the state matching grant program established under section 13b-38bb, not to exceed one million dollars;

[(20)] (19) Funding the state share of Tweed Airport's runway safety area, not to exceed one million fifty-five thousand dollars;

[(21)] (20) Evaluating the purchase of rolling stock for direct commuter rail service connecting Connecticut to New Jersey via Pennsylvania Station in New York, New York by the initiation of ongoing formal discussions by the state of Connecticut, acting through the Governor or the Governor's designee, with the states of New York and New Jersey and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Amtrak regarding the extension of rail service from Pennsylvania Station to points in this state; and

[(22)] (21) Improving bicycle and pedestrian access throughout the state transportation system.

Sec. 33. Subsection (b) of section 13b-57h of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(A) Acquire rolling rail stock sufficient to add no fewer than two thousand seats for the Metro North-New Haven Line for use in both interstate and intrastate service. All payments received by the state pursuant to any agreement entered into in accordance with subsection (h) of section 13b-34 involving rolling rail stock used on the Metro North-New Haven Line shall be used exclusively for refurbishing rolling rail stock on and other capital improvements to the Metro North-New Haven Line;

(B) Construct or expand stations at Bridgeport, New Haven and Stamford that can accommodate rail service and one or more other modes of transportation and have:

(vi) Potential to attract sufficient riders to support additional express trains;

(C) Facilitate use of the Long Island Sound Waterway for passenger and freight movement, including, but not limited to, bulkheading and dredging, upon removal of prohibitions imposed by federal law, expanding passenger facilities, including facilities at the Bridgeport Intermodal Facility, to support high speed ferry service; and

(A) Establish express bus services from New Haven to Bradley International Airport; and

[(B) Complete the New Britain to Hartford busway and establish other bus rapid transit or light rail service in Hartford and surrounding towns; and]

[(C)] (B) Expand rail passenger service on the Norwalk to Danbury-New Milford Branch Line to assist commuter movement on Route 7 and I-95; and

(A) Upgrade or construct maintenance facilities and parking facilities and upgrade feeder bus services for passenger rail service, particularly along the Metro North-New Haven Line; and

(B) Establish bus service or commuter rail service, as determined in the Hartford-Springfield-New Haven Implementation Study conducted by the department, that runs through New Haven, Hartford and Springfield, with a connection to Bradley International Airport; and

(B) Expand the frequency of bus service, number of runs and connections within and outside of the region, particularly in and to Norwich and New London and acquire buses sufficient to add no fewer than two hundred seats; and

(C) Design and plan for traffic mitigation in southeastern Connecticut, including planning for the extension of Route 11 from its terminus in Salem to the I-95 and I-395 intersect, with appropriate greenway purchases made in accordance with section 13a-142e; and

(A) Acquire rolling rail stock for the Shoreline East Railroad Line sufficient to add no fewer than one thousand seats;

(B) Make operational improvements to highways that improve the flow of traffic on I-95 and I-395; and

(A) Improve and target marketing by the department of the Deduct-a-Ride program to all eligible employers; and

Sec. 34. Subsection (c) of section 13b-79ll of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

[(1) Station area development in all towns on the New Britain to Hartford busway corridor; ]

[(2)] (1) Station area development in Windsor and Meriden on the New Haven to Springfield rail line;

[(3)] (2) Station area development on the New Haven rail line from West Haven to Stratford; and

[(4)] (3) Station area development in New London on the Shore Line East rail line.

Sec. 35. Section 18-98e of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage and applicable to an inmate's eligibility to earn risk reduction credits on or after said date):

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any person sentenced to a term of imprisonment for a crime committed on or after October 1, 1994, and committed to the custody of the Commissioner of Correction on or after said date, except a person sentenced for a violation of section 29-33, 29-35, 29-38, 53-80a, 53-202c, 53-206, 53-247, 53a-21, 53a-40b, 53a-49, 53a-54a, 53a-54b, 53a-54c, 53a-54d, 53a-55, 53a-55a, 53a-56, 53a-56a, 53a-56b, 53a-57, 53a-59, 53a-59a, 53a-59b, 53a-60, 53a-60a, 53a-60b, 53a-60c, 53a-60d, 53a-61, 53a-61a, 53a-61aa, 53a-62, 53a-64bb, 53a-64cc, 53a-70, 53a-70a, [or] 53a-70b, 53a-71, 53a-72a, 53a-72b, 53a-73a, 53a-92, 53a-92a, 53a-94, 53a-94a, 53a-95, 53a-100, 53a-100aa, 53a-101, 53a-102, 53a-102a, 53a-103a, 53a-111, 53a-112, 53a-113, 53a-134, 53a-135, 53a-136, 53a-151a, 53a-167c, 53a-174a, 53a-179b, 53a-179c, 53a-181c, 53a-211, 53a-212, 53a-216, 53a-217, 53a-217a, 53a-217b, 53a-217c or 53a-217d, may be eligible to earn risk reduction credit toward a reduction of such person's sentence, in an amount not to exceed five days per month, at the discretion of the Commissioner of Correction for conduct as provided in subsection (b) of this section occurring on or after April 1, 2006.

(b) An inmate may earn risk reduction credit for adherence to the inmate's offender accountability plan, for participation in eligible programs and activities, and for good conduct and obedience to institutional rules as designated by the commissioner, provided (1) good conduct and obedience to institutional rules alone shall not entitle an inmate to such credit, and (2) the commissioner or the commissioner's designee may, in his or her discretion, cause the loss of all or any portion of such earned risk reduction credit for any act of misconduct or insubordination or refusal to conform to recommended programs or activities or institutional rules occurring at any time during the service of the sentence or for other good cause. If an inmate has not earned sufficient risk reduction credit at the time the commissioner or the commissioner's designee orders the loss of all or a portion of earned credit, such loss shall be deducted from any credit earned by such inmate in the future.

(c) The award of risk reduction credit earned for conduct occurring prior to July 1, 2011, shall be phased in consistent with public safety, risk reduction, administrative purposes and sound correctional practice, at the discretion of the commissioner, but shall be completed not later than July 1, 2012.

(d) Any credit earned under this section may only be earned during the period of time that the inmate is sentenced to a term of imprisonment and committed to the custody of the commissioner and may not be transferred or applied to a subsequent term of imprisonment. In no event shall any credit earned under this section be applied by the commissioner so as to reduce a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment such inmate is required to serve by statute.

(e) The commissioner shall adopt policies and procedures to determine the amount of credit an inmate may earn toward a reduction in his or her sentence and to phase in the awarding of retroactive credit authorized by subsection (c) of this section.

Sec. 36. Section 1-300 of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2012):

(a) There is established the Office of Governmental Accountability. The executive administrator of the office shall serve as the administrative head of the office, who shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of section 1-301.

(b) The Office of Governmental Accountability shall provide personnel, payroll, affirmative action and administrative and business office functions and information technology associated with such functions for the following: The [Office of State Ethics established under section 1-80, State Elections Enforcement Commission established under section 9-7a, Freedom of Information Commission established under section 1-205,] Judicial Review Council established under section 51-51k, Judicial Selection Commission established under section 51-44a, Board of Firearms Permit Examiners established under section 29-32b, Office of the Child Advocate established under section 46a-13k, Office of the Victim Advocate established under section 46a-13b and State Contracting Standards Board established under section 4e-2. The personnel, payroll, affirmative action and administrative and business office functions of said offices, commissions, council and boards shall be merged and consolidated within the Office of Governmental Accountability pursuant to the plan developed and implemented under the provisions of section 1-302.

(c) The executive administrator may employ necessary staff to carry out the administrative functions of the Office of Governmental Accountability, within available appropriations. Such necessary staff of the Office of Governmental Accountability shall be in classified service.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect or limit the independent decision-making authority of the [Office of State Ethics, State Elections Enforcement Commission, the Freedom of Information Commission,] Judicial Review Council, Judicial Selection Commission, Board of Firearms Permit Examiners, Office of the Child Advocate, Office of the Victim Advocate or the State Contracting Standards Board. Such decision-making authority includes, but is not limited to, decisions concerning budgetary issues and concerning the employment of necessary staff to carry out the statutory duties of each such office, commission, council or board.

Sec. 37. Subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 1-301 of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2012):

(a) (1) There shall be a Governmental Accountability Commission, within the Office of Governmental Accountability established under section 1-300, as amended by this act, that shall consist of [nine] six members as follows: [(A) The chairperson of the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board established under section 1-80, or the chairperson's designee; (B) the chairperson of the State Elections Enforcement Commission established under section 9-7a, or the chairperson's designee; (C) the chairperson of the Freedom of Information Commission established under section 1-205, or the chairperson's designee; (D) the] (A) The executive director of the Judicial Review Council established under section 51-51k, or the executive director's designee; [(E)] (B) the chairperson of the Judicial Selection Commission established under section 51-44a, or the chairperson's designee; [(F)] (C) the chairperson of the Board of Firearms Permit Examiners established under section 29-32b, or the chairperson's designee; [(G)] (D) the Child Advocate appointed under section 46a-13k, or the advocate's designee; [(H)] (E) the Victim Advocate appointed under section 46a-13b, or the advocate's designee; and [(I)] (F) the chairperson of the State Contracting Standards Board established under section 4e-2, or the chairperson's designee. The Governmental Accountability Commission shall select a chairperson who shall preside at meetings of the commission. Said commission shall meet for the purpose of making recommendations to the Governor for candidates for the executive administrator of the Office of Governmental Accountability pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, or for the purpose of terminating the employment of the executive administrator.

Sec. 38. Section 1-302 of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2012):

(a) Not later than November 1, 2011, the executive administrator appointed under section 1-301 shall develop and implement a plan for the Office of Governmental Accountability to merge and provide for personnel, payroll, affirmative action and administrative and business office functions and information technology associated with such functions for the [Office of State Ethics established under section 1-80, State Elections Enforcement Commission established under section 9-7a, Freedom of Information Commission established under section 1-205,] Judicial Review Council established under section 51-51k, Judicial Selection Commission established under section 51-44a, Board of Firearms Permit Examiners established under section 29-32b, Office of the Child Advocate established under section 46a-13k, Office of the Victim Advocate established under section 46a-13b and State Contracting Standards Board established under section 4e-2.

(b) Not later than January 2, 2012, the executive administrator of the Office of Governmental Accountability, in conjunction with (1) the executive director, or the executive director's designee, of [each of the following: The Office of State Ethics, the Freedom of Information Commission, the State Elections Enforcement Commission and] the Judicial Review Council, (2) the chairperson or the chairperson's designee of each of the following: The Judicial Selection Commission, the Board of Firearms Permit Examiners, and the State Contracting Standards Board, (3) the Child Advocate or the advocate's designee, and (4) the Victim Advocate or the advocate's designee shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, government administration, the judiciary, children, public safety and human services concerning (A) the status of the merger described in subsection (a) of this section, and (B) any recommendations for further legislative action concerning such merger, including, but not limited to, recommendations to further consolidate and merge functions performed by the offices, commissions, boards and council within the Office of Governmental Accountability such as those concerning best use of staff, elimination of redundancies and cross-training of staff for the purpose of using staff to perform functions across such offices, commissions, boards and council.

Sec. 39. Subsection (a) of section 1-80 of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2012):

(a) There shall be established [, within the Office of Governmental Accountability established under section 1-300,] an Office of State Ethics. Said office shall consist of an executive director, general counsel, ethics enforcement officer and such other staff as hired by the executive director. Within the Office of State Ethics, there shall be the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board that shall consist of nine members, appointed as follows: One member shall be appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, one member by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one member by the majority leader of the Senate, one member by the minority leader of the Senate, one member by the majority leader of the House of Representatives, one member by the minority leader of the House of Representatives, and three members by the Governor. Members of the board shall serve for four-year terms which shall commence on October 1, 2005, except that members first appointed shall have the following terms: The Governor shall appoint two members for a term of three years and one member for a term of four years; the majority leader of the House of Representatives, minority leader of the House of Representatives and the speaker of the House of Representatives shall each appoint one member for a term of two years; the president pro tempore of the Senate, the majority leader of the Senate and the minority leader of the Senate shall each appoint one member for a term of four years. No individual shall be appointed to more than one four-year term as a member of the board, provided, members may not continue in office once their term has expired and members first appointed may not be reappointed. No more than five members shall be members of the same political party. The members appointed by the majority leader of the Senate and the majority leader of the House of Representatives shall be selected from a list of nominees proposed by a citizen group having an interest in ethical government. The majority leader of the Senate and the majority leader of the House of Representatives shall each determine the citizen group from which each will accept such nominations. One member appointed by the Governor shall be selected from a list of nominees proposed by a citizen group having an interest in ethical government. The Governor shall determine the citizen group from which the Governor will accept such nominations.

Sec. 40. Subsection (a) of section 1-81a of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2012):

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the appropriations recommended for [the division of] the Office of State Ethics, [within the Office of Governmental Accountability established under section 1-300, which division shall have a separate line item within the budget for the Office of Governmental Accountability] as established in section 1-80, as amended by this act, shall be the estimates of expenditure requirements transmitted to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management by the executive [administrator of the Office of Governmental Accountability] director of the Office of State Ethics and the recommended adjustments and revisions of such estimates shall be the recommended adjustments and revisions, if any, transmitted by said executive [administrator] director to the Office of Policy and Management.

Sec. 41. Subsection (a) of section 1-205 of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2012):

(a) There shall be established [, within the Office of Governmental Accountability established under section 1-300,] a Freedom of Information Commission consisting of nine members. (1) Five of such members shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of either house of the General Assembly. Such members shall serve for terms of four years from July first of the year of their appointment, except that of the members appointed prior to and serving on July 1, 1977, one shall serve for a period of six years from July 1, 1975, one shall serve for a period of four years from July 1, 1975, and one shall serve for a period of six years from July 1, 1977. Of the two new members first appointed by the Governor after July 1, 1977, one shall serve from the date of such appointment until June 30, 1980, and one shall serve from the date of such appointment until June 30, 1982. (2) On and after July 1, 2011, four members of the commission shall be appointed as follows: One by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one by the minority leader of the Senate, one by the speaker of the House of Representatives and one by the minority leader of the House of Representatives. Such members shall serve for terms of two years from July first of the year of their appointment. (3) No more than five members of the commission shall be members of the same political party. Any vacancy in the membership of the commission shall be filled by the appointing authority for the unexpired portion of the term.

Sec. 42. Subsection (a) of section 1-205a of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2012):

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the appropriations recommended for [the division of] the Freedom of Information Commission, [within the Office of Governmental Accountability established under section 1-300, which division shall have a separate line item within the budget for the Office of Governmental Accountability] as established in section 1-205, as amended by this act, shall be the estimates of expenditure requirements transmitted to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management by the executive [administrator of the Office of Governmental Accountability] director of the commission and the recommended adjustments and revisions of such estimates shall be the recommended adjustments and revisions, if any, transmitted by said executive [administrator] director to the Office of Policy and Management.

Sec. 43. Subsection (a) of section 9-7a of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2012):

(a) There is established [, within the Office of Governmental Accountability established under section 1-300,] a State Elections Enforcement Commission to consist of five members, not more than two of whom shall be members of the same political party and at least one of whom shall not be affiliated with any political party. Of the members first appointed hereunder, one shall be appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives and shall hold office for a term of one year from July 1, 1974; one shall be appointed by the minority leader of the Senate and shall hold office for a term of three years from said July first; one shall be appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives and shall hold office for a term of one year from said July first; one shall be appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate and shall hold office for a term of three years from said July first, and one shall be appointed by the Governor, provided [that] such member shall not be affiliated with any political party, and shall hold office for a term of five years from said July first, except members appointed on or after July 1, 2011. On and after July 1, 2011, members shall be appointed for terms of three years from July first in the year of their appointment and shall be appointed by the person holding the same office as was held by the person making the original appointment, provided any person chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of the member whom he shall succeed. On and after July 1, 2011, no member may serve consecutive terms, except that any member serving on said date, may serve until a successor is appointed and has qualified. All appointments shall be made with the consent of the state Senate and House of Representatives. No person who has served within the previous three years as a public official or who has served within the previous three years as a political party officer, shall be appointed to membership on the commission. For purposes of this subsection, the term "public official" means an individual who holds or has held a state, district or municipal office as defined in section 9-372 but shall not include a justice of the peace or a notary public and the term "political party officer" means an officer or member of a national committee of a political party, state central or town committee, or any person employed by any such committee for compensation. The commission shall elect one of its members to serve as chairperson and another member to serve as vice-chairperson. Each member of the commission shall be compensated at the rate of two hundred dollars per day for any day on which he participates in a regular commission meeting or hearing, and shall be paid by the state for his reasonable expenses, including necessary stenographic and clerical help.

Sec. 44. Subsection (a) of section 9-7c of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2012):

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the appropriations recommended for [the division of] the State Elections Enforcement Commission, [within the Office of Governmental Accountability established under section 1-300, which division shall have a separate line item within the budget for the Office of Governmental Accountability] as established in section 9-7a, as amended by this act, shall be the estimates of expenditure requirements transmitted to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management by the executive [administrator of the Office of Governmental Accountability] director of the commission and the recommended adjustments and revisions of such estimates shall be the recommended adjustments and revisions, if any, transmitted by said executive [administrator] director to the Office of Policy and Management.

Sec. 45. (Effective from passage) The Legislative Commissioners' Office shall make such technical and conforming changes as necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 1-80, 1-81a, 1-205, 1-205a, 1-300, 1-301, 1-302, 9-7a and 9-7c of the general statutes, as amended by this act.

Sec. 46. Section 12-412 of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is amended by adding subdivisions (119) and (120) as follows (Effective July 1, 2012, and applicable to sales occurring on and after said date):

(NEW) (119) Sales of any article of clothing or footwear intended to be worn on or about the human body, the cost of which to the purchaser is less than fifty dollars. For purposes of this subdivision, clothing or footwear shall not include (A) any special clothing or footwear primarily designed for athletic activity or protective use that is not normally worn except when used for the athletic activity or protective use for which it was designed, and (B) jewelry, handbags, luggage, umbrellas, wallets, watches and similar items carried on or about the human body but not worn on the body in the manner characteristic of clothing intended for exemption under this subdivision.

(NEW) (120) Sales of the following drugs or medicines available for purchase without prescription for use in or on the body: Vitamin or mineral concentrates; dietary supplements; natural or herbal drugs or medicines; products intended to be taken for coughs, colds, asthma or allergies; antihistamines; laxatives; antidiarrheal medicines; analgesics; antibiotic, antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal medicines; antiseptics; astringents; anesthetics; steroidal medicines; anthelmintics; emetics and antiemetics; antacids and any medication prepared to be used in the eyes, ears or nose, excluding cosmetics, dentifrices, mouthwash, shaving and hair care products, soaps and deodorants.

Sec. 47. Subsection (a) of section 12-458h of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2012):

(a) (1) The Commissioner of Revenue Services shall, on or before June 15, 2008, and on or before the fifteenth day of June thereafter, calculate, in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, the applicable tax rate per gallon of diesel fuel on the sale or use of such fuel during the twelve-month period beginning on the next succeeding July first, and shall notify each distributor, the chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to finance, revenue and bonding, and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management of such applicable tax rate.

(2) The commissioner shall, on or before June 15, 2008, and on or before the fifteenth day of June thereafter, determine the average wholesale price per gallon of diesel fuel in this state during the twelve-month period ending on the next preceding March thirty-first by using wholesale price information for diesel fuel published by the Oil Price Information Service. Such wholesale price information for "Hartford/Rocky Hill" and "New Haven" shall be averaged by the commissioner. On and after the effective date of this section, in determining such average wholesale price, if any daily price is in excess of three dollars per gallon, the commissioner shall deem such price to be three dollars per gallon. If either the first or last day of such twelve-month period falls on a Sunday or a legal holiday, as defined in section 1-4, the next succeeding day which is not a Sunday or legal holiday shall be substituted for such first or last day, as the case may be.

Sec. 48. Subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 12-587 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2012):

(b) (1) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, any company which is engaged in the refining or distribution, or both, of petroleum products and which distributes such products in this state shall pay a quarterly tax on its gross earnings derived from the first sale of petroleum products within this state. Each company shall on or before the last day of the month next succeeding each quarterly period render to the commissioner a return on forms prescribed or furnished by the commissioner and signed by the person performing the duties of treasurer or an authorized agent or officer, including the amount of gross earnings derived from the first sale of petroleum products within this state for the quarterly period and such other facts as the commissioner may require for the purpose of making any computation required by this chapter. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (3) of this subsection, the rate of tax shall be (A) five per cent with respect to calendar quarters prior to July 1, 2005; (B) five and eight-tenths per cent with respect to calendar quarters commencing on or after July 1, 2005, and prior to July 1, 2006; (C) six and three-tenths per cent with respect to calendar quarters commencing on or after July 1, 2006, and prior to July 1, 2007; and (D) seven per cent with respect to calendar quarters commencing on or after July 1, 2007. [, and prior to July 1, 2013; and (E) eight and one-tenth per cent with respect to calendar quarters commencing on or after July 1, 2013. ]

Sec. 49. Subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of section 12-587 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2012):

(c) (1) Any company which imports or causes to be imported into this state petroleum products for sale, use or consumption in this state, other than a company subject to and having paid the tax on such company's gross earnings from first sales of petroleum products within this state, which earnings include gross earnings attributable to such imported or caused to be imported petroleum products, in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, shall pay a quarterly tax on the consideration given or contracted to be given for such petroleum product if the consideration given or contracted to be given for all such deliveries during the quarterly period for which such tax is to be paid exceeds three thousand dollars. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (3) of this subsection, the rate of tax shall be (A) five per cent with respect to calendar quarters commencing prior to July 1, 2005; (B) five and eight-tenths per cent with respect to calendar quarters commencing on or after July 1, 2005, and prior to July 1, 2006; (C) six and three-tenths per cent with respect to calendar quarters commencing on or after July 1, 2006, and prior to July 1, 2007; and (D) seven per cent with respect to calendar quarters commencing on or after July 1, 2007. [, and prior to July 1, 2013; and (E) eight and one-tenth per cent with respect to calendar quarters commencing on or after July 1, 2013. ] Fuel in the fuel supply tanks of a motor vehicle, which fuel tanks are directly connected to the engine, shall not be considered a delivery for the purposes of this subsection.

Sec. 50. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2012) (a) There is established an account to be known as the "underground storage tank petroleum clean-up account" which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection for the purposes of providing payment or reimbursement as provided in the underground storage tank petroleum clean-up program, established pursuant to section 22a-449c of the general statutes.

(b) Not later than thirty days immediately following the tax due date for the tax imposed under section 12-587 of the general statutes, a portion of said tax in the amount of three million dollars shall be credited by the Comptroller to the underground storage tank petroleum clean-up account, established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.

Sec. 51. Subsection (b) of section 2-36b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2012):

(b) On or before November fifteenth, 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) A consensus estimate of state revenues developed in accordance with subsection (a) of section 2-36c, a consensus estimate of state expenditures developed in accordance with subsection (a) of section 52 of this act, and an estimate of [expenditures and] the ending balance for each fund, for the current biennium and the next ensuing three fiscal years, and the assumptions on which such estimates are based; (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 possible uses of surplus funds, including, but not limited to, the Budget Reserve Fund, debt retirement and funding of pension liabilities.

Sec. 52. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2012) (a) Not later than October fifteenth annually, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the director of the legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis shall issue the consensus expenditure estimate for the current biennium and the next ensuing three fiscal years. If no agreement on an expenditure estimate is reached by October fifteenth, (1) the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the director of the Office of Fiscal Analysis shall each issue an estimate of state expenditures for the current biennium and the next ensuing three fiscal years, and (2) the Comptroller shall, not later than October twenty-fifth, issue the consensus expenditure estimate for the current biennium and the next ensuing three fiscal years. In issuing the consensus expenditure estimate required by this subsection, the Comptroller shall consider such expenditure estimates provided by the Office of Policy and Management and the legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis, and shall issue the consensus expenditure estimate based on such expenditure estimates, in an amount that is equal to or between such expenditure estimates.

(b) Not later than January fifteenth annually and April thirtieth annually, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the director of the legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis shall issue revisions to the consensus expenditure estimate developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, or a statement that no revisions are necessary. If no agreement on revisions to the consensus expenditure estimate is reached by the required date, (1) the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the director of the Office of Fiscal Analysis shall each issue a revised estimate of state expenditures for the current biennium and the next ensuing three fiscal years, and (2) the Comptroller shall, not later than five days after the failure to issue revisions to the consensus expenditure estimate, issue the revised consensus expenditure estimate. In issuing the revised consensus expenditure estimate required by this subsection, the Comptroller shall consider such revised expenditure estimates provided by the Office of Policy and Management and the legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis, and shall issue the revised consensus expenditure estimate based on such revised expenditure estimates, in an amount that is equal to or between such revised expenditure estimates.

(c) If (1) a revised consensus expenditure estimate pursuant to subsection (b) of this section is issued in January or April of any fiscal year, (2) such revised consensus expenditure estimate has changed from the previous consensus expenditure estimate or revised consensus expenditure estimate to forecast a deficit or an increase in a deficit either of which is greater than one per cent of the total of General Fund appropriations for the current year, (3) a budget for the prospective fiscal year has not become law, and (4) the General Assembly is in session, then the General Assembly and the Governor shall take such action as provided in subsection (d) of this section.

(d) (1) The joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and finance, revenue and bonding shall, on or before the tenth business day after a revised consensus expenditure estimate is issued in April pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, prepare and vote on adjusted appropriation and revenue plans, if necessary to address such revised consensus expenditure estimate.

(2) The Governor shall provide the General Assembly with a budget document, prepared in accordance with the requirements of section 4-74 of the general statutes, if necessary to address the most recent consensus expenditure estimate or revised consensus expenditure estimate issued pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) of this section. The budget document required by this subdivision shall be issued not later than twenty-five calendar days after a revised consensus expenditure estimate is issued in January, and not later than ten calendar days after a revised consensus expenditure estimate is issued in April.

Sec. 53. Section 17b-280 of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2012):

(a) The state shall reimburse for all legend drugs provided under medical assistance programs administered by the Department of Social Services at the lower of (1) the rate established by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as the federal acquisition cost, (2) the average wholesale price minus sixteen per cent, or (3) an equivalent percentage as established under the Medicaid state plan. The state shall pay a professional fee of two dollars to licensed chain pharmacies and four dollars to licensed independent pharmacies for each prescription dispensed to a recipient of benefits under a medical assistance program administered by the Department of Social Services in accordance with federal regulations. On and after September 4, 1991, payment for legend and nonlegend drugs provided to Medicaid recipients shall be based upon the actual package size dispensed. Effective October 1, 1991, reimbursement for over-the-counter drugs for such recipients shall be limited to those over-the-counter drugs and products published in the Connecticut Formulary, or the cross reference list, issued by the commissioner. The cost of all over-the-counter drugs and products provided to residents of nursing facilities, chronic disease hospitals, and intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded shall be included in the facilities' per diem rate. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, no dispensing fee shall be issued for a prescription drug dispensed to a ConnPACE or Medicaid recipient who is a Medicare Part D beneficiary when the prescription drug is a Medicare Part D drug, as defined in Public Law 108-173, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.

(b) The Department of Social Services may provide an enhanced dispensing fee to a pharmacy enrolled in the federal Office of Pharmacy Affairs Section 340B drug discount program established pursuant to 42 USC 256b or a pharmacy under contract to provide services under said program.

(c) For purposes of this section, "chain pharmacy" means a community pharmacy that is publicly traded, "independent pharmacy" means a community pharmacy that is privately owned and has twenty or fewer stores in the state, "community pharmacy" has the same meaning as in section 20-631a and "legend drug" has the same meaning as in section 20-571.

Sec. 54. (Effective from passage) There shall be established a Privatization Planning Committee that shall develop a plan to privatize direct care services currently provided by the Departments of Developmental Services, Children and Families, and Mental Health and Addiction Services. The plan shall identify direct care services provided by said departments that can be provided by private organizations at a lower cost without diminishing the quality of such services. Membership of the Privatization Planning Committee shall be established by the Department of Developmental Services not later than July 1, 2012, and shall include the Commissioners of Developmental Services, Children and Families, and Mental Health and Addiction Services and representatives of various stakeholders, including, but not limited to, individuals and families served by said departments, organizations representing the interests of the developmentally disabled, organizations dealing with drug and alcohol addiction, and at-risk children. Not later than January 1, 2013, the Privatization Planning Committee shall submit the plan to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and human services in accordance with section 11-4a of the general statutes.

Sec. 55. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force to review, analyze and make recommendations concerning proposals to improve programmatic efficiencies and avoid duplication and overlap of authority in areas of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's Bureau of Outdoor Resources, Bureau of Natural Resources, environmental conservation and environmental quality sections and the Department of Agriculture. Such review shall identify strategies for improving the natural resources conservation functions of the state, including the development of a comparative analysis of reorganization proposals, a cost-benefit analysis for each such proposal and an evaluation of best practices in the management of the state's environmental conservation and environmental quality responsibilities. Such review shall include the consideration of public input solicited through public hearings or the submission of written testimony.

(5) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or the commissioner's designee;

(7) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management or the secretary's designee; and

(c) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority.

(d) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the secretary's designee, shall be the chairperson of the task force. The secretary shall schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty days after the effective date of this section.

(e) The administrative staff of the Office of Policy and Management shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. The task force shall be located in the executive branch for administrative purposes.

(f) Not later than December 1, 2012, the task force shall submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment and agriculture, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it submits such report or December 1, 2012, whichever is later.

Sec. 56. Section 155 of public act 11-6, as amended by the revised revenue estimates adopted by the joint standing committee on finance, revenue and bonding, pursuant to section 2-35 of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes, at a meeting on June 24, 2011, is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2012):

[The] Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2-35 of the general statutes, the appropriations in section [1 of this act] 67 of public act 11-61, as amended by section 1 of this act, are supported by the GENERAL FUND revenue estimates as follows:

Sec. 57. Section 156 of public act 11-6, as amended by the revised revenue estimates adopted by the joint standing committee on finance, revenue and bonding, pursuant to section 2-35 of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes, at a meeting on June 24, 2011, is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2012):

[The] Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2-35 of the general statutes, the appropriations in section [2 of this act] 68 of public act 11-61, as amended by section 2 of this act, are supported by the SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION FUND revenue estimates as follows:

Sec. 58. Section 161 of public act 11-6, as amended by the revised revenue estimates adopted by the joint standing committee on finance, revenue and bonding, pursuant to section 2-35 of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes, at a meeting on June 24, 2011, is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2012):

[The] Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2-35 of the general statutes, the appropriations in section 7 of [this act] public act 11-6, as amended by section 5 of this act, are supported by the INSURANCE FUND revenue estimates as follows:

Sec. 59. Section 162 of public act 11-6, as amended by the revised revenue estimates adopted by the joint standing committee on finance, revenue and bonding, pursuant to section 2-35 of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes, at a meeting on June 24, 2011, is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2012):

[The] Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2-35 of the general statutes, the appropriations in section [8 of this act] 69 of public act 11-61, as amended by section 6 of this act, are supported by the CONSUMER COUNSEL AND PUBLIC UTILITY CONTROL FUND revenue estimates as follows:

Sec. 60. Section 163 of public act 11-6, as amended by the revised revenue estimates adopted by the joint standing committee on finance, revenue and bonding, pursuant to section 2-35 of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes, at a meeting on June 24, 2011, is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2012):

[The] Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2-35 of the general statutes, the appropriations in section 9 of [this act] public act 11-6, as amended by section 7 of this act, are supported by the WORKERS' COMPENSATION FUND revenue estimates as follows:

Sec. 61. Section 12-704e of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed. (Effective July 1, 2012, and applicable to taxable years commencing on or after January 1, 2012)"


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	New section
Sec. 2	January 1, 2013	New section
Sec. 3	from passage	22a-478(c)


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	New section
Sec. 2	from passage	New section


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	New section
Sec. 2	from passage	32-701(a)
Sec. 3	from passage	12-412(58)
Sec. 4	from passage	32-9zz(c)
Sec. 5	from passage	32-9zz(d)
Sec. 6	from passage and applicable to income years commencing on or after January 1, 2012	12-217(a)(1)
Sec. 7	from passage and applicable to income years commencing on or after January 1, 2012	12-213(a)(9)
Sec. 8	from passage and applicable to taxable years commencing on or after January 1, 2012	12-701(a)(20)


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Sec. 501	July 1, 2012	New section

	2012-2013
GENERAL GOVERNMENT

DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
State Insurance and Risk Mgmt Operations	$7,335,373

REGULATION AND PROTECTION

DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
Personal Services	[41,541,809]	39,761,005
Other Expenses	13,255,626
Equipment	600,000
Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks Project	296,289
AGENCY TOTAL	[55,693,724]	53,912,920

TRANSPORTATION

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Personal Services	[162,240,011]	148,127,154
Other Expenses	[49,228,630]	51,970,834
Equipment	1,743,000
Minor Capital Projects	332,500
Highway and Bridge Renewal-Equipment	7,000,000
Highway Planning and Research	3,105,000
Rail Operations	[155,715,305]	148,312,793
Bus Operations	[139,464,784]	138,089,614
Tweed-New Haven Airport Grant	1,000,000
ADA Para-transit Program	[28,880,000]	28,820,850
Non-ADA Dial-A-Ride Program	576,361
Pay-As-You-Go Transportation Projects	22,687,740
Transportation for Employment Independence Program		3,155,532
Town Aid Road Grants - TF	30,000,000
AGENCY TOTAL	[601,973,331]	584,921,378

HUMAN SERVICES

BUREAU OF REHABILITATIVE SERVICES
Personal Services	[116,274]	195,074
Other Expenses	14,436
AGENCY TOTAL	[130,710]	209,510

NON-FUNCTIONAL

DEBT SERVICE - STATE TREASURER
Debt Service	[492,217,529]	481,974,187

STATE COMPTROLLER - FRINGE BENEFITS
Unemployment Compensation	644,928
State Employees Retirement Contributions	[105,694,000]	107,869,254
Insurance - Group Life	334,000
Employers Social Security Tax	[18,545,161]	17,800,089
State Employees Health Service Cost	[42,504,880]	36,416,890
AGENCY TOTAL	[167,722,969]	163,065,161

RESERVE FOR SALARY ADJUSTMENTS
Reserve for Salary Adjustments	[14,081,949]	2,027,714

WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
Workers' Compensation Claims	[6,626,481]	6,544,481

TOTAL - SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION FUND	[1,345,782,066]	1,299,990,724

LESS:

Estimated Unallocated Lapse	-11,000,000
[Labor Management Savings	-56,949,138]
Eliminate Longevity Non-Union Employees		-804,771

NET -SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION FUND	[1,277,832,928]	1,288,185,953


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Sec. 501	October 1, 2012	17b-403(b)
Sec. 502	October 1, 2012	19a-522c

	2012-2013
HUMAN SERVICES

SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND MARINES' FUND
Personal Services	[$604,504]	$592,380
Other Expenses	42,397
Award Payments to Veterans	1,979,800
Fringe Benefits	424,835
AGENCY TOTAL	[3,051,536]	3,039,412

TOTAL - SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND MARINES' FUND	[3,051,536]	3,039,412


LESS:

Eliminate Longevity Non-Union Employees		-7,656

NET -SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND MARINES' FUND	[3,051,536]	3,031,756

	2012-2013
REGULATION AND PROTECTION

DEPARTMENT OF BANKING
Personal Services	[$10,600,000]	$10,222,794
Other Expenses	[1,014,443]	1,482,802
Equipment	37,200
Fringe Benefits	[7,314,500]	7,054,228
Indirect Overhead	[1,217,182]	215,207
AGENCY TOTAL	[20,183,325]	19,012,231

LABOR DEPARTMENT
Customized Services	500,000

CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Fair Housing	168,639

JUDICIAL

JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
Foreclosure Mediation Program	5,324,914

TOTAL - BANKING FUND	[26,176,878]	25,005,784


LESS:

Branch Savings Target - Judicial	-63,729
Eliminate Longevity Non-Union Employees		-98,726

NET -BANKING FUND	[26,113,149]	24,843,329

	2012-2013
GENERAL GOVERNMENT

OFFICE OF POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
Personal Services	[$212,322]	$208,927
Other Expenses	500
Fringe Benefits	[146,503]	144,161
AGENCY TOTAL	[359,325]	353,588

REGULATION AND PROTECTION

INSURANCE DEPARTMENT
Personal Services	[12,996,951]	13,736,218
Other Expenses	2,022,453
Equipment	40,060
Fringe Benefits	[8,699,254]	9,496,397
Indirect Overhead	[59,842]	472,973
AGENCY TOTAL	[23,818,560]	25,768,101

OFFICE OF THE HEALTHCARE ADVOCATE
Personal Services	[725,540]	960,256
Other Expenses	136,374
Equipment	700
Fringe Benefits	[495,294]	657,248
Indirect Overhead	[120,957]	19,211
AGENCY TOTAL	[1,478,865]	1,773,789

HUMAN SERVICES

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Other Expenses	475,000

TOTAL - INSURANCE FUND	[26,131,750]	28,370,478


LESS:

Eliminate Longevity Non-Union Employees		-77,710

NET -INSURANCE FUND	[26,131,750]	28,292,768

	2012-2013
CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

OFFICE OF CONSUMER COUNSEL
Personal Services	[$1,309,791]	$1,362,827
Other Expenses	396,029
Equipment	5,600
Fringe Benefits	[901,742]	933,437
Indirect Overhead	[375,972]	67,695
AGENCY TOTAL	[2,989,134]	2,765,588

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Personal Services	[11,989,348]	11,602,054
Other Expenses	[1,550,391]	1,650,391
Equipment	26,000
Fringe Benefits	[8,276,798]	8,009,565
Indirect Overhead	[1,155,074]	197,792
Operation Fuel		1,100,000
AGENCY TOTAL	[22,997,611]	22,585,802

TOTAL - CONSUMER COUNSEL AND PUBLIC UTILITY CONTROL FUND	[25,986,745]	25,351,390


LESS:

Eliminate Longevity Non-Union Employees		-82,690

NET -CONSUMER COUNSEL AND PUBLIC UTILITY CONTROL FUND	[25,986,745]	25,268,700

	2012-2013
GENERAL GOVERNMENT

DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Personal Services	$407,580
Other Expenses	30,653
Equipment	1
Fringe Benefits	281,230
AGENCY TOTAL	719,464

REGULATION AND PROTECTION

LABOR DEPARTMENT
Personal Services		8,660,377
Other Expenses		2,182,102
Equipment		15,900
Occupational Health Clinics	682,731
Fringe Benefits		5,977,676
Indirect Overhead		716,918
AGENCY TOTAL	[682,731]	18,235,704

[WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION]
[Personal Services	9,022,493]
[Other Expenses	2,284,102]
[Equipment	15,900]
[Fringe Benefits	6,227,536]
[Indirect Overhead	974,714]
[AGENCY TOTAL	18,524,745]

HUMAN SERVICES

BUREAU OF REHABILITATIVE SERVICES
Personal Services	487,578
Other Expenses	24,500
Rehabilitative Services	1,261,913
Fringe Benefits	336,429
AGENCY TOTAL	2,110,420

TOTAL - WORKERS' COMPENSATION FUND	[22,037,360]	21,065,588


LESS:

Eliminate Longevity Non-Union Employees		-49,512

NET -WORKERS' COMPENSATION FUND	[22,037,360]	21,016,076

	Municipality	Grant Amounts

	Andover	$2,929
	Ansonia	70,732
	Ashford	2,843
	Avon	213,211
	Barkhamsted	33,100
	Beacon Falls	38,585
	Berlin	646,080
	Bethany	54,901
	Bethel	229,948
	Bethlehem	6,305
	Bloomfield	1,446,585
	Bolton	19,812
	Bozrah	110,715
	Branford	304,496
	Bridgeport	839,881
	Bridgewater	491
	Bristol	2,066,321
	Brookfield	97,245
	Brooklyn	8,509
	Burlington	14,368
	Canaan	17,075
	Canterbury	1,610
	Canton	6,344
	Chaplin	554
	Cheshire	598,668
	Chester	71,130
	Clinton	168,444
	Colchester	31,069
	Colebrook	436
	Columbia	21,534
	Cornwall	0
	Coventry	8,359
	Cromwell	27,780
	Danbury	1,534,876
	Darien	0
	Deep River	86,478
	Derby	12,218
	Durham	122,637
	Eastford	43,436
	East Granby	430,285
	East Haddam	1,392
	East Hampton	15,087
	East Hartford	3,576,349
	East Haven	62,435
	East Lyme	17,837
	Easton	2,111
	East Windsor	237,311
	Ellington	181,426
	Enfield	219,004
	Essex	80,826
	Fairfield	82,908
	Farmington	440,541
	Franklin	[413,545] 18,317
	Glastonbury	202,935
	Goshen	2,101
	Granby	28,727
	Greenwich	70,905
	Griswold	35,790
	Groton	1,373,459
	Guilford	55,611
	Haddam	2,840
	Hamden	230,771
	Hampton	0
	Hartford	1,184,209
	Hartland	758
	Harwinton	17,272
	Hebron	1,793
	Kent	0
	Killingly	567,638
	Killingworth	4,149
	Lebanon	24,520
	Ledyard	296,297
	Lisbon	2,923
	Litchfield	2,771
	Lyme	0
	Madison	6,880
	Manchester	861,979
	Mansfield	5,502
	Marlborough	5,890
	Meriden	721,037
	Middlebury	67,184
	Middlefield	198,671
	Middletown	1,594,059
	Milford	1,110,891
	Monroe	151,649
	Montville	356,761
	Morris	2,926
	Naugatuck	274,100
	New Britain	1,182,061
	New Canaan	159
	New Fairfield	912
	New Hartford	110,586
	New Haven	1,175,481
	Newington	758,790
	New London	30,182
	New Milford	628,728
	Newtown	192,643
	Norfolk	5,854
	North Branford	243,540
	North Canaan	304,560
	North Haven	1,194,569
	North Stonington	0
	Norwalk	328,472
	Norwich	161,111
	Old Lyme	1,528
	Old Saybrook	38,321
	Orange	85,980
	Oxford	72,596
	Plainfield	120,563
	Plainville	443,937
	Plymouth	124,508
	Pomfret	22,677
	Portland	73,590
	Preston	0
	Prospect	56,300
	Putnam	139,075
	Redding	1,055
	Ridgefield	452,270
	Rocky Hill	192,142
	Roxbury	478
	Salem	3,740
	Salisbury	66
	Scotland	6,096
	Seymour	255,384
	Sharon	0
	Shelton	483,928
	Sherman	0
	Simsbury	62,846
	Somers	72,769
	Southbury	16,678
	Southington	658,809
	South Windsor	1,084,232
	Sprague	334,376
	Stafford	355,770
	Stamford	407,895
	Sterling	19,506
	Stonington	80,628
	Stratford	2,838,621
	Suffield	152,561
	Thomaston	315,229
	Thompson	62,329
	Tolland	75,056
	Torrington	486,957
	Trumbull	163,740
	Union	0
	Vernon	121,917
	Voluntown	1,589
	Wallingford	1,589,756
	Warren	235
	Washington	231
	Waterbury	2,076,795
	Waterford	27,197
	Watertown	521,334
	Westbrook	214,436
	West Hartford	648,560
	West Haven	137,765
	Weston	366
	Westport	0
	Wethersfield	17,343
	Willington	15,891
	Wilton	247,801
	Winchester	249,336
	Windham	369,559
	Windsor	1,078,969
	Windsor Locks	1,567,628
	Wolcott	189,485
	Woodbridge	27,108
	Woodbury	45,172
	Woodstock	55,097

	Borough of Danielson	0
	Borough Jewett City	3,329
	Borough Stonington	0

	Barkhamsted F. D.	1,996
	Berlin - Kensington F. D.	9,430
	Berlin - Worthington F. D.	747
	Bloomfield Center Fire	3,371
	Bloomfield Blue Hills	88,142
	Canaan F. D. (no fire district)	0
	Cromwell F. D.	1,662
	Enfield F. D. (1)	12,688
	Enfield Thompsonville(2)	2,814
	Enfield Haz'dv'l F. D. (3)	1,089
	Enfield N. Thmps'nv'l F. D. (4)	55
	Enfield Shaker Pines (5)	5,096
	Groton - City	241,680
	Groton Sewer	1,388
	Groton Mystic F. D. #3	19
	Groton Noank F. D. #4	0
	Groton Old Mystic F. D. #5	1,610
	Groton Poquonnock Br. #2	17,967
	Groton W. Pleasant Valley	0
	Killingly Attawaugan F. D.	1,457
	Killingly Dayville F. D.	33,885
	Killingly Dyer Manor	1,157
	E. Killingly F. D.	75
	So. Killingly F. D.	150
	Killingly Williamsville F. D.	5,325
	Manchester Eighth Util.	55,013
	Middletown South F. D.	165,713
	Middletown Westfield F. D.	8,805
	Middletown City Fire	27,038
	New Htfd. Village F. D. #1	5,664
	New Htfd Pine Meadow #3	104
	New Htfd South End F. D.	8
	Plainfield Central Village F. D.	1,167
	Plainfield Moosup F. D.	1,752
	Plainfield F. D. #255	1,658
	Plainfield Wauregan F. D.	4,360
	Pomfret F. D.	841
	Putnam E. Putnam F. D.	8,196
	Putnam W. Putnam F. D.	0
	Simsbury F. D.	2,135
	Stafford Springs Service Dist.	12,400
	Sterling F. D.	1,034
	Stonington Mystic F. D.	478
	Stonington Old Mystic F. D.	1,999
	Stonington Pawcatuck F. D.	4,424
	Stonington Quiambaug F. D.	65
	Stonington F. D.	0
	Stonington Wequetequock F. D.	58
	Trumbull Center	461
	Trumbull Long Hill F. D.	889
	Trumbull Nichols F. D.	3,102
	Watertown F. D.	0
	West Haven Allingtown F. D. (3)	17,230
	W. Haven First Ctr Fire Taxn (1)	7,410
	West Haven West Shore F. D. (2)	29,445
	Windsor Wilson F. D.	170
	Windsor F. D.	38
	Windham First	7,096

	GRAND TOTAL	[$50,271,099] $49,875,871

	2012 - 2013
TAXES
Personal Income	[$8,909,000,000]	$8,557,300,000
Sales and Use	[3,955,400,000]	3,889,000,000
Corporations	[799,700,000]	794,000,000
Public Service Corporations	275,200,000
Inheritance and Estate	[162,100,000]	166,200,000
Insurance Companies	[238,300,000]	234,400,000
Cigarettes	[425,900,000]	409,000,000
Real Estate Conveyance	[98,400,000]	100,300,000
Oil Companies	[120,600,000]	170,600,000
Electric Generation	71,000,000
Alcoholic Beverages	[57,200,000]	59,300,000
Admissions and Dues	[44,200,000]	39,600,000
Health Provider Tax		530,700,000
Miscellaneous	[546,700,000]	20,100,000
TOTAL TAXES	[15,703,700,000]	15,316,700,000

Refunds of Taxes	[-1,063,700,000]	-950,600,000
R & D Credit Exchange	[-9,500,000]	-8,500,000
TAXES LESS REFUNDS	[14,630,500,000]	14,357,600,000

OTHER REVENUE
Transfer Special Revenue	[289,700,000]	305,100,000
Indian Gaming Payments	[387,200,000]	351,200,000
Licenses, Permits and Fees	[252,400,000]	249,400,000
Sales of Commodities and Services	[37,300,000]	34,800,000
Rentals, Fines and Escheats	[121,700,000]	107,700,000
Investment Income	[4,400,000]	2,800,000
Miscellaneous	[163,900,000]	160,300,000
Refunds of Payments	[-22,600,000]	-50,000,000
TOTAL OTHER REVENUE	[1,234,000,000]	1,161,300,000

OTHER SOURCES
Federal Grants	[3,717,900,000]	3,585,600,000
Transfer From Tobacco Settlement	93,100,000
Transfer to Other Funds	[-234,600,000]	-205,600,000
TOTAL OTHER SOURCES	[3,576,400,000]	3,473,100,000

TOTAL GENERAL FUND REVENUE	[19,440,900,000]	18,992,000,000

	2012 - 2013

TAXES
Motor Fuels	[$506,700,000]	$494,100,000
Oil Companies	199,400,000
Sales Tax DMV	[71,900,000]	76,400,000
TOTAL TAXES	[778,000,000]	769,900,000
Refunds of Taxes	[-7,400,000]	-7,800,000
TOTAL - TAXES LESS REFUNDS	[770,600,000]	762,100,000

OTHER SOURCES
Motor Vehicle Receipts	[242,400,000]	233,400,000
Licenses, Permits, Fees	[145,800,000]	137,900,000
Interest Income	[15,000,000]	6,000,000
Federal Grants	13,100,000
Transfers from Other Funds	151,300,000
TOTAL - OTHER SOURCES	[567,600,000]	541,700,000
Refunds of Payments	[-3,200,000]	-3,400,000
NET TOTAL OTHER SOURCES	[564,400,000]	538,300,000

TOTAL SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION FUND REVENUE	[1,335,000,000]	1,300,400,000

	2012 - 2013

Fees and Assessments	[$26,400,000]	$28,300,000

TOTAL INSURANCE FUND REVENUE	[$26,400,000]	$28,300,000

	2012-2013
LEGISLATIVE

LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT
Personal Services	[$48,753,708]	$45,568,556
Other Expenses	[17,611,168]	15,230,644
Equipment	[316,000]	208,000
Flag Restoration	[75,000]	37,500
Minor Capital Improvements	[265,000]	198,750
Interim Salary/Caucus Offices	[464,100]	348,075
Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering	[100,000]	75,000
Old State House	[616,523]	462,392
Interstate Conference Fund	[380,584]	190,292
New England Board of Higher Education	194,183
AGENCY TOTAL	[68,776,266]	62,513,392

AUDITORS OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS
Personal Services	[11,742,921]	10,935,624
Other Expenses	[856,702]	713,257
Equipment	10,000
AGENCY TOTAL	[12,609,623]	11,658,881

COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF PROTECTED CLASS CITIZENS
Personal Services		750,000
Other Expenses		250,000
AGENCY TOTAL		1,000,000

[COMMISSION ON AGING]
[Personal Services	271,048]
[Other Expenses	8,021]
[Equipment	1,500]
[AGENCY TOTAL	280,569]

[PERMANENT COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN]
[Personal Services	481,820]
[Other Expenses	67,092]
[Equipment	1,500]
[AGENCY TOTAL	550,412]

[COMMISSION ON CHILDREN]

	2012 - 2013

Fees and Assessments	[$26,200,000]	$25,351,000

TOTAL CONSUMER COUNSEL AND PUBLIC UTILITY CONTROL FUND REVENUE	[$26,200,000]	$25,351,000

	2012 - 2013

Fees and Assessments	[$17,290,000]	$17,139,000
Use of fund balance from prior years	13,871,000

TOTAL WORKERS' COMPENSATION FUND REVENUE	[$31,161,000]	$31,010,000