Wherever used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Accrual basis" means the basis upon which, in transactions thereon, revenues are accounted for when earned or due, even though not collected, and expenditures are accounted for as soon as liabilities are incurred, whether paid or not;
(2) "Agency fund" means a fund consisting of resources received or held by the state as an agent for certain individuals or governmental units;
(3) "Allotment" means a portion of an appropriation or special fund set aside to cover expenditures and encumbrances for a certain period or purpose;
(4) "Appropriation" means an authorization by the General Assembly to make expenditures and incur liabilities for specific purposes;
(5) "Assets" means the entire property of all kinds of the state, including both current assets and fixed assets;
(6) "Audit" means, in the absence of any expression defining the extent to which it has been limited, an examination of the subject matter of the accounting in all its financial aspects, including, so far as the several classifications of accounts may be involved, the verification of assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, revenues, expenditures, reserves and surplus in such detail as may be necessary to permit certification of the statements rendered and of the accountability of the fiduciary parties;
(7) "Auditors' certificate" means a statement signed by the auditors stating that they have examined the accounting records and expressing their opinion, based on such examination, regarding the financial condition of the state or any of its enterprises, the results from operations and any facts which the auditors in their professional capacity have investigated;
(8) "Balance sheet" means a statement showing the financial condition of a fund or government at a specified date;
(9) "Budget" means an estimate of proposed expenditures for a given period or purpose and the means of financing them, as expressed in appropriation and revenue acts;
(10) "Budget document" means the instrument used by the Governor to present a comprehensive financial program to the General Assembly;
(11) "Budgeted agency" means (A) every department, board, council, commission, institution or other agency of the Executive Department of the state government, provided each board, council, commission, institution or other agency included by law within any given department shall be deemed a division of that department; (B) every court, council, division and other agency of the judicial branch of the state government financed in whole or in part by the state, including those agencies, officers, employees and services for which, or for the payment of whose salaries, appropriations are made to be expended on the direction, taxation or approval of any state court or judge thereof; and all of said courts, councils, divisions, agencies, officers, employees and services shall be one or more budgeted agency or agencies as the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management may prescribe; (C) every full-time permanent department or agency of the legislative branch of the state government; and (D) every public and private institution, organization, association or other agency receiving financial aid from the state;
(12) "Capital budget" means that portion of the budget which deals with the estimates of proposed expenditures for land, nonstructural improvements to land, structural replacements and major improvements and the means of financing them;
(13) "Capital outlay" means expenditures which result in the acquisition of additions to fixed assets;
(14) "Cash basis" means the basis upon which, in transactions thereon, revenues are accounted for when received in cash and expenditures are accounted for when paid;
(15) "Current assets" means those assets owned by the state which are available to meet the cost of operations or to pay current liabilities of the state;
(16) "Current liabilities" means liabilities which are payable immediately or in the near future out of current resources, as distinguished from long-term liabilities to be met out of future resources;
(17) "Deficit" means the excess of the liabilities and reserves of a fund over its assets, or the excess of the obligations, reserves and unencumbered appropriations of a fund over its resources;
(18) "Disbursements" means payments in cash regardless of the purpose;
(19) "Encumbrances" means obligations in the form of purchase orders or contracts which are to be met from an appropriation and for which a part of the appropriation is reserved;
(20) "Expenditures" means amounts paid for all purposes, including expenses, provisions for retirement of debt and capital outlay;
(21) "Expenses" means expenditures for operation, maintenance, interest and other current expenditures for which no permanent or subsequently convertible value is received;
(22) "Fiscal period" means any period at the end of which the state closes its books in order to determine its financial condition and the results of its operations;
(23) "Fixed assets" means assets of a permanent character having a continuing value, such as land, buildings, machinery and furniture and other equipment;
(24) "General Fund" means the fund that is unrestricted as to use and available for general purposes;
(25) "Liabilities" means debts or other legal obligations arising out of transactions in the past which are to be liquidated or renewed or refunded upon some future date;
(26) "Overdraft" means (A) the amount by which checks, drafts or other demands for payment on the Treasury or on a bank exceed the amount of the credit against which they are drawn or (B) the amount by which requisitions or audited vouchers exceed the appropriations or other credit to which they are chargeable;
(27) "Petty cash" means a sum of money, either in the form of currency or a special bank deposit, set aside for the purpose of making change or immediate payments of comparatively small amounts for which it is subsequently reimbursed from the cash of a fund;
(28) "Receipts" means sums actually received in cash from all sources unless otherwise described;
(29) "Refund" means an amount paid back or credit allowed on account of an overcollection;
(30) "Reimbursements" means cash or other assets received as a repayment of the cost of work or services performed, or of other expenditures made for or on behalf of another governmental unit, fund or department;
(31) "Revenue" means additions to cash or other current assets which neither increase any liability or reserve nor represent the recovery of an expenditure;
(32) "Special fund" means any fund which is to be used only in accordance with specific regulations or restrictions, including any fund created by a law authorizing and requiring the receipts of specific taxes or other revenues to be used to finance particular activities;
(33) "Trust fund" means any fund consisting of resources received and held by the state as trustee to be expended or invested in accordance with the conditions of the trust;
(34) "Unencumbered balance" means that portion of an appropriation or allotment not expended or encumbered;
(35) "Unexpended balance" means that portion of an appropriation or allotment which has not been expended;
(36) "Unliquidated encumbrances" means encumbrances which have not yet been paid or approved for payment;
(37) "Voucher" means a document certifying a certain transaction, especially a written form attesting the propriety of the payment of money;
(38) "Warrant" means a draft upon the treasurer for the payment of money.
(1949 Rev., S. 223; June, 1955, S. 74d; P.A. 81-466, S. 2, 4; P.A. 96-180, S. 1, 166.)
History: P.A. 81-466 deleted definition of "program budget" formerly found in Subdiv. (28) and renumbered remaining subsections accordingly, effective March 1, 1982; (Revisor's note: In 1995 the Revisors editorially changed the lower case alphabetic indicators in Subdivs. (11) and (26) to upper case for consistency with statutory usage); P.A. 96-180 amended Subdiv. (11) by substituting "Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management" for "director of the budget", effective June 3, 1996.
Appropriation to be spent for purpose specified. 163 C. 537. Cited. 200 C. 386, 395.
Subdiv. (3):
Cited. 148 C. 623. Cited. 200 C. 386, 392, 397.
Subdiv. (4):
Cited. 200 C. 386, 392, 397.
Cited. 41 CS 90, 99.
Subdiv. (11):
Towns not agencies within section meaning. 163 C. 537. Cited. Id. Cited. 193 C. 670, 674.

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Sections 4-70 and 4-70a are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 224; P.A. 73-679, S. 1, 42, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 21, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 609, 610.)

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Sec. 4-70b. Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. Finance, budget and management duties. (a) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall establish an Office of Finance under the direction of an executive financial officer. The secretary shall assist the Governor in his duties respecting the formulation of the budget and the correlating and revising of estimates and requests for appropriations of all budgeted agencies and shall also assist the Governor in his duties respecting the investigation, supervision and coordination of the expenditures and other fiscal operations of such budgeted agencies.
(b) Said secretary shall direct internal management consultant services to state agencies in such areas as administrative management, facility planning and review, management systems and program evaluation and such other special studies and analyses as he deems necessary.
(c) The secretary shall establish uniform policies and procedures for obtaining, managing and evaluating the quality and cost effectiveness of human services purchased from private providers. The secretary shall ensure all state agencies which purchase human services comply with such policies and procedures. The secretary shall report to the General Assembly on or before January 1, 1994, and biennially thereafter, on the system for the purchase of such services in the state. The report shall include an analysis of (1) the relationship between the number of providers of a particular service in a region and the cost of the service and (2) the impact of the state's policies and procedures for the purchase of human services on the cost of purchasing such services.
(P.A. 73-679, S. 2, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 22, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 30, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 8, 136; P.A. 92-123, S. 1; 92- 135, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 75-537 changed planning and budgeting division to budget and management division, left appointment of managing director and designee to discretion of commissioner of finance and control with provision that if one is not appointed, duties fall upon commissioner, deleted reference to state planning council and amended provision concerning projects financed by federal funds; P.A. 77-614 deleted former first paragraph concerning appointment of director, replaced managing director with secretary of the office of policy and management, deleted former Subsecs. (b) and (c) re federal funds and contracts and made former Subsec. (d) new Subsec. (b) adding authorization for special studies and analyses; P.A. 78-303 deleted reference to forms management in Subsec. (b); P.A. 92-123 added Subsec. (c) re the purchase of human services from private providers; P.A. 92-135 amended Subsec. (a) to require secretary to establish an office of finance under direction of an executive financial officer.
Cited. 200 C. 386, 395.

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Section 4-70c is repealed.
(P.A. 73-679, S. 3, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 54, 55.)

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Transferred to Chapter 578, Sec. 32-4f.

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(a) There is established an Office of Finance which shall be within the Office of Policy and Management and shall report directly to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. The Office of Finance shall be administered by an executive financial officer.
(b) The executive financial officer of the Office of Finance shall, subject to the approval of the secretary: (1) Establish state agency financial policies, (2) review and approve, amend or reject all budget requests of state agencies for financial systems and operations and take actions to remedy any deficiencies in such systems and operations, (3) review and advise the executive heads of state agencies concerning agency financial staff needs, (4) in cooperation with the Department of Administrative Services, review the performance evaluations of state agency financial management personnel made by the executive heads of such agencies, recommend career development programs for higher level managers, coordinate interagency transfers of financial managers and advise state agencies concerning personnel policies and salary scales for financial managers, (5) monitor financial reports of all state agencies and (6) organize and implement programs for the exchange of information and technology concerning financial systems among state agencies and other state financial personnel.
(P.A. 92-135, S. 4.)

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Sec. 4-71. Transmission to General Assembly of budget document in odd- numbered year and status report in even-numbered year. Report re three fiscal years immediately following biennium. Not later than the first session day following the third day of February in each odd-numbered year, the Governor shall transmit to the General Assembly a budget document setting forth his financial program for the ensuing biennium with a separate budget for each of the two fiscal years and having the character and scope hereinafter set forth, and a report which sets forth estimated revenues and expenditures for the three fiscal years next ensuing the biennium to which the budget document relates. If the Governor has been elected or succeeded to the office of Governor since the submission of the last-preceding budget document, he shall transmit such document and report to the General Assembly not later than the first session day following the fourteenth day of February. In the even-numbered years, on the day on which the General Assembly first convenes, the Governor shall transmit a report on the status of the budget enacted in the previous year with any recommendations for adjustments and revisions, and a report, with revisions, if any, which sets forth estimated revenues and expenditures for the three fiscal years next ensuing the biennium in progress. The budget document shall consist of four parts, the nature and contents of which are set forth in sections 4-72, 4-73, 4-74 and 4-74a and shall be accompanied by the statement of grants to towns compiled pursuant to the provisions of section 4-71a and by the computation of the cost of an indexed increase in assistance payments made pursuant to section 4-71c. The report which sets forth estimated revenues and expenditures for the three fiscal years next ensuing the biennium shall contain, for each such year, estimated revenues, itemized by major source, and estimated expenditures for each budgeted agency for personal services, other expenses, other current expenses, equipment, payments to local governments, and other than payments to local governments. Such report transmitted in the even-numbered years shall contain the assumptions on which the estimated revenues and expenditures for the fiscal year next ensuing are based and shall set forth estimated revenues and expenditures in the same detail contained in the budget document.
(1949 Rev., S. 225; 1951, S. 75d; 1971, P.A. 1, S. 5; 113; 1972, P.A. 221, S. 8; P.A. 79-607, S. 16; P.A. 85-505, S. 16, 21; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 34, 168; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14, S. 29, 30.)
History: 1971 acts made changes to reflect the switch from biennial to annual sessions, changed date for budget document submission to first session day following third day of February in odd-numbered years except for new governors it remained first session day following February 14 and made provision for submission in even-numbered years on first day assembly is convened; 1972 act required four-part rather than three-part budget; P.A. 79-607 required that budget be accompanied by statement of grants to towns; P.A. 85-505 required that a computation of the cost of an indexed increase in assistance payments accompany the budget document; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended language to reflect change from annual to biennial budget, required governor to transmit, in each odd-numbered year, a budget document for the ensuing biennium with a separate budget for each of the two fiscal years, and a report which sets forth estimated expenditures and revenues for the three fiscal years next ensuing biennium to which budget document relates, and in each even-numbered year, a report on the status of the budget enacted in the previous year with any recommendations for adjustments and revisions and a report, with revisions, if any, which sets forth estimated revenues and expenditures for the three years next ensuing the biennium in progress; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14 changed effective date of June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 34 from August 22, 1991, to July 1, 1992, and first applicable to biennium commencing July 1, 1993.
Cited. 193 C. 670, 675. Cited. 200 C. 386, 395.

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Sec. 4-71a. Estimates of recommended state grants-in-aid to towns under the budget document. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall compile, for each state grant-in-aid program which is determined by statutory formula, the estimated amount of funds each town in the state would receive under each such program from the appropriations recommended by the Governor in the budget document.
(P.A. 79-607, S. 17.)
See Sec. 4-66b re urban action goals.
Cited. 200 C. 386, 395.

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Not later than August fifteenth or sixty days after the adjournment of the regular session of the General Assembly, whichever is later, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall compile, for each state grant-in-aid program which is determined by statutory formula, the estimated amount of funds each town in the state can expect to receive for each fiscal year of the biennium under each such program from funds appropriated for each such fiscal year.
(P.A. 79-607, S. 18; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 35, 168; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14, S. 29, 30; P.A. 96-224, S. 2.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended language to reflect change from annual to biennial budget; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14 changed effective date of June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 35 from August 22, 1991, to July 1, 1992, and first applicable to biennium commencing July 1, 1993; P.A. 96-224 provided that estimated grant amounts be compiled sixty days after adjournment of a regular legislative session or August fifteenth, whichever is later, rather than sixty days after signing of the budget act.
See Sec. 4-66b re urban action goals.
Cited. 200 C. 386, 395.

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The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall annually compute the cost of an increase in assistance payments under the general assistance program, state supplement program, medical assistance program, temporary family assistance program and food stamp program based on the percentage increase, if any, in the most recent calendar year average in the consumer price index for urban consumers provided if the increase in such index exceeds five per cent, the computation shall be based on a five per cent increase.
(P.A. 85-505, S. 15, 21; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 7, 165.)
History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 made technical changes, effective July 1, 1997.

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Part I of the budget document shall consist of the Governor's budget message in which he shall set forth as follows: (1) His program for meeting all the expenditure needs of the government for each fiscal year of the biennium to which the budget relates, indicating the classes of funds, general or special, from which such appropriations are to be made and the means through which such expenditure shall be financed; (2) financial statements giving in summary form: (A) The financial position of all major state operating funds including revolving funds at the end of the last-completed fiscal year in a form consistent with accepted accounting practice. He shall also set forth in similar form the estimated position of each such fund at the end of the year in progress and the estimated position of each such fund at the end of each fiscal year of the biennium to which the budget relates if his proposals are put into effect; (B) a statement showing as of the close of the last-completed fiscal year, a year by year summary of all outstanding general obligation and special tax obligation debt of the state and a statement showing the yearly interest requirements on such outstanding debt; (C) a summary of appropriations recommended for each fiscal year of the biennium to which the budget relates for each budgeted agency and for the state as a whole in comparison with actual expenditures of the last-completed fiscal year and appropriations and estimated expenditures for the year in progress; (D) for the biennium commencing July 1, 1999, and each biennium thereafter, a summary of estimated expenditures for certain fringe benefits for each fiscal year of the biennium to which the budget relates for each budgeted agency; (E) a summary of permanent full-time positions setting forth the number filled and the number vacant as of the end of the last-completed fiscal year, the total number intended to be funded by appropriations without reduction for turnover for the fiscal year in progress, the total number requested and the total number recommended for each fiscal year of the biennium to which the budget relates; (F) a summary of the revenue estimated to be received by the state during each fiscal year of the biennium to which the budget relates classified according to sources in comparison with the actual revenue received by the state during the last-completed fiscal year and estimated revenue during the year in progress; and (G) such other financial statements, data and comments as in his opinion are necessary or desirable in order to make known in all practicable detail the financial condition and operations of the government and the effect that the budget as proposed by him will have on such condition and operations. If the estimated revenue of the state for the ensuing biennium as set forth in the budget on the basis of existing statutes, plus the estimated unappropriated surplus at the close of the year in progress available for expenditure in the ensuing biennium, is less than the aggregate appropriations recommended for the ensuing biennium as contained in the budget, the Governor shall make recommendations to the General Assembly in respect to the manner in which such deficit shall be met, whether by an increase in the indebtedness of the state, by the imposition of new taxes, by increased rates on existing taxes or otherwise. If the aggregate of such estimated revenue plus such estimated unappropriated surplus is greater than such recommended appropriations for the ensuing biennium, he shall make such recommendations for the use of such surplus for the reduction of indebtedness, for the reduction in taxation or for other purposes as in his opinion are in the best interest of the public welfare.
(1949 Rev., S. 226; 1951, S. 76d; 1971, P.A. 1, S. 6; 490; P.A. 79-446, S. 1; P.A. 86-305, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91- 3, S. 36, 168; P.A. 98-263, S. 12, 21.)
History: 1971 acts made changes reflecting switch from biennial to annual sessions and required inclusion of revolving funds' status in budget document; P.A. 79-446 required inclusion of estimated interest and debt redemption information for year to which budget relates and additionally required summary of permanent full-time positions; P.A. 86-305 deleted requirement that budget message set forth "statements showing as of the close of the last-completed fiscal year and as of January first of the fiscal year in progress the bonded indebtedness of the state, the debt authorized and unissued, the debt temporarily incurred and the condition of the sinking funds and statements showing for the last-completed fiscal year the actual interest requirements on state indebtedness and any debt redemption and, for the year in progress and for the year to which the budget relates, the estimated interest requirements and debt redemption" and substituted requirement that message set forth "a statement showing as of the close of the last-completed fiscal year, a year by year summary of all outstanding general obligation and special tax obligation debt of the state and a statement showing the yearly interest requirements on such outstanding debt"; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended language to reflect change from annual to biennial budget, effective July 1, 1992, and applicable to biennium commencing July 1, 1993; (Revisor's note: In 1995 the lower case alphabetic indicators in Subdiv. (2) were changed editorially by the Revisors to upper case for consistency with statutory usage); P.A. 98-263 added new Subpara. (D) to Subdiv. (2), requiring document to set forth, for the biennium commencing July 1, 1999, and each biennium thereafter, a summary of estimated expenditures for certain fringe benefits for each budgeted agency, and redesignated existing Subparas. (D) to (F) as Subparas. (E) to (G), effective July 1, 1998.
Cited. 200 C. 386, 395.

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(a) Part II of the budget document shall present in detail for each fiscal year of the ensuing biennium the Governor's recommendation for appropriations to meet the expenditure needs of the state from the General Fund and from all special and agency funds classified by budgeted agencies and showing for each budgeted agency and its subdivisions: (1) A narrative summary describing the agency, the Governor's recommendations for appropriations for the agency and a list of agency programs, the actual expenditure for the last-completed fiscal year, the estimated expenditure for the current fiscal year, the amount requested by the agency and the Governor's recommendations for appropriations for each fiscal year of the ensuing biennium; (2) a summary of permanent full-time positions by fund, setting forth the number filled and the number vacant as of the end of the last-completed fiscal year, the total number intended to be funded by appropriations without reduction for turnover for the fiscal year in progress, the total number requested and the total number recommended for each fiscal year of the biennium to which the budget relates.
(b) In addition, programs shall be supported by: (1) The statutory authorization for the program; (2) a statement of program objectives; (3) a description of the program, including a statement of need, eligibility requirements and any intergovernmental participation in the program; (4) a statement of performance measures by which the accomplishments toward the program objectives can be assessed, which shall include, but not be limited to, an analysis of the workload, quality or level of service and effectiveness of the program; (5) program budget data broken down by major object of expenditure, showing additional federal and private funds; (6) a summary of permanent full-time positions by fund, setting forth the number filled and the number vacant as of the end of the last-completed fiscal year, the total number intended to be funded by appropriations without reduction for turnover for the fiscal year in progress, the total number requested and the total number recommended for each fiscal year of the biennium to which the budget relates; (7) a statement of expenditures for the last-completed and current fiscal years, the agency request and the Governor's recommendation for each fiscal year of the ensuing biennium and, for any new or expanded program, estimated expenditure requirements for the fiscal year next succeeding the biennium to which the budget relates; and (8) an explanation of any significant program changes requested by the agency or recommended by the Governor.
(c) There shall be a supporting schedule of total agency expenditures including a line-item, minor object breakdown of personal services, contractual services and commodities and a total of state aid grants and equipment, showing the actual expenditures for the last-completed fiscal year, estimated expenditures for the current fiscal year and requested and recommended appropriations for each fiscal year of the ensuing biennium, classified by objects according to a standard plan of classification.
(d) All federal funds expended or anticipated for any purpose shall be accounted for in the budget. The document shall set forth a listing of federal programs, showing the actual expenditures for the last-completed fiscal year, estimated expenditures for the current fiscal year and anticipated funds available for expenditure for each fiscal year of the ensuing biennium. Such federal funds shall be classified by program in each budgeted agency but shall not include research grants made to educational institutions.
(e) Part II of the budget document shall also set forth the budget recommendations for the capital program, to be supported by statements listing the agency's requests and the Governor's recommendations with the statements required by section 4-78.
(f) The appropriations recommended for the legislative branch of the state government shall be the estimates of expenditure requirements transmitted to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management by the Joint Committee on Legislative Management pursuant to section 4-77 and the recommended adjustments and revisions of such estimates shall be the recommended adjustments and revisions, if any, transmitted by said committee pursuant to said section 4-77.
(1949 Rev., S. 227; 1951, 1953, June, 1955, S. 77d; 1971, P.A. 1, S. 7; 1972, P.A. 85, S. 3; P.A. 78-298, S. 9, 14; P.A. 79-446, S. 2; 79-557, S. 1; P.A. 81-364, S. 3, 4; 81-376, S. 6, 11; 81-466, S. 1, 4; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 81-13, S. 2, 3; P.A. 82-386, S. 2, 3; P.A. 85-526, S. 4, 5; P.A. 86-305, S. 2; P.A. 87-1, S. 2, 7; 87-539, S. 4, 5; P.A. 91-256, S. 4, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 37, 168; P.A. 92-126, S. 41, 42, 48; 92-154, S. 5, 6, 23.)
History: 1971 act changed language to reflect switch from biennial to annual sessions; 1972 act deleted reference to recommendations of state building program commission; P.A. 78-298 added reference to requirements enumerated in Sec. 4-78; P.A. 79-446 required inclusion of summaries of permanent full-time positions; P.A. 79-557 added requirement of document setting out federal programs and funds by agency, exclusive of research grants to educational institutions; P.A. 81-364 added provision requiring the governor's recommended appropriation for the legislative branch of government to be the same as the estimated expenditure requirements transmitted to the office of policy and management by the legislative management committee under Sec. 4-77; P.A. 81-376 required information gathered under Subdiv. (5) of Subsec. (a) of Sec. 16a-47 to be included in budget document; P.A. 81-466 reorganized provisions and expanded required information in budget document, effective March 1, 1982; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 81-13 added Subsec. (g) re reduction in funds for energy use for budgeted agencies not cooperating in conducting energy audits and implementing required energy conservation measures; P.A. 82-386 added requirements in Subsec. (b) concerning the program evaluation procedure, including the statement of need and the statement by which performance may be measured and schedule concerning the number of budgeted agencies to be subject to the requirements re evaluation of programs and measurement of program effectiveness in 1983 and 1984; P.A. 85-526 added Subsec. (h) re recommendations for modifications to private activity bond allocations; P.A. 86-305 amended Subsec. (d) to require that all federal funds "expended or anticipated" rather than "received" be accounted for in budget, and to delete provision that document, or subsidiary document shall set forth a description citing federal program, amount and purpose for which such federal funds shall be received classified by function or grant program and substitute provisions that document shall set forth listing of federal programs, showing actual expenditures for last- completed fiscal year, estimated expenditures for current fiscal year and anticipated funds available for expenditure for ensuing fiscal year and repealed former Subsec. (g) which provided that document shall set forth a proposed reduction in funds for energy use requested by any budgeted agency occupying a state-owned or leased building and not cooperating with administrative services commissioner and secretary of the office of policy and management in conducting energy audits of such building and implementing audit recommendations or other energy conservation measures required by the secretary (Revisor's note: Subsec. (h), enacted by P.A. 85-526, was relettered editorially as Subsec. (g) by the Revisors); P.A. 87-1 made technical correction; P.A. 87-539 deleted Subsec. (g); P.A. 91-256 in Subsec. (a) added provisions concerning the constituent units of the state system of higher education; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended language to reflect change from annual to biennial budget, and deleted obsolete language in Subsec. (b) which phased in, between March 1, 1982, and March 1, 1984, the number of budgeted agencies to which the provisions of said subsection were applicable, effective July 1, 1992, and first applicable to biennium commencing July 1, 1993; P.A. 92-126 amended Subdiv. (1) of Subsec. (a) to remove language concerning fringe benefits for the constituent units of the state system of higher education, which had been added by P.A. 91-256, but see Sec. 4-73a; P.A. 92-154 attempted to amend language in Subsec. (a) which was deleted by P.A. 92-126.
Cited. 200 C. 386, 395.

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Sec. 4-73a. Determination of actual rate of fringe benefits for funds of the constituent units of the state system of higher education. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1994, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Comptroller shall determine the actual rate for fringe benefits for the funds of the constituent units of the state system of higher education, established pursuant to subsection (b) of section 10a-77, section 10a-98a, subsection (b) of section 10a-99, subsections (b) and (c) of section 10a-105, section 10a-110a and section 10a-130, and shall report such information to the Office of Policy and Management by September 1, 1992, and annually by said date thereafter.
(P.A. 92-154, S. 7, 23.)
History: (Revisor's note: In 1993 reference to "subsection (b) of section 10a-83" was deleted editorially since that section was repealed by P.A. 92-126).

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Part III of the budget document shall consist of a draft or drafts of appropriation and revenue bills to carry out the recommendations of the Governor to be included in parts I and II of the budget document. Such appropriation bills shall indicate the funds, general or special, from which such appropriations shall be paid, but such appropriations need not be in greater detail than to indicate the total appropriation to be made to each budgeted agency and each independently organized division thereof for each major function or program, equipment, land and buildings and improvements.
(1949 Rev., S. 228; 1953, June, 1955, S. 78d.)
Cited. 193 C. 670, 675. Cited. 200 C. 386, 395.

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Part IV of the budget document shall consist of the recommendations of the Governor concerning the economy and shall include an analysis of the impact of both proposed spending and proposed revenue programs on the employment, production and purchasing power of the people and industries within the state.
(1972, P.A. 221, S. 9.)
Cited. 200 C. 386, 395.

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The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, shall compile the requested appropriations, the appropriations as recommended by the Governor, the Governor's budget message and other data as presented in the budget document and shall have such compiled document published and distributed in the same manner as public documents.
(1949 Rev., S. 229; P.A. 73-679, S. 8, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 23, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610.)
History: P.A. 73-679 replaced director of the budget with managing director, planning and budgeting division, department of finance and control or his designee; P.A. 75-537 changed division name to budget and management division and deleted reference to designee; P.A. 77-614 replaced director with secretary of the office of policy and management.
Cited. 193 C. 670, 675. Cited. 200 C. 386, 395.

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Sec. 4-76. Governor to explain budget document and reports to legislative committees. The Governor or his authorized representative or agent shall appear before the appropriate committees of the General Assembly to explain the details of the budget document and report transmitted by the Governor in the odd-numbered years and the reports transmitted by the Governor in the even-numbered years pursuant to section 4- 71, to answer questions and to give information as to the items included therein.
(1949 Rev., S. 230; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 38, 168.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended language to reflect change from annual to biennial budget, effective July 1, 1992, and first applicable to biennium commencing July 1, 1993.
Cited. 193 C. 670, 675. Cited. 200 C. 386, 395.

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Sec. 4-77. Submission of estimates of expenditures by budgeted agencies. Guidelines for standard economic and planning factors and for unit costs for utilities. Statement of revenue and estimated revenue. Financial and personnel status reports. (a) The administrative head of each budgeted agency shall transmit, on or before September first of each even-numbered year, to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, on blanks to be furnished by him not later than the preceding August first, and to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, through the Office of Fiscal Analysis, and the standing committee having cognizance of matters relating to such budgeted agency, estimates of expenditure requirements for each fiscal year of the next biennium. On or before September first of each odd-numbered year, said agency head shall transmit recommended adjustments and revisions, if any, of such estimates. The secretary shall set guidelines for standard economic and planning factors and for unit costs, based on source of supply, for fuel oil, electricity, gas and water usage by state agencies, which shall be used by all agencies in the preparation of their estimates of expenditure requirements. The expenditure requirements shall be classified to show expenditures estimated for each major function and activity, project or program of the budgeted agency and its subdivisions, grants or aids to governmental units and capital outlay, and shall include details setting forth the estimated expenditures classified by objects according to a standard plan of classification, with citations of the statutes, if any, relating thereto. Each expenditure requirement for any purpose other than capital outlay involving an increase in or addition to any appropriation of the current fiscal year shall be accompanied by an explanation of the increase or addition. Each expenditure requirement involving a capital outlay shall be accompanied by such supporting schedules of data and explanations as may be required by the secretary.
(b) The administrative head of each budgeted agency shall transmit, on or before September first of each year, to the secretary, in the form required by him, and, on or before November fifteenth of each year, to the joint committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to state finance, revenue and bonding, through the Office of Fiscal Analysis, a statement showing in detail the revenue and estimated revenue of the agency for the current fiscal year, an estimate of the revenue from the same or any additional sources for the next fiscal year and, in the even-numbered year, for the next biennium. Said agency head shall include in such statement recommendations as to any changes in the management, practices, regulations or laws governing his budgeted agency affecting the amount of revenue from operations, fees, taxes or other sources or the collection thereof, and any other information required by the secretary.
(c) If any budgeted agency fails to submit such estimates within the time specified, the secretary shall cause such estimates to be prepared for the budgeted agency. The administrative head of each budgeted agency shall transmit a copy of the agency's monthly financial status report and monthly personnel status report to the Office of Fiscal Analysis.
(1949 Rev., S. 231; 1953, June, 1955, S. 79d; 1971, P.A. 1, S. 8; P.A. 73-679, S. 9, 43; P.A. 74-264, S. 1, 2; P.A. 75- 537, S. 24, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 31, 610; P.A. 79-31, S. 5, 17; P.A. 82-195; 82-314, S. 15, 63; 82-465, S. 3, 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 39, 168.)
History: 1971 act changed language to reflect switch from biennial to annual sessions; P.A. 73-679 replaced director of the budget with managing director, planning and budgeting division, department of finance and control or his designee; P.A. 74-264 required submission of estimated expenditures to appropriations committee and to committee concerned with matters relating to agency and submission of estimated revenue to finance committee; P.A. 75-537 changed division name to budget and management division and deleted reference to designee; P.A. 77-614 replaced director with secretary of the office of policy and management and required secretary to set guidelines for economic and planning factors for agencies' use; P.A. 79-31 changed formal designation of finance committee; P.A. 82-195 required secretary to set guidelines for unit costs for utilities used by state agencies and divided section into subsections; P.A. 82-314 changed formal designation of appropriations committee and made other technical changes; P.A. 82-465 changed date for submission of expenditure estimates to committees from November fifteenth to September first and required agency heads to transmit copy of monthly financial status report and personnel status report to office of fiscal analysis; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended language to reflect change from annual to biennial budget, effective July 1, 1992, and first applicable to biennium commencing July 1, 1993.
Cited. 193 C. 670, 674. Cited. 200 C. 386, 395.

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Sec. 4-77a. Submission of estimates of expenditures for payment of workers' compensation claims. The estimates of expenditure requirements transmitted by the administrative head of each budgeted agency to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, pursuant to section 4-77, shall include an estimate of the amount required by such agency for the payment of the workers' compensation claims of the employees of each such agency. Appropriations which are recommended in the budget document transmitted by the Governor in the odd-numbered years or the status report transmitted by the Governor in the even-numbered years to the General Assembly pursuant to section 4-71 or contained in the state budget act or any deficiency bill, as provided in section 2-36, for the payment of such claims shall be made as follows: (1) For the Departments of Mental Retardation, Mental Health and Addiction Services, Correction, Transportation, Public Safety and Children and Families, directly to said agencies; (2) for all other budgeted state agencies, to the Department of Administrative Services which shall maintain an account for payment of workers' compensation claims.
(P.A. 89-279, S. 1, 3; P.A. 90-327, S. 1, 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 40, 168; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 58.)
History: P.A. 90-327 provided that direct appropriations shall be made only to the departments of mental retardation, mental health, correction, transportation, public safety and children and youth services and that all other appropriations shall be through the department of administrative services; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended language to reflect change from annual to biennial budget, effective July 1, 1992, and first applicable to biennium commencing July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Department of Mental Health with Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995.

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Sec. 4-77b. Estimate of expenditure requirement by Department of Public Works to include amount required for leasing of additional facilities and maintenance. The estimates of expenditure requirements transmitted by the Commissioner of Public Works to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management pursuant to section 4-77 and the appropriations recommended in the budget document transmitted by the Governor to the General Assembly pursuant to section 4-71 shall include an estimate of the amount required by the Department of Public Works for the leasing of additional facilities and an estimate of the amount required for the maintenance, including preventive maintenance, of facilities under the supervision, care and control of the department.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-12, S. 1, 55.)

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The budget recommendations for the capital program to be paid from appropriated funds, proceeds of authorized bond issues or any federal or other funds available for capital projects shall be supported by statements indicating recommended priorities for projects and setting forth for each project: (a) The total estimated cost at completion; (b) appropriations, bond authorizations and federal or other funds received to date; (c) additional appropriations or bond authorizations required for completion; (d) the amount available for expenditure from bond authorizations, appropriations or federal or other funds of prior years; (e) the bond authorization or appropriation recommended for each fiscal year of the ensuing biennium; (f) the amount available for each fiscal year of the ensuing biennium if the budget recommendation is approved; (g) bond authorizations or appropriations estimated to be required for subsequent fiscal years for completion; and (h) the estimated addition to the operating budget when completed. All capital projects authorized, begun or completed in prior years shall be reviewed annually in terms of requirement for continuation of appropriations made to date and, where appropriation balances remain at completion or no imminent forwarding of the project is contemplated or where the project has been abandoned, recommendation shall be made for the reduction of such authorized bond issues or the lapsing of such appropriation balances.
(1951, S. 81d; 1971, P.A. 1, S. 9; P.A. 78-298, S. 10, 14; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 41, 168.)
History: 1971 act changed language to reflect switch from biennial to annual sessions; P.A. 78-298 amended section to include bond authorizations and federal and other funds in consideration of project priorities; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended language to reflect change from annual to biennial budget, effective July 1, 1992, and first applicable to biennium commencing July 1, 1993.
Cited. 200 C. 386, 395.

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In any year in which there is a Governor-elect, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall cause to be prepared, not later than the fifteenth of November next succeeding the receipt by said secretary of the estimates of expenditure requirements and of revenue as provided in section 4-77, a tentative budget conforming as to scope, contents and character to the requirements of sections 4-72, 4-73 and 4-74 and containing the estimates of expenditures and revenue called for by section 4-77. Such tentative budget shall be transmitted to the Governor-elect.
(1949 Rev., S. 232; 1951, S. 82d; P.A. 73-679, S. 10, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 25, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 85-400, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 73-679 replaced director with managing director, planning and budgeting division, department of finance and control or his designee; P.A. 75-537 changed division name to budget and management division and deleted reference to designee; P.A. 77-614 replaced managing director with secretary of the office of policy and management; P.A. 85-400 deleted requirement that a tentative budget be prepared annually and substituted requirement that a tentative budget be prepared in any year in which there is a governor-elect.
Cited. 193 C. 670, 674. Cited. 200 C. 386, 395.

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Upon the receipt by a Governor-elect of the tentative budget provided for by section 4-79, he shall hold such hearings thereon as may be requested by budgeted agencies or may be considered by him desirable. He may require the attendance at such hearings of the heads and other officers of all budgeted agencies and the giving by them of such explanations and suggestions as they are called upon to give or as they desire to offer in respect to items of requested appropriations or estimated revenue in which they are interested. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall arrange a schedule of the time and place of such hearings to suit the convenience of the Governor-elect and shall give notice thereof to the respective budgeted agencies interested in such hearings. The secretary or his representative shall attend all such hearings and shall give such advice and assistance to the Governor-elect as that officer requests. The sum of twenty-five thousand dollars shall be made available by the Comptroller from the unappropriated resources of the state General Fund to the Governor-elect upon his request to the Comptroller. This sum may be used by him as he deems proper and necessary to meet the expenses of transition prior to his inauguration.
(1949 Rev., S. 233; 1951, S. 83d; 1971, P.A. 102; P.A. 73-679, S. 11, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 26, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 32, 610; P.A. 85-400, S. 2.)
History: 1971 act replaced provision for funding budget preparation with provision for appropriation for transition expenses generally; P.A. 73-679 replaced director of budget with managing director, planning and budgeting division, department of finance and control or his designee; P.A. 75-537 changed division name to budget and management division and deleted references to designee; P.A. 77-614 replaced managing director with secretary of the office of policy and management; P.A. 85-400 deleted references to governor to reflect change in Sec. 4-79 to require preparation of a tentative budget only in a year in which there is a governor-elect.
Cited. 193 C. 670, 675. Cited. 200 C. 386, 395.

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Section 4-81 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 234; 1951, S. 84d; P.A. 78-298, S. 13, 14.)

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The Governor shall transmit to the General Assembly supplemental estimates for such appropriations as in his judgment may be necessary by reason of laws enacted after the transmission of the budget document, or as he deems to be in the public interest for other reasons. He shall accompany such estimates with a statement of the reasons therefor, including the reasons for their omission from the budget.
(1949 Rev., S. 235.)
Cited. 200 C. 386, 395.

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On or before the thirtieth day of October, January and April, the Governor shall submit a report to the General Assembly, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, concerning whether or not a deficit is projected for the fiscal year in progress.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 47, 168; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14, S. 29, 30.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14 changed effective date of June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 47 from July 1, 1992, and applicable to biennium commencing July 1, 1993, to August 22, 1991.

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Section 4-83 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 236; P.A. 78-298, S. 13, 14.)

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The budget as submitted by the Governor to the General Assembly shall include a recommended appropriation for contingencies not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars for each fiscal year of the ensuing biennium. Wherever an emergency exists and the Governor is of the opinion that the necessities of a budgeted agency warrant an increased appropriation or it is necessary to provide for emergency expenditures, he may approve such expenditures as he deems necessary and for the best interest of the public from such contingency appropriation, provided the total amount of individual allotments from such appropriation shall not exceed the total amount of the contingency appropriation as established by the General Assembly. Additions to specific appropriations for current expenses of any state court or for current expenses of state institutions or for maintenance of inmates therein or for the reimbursement of towns for relief, support and hospitalization furnished state paupers or for forest fire suppression shall not be considered as within the total appropriation for such contingencies. The Governor shall report to the General Assembly, not later than the first session day following the third day of February in each odd-numbered year, all increases made by him under authority of this section and the reasons therefor. In the even-numbered years, the Governor shall submit such report on the day on which the General Assembly first convenes.
(1949 Rev., S. 237; 1951, S. 85d; 1957, P.A. 396, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 1, S. 10; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 42, 168.)
History: 1971 act changed language to reflect switch from biennial to annual sessions; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended language to reflect change from annual to biennial budget, effective July 1, 1992, and first applicable to biennium commencing July 1, 1993.
Cited. 193 C. 670, 677. Cited. 200 C. 386, 395.

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(a) Before an appropriation becomes available for expenditure, each budgeted agency shall submit to the Governor through the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, not less than twenty days before the beginning of the fiscal year for which such appropriation was made, a requisition for the allotment of the amount estimated to be necessary to carry out the purposes of such appropriation during each quarter of such fiscal year. Appropriations for capital outlays may be allotted in any manner the Governor deems advisable. Such requisition shall contain any further information required by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. The Governor shall approve such requisitions, subject to the provisions of subsection (b).
(b) Any allotment requisition and any allotment in force shall be subject to the following: (1) If the Governor determines that due to a change in circumstances since the budget was adopted certain reductions should be made in allotment requisitions or allotments in force or that estimated budget resources during the fiscal year will be insufficient to finance all appropriations in full, the Governor may modify such allotment requisitions or allotments in force to the extent the Governor deems necessary. Before such modifications are effected the Governor shall file a report with the joint standing committee having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and the joint standing committee having cognizance of matters relating to state finance, revenue and bonding describing the change in circumstances which makes it necessary that certain reductions should be made or the basis for his determination that estimated budget resources will be insufficient to finance all appropriations in full. (2) If the cumulative monthly financial statement issued by the Comptroller pursuant to section 3-115 includes a projected General Fund deficit greater than one per cent of the total of General Fund appropriations, the Governor, within thirty days following the issuance of such statement, shall file a report with such joint standing committees, including a plan which he shall implement to modify such allotments to the extent necessary to prevent a deficit. No modification of an allotment requisition or an allotment in force made by the Governor pursuant to this subsection shall result in a reduction of more than three per cent of the total appropriation from any fund or more than five per cent of any appropriation, except such limitations shall not apply in time of war, invasion or emergency caused by natural disaster.
(c) If a plan submitted in accordance with subsection (b) indicates that a reduction of more than three per cent of the total appropriation from any fund or more than five per cent of any appropriation is required to prevent a deficit, the Governor may request that the Finance Advisory Committee approve any such reduction, provided any modification which would result in a reduction of more than five per cent of total appropriations shall require the approval of the General Assembly.
(d) The secretary shall submit copies of allotment requisitions thus approved or modified or allotments in force thus modified, with the reasons for any modifications, to the administrative heads of the budgeted agencies concerned, to the Comptroller and to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of appropriations and matters relating to the budgets of state agencies, through the Office of Fiscal Analysis. The Comptroller shall set up such allotments on the Comptroller's books and be governed thereby in the control of expenditures of budgeted agencies.
(e) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to authorize the Governor to reduce allotment requisitions or allotments in force concerning aid to municipalities.
(1949 Rev., S. 238; P.A. 73-679, S. 12, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 27, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 33, 610; P.A. 79-623, S. 1, 8; P.A. 81-2, S. 2, 3; P.A. 82-314, S. 16, 63; P.A. 83-587, S. 4, 96; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 46, 168; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91- 14, S. 29, 30.)
History: P.A. 73-679 replaced director of budget with managing director, planning and budgeting division, department of finance and control or his designee; P.A. 75-537 changed division name to budget and management division and deleted references to designee; P.A. 77-614 replaced managing director with secretary of the office of policy and management; P.A. 79-623 divided section into subsections, clarified procedure by which governor may change appropriations and to what degree and included appropriations committee in provisions concerning notice of changes; P.A. 81-2 added Subsec. (g) authorizing governor, during fiscal year 1980—1981, to reduce allotments for appropriated accounts by ten per cent of the amount appropriated for that fiscal year; P.A. 82-314 changed committee names; P.A. 83-587 made a technical amendment, deleting obsolete Subsec. (g) concerning fiscal year 1980—1981; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 deleted language in Subsec. (a) which limited appropriations subject to provisions of section to appropriations "for administration, operation and maintenance of any budgeted agency", deleted requirement that each budgeted agency collecting revenue which is added to or which supplements its appropriations shall attach to its requisitions a statement showing how much of proposed allotments are to be financed from appropriations, reimbursements and any other revenue, added provision that appropriations for capital outlays may be allotted in any manner the governor deems advisable, deleted Subsecs. (b), (c), (e) and (f) and substituted new Subsecs. (b) and (c) re procedures for modification of allotment requisitions or allotments in force, and added new Subsec. (e) re aid to municipalities; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14 changed effective date of June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 46 from July 1, 1992, and applicable to biennium commencing July 1, 1993, to August 22, 1991.
Cited. 148 C. 623. Cited. 200 C. 386, 395.
Subsec. (b):
Section "does not unconstitutionally confer veto powers ... in circumvention of Connecticut Constitution Article IV Section 15"; "does not confer legislative power ... in violation of the separation of powers doctrine contained in Article II of our constitution." 200 C. 386, 387, 390—393, 396—399. Subdiv. (1) cited. Id., 386, 387, 399. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id. Cited. 224 C. 168, 180.
Subsec. (c):
Cited. 200 C. 386, 399.

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Section 4-85a is repealed.
(June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 96; P.A. 78-185, S. 2, 3; 78-298, S. 13, 14.)

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Sections 4-85b and 4- 85c are repealed.
(P.A. 79-211, S. 1, 2; P.A. 80-92; P.A. 83-181, S. 2, 3.)

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The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall annually submit to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy planning and activities, at the same time that the budget document is transmitted by the Governor in the odd-numbered years and the status report is transmitted by the Governor in the even-numbered years to the General Assembly under section 4-71, an estimated accounting of all federal funds for energy programs that will be carried over into the following fiscal year and an estimated accounting of federal energy funds which the state anticipates receiving in such fiscal year, accompanied by a detailed description of how such carried over and anticipated funds will be expended. The provisions of this section shall not apply to energy assistance programs and funds.
(P.A. 82-222, S. 4, 7; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 43, 168.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended language to reflect change from annual to biennial budget, effective July 1, 1992, and first applicable to biennium commencing July 1, 1993.
Cited. 200 C. 386, 395.

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(a) The Office of Policy and Management shall be notified monthly of all refunds of current year expenditures applied to budgeted appropriation accounts for expenditures.
(b) Each warrant, draft or order upon the State Treasurer shall specify the particular appropriation against which it is drawn, and no money shall be paid by the Treasurer unless the warrant, draft or order contains such a specification. The Treasurer shall honor all warrants, drafts or orders of the Comptroller drawn in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(c) The Comptroller shall keep an account in connection with each appropriation and shall not issue any warrant, draft or order on the Treasurer in payment of any obligation in excess of the available balance of the appropriation for the purpose or purposes for which such obligation was incurred, until the General Assembly has passed a deficiency bill for the purpose and allotments have been made by the Governor, or such appropriation has been increased as provided in sections 4-84 and 4-87.
(d) Except as provided in section 4-87, no money shall be transferred or appropriated from one specific appropriation to another, otherwise than by authority of the General Assembly.
(1949 Rev., S. 29; 1971, P.A. 562; P.A. 73-679, S. 13, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 28, 55; P.A. 76-435, S. 41, 82; P.A. 77-614, S. 34, 610; P.A. 78-298, S. 11, 14; P.A. 83-310, S. 2, 3.)
History: 1971 act required surplus funds to be subject to budgetary control by budget division before being made available for future expenditures; P.A. 73-679 changed division name to planning and budgeting division; P.A. 75-537 changed name to budget and management division; P.A. 76-435 made technical changes; P.A. 77-614 replaced budget and management division with the office of policy and management; P.A. 78-298 divided section into subsections and required treasurer to honor all drafts etc. of comptroller; P.A. 83-310 amended Subsec. (a) to repeal provision that all refunds applied to appropriations accounts are subject to budgetary control by office of policy and management before accounts are made available for future expenditures and to substitute provision that said office shall be notified monthly of all refunds applied to budgeted appropriations accounts for expenditures.
Cited. 200 C. 386, 395.

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(a) Whenever any specific appropriation of a budgeted agency proves insufficient to pay the expenditures required for the statutory purposes for which such appropriation was made, the Governor may, at the request of the budgeted agency, transfer from any other specific appropriation of such budgeted agency such amount as the Governor deems necessary to meet such expenditures, except that transfers made from appropriations for fringe benefits to the operating funds of any constituent unit of the state system of higher education may be made only at the close of the fiscal year. No transfer to or from any specific appropriation of a sum or sums of over fifty thousand dollars or ten per cent of any such specific appropriation, whichever is less, shall be made under this section in any one fiscal year without the consent of the Finance Advisory Committee except for transfer made from appropriations for fringe benefits to the operating funds of any constituent unit of the state system of higher education. Notification of all transfers made shall be sent to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, through the Office of Fiscal Analysis.
(b) When the work, procedures or organization of any budgeted agency is modified in any respect by reason of statutory changes or management studies, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, may prepare and submit to the Governor his recommendations to increase or decrease the number of appropriation functions of such budgeted agency and the amounts therefor. The Governor shall have full authority, with the approval of the Finance Advisory Committee, to make such revision and to certify the same to the Secretary of the State and the Comptroller. Appropriation revisions approved by the Governor for any specific agency shall not exceed in total the amount originally appropriated for that agency.
(c) Whenever any appropriation of a budgeted agency located within the city of Hartford proves insufficient to pay the expenditures required for such agency to relocate outside the city of Hartford, the Governor, at the request of such agency, and with the consent of the Finance Advisory Committee, may transfer to such agency, from appropriations made to the Department of Public Works for rents and moving, such amount as the Governor deems necessary to meet such expenditures. Whenever the appropriations made to the Department of Public Works prove insufficient to pay the expenditures necessary to relocate a budgeted agency within the city of Hartford, the Governor, at the request of the department and the agency, and with the consent of the Finance Advisory Committee, may transfer to the department from appropriations made to the agency for relocation expenditures, such amount as the Governor deems necessary to meet such expenditures.
(1949 Rev., S. 239; 1959, P.A. 254; 1971, P.A. 1, S. 11; P.A. 73-679, S. 14, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 29, 55; P.A. 76-260, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 82-227, S. 1, 3; 82-314, S. 17, 63; P.A. 87-326, S. 1, 2; 87-589, S. 67, 87; P.A. 88- 189, S. 1, 2; 88-364, S. 5, 123; P.A. 91-256, S. 5, 69.)
History: 1959 act added subsection (b); 1971 act made changes to reflect switch from biennial to annual sessions; P.A. 73-679 replaced director of budget with managing director, planning and budgeting division, department of finance and control or his designee; P.A. 75-537 changed division name to budget and management division and deleted reference to designee; P.A. 76-260 changed limit on funds transferable without finance advisory committee's consent from one thousand to ten thousand dollars and required notification of appropriations committee; P.A. 77-614 replaced managing director with secretary of the office of policy and management; P.A. 82-227 replaced provision limiting transfer to any specific appropriation to $10,000 with provision limiting transfer to or from any specific appropriation to $50,000 or ten per cent of any such specific appropriation, whichever is less; P.A. 82-314 changed formal designation of appropriations committee; P.A. 87-326 added Subsec. (c) re relocation expenditures; P.A. 87-589 made technical change, substituting public works commissioner for administrative services commissioner; P.A. 88-189 added provision in Subsec. (c), re transfer of relocation funds from budgeted agency to department of public works, for relocation of agency within Hartford; P.A. 88-364 made technical change in Subsec. (b); P.A. 91-256 in Subsec. (a) added the language concerning the constituent units of the state system of higher education.
Cited. 200 C. 386, 395.

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Section 4-88 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 240; 1951, S. 86d; February, 1965, P.A. 126, S. 1; P.A. 78-268, S. 4, 5.)
See Sec. 4-89.

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Sec. 4-89. Appropriations; treatment of unexpended balances at close of fiscal year. (a) No officer, department, board, commission, institution or other agency of the state shall, after the close of any fiscal year, incur, or vote or order or approve the incurring of, any obligation or expenditure under any appropriation made by the General Assembly for any fiscal year that had expired at the time the obligation for such expenditure was incurred. The Comptroller is authorized to draw warrants or process interdepartmental transactions against the available appropriations made for the current fiscal year for the payment of expenditures incurred during the prior fiscal year for which appropriations were made or in fulfillment of contracts properly made during such prior year, and the Treasurer is authorized to pay such warrants or record such interdepartmental transactions. The balances of certain appropriations which otherwise would lapse at the close of any fiscal year and for which no appropriation is made in the following year shall be extended into the succeeding fiscal year for the period of one month to permit liquidation of obligations of the prior fiscal year.
(b) Except as provided in this section, all unexpended balances of appropriations made by the General Assembly in the state budget act shall lapse at the end of the period for which they have been made and shall revert to the unappropriated surplus of the fund from which such appropriation or appropriations were made, except that any appropriation for the improvement of or maintenance work by contract on public roads, for the purchase of land or the erection of buildings or new construction or for specific projects for capital improvements and repairs, provided in the case of such specific projects allotments shall have been made by the Governor for design and construction, shall continue to be available until the attainment of the object or the completion of the work for which such appropriation was made, but in no case for more than six years unless renewed by act of the General Assembly.
(c) All unexpended balances of special appropriations made by the General Assembly for special programs, projects or studies shall lapse at the end of the period for which they have been made, except that if satisfied that the work of any such program, project or study is not completed and will continue during the following fiscal year, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall order any unexpended balance remaining in the special appropriation to be continued to the ensuing fiscal year.
(d) Any appropriation made by the General Assembly for no specific period, or any unexpended balance thereof, shall lapse on June thirtieth in the fourth year after such appropriation was made, provided when the purpose for which any such appropriation was made has been accomplished or there is no further need for funds thereunder, the unexpended balance thereof, upon the written consent of the head of the department, board, commission, institution or other agency to which such appropriation was made, shall lapse and shall revert to the unappropriated surplus of the fund from which such appropriation was made.
(e) The provisions of this section shall not apply to appropriations for Department of Transportation equipment, the highway and planning research program administered by the Department of Transportation, Department of Environmental Protection equipment or the purchase of public transportation equipment, the minor capital improvement account in the Department of Public Works, the litigation/settlement account in the Office of Policy and Management, library or educational equipment for the constituent units of the state system of higher education, or library or educational materials for the State Library. Such appropriations shall not lapse until the end of the fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year of the appropriation, provided an obligation to spend such funds has been incurred in the next preceding fiscal year, except that for the purposes of library or educational equipment or materials, such funds shall not exceed twenty- five per cent of the amount of the appropriation for such purposes.
(f) The provisions of this section shall not apply to appropriations to the Department of Higher Education for student financial assistance in an amount not greater than five per cent of the annual state student financial assistance appropriation, for the high technology graduate scholarship program established under section 10a-170a, for Connecticut higher education centers of excellence established under section 10a-25h, for the minority advancement program established under subsection (b) of section 10a-11, for the high technology doctoral fellowship program established under section 10a-25n, or to the operating funds of the constituent units of the state system of higher education established pursuant to sections 10a-105, 10a-99 and 10a-77. Such appropriations shall not lapse until the end of the fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year of the appropriation except that centers of excellence appropriations deposited by the board of governors in the Endowed Chair Investment Fund, established under section 10a-20a, shall not lapse but shall be held permanently in the Endowed Chair Investment Fund and any moneys remaining in higher education operating funds of the constituent units of the state system of higher education shall not lapse but shall be held permanently in such funds. On or before September first, annually, the Board of Governors of Higher Education shall submit a report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, through the Office of Fiscal Analysis, concerning the amount of each such appropriation carried over from the preceding fiscal year.
(g) The provisions of this section shall not apply to appropriations to the Commission on the Deaf and Hearing Impaired in an amount not greater than the amount of reimbursements of prior year expenditures for the services of interpreters received by the commission during the fiscal year pursuant to section 46a-33b and such appropriations shall not lapse until the end of the fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year of the appropriation.
(h) The provisions of this section shall not apply to appropriations from the municipal solid waste recycling trust account established under subsection (d) of section 22a- 241. Such appropriations shall not lapse.
(1949 Rev., S. 267; 1967, P.A. 363, S. 6; 605, S. 1; P.A. 78-268, S. 1, 5; 78-356, S. 1, 5; P.A. 80-322, S. 1, 2; P.A. 81- 408, S. 1, 3; P.A. 83-310, S. 1, 3; 83-550, S. 1, 2; 83-587, S. 5, 96; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-6, S. 5, 6; P.A. 84-270, S. 1, 2; 84-368, S. 4, 5; 84-450, S. 1, 2; 84-465, S. 1—3; P.A. 85-565, S. 2, 3; P.A. 86-283, S. 4; P.A. 87-336, S. 1, 3; 87-408, S. 4, 5; P.A. 88-231, S. 11, 19; P.A. 89-351, S. 3, 11; P.A. 91-256, S. 6, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 161, 168; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-13, S. 20, 21; P.A. 92-126, S. 33, 48; P.A. 98-252, S. 75, 80; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1, S. 6, 51; P.A. 00-192, S. 26, 102.)
History: 1967 acts made provision for extension of appropriations to permit liquidation of prior obligations and for date on which balances of appropriations lapse and included contracted maintenance work on roads in exception to provisions of section; P.A. 78-268 transferred governor's powers under section to secretary of the office of policy and management, allowed comptroller to process interdepartmental transactions against current appropriations for expenditures of previous year for one month and added Subsecs. (b) to (d), inclusive, clarifying times when appropriations lapse and exceptions to provisions; P.A. 78-356 introduced new material which excluded appropriations for transportation department and public transportation equipment from provisions of section and which was codified as Subsec. (e); P.A. 80-322 included environmental protection department in exclusion provision of Subsec. (e); P.A. 81-408 added Subsec. (f) to prevent lapse of certain amount of appropriations for student financial assistance; P.A. 83-310 amended Subsec. (a) to repeal provision limiting comptroller's authority to draw warrants or process transactions to a one-month period after close of prior fiscal year without authorization of secretary of office of policy and management and to repeal provision that after said one- month period, the secretary, in his discretion, may authorize payment of a claim for an expenditure incurred before the appropriation for such purpose has lapsed; P.A. 83-550 amended Subsec. (e) to allow for the carry-over of unexpended balances for the purchase of library or educational equipment for higher education, provided the funds shall not exceed twenty-five per cent of the amount appropriated for such purchases; P.A. 83-587 amended Subsec. (f) to make the exemption from the provisions of this section applicable for appropriations to the board of governors; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-6 amended Subsec. (f) to exempt appropriations for the high technology graduate scholarship program from the provisions of the section and to delete obsolete reference to appropriations made to board of higher education; P.A. 84-270 amended Subsec. (e) to specify that section does not apply to appropriations for highway and planning research program; P.A. 84-368 amended Subsec. (f) to include appropriations to the Connecticut higher education fund for excellence established pursuant to Sec. 10a-25h; P.A. 84-450 added Subsec. (g) concerning appropriations to the commission on the deaf and hearing impaired; P.A. 84-465 amended Subsec. (e) adding provision re "library or educational materials for the state library" and amended Subsec. (f) to refer to appropriations for higher education department rather than for board of governors, to delete provision that student financial assistance appropriations may be carried over in an amount not greater than "the amount of any unanticipated federal funds received for that purpose during the second half of the state fiscal year", substituting provision that carry-over would equal "five per cent of the annual state student financial assistance appropriation", and to add provision requiring board of governors to submit annual report re carried over appropriation; P.A. 85-565 specified that fund for excellence appropriations deposited in the endowed chair investment fund do not lapse; P.A. 86-283 substituted "centers of" for "fund for" excellence in Subsec. (f); P.A. 87-336 amended Subsec. (f) to provide that appropriations for the minority advancement program not lapse; P.A. 87-408 in Subsec. (f) specified that appropriations for the high technology doctoral fellowship program do not lapse; P.A. 88-231 added Subsec. (h) concerning appropriations from the municipal solid waste recycling trust fund; P.A. 89-351 amended Subsec. (h) to replace provision that appropriations from trust fund shall not lapse until end of fiscal year succeeding fiscal year of appropriation with provision that such appropriations shall not lapse; P.A. 91-256 in Subsec. (f) added provisions concerning the operating funds of the constituent units of the state system of higher education; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 added Subsec. (i), concerning appropriations to the local transportation infrastructure account; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-13 deleted all changes made by P.A. 91-3 of the June session; P.A. 92-126 in Subsec. (f) removed a reference to repealed Sec. 10a-83; (Revisor's note: In 1997 the word "fund" in the phrase "municipal solid waste recycling trust fund" in Subsec. (h) was replaced editorially by the Revisors with the word "account" to conform with Sec. 22a-241 and incorrect reference to Subsec. (f) of that section was changed to "(d)"); P.A. 98-252 amended Subsec. (g) to make a technical change, effective July 1, 1998; (Revisor's note: In codifying section 75 of public act 98-252, an incorrect reference to "section 69 of this act" was deemed by the Revisors to be a reference to "section 74 of this act" and therefore cited as "section 46a-33b"); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1 amended Subsec. (e) to add appropriations for the minor capital improvement account in the Department of Public Works, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 00-192 amended Subsec. (e) to include appropriations for the litigation/settlement account in the Office of Policy and Management, effective July 1, 2000.
Cited. 200 C. 386, 395.

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Secs. 4-90 to 4-92. Transfer of unexpended balances. Report of unexpended balance of special commissions; transfer to General Fund. Unused balances of appropriations. Sections 4-90 to 4-92, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 119, 241, 242; 1951, S. 87d, 88d; 1967, P.A. 363, S. 8; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 61; 1971, P.A. 1, S. 12; P.A. 73-679, S. 15, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 30, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 35, 610; P.A. 78-268, S. 4, 5.)
See Sec. 4-89.

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Sec. 4-93. Finance Advisory Committee; appointment and term. Meeting agenda. The Finance Advisory Committee shall consist of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Treasurer, the Comptroller, two Senate members of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, not more than one of whom shall be of the same political party, and three House members of said committee appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, not more than two of whom shall be of the same political party. In addition, the president pro tempore shall appoint two Senate members of said joint standing committee, not more than one of whom shall be of the same political party, and the speaker shall appoint three House members of said committee, not more than two of whom shall be of the same political party, to serve as alternate members of the Finance Advisory Committee. An alternate member shall serve on the Finance Advisory Committee in the absence of a regular member of the same political party and house of the General Assembly. The president pro tempore and the speaker shall make their respective appointments to the Finance Advisory Committee upon the convening of the General Assembly in each odd-numbered year. The legislative members of said committee shall serve until the convening of the next regular session of the General Assembly in an odd-numbered year. The committee shall meet regularly on the first Thursday of each month and at such other times as the Governor designates. The committee shall furnish an agenda for each meeting to its legislative members and to the Office of Fiscal Analysis at least seven calendar days prior to the meeting.
(1949 Rev., S. 38; P.A. 76-434, S. 2, 12; P.A. 77-604, S. 42, 84; P.A. 82-314, S. 43, 63; 82-465, S. 4, 5; P.A. 88-1, S. 1, 13; P.A. 90-199, S. 1, 2; P.A. 96-93.)
History: P.A. 76-434 and P.A. 77-604 both deleted provision for payment of per diem and travel allowance; P.A. 82- 314 changed official name of appropriations committee; P.A. 82-465 required committee to furnish legislative members and office of fiscal analysis with agenda not less than seven days before meeting; P.A. 88-1 changed regular meeting date of the committee from the first Wednesday of each month to the first Thursday; P.A. 90-199 added provision re appointment of alternate members to serve in the absence of a regular member of the same political party and house of the general assembly; P.A. 96-93 changed the terms of legislative members from one year to two years, changed date of appointment from "before the sixth Wednesday after the convening of the General Assembly" to "upon the convening of the General Assembly in each odd-numbered year" and changed ending date of term from "the sixth Wednesday after the convening of the next regular session of the General Assembly" to "the convening of the next regular session of the General Assembly in an odd-numbered year".
Cited. 200 C. 386, 395.

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No transfer of funds shall be made from the General Fund to any budgeted agency in excess of the regular appropriations therefor, except upon recommendation of the Governor and after approval of the Finance Advisory Committee.
(1949 Rev., S. 39.)
Cited. 200 C. 386, 395.

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Section 4-95 is repealed.
(June, 1949, S. 13d; 1969, P.A. 730, S. 4; 1971, P.A. 1, S. 13; P.A. 78-298, S. 13, 14.)

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Sec. 4-95a. Finance Advisory Committee; appropriation of state funds to secure federal funds or offset loss of federal funds. Appropriation of funds from the Insurance Fund resources, when. (a) When the General Assembly is not in session, the Finance Advisory Committee may appropriate from the resources of the appropriate fund or funds amounts required as state matching funds to secure federal grants on projects or programs, the participation in which said committee deems to be in the best interest of the state. Any request for such appropriation shall include the certification of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management that the required funds have not been appropriated for the purpose of the request and federal funds would be lost unless state funds for matching purposes are made available.
(b) When the General Assembly is not in session, the Finance Advisory Committee may appropriate from the resources of the appropriate fund or funds amounts required to offset the loss of federal funds for projects or programs, the participation in which said committee deems to be in the best interest of the state. Any request for such appropriation shall include the certification of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management that the required funds have not been appropriated for the purpose of the request and federal funds have been reduced or eliminated. Funds appropriated to offset the loss of federal funds shall be authorized for a period not to exceed forty-five days after the General Assembly next convenes.
(c) When the General Assembly is not in session, the Finance Advisory Committee may appropriate from the resources of the Insurance Fund established by section 38a- 52a amounts required by the Insurance Department to implement the provisions of any public or special act enacted without appropriation by the General Assembly. Any request for such appropriation shall include the certification of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management that the required funds have not been appropriated for the purpose of the request.
(d) No appropriation may be made under subsection (a) unless authority exists in the general statutes for the programs contemplated.
(1967, P.A. 734, S. 1, 2; P.A. 73-679, S. 16, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 31, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 86-355, S. 2, 3; P.A. 93-430, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 73-679 replaced budget director with managing director, planning and budgeting division, department of finance and control or his designee; P.A. 75-537 changed division name to budget and management division and deleted reference to designee; P.A. 77-614 replaced managing director with secretary of the office of policy and management; P.A. 86-355 inserted new Subsec. (b) authorizing finance advisory committee to appropriate state funds to offset loss of federal funds, relettering former Subsec. (b) as (c); P.A. 93-430 inserted new Subsec. (c) allowing the finance advisory committee to appropriate from the insurance fund resources any amount required by the department to implement the provisions of any public or special act which was enacted without appropriation by the general assembly provided the secretary of the office of policy and management certifies that the required funds have not been appropriated for the purpose of the request and relettered former Subsec. (c) accordingly.
Cited. 200 C. 386, 395.

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Sec. 4-95b. Transfer of funds to implement improvements to fiscal and related reporting procedures. Funds appropriated to the Finance Advisory Committee under section 1 of special act 77-46, in the account entitled "FAC—Automated Accounting, Budget, Auditing and Personnel System Revisions", may be transferred upon the recommendation of the Governor, with the approval of the Finance Advisory Committee, to the various state agencies as required to implement improvements to fiscal and related reporting procedures of the state.
(P.A. 77-572, S. 1, 3.)
Cited. 200 C. 386, 395.

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Whenever expenditures from any special fund are authorized by specific appropriations, the Governor, if he finds that the available cash resources of such fund for any given fiscal year exceed the total amount of such appropriations and if he deems it to be in the best interests of the state, may add to such specific appropriations an amount not exceeding such excess available cash resources.
(1949 Rev., S. 268.)
Cited. 200 C. 386, 395.

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No appropriation or part thereof shall be used for any other purpose than that for which it was made unless transferred or revised as provided in section 4-87. Any board member, commissioner, director, manager or other officer or any person connected with any budgeted agency to which an appropriation has been made, who wilfully expends any moneys belonging to the state for any purpose other than that for which the money was appropriated, budgeted or allotted or who consents thereto, shall be liable to the state for such sum so spent, and the sum so spent, together with interest and costs, shall be recoverable in an action to be instituted by the Attorney General.
(1949 Rev., S. 244; P.A. 78-298, S. 12, 14.)
History: P.A. 78-298 replaced requirement for governor's authorization with general reference "transferred or revised" as provided in Sec. 4-87.
Cited. 200 C. 386, 395.

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Section 4-97a is repealed.
(June, 1971, S.A. 1, S. 6; P.A. 78-298, S. 13, 14.)

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(a) Except for such emergency purchases as are made by a budgeted agency under regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Administrative Services, no budgeted agency or any agent thereof shall incur any obligation, by order, contract or otherwise, except by the issue of a purchase order and any other documentation necessary to process the transaction transmitted by the budgeted agency or its agents to the commissioner and the Comptroller, provided the amount to be charged against the appropriation for a budgeted agency in any year for a purchase order for a current expenditure shall be the amount anticipated to be spent in such year. The amount to be charged against the appropriation for any budgeted agency in any year for a capital expenditure, including an installment purchase, shall be the state's total cost for such capital expenditure unless otherwise authorized by the General Assembly or approved by the Finance Advisory Committee. Upon the receipt of any such purchase order and any other documentation necessary to process the transaction, the Comptroller shall immediately charge the same to the specific appropriation of the budgeted agency issuing the same and certify on the face of the purchase order that the purchase is approved and recorded, if the proposed purchase is within the applicable specific appropriation and the budgeted agency has unencumbered funds sufficient to defray such expenditure. The Comptroller shall promptly transmit such certified purchase order to the vendor named in the purchase order.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the Comptroller may delegate to any budgeted agency the certification and transmission requirements of purchase orders using authorized electronic methods, provided such agency transmits the information contained in such purchase orders to the Comptroller. Upon receipt of any such electronic transmission, the Comptroller shall immediately charge the same to the specific appropriation of the budgeted agency issuing the same and shall electronically certify that the purchase is approved and recorded, if the proposed purchase is within the applicable specific appropriation and the budgeted agency has unencumbered funds sufficient to defray such expenditure. Upon receipt of the Comptroller's certification, the budgeted agency shall transmit the purchase order to the vendor named in the purchase order.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) of this section, the Comptroller may allow budgeted agencies to use purchasing cards for purchases of ten thousand dollars or less. No budgeted agency, or any official, employee or agent of a budgeted agency, shall incur any obligation using such a card, except in accordance with procedures established by the Comptroller.
(1949 Rev., S. 269; March, 1950, S. 93d; P.A. 74-238; P.A. 77-614, S. 87, 610; P.A. 80-286; P.A. 93-285, S. 3; P.A. 96-156, S. 4; P.A. 98-16, S. 1, 2; P.A. 99-1, S. 1, 2; P.A. 00-25, S. 2; P.A. 01-26, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 74-238 made specific provisions for charging purchase orders against appropriations; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control and director of purchases with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 80-286 replaced reference to "full obligation" with words "total cost" with regard to capital expenditures and included approval by finance advisory committee as part of exception to capital expenditures provision; P.A. 93-285 designated existing provisions Subsec. (a) and added new Subsec. (b) regarding comptroller's delegation of powers to agencies and regulatory authority; P.A. 96-156 added Subsec. (c) permitting Comptroller to allow budgeted agencies to use purchasing cards for specified purchases; P.A. 98-16 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provision that voided nonemergency purchase orders not stamped with Comptroller's certificate, amended Subsec. (b) by substituting "agency copy of the" for "original", inserted new Subsec. (c) re delegation of certification and transmission of purchase orders using electronic methods and redesignated former Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (d), effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 99-1 amended Subsec. (d) by increasing maximum purchases when using a purchasing card from one thousand dollars to ten thousand dollars, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 00-25 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting "any other documentation necessary to process the transaction" for "commitment" and making related changes for consistency, deleted former Subsec. (b) re delegation to budgeted agencies of certification and transmission requirements of this section, relettered former Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (b), amending Subsec. (b) by inserting "requirements" and "authorized", substituting "purchase orders" for "order and commitment" and adding provisions re Comptroller's duties upon receipt of an electronic transmission and agency's duties upon receipt of Comptroller's certification, and relettered former Subsec. (d) as Subsec. (c); P.A. 01-26 made technical changes.
Cited. 200 C. 386, 395.

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Any appropriation for a fiscal year of a biennium shall be available for commitment fifteen days before the beginning of the fiscal period for which such appropriation was made, provided the Comptroller shall have on file an allotment covering such commitment, but no commitment thus effected shall be liquidated before the beginning of such fiscal period.
(1949 Rev., S. 270; 1961, P.A. 464; 1971, P.A. 1, S. 14; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 44, 168.)
History: 1961 act added proviso comptroller have allotment on file; 1971 act deleted reference to biennial appropriation reflecting the change from biennial to annual sessions; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended language to reflect change from annual to biennial budget, effective July 1, 1992, and first applicable to biennium commencing July 1, 1993.
Cited. 200 C. 386, 395.

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Whenever any specific appropriation of money has been made by the General Assembly or by any community or corporation as provided in section 7-121, each agent, commissioner or executive officer of the state, except as provided in sections 4-87 and 4-99, or of any town, city, borough or school district, who wilfully authorizes or contracts for the expenditure of any money or the creation of any debt for any purpose in excess of the amount specifically appropriated for such purpose by the General Assembly or the community or corporation of which he is agent, commissioner or executive officer, unless such expenditure is made or debt contracted for the necessary repair of roads or bridges, or the necessary support of schools or paupers, in cases arising after the proper appropriation has been exhausted, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned in a community correctional center not more than one year or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 271; 1959, P.A. 152, S. 6; 1969, P.A. 297.)
History: 1959 act deleted references to county appropriations; 1969 act replaced jails with community correctional centers.
Penalty attaches only when a specific appropriation has been made and exceeded. 58 C. 462. Does not apply to governmental duty of municipality, or holding election. 89 C. 563; 96 C. 7. Payment to materialman not a violation of this section where amount appropriated has been paid to contractor. 109 C. 558. Cited. 111 C. 515. Cited. 193 C. 670, 675. Cited. 200 C. 386, 395.

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All appropriations to hospitals by the General Assembly shall be expended under the direction of the Governor and of the managers of such institutions, respectively, for the support of charity patients, and so used as to benefit the state as application is made from time to time, a report of which expenditures shall be made biennially to the General Assembly; but no part of such appropriations shall be paid to any of such hospitals unless the same is in actual operation, unless the purpose for which an appropriation is to be expended is for a building and is so specified in the act making such appropriation. Each such hospital receiving state aid shall be paid at a rate determined as provided by section 17b-239 for the care and treatment of any patient when such expense is to be paid from state funds either directly or through the agency of any town or organization.
(1949 Rev., S. 291; 1949, S. 110d.)
Cited. 87 C. 438; 92 C. 123; 119 C. 153. Under former statute payments for care of county patients not restricted to statutory amount. 127 C. 53. Cited. 133 C. 270. Cited. 175 C. 49, 60, 64.

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Sec. 4-101a. Office of Policy and Management. Grants, technical assistance or consultation services to nongovernmental acute care general hospitals. (a) The Office of Policy and Management, may provide grants, technical assistance or consultation services, or any combination thereof, to one or more nongovernmental acute care general hospitals as permitted by this section. Such grants, technical assistance or consultation services shall be consistent with applicable federal disproportionate share regulations, as from time to time amended.
(b) Grants, technical assistance or consultation services, or any combination thereof, provided under this section may be made to assist a nongovernmental acute care general hospital to develop and implement a plan to achieve financial stability and assure the delivery of appropriate health care services in the service area of such hospital, or to assist a nongovernmental acute care general hospital in determining strategies, goals and plans to ensure its financial viability or stability. Any such hospital seeking such grants, technical assistance or consultation services shall prepare and submit to the Office of Policy and Management and the Office of Health Care Access a plan that includes at least the following: (1) A statement of the hospital's current projections of its finances for the current and the next three fiscal years; (2) identification of the major financial issues which effect the financial stability of the hospital; (3) the steps proposed to study or improve the financial status of the hospital and eliminate ongoing operating losses; (4) plans to study or change the mix of services provided by the hospital, which may include transition to an alternative licensure category; and (5) other related elements as determined by the Office of Policy and Management. Such plan shall clearly identify the amount, value or type of the grant, technical assistance or consultation services, or combination thereof, requested. Any grants, technical assistance or consultation services, or any combination thereof, provided under this section shall be determined by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management not to jeopardize the federal matching payments under the medical assistance program and the emergency assistance to families program as determined by the Office of Health Care Access or the Department of Social Services in consultation with the Office of Policy and Management.
(c) There is established a nonlapsing account, from which grants, purchases of services of any type or reimbursement of state costs for services deemed necessary by the Office of Policy and Management to assist one or more nongovernmental acute care general hospitals under this section shall be made.
(d) The submission of a proposed plan by the hospital under subsection (b) of this section may be considered a letter of intent for the purposes of any certificate of need which may be required to change the hospital's service offering.
(e) Upon review and approval of the probable significant benefit of a hospital's submitted plan, the Office of Policy and Management may recommend that a grant be awarded and issue such grant, or contract with one or more consultants to provide technical or other assistance or consultation services, or may provide any combination of such grant and assistance that the office deems necessary or advisable.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2, S. 40, 72; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2, S. 28, 53.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2 effective July 1, 1999; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2 transferred administration of the program to the Office of Policy and Management, limited the program to grants, technical assistance and consultation services to nongovernmental acute care general hospitals and made conforming and technical changes, effective July 1, 2000.

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Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any public or special act, no uncompensated care or disproportionate share payment may be made to any hospital under any provision of the general statutes or any public or special act unless the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management certifies that such hospital has made reasonable efforts to provide uncompensated care in this state.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4, S. 8, 58.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4 effective July 1, 2001.

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All hospital societies receiving aid from the state shall, in July, annually, make report for the year ended on June thirtieth previous, and such report shall include an itemized statement of expenditures, with the name of each person receiving any salary or wages and the kind of service paid for, and the amount paid to each, and a statement of the different amounts paid for other separate purposes, and of the number of patients cared for, the average number for each year and the total number of weeks of care of all patients.
(1949 Rev., S. 292; 1971, P.A. 1, S. 15.)
History: 1971 act required annual rather than biennial reports, reflecting switch from biennial to annual sessions.
Cited. 92 C. 120. Cited. 175 C. 49, 61, 64.

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The uniform system of accounting recommended by the American Hospital Association shall be installed by all hospitals receiving state aid.
(1949 Rev., S. 293.)
Cited. 175 C. 49, 61, 64.

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Each private hospital, public hospital society or corporation receiving state aid shall, upon the demand of any patient who has been treated in such hospital and after his discharge therefrom, permit such patient or his physician or authorized attorney to examine the hospital record, including the history, bedside notes, charts, pictures and plates kept in connection with the treatment of such patient, and permit copies of such history, bedside notes and charts to be made by such patient, his physician or authorized attorney. If any such hospital, society or corporation is served with a subpoena issued by competent authority directing the production of such hospital record in connection with any proceedings in any court, the hospital, society or corporation upon which such subpoena is served may, except where such record pertains to a mentally ill patient, deliver such record or at its option a copy thereof to the clerk of such court. Such clerk shall give a receipt for the same, shall be responsible for the safekeeping thereof, shall not permit the same to be removed from the premises of the court and shall notify the hospital to call for the same when it is no longer needed for use in court. Any such record or copy so delivered to such clerk shall be sealed in an envelope which shall indicate the name of the patient, the name of the attorney subpoenaing the same and the title of the case referred to in the subpoena. No such record or copy shall be open to inspection by any person except upon the order of a judge of the court concerned, and any such record or copy shall at all times be subject to the order of such judge. Any and all parts of any such record or copy, if not otherwise inadmissible, shall be admitted in evidence without any preliminary testimony, if there is attached thereto the certification in affidavit form of the person in charge of the record room of the hospital or his authorized assistant indicating that such record or copy is the original record or a copy thereof, made in the regular course of the business of the hospital, and that it was the regular course of such business to make such record at the time of the transactions, occurrences or events recorded therein or within a reasonable time thereafter. A subpoena directing production of such hospital record shall be served not less than twenty-four hours before the time for production, provided such subpoena shall be valid if served less than twenty-four hours before the time of production if written notice of intent to serve such subpoena has been delivered to the person in charge of the record room of such hospital not less than twenty-four hours nor more than two weeks before such time for production.
(1949 Rev., S. 294; 1955, S. 111d.)
To facilitate examination of hospital records, this section has been implemented by Practice Book. 153 C. 445, 451. Under this section only such parts of hospital record as are generally admissible can be introduced in evidence. Id., 445, 449. History discussed. Id., 445, 448. Cited. 154 C. 593, 597. That part of a hospital record which does not qualify as an exception to the hearsay rule under section 52-180 is inadmissible in evidence. 158 C. 281. Since there was no correlation between hospital's diagnosis, treatment of injuries, and place of plaintiff's fall, hospital record not admissible as to place of fall. 167 C. 631. Cited. 172 C. 275. Meaning of the term "state aid" discussed. 175 C. 49, 52, 55, 56, 58, 59, 61, 62, 64, 66. Cited. 177 C. 677, 731, 733. Statement made by patient to physician concerning fear of reprisal from an alleged attacker was admissible as pertinent to diagnosis and treatment. 180 C. 96, 104—106. Cited. 205 C. 542, 550, 551, 553. Cited. 246 C. 51. Letters written for litigation purposes at plaintiff's request and summary of doctor's opinion do not satisfy requirements for the admissibility of hospital records. 247 C. 356.
Cited. 3 CA 137, 144. Cited. 5 CA 629, 630, 632. Cited. 9 CA 59, 68. Cited. Id., 379, 382, 383. Cited. 17 CA 121, 125. Cited. 20 CA 348, 351. Cited. 21 CA 138, 149. Cited. 28 CA 402, 406. Cited. 31 CA 94, 102. Section allows otherwise inadmissible hearsay to be admissible with certain limitations. 63 CA 72.
Cited. 30 CS 535—538.

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If any patient who has received treatment in any such hospital, after his discharge from such hospital, has made written application to such hospital, hospital society or corporation for permission to examine his record as such patient in such hospital and has been refused permission to examine or copy the same, such patient may file a written motion addressed to any judge of the Superior Court, praying for a disclosure of the contents of such hospital record relating to such patient and for a production of the same before such judge. Upon such application being filed, the judge to whom the same has been presented shall cause reasonable notice to be given to such hospital, hospital society or corporation of the time when and place where such petition will be heard, and such judge, after due hearing and notice, may order the officer authorized to act in the capacity of manager of such hospital to produce before him and deliver into his custody the history, bedside notes, charts, pictures and plates of such patient for the purpose of being examined or copied by such patient, his physician or authorized attorney. Each officer of any hospital having custody of the history, bedside notes, charts, pictures or plates of any patient therein, who refuses to produce such record before such judge, pursuant to the provisions of this section, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 295.)
Cited. 175 C. 49, 55, 56, 58, 59, 61, 62, 64.

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No hospital which receives appropriations made by the General Assembly and which has facilities reasonably suitable for the treatment of venereal diseases shall refuse to admit for treatment any patient suffering from any such disease.
(1949 Rev., S. 296.)
Cited. 175 C. 49, 63, 64.

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Each private institution receiving, directly or by way of contract, any money from the state for purposes including the support or board of beneficiaries of the state, which refuses access to the proper board or official authorized by the state to visit such institution, shall forfeit all unpaid moneys or appropriations which it would otherwise have been entitled to receive from the state. All contracts with any such private institution made by the state, or by any authority acting for the state, shall be made subject to the provisions of this section.
(1949 Rev., S. 289.)
Cited. 92 C. 120. Cited. 175 C. 49, 61, 62, 64.

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Sec. 4-107a. Fire training schools and emergency communications centers to report re use of state funds. (a) On or before November first, annually, each fire training school which received state funds for the current fiscal year shall submit a report, through the Connecticut State Firemen's Association, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, through the legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis. The report shall set forth, in a form prescribed by said office, a detailed statement of (1) any expenditures of state funds during the previous fiscal year, (2) estimated expenditures of state funds during the current fiscal year and (3) state funds requested for the following fiscal year.
(b) On or before November first, annually, each emergency communications center which received state funds for the current fiscal year shall submit a report, through the Connecticut State Firemen's Association, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, through the legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis. The report shall set forth, in a form prescribed by said office, a detailed statement of (1) any expenditures of state funds during the previous fiscal year, (2) estimated expenditures of state funds during the current fiscal year and (3) state funds requested for the following fiscal year.
(P.A. 83-517, S. 1, 3.)

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PART III
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES:
PURCHASES AND PRINTING