Bill Text: CT HB06857 | 2015 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Protecting Transportation Funds.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-01 - File Number 373 [HB06857 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-HB06857-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Governor's Bill No. 6857
January Session, 2015		LCO No. 4000
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Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
REP. SHARKEY, 88th Dist. REP. ARESIMOWICZ, 30th Dist. SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist. SEN. DUFF, 25th Dist.

AN ACT PROTECTING TRANSPORTATION FUNDS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 13b-68 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(a) There is established a fund to be known as the "Special Transportation Fund". The fund [may] shall contain any moneys required or permitted by law to be deposited in the fund and any moneys recovered by the state for overpayments, improper payments or duplicate payments made by the state relating to any transportation infrastructure improvements which have been financed by special tax obligation bonds issued pursuant to sections 13b-74 to 13b-77, inclusive, and shall be held by the [State] Treasurer separate and apart from all other moneys, funds and accounts. Investment earnings credited to the assets of said fund shall become part of the assets of said fund. Any balance remaining in said fund at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in said fund for the fiscal year next succeeding.

(b) The Special Transportation Fund shall be a perpetual fund, the resources of which shall be used solely for transportation purposes. Such purposes include the payment of debt service on obligations of the state incurred for transportation purposes. All sources of moneys, funds and receipts of the state required to be credited, deposited or transferred to said fund by state law on or after the effective date of this section shall continue to be credited, deposited or transferred to said fund, so long as the sources of such moneys, funds and receipts are collected or received by the state or any officer thereof. No law shall be enacted authorizing the resources of said fund to be expended other than for transportation purposes.

[(b)] (c) There is established a fund to be known as the "Transportation Grants and Restricted Accounts Fund". Upon certification by the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management that the CORE-CT project for fiscal services is operational, the fund shall contain all transportation moneys that are restricted, not available for general use and previously accounted for in the Special Transportation Fund as "Federal and Other Grants". The Comptroller is authorized to make such transfers as are necessary to provide that, notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, all transportation moneys that are restricted and not available for general use are in the Transportation Grants and Restricted Accounts Fund.

Sec. 2. Section 13b-61 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(a) On and after July 1, 1975, there shall be paid promptly to the [State] Treasurer and thereupon, unless required to be otherwise applied by the terms of any lien, pledge or obligation created by or pursuant to the 1954 declaration or part III (C) of chapter 240, credited to the General Fund:

(1) All moneys received or collected by the state or any officer thereof on account of, or derived from, motor fuel taxes; provided on and after July 1, 1983, one cent of the amount imposed per gallon before July 1, 1984, and received or collected from any rate of such tax on motor fuels shall be credited by the [State] Treasurer to the Special Transportation Fund;

(2) All moneys received or collected by the state or any officer thereof on account of, or derived from, motor vehicle taxes;

(3) All moneys received or collected by the state or any officer thereof on account of, or derived from, expressway revenues;

(4) All moneys becoming payable, under the terms of the 1954 declaration and part III (C) of chapter 240, into the Highway or Additional Expressway Construction Funds mentioned in said declaration;

(5) All moneys received or collected by the state or any officer thereof on account of, or derived from, highway tolls;

(6) All other moneys received or collected by the [commissioner or his department] Commissioner or Department of Transportation; and

(7) Any other receipts of the state required by law to be paid into the state Highway Fund or the Transportation Fund other than proceeds of bonds or other securities of the state or of federal grants under the provisions of federal law.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of subsection (a) of this section, there shall be paid promptly to the [State] Treasurer and thereupon, unless required to be applied by the terms of any lien, pledge or obligation created by or pursuant to the 1954 declaration, part III (C) of chapter 240, credited to the Special Transportation Fund:

(1) On and after July 1, 1984, all moneys received or collected by the state or any officer thereof on account of, or derived from, sections 12-458 and 12-479, provided the State Comptroller is authorized to record as revenue to the General Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1984, the amount of tax levied in accordance with said sections 12-458 and 12-479, on all fuel sold or used prior to the end of said fiscal year and which tax is received no later than July 31, 1984;

(2) On and after July 1, 1984, all moneys received or collected by the state or any officer thereof on account of, or derived from, motor vehicle receipts;

(3) On and after July 1, 1984, all moneys received or collected by the state or any officer thereof on account of, or derived from, (A) subsection (a) of section 14-192, and (B) royalty payments for retail sales of gasoline pursuant to section 13a-80;

(4) On and after July 1, 1985, all moneys received or collected by the state or any officer thereof on account of, or derived from, license, permit and fee revenues as defined in section 13b-59, except as provided under subdivision (3) of this subsection;

(5) On or after July 1, 1989, all moneys received or collected by the state or any officer thereof on account of, or derived from, section 13b-70;

(6) On and after July 1, 1984, all transportation-related federal revenues of the state;

(7) On and after July 1, 1997, all moneys received or collected by the state or any officer thereof on account of, or derived from, fees for the relocation of a gasoline station under section 14-320;

(8) On and after July 1, 1997, all moneys received or collected by the state or any officer thereof on account of, or derived from, section 14-319;

(9) On and after July 1, 1997, all moneys received or collected by the state or any officer thereof on account of, or derived from, fees collected pursuant to section 14-327b for motor fuel quality registration of distributors;

(10) On and after July 1, 1997, all moneys received or collected by the state or any officer thereof on account of, or derived from, annual registration fees for motor fuel dispensers and weighing or measuring devices pursuant to section 43-3;

(11) On and after July 1, 1997, all moneys received or collected by the state or any officer thereof on account of, or derived from, fees for the issuance of identity cards pursuant to section 1-1h;

(12) On and after July 1, 1997, all moneys received or collected by the state or any officer thereof on account of, or derived from, safety fees pursuant to subsection (w) of section 14-49;

(13) On and after July 1, 1997, all moneys received or collected by the state or any officer thereof on account of, or derived from, late fees for the emissions inspection of motor vehicles pursuant to subsection (k) of section 14-164c;

(14) On and after July 1, 1997, all moneys received or collected by the state or any officer thereof on account of, or derived from, the sale of information by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles pursuant to subsection (b) of section 14-50a;

(15) On and after October 1, 1998, all moneys received by the state or any officer thereof on account of, or derived from, section 14-212b;

(16) On and after July 1, 2009, all moneys received or collected by the state or any officer thereof on account of, or derived from, any direct federal subsidy pursuant to Section 6431 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time, and relating to bonds or bond anticipation notes issued by the state pursuant to sections 13b-74 to 13b-77, inclusive;

(17) On and after July 1, 2011, all moneys received or collected by the state or any officer thereof on account of, or derived from, sections 13b-61a to 13b-61c, inclusive; [and]

(18) On and after July 1, 2011, any other funds, moneys and receipts of the state required by law to be deposited, transferred or paid into the Special Transportation Fund other than proceeds of bonds or other securities of the state or of federal grants under the provisions of federal law; [.] and

(19) On and after July 1, 2015, all moneys received or collected by the state or any officer thereof on account of, or derived from, the use of highways, expressways and ferries, except as necessary for the direct payment of debt service on obligations of the state incurred for transportation purposes.

Sec. 3. Section 76 of public act 13-277 is repealed. (Effective from passage)

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	13b-68
Sec. 2	from passage	13b-61
Sec. 3	from passage	Repealer section

TRA

Joint Favorable