Sec. 3-55j. Payments from fund.
Sec. 3-55j. Payments from fund. (a) Twenty million dollars of the moneys available in the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund established by section 3-55i shall
be paid to municipalities eligible for a state grant in lieu of taxes pursuant to section 12-19a in addition to the grants payable to such municipalities pursuant to section 12-19a,
subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section. Such grant shall be calculated
under the provisions of section 12-19a and shall equal one-third of the additional amount
which such municipalities would be eligible to receive if the total amount available for
distribution were eighty-five million two hundred five thousand eighty-five dollars and
the percentage of reimbursement set forth in section 12-19a were increased to reflect
such amount. Any eligible special services district shall receive a portion of the grant
payable under this subsection to the town in which such district is located. The portion
payable to any such district under this subsection shall be the amount of the grant to the
town under this subsection which results from application of the district mill rate to
exempt property in the district. As used in this subsection and subsection (c) of this
section, "eligible special services district" means any special services district created by
a town charter, having its own governing body and for the assessment year commencing
October 1, 1996, containing fifty per cent or more of the value of total taxable property
within the town in which such district is located.
(b) No municipality shall receive a grant pursuant to subsection (a) of this section
which, when added to the amount of the grant payable to such municipality pursuant to
section 12-19a, would exceed one hundred per cent of the property taxes which would
have been paid with respect to all state-owned real property, except for the exemption
applicable to such property, on the assessment list in such municipality for the assessment date two years prior to the commencement of the state fiscal year in which such
grants are payable, except that, notwithstanding the provisions of said subsection (a),
no municipality shall receive a grant pursuant to said subsection which is less than one
thousand six hundred sixty-seven dollars.
(c) Twenty million one hundred twenty-three thousand nine hundred sixteen dollars
of the moneys available in the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund established by
section 3-55i shall be paid to municipalities eligible for a state grant in lieu of taxes
pursuant to section 12-20a, in addition to and in the same proportion as the grants payable
to such municipalities pursuant to section 12-20a, subject to the provisions of subsection
(d) of this section. Any eligible special services district shall receive a portion of the
grant payable under this subsection to the town in which such district is located. The
portion payable to any such district under this subsection shall be the amount of the
grant to the town under this subsection which results from application of the district
mill rate to exempt property in the district.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c) of this section, no municipality
shall receive a grant pursuant to said subsection which, when added to the amount of
the grant payable to such municipality pursuant to section 12-20a, would exceed one
hundred per cent of the property taxes which, except for any exemption applicable to
any private nonprofit institution of higher education, nonprofit general hospital facility
or free standing chronic disease hospital under the provisions of section 12-81, would
have been paid with respect to such exempt real property on the assessment list in such
municipality for the assessment date two years prior to the commencement of the state
fiscal year in which such grants are payable.
(e) Thirty-five million dollars of the moneys available in the Mashantucket Pequot
and Mohegan Fund established by section 3-55i shall be paid to municipalities in accordance with the provisions of section 7-528, except that for the purposes of section 7-528,
"adjusted equalized net grand list per capita" means the equalized net grand list divided
by the total population of a town, as defined in subdivision (7) of subsection (a) of
section 10-261, multiplied by the ratio of the per capita income of the town to the per
capita income of the town at the one hundredth percentile among all towns in the state
ranked from lowest to highest in per capita income, and "equalized net grand list" means
the net grand list of such town upon which taxes were levied for the general expenses
of such town two years prior to the fiscal year in which a grant is to be paid, equalized
in accordance with section 10-261a.
(f) Five million four hundred seventy-five thousand dollars of the moneys available
in the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund established by section 3-55i shall be
paid to the following municipalities in accordance with the provisions of section 7-528,
except that for the purposes of said section 7-528, "adjusted equalized net grand list per
capita" means the equalized net grand list divided by the total population of a town, as
defined in subdivision (7) of subsection (a) of section 10-261, multiplied by the ratio
of the per capita income of the town to the per capita income of the town at the one
hundredth percentile among all towns in the state ranked from lowest to highest in per
capita income, and "equalized net grand list" means the net grand list of such town upon
which taxes were levied for the general expenses of such town two years prior to the
fiscal year in which a grant is to be paid, equalized in accordance with section 10-261a: Bridgeport, Hamden, Hartford, Meriden, New Britain, New Haven, New London,
Norwalk, Norwich, Waterbury and Windham.
(g) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) to (f), inclusive, of this section, the total grants paid to the following municipalities from the moneys available in
the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund established by section 3-55i shall be as
follows:
Bloomfield267,489
Bridgeport10,506,506
Bristol1,004,050
Chaplin141,725
Danbury1,612,564
Derby432,162
East Hartford522,421
East Lyme488,160
Groton2,037,088
Hamden1,592,270
Manchester1,014,244
Meriden1,537,900
Middletown2,124,960
Milford676,535
New Britain3,897,434
New London2,649,363
North Haven268,582
Norwalk1,451,367
Norwich1,662,147
Preston461,939
Rocky Hill477,950
Stamford1,570,767
Union38,101
Voluntown156,902
Waterbury5,179,655
Wethersfield371,629
Windham1,307,974
Windsor Locks754,833
(h) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, and each fiscal year thereafter, if the
amount of grant payable to a municipality in accordance with this section is increased
as the result of an appropriation to the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund for such
fiscal year which exceeds eighty-five million dollars, the portion of the grant payable to
each eligible service district, in accordance with subsections (a) and (c) of this section
shall be increased by the same proportion as the grant payable to such municipality
under this section as a result of said increased appropriation.
(i) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, to the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006,
inclusive, the municipalities of Ledyard, Montville, Norwich, North Stonington and
Preston shall each receive a grant of five hundred thousand dollars which shall be paid
from the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund established by section 3-55i and
which shall be in addition to the grants paid to said municipalities pursuant to subsections
(a) to (g), inclusive, of this section.
(j) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2000, June 30, 2001, and June 30, 2002, the
sum of forty-nine million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars shall be paid to municipalities, and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, and each fiscal year thereafter,
the sum of forty-seven million five hundred thousand dollars shall be paid to municipalities, in accordance with this subsection, from the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan
Fund established by section 3-55i. The grants payable under this subsection shall be
used to proportionately increase the amount of the grants payable to each municipality
in accordance with subsections (a) to (i), inclusive, of this section and shall be in addition
to the grants payable under subsections (a) to (g), inclusive, of this section.
(k) The amount of the grant payable to each municipality in accordance with subsection (j) of this section shall be reduced proportionately in the event that the total of
the grants payable to each municipality pursuant to this section exceeds the amount
appropriated for such grants with respect to such year.
(P.A. 93-388, S. 2-7, 12; 93-435, S. 91, 95; P.A. 97-274, S. 2, 7; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-11, S. 2, 65; P.A. 98-244,
S. 34, 35; 98-263, S. 14, 21; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1, S. 4, 51; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 75; P.A. 03-278, S. 7; June
Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 43.)
History: P.A. 93-388 effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-435 amended Subsec. (a) to delete provision that additional grant
shall be in the same proportion as grant payable pursuant to Sec. 12-19a and to substitute provision that grant shall be
calculated under Sec. 12-19a and shall equal one-third of additional amount which municipality would be eligible to receive
if total amount available for distribution were $85,205,085 and the percentage of reimbursement set forth in Sec. 12-19a
were increased to reflect such amount, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 97-274 added "Mohegan" to fund name, removed
outdated fiscal year references and added payment requirement for eligible special service districts, effective June 26,
1997; June 18 Sp. Sess. 97-11 amended Subsec. (h) to increase grant to Ledyard, North Stonington and Preston from
$25,000 to $175,000 and to provide a grant of $150,000 to Montville, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 98-244, effective June
8, 1998, and P.A. 98-263, effective July 1, 1998, both added identical provisions as Subsec. (i) re payments to eligible
service districts; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1 added Subsec. (i), codified by the Revisors as (j), re grant to Ledyard and Subsec.
(j), codified by the Revisors as (k), re payment of $49,750,000 to municipalities, effective July 1, 1999 (Revisor's note: Since
this section, revised to January 1, 1999, already includes Subsecs.(a) to (i), inclusive, the Revisors editorially designated the
two new Subsecs. added by this act as Subsecs. (j) and (k) respectively, and editorially changed a reference in Subsec. (k)
from "... in accordance with subsections (a) to (i), inclusive, of this section ..." to "... in accordance with subsections (a)
to (j), inclusive, of this section ..." to reflect the relettering of the new Subsecs.); May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7 deleted former
Subsec. (h) re additional grant to Ledyard, North Stonington, Preston and Montville, redesignated existing Subsec. (i) as
Subsec. (h), deleted former Subsec. (j) re additional grant to Ledyard, added new Subsec. (i) re additional grant to Ledyard,
Montville, Norwich, North Stonington and Preston, redesignated existing Subsec. (k) as Subsec. (j) and amended said
Subsec. (j) to limit provisions re payment amount to three fiscal years, add new provision re payment amount for succeeding
fiscal years and make technical changes, and added new Subsec. (k) re proportionate reduction, effective August 15, 2002;
P.A. 03-278 made a technical change in Subsec. (j), effective July 9, 2003; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3 amended Subsec. (i)
to limit its provisions to three fiscal years, effective July 1, 2005.