OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
Legislative Office Building, Room 5200
Hartford, CT 06106 (860) 240-0200
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sHB-5037
AN ACT ADJUSTING THE STATE BUDGET FOR THE BIENNIUM
ENDING JUNE 30, 2023.
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact: See below
Municipal Impact: See below
Explanation
The budget bill includes appropriations in nine funds totaling $24.2
billion in FY 23 as summarized in the table below.
FY 23 Committee
FY 23 Original FY 23
Gross Appropriations by Fund Revised
$ Revisions $
$
General Fund 21,661,537,548 22,184,927,842 523,390,294
Special Transportation Fund 1,921,830,975 1,938,161,303 16,330,328
Banking Fund 29,521,021 29,710,671 189,650
Insurance Fund 122,471,874 123,015,429 543,555
Consumer Counsel and Public Utility 30,976,441 32,319,563 1,343,122
Control Fund
Workers' Compensation Fund 26,955,096 27,257,008 301,912
Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan 51,472,796 51,499,796 27,000
Fund
Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund 2,934,088 2,934,088 -
Tourism Fund 13,069,988 13,434,253 364,265
Total Gross Appropriations 23,860,769,827 24,403,259,953 542,490,126
General Fund Lapses
Unallocated Lapse (48,715,570) (48,715,570) -
Unallocated Lapse - Judicial (5,000,000) (5,000,000) -
CREATES Savings Initiative Lapse (73,487,242) (73,487,242) -
Total General Fund Lapses (127,202,812) (127,202,812) -
Transportation Fund Lapses -
Unallocated Lapse (12,000,000) (12,000,000) -
Temporary Federal Support for (100,000,000) (100,000,000) -
Transportation Operations
Total Transportation Fund Lapses (112,000,000) (112,000,000) -
Net Appropriations by Fund
Primary Analyst: NA 4/25/22
Contributing Analyst(s): MM, CP, AS, RJW
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FY 23 Committee
FY 23 Original FY 23
Gross Appropriations by Fund Revised
$ Revisions $
$
General Fund 21,534,334,736 22,057,725,030 523,390,294
Special Transportation Fund 1,809,830,975 1,826,161,303 16,330,328
Banking Fund 29,521,021 29,710,671 189,650
Insurance Fund 122,471,874 123,015,429 543,555
Consumer Counsel and Public Utility 30,976,441 32,319,563 1,343,122
Control Fund
Workers' Compensation Fund 26,955,096 27,257,008 301,912
Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan 51,472,796 51,499,796 27,000
Fund
Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund 2,934,088 2,934,088 -
Tourism Fund 13,069,988 13,434,253 364,265
Total Net Appropriations 23,621,567,015 24,164,057,141 542,490,126
Spending Cap
The budget is under the spending cap by $0.2 million in FY 22 and
$4.6 million in FY 23. These calculations assume a deappropriation of
$22 million in FY 22 from the Debt Service account.
Growth Rate
The FY 23 growth rate for all appropriated funds is 6.2% over FY 22
appropriations. The FY 23 growth rate is 2.3% over FY 23 original
appropriations. See the table below for details.
FY 23 Budget Growth Rates (by fund in millions)
FY 22 FY 23 FY 23 FY 23 FY 23
Original Change to Change from
Fund Approp. Approp.
Approp. Original FY 22
$ $ $ % $ $ %
General 20,746.4 21,534.3 523.4 2.4% 22,057.7 1,311.3 6.3%
Transportation 1,721.8 1,809.8 16.4 0.9% 1,826.2 104.4 6.1%
Other Appropriated 275.1 277.4 2.8 1.0% 280.2 5.1 1.8%
TOTAL 22,743.3 23,621.6 542.5 2.3% 24,164.1 1,420.8 6.2%
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The following table provides a brief description of the funds being
carryforward from the balance available from funds pursuant to PA 21-
1 (JSS), Section 308(a) and from anticipated balances from certain
accounts in FY 22 for initiatives in FY 23.
Summary of Carryforwards and Revenue Diversions for FY 23
Carryforwards Revenue
Section Agency Fund Title
$ Diversions $
11b(47) Secretary of the State General Election security and public 2,000,000
Fund education program
11(b)48 Reserve for Salary General To support wage payouts and 28,861,306
Adjustments Fund increase funding available for state
employee and National Guard
premium pay.
11(b)49 Reserve for Salary General Recruitment and retention of 25,000,000
Adjustments Fund healthcare, engineering, and other
difficult to recruit positions.
11(b)50 Workers' General To settle workers'' compensation 15,000,000
Compensation Claims Fund claims
- Administrative
Services
11(b)51 Department of General For police and public safety officer 500,000
Emergency Services Fund training
and Public Protection
11(b)52 Labor Department General To support the restructuring of the 459,159
Fund unemployment insurance system
11(b)53 Labor Department General To support enhanced employee 200,000
Fund wage record reporting
11(b)54 Labor Department General To support the restructuring of the 235,000
Fund unemployment insurance system
11(b)55 Commission on General To support durational staff 441,320
Human Rights and Fund
Opportunities
11(b)56 Commission on General To automate portions of the 200,000
Human Rights and Fund affirmative action process
Opportunities
11(b)57 Department of Public General For information technology costs 50,000
Health Fund related to water well oversight
11(b)58 Office of Early General For the Nurturing Families Network 1,000,000
Childhood Fund
11(b)59 University of General For costs of the twenty-seventh 7,991,695
Connecticut Fund payroll during the fiscal year ending
June 30, 2023
11(b)60 University of General To provide temporary operating 30,500,000
Connecticut Health Fund support
Center
11(b)61 University of General For costs of the twenty-seventh 5,129,011
Connecticut Health Fund payroll during the fiscal year ending
Center June 30, 2023
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Carryforwards Revenue
Section Agency Fund Title
$ Diversions $
11(b)62 University of General For AHEC, for costs of the twenty- 14,455
Connecticut Health Fund seventh payroll during the fiscal
Center year ending June 30, 2023
11(b)63 Connecticut State General For Community Tech College 4,866,346
Colleges and Fund System, for costs of the twenty-
Universities seventh payroll during the fiscal
year ending June 30, 2023
11(b)64 Connecticut State General For Connecticut State Colleges and 5,026,555
Colleges and Fund Universities, for costs of the twenty-
Universities seventh payroll during the fiscal
year ending June 30, 2023
11(b)65 Connecticut State General For Charter Oak State College, for 107,099
Colleges and Fund costs of the twenty-seventh payroll
Universities during the fiscal year ending June
30, 2023
11(b)66 Department of General To support the establishment of 2,000,000
Economic and Fund nonstop air service to Jamaica
Community
Development
12 Office of Policy and General To support cost of accrued payouts 21,138,694
Management Fund
13 Labor Department General To support the costs of 5,000,000
Fund administering the employment
insurance program
14 Department of General Restore Lapsed Funding for the 800,000
Administrative Fund Firefighters Cancer Relief Fund
Services
15 University of General Replenish the Medical Malpractice 20,000,000
Connecticut Health Fund Trust Fund
Center
16 Office of Health General Examine State Agency Regulatory 400,000
Strategy Fund Decisions
17(a) Department of Special Provide matching funds for projects 50,000,000
Transportation Trans. funded whole or in part by the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs
Act, P.L. 117-58
17(b) Department of Special Provide matching funds for projects 50,000,000
Transportation Trans. funded whole or in part by the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs
Act, P.L. 117-58
18 University of General For the Connecticut Veterinary 250,000
Connecticut Fund Medical Diagnostic Laboratory
19 State Department General Study of adequacy of social workers 150,000
Education Fund in LEAs
20 State Department of General Study concerning mental health 100,000
Education Fund issues in high school athletes
21 Department of General Comprehensive Gaming Study 1,250,000
Consumer Protection Fund
22 Department of General Grant to Brass City Food Hub 125,000
Agriculture Fund
23 Legislative General Removal of Mason Statute 100,000
Management Fund
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Carryforwards Revenue
Section Agency Fund Title
$ Diversions $
24-31 Office of Early General Early Childhood Wage Increases 74,000,000
Childhood Fund
32 Office Policy and General Non-Union Wage Adjustments 23,000,000
Management Fund
33 Judicial Department General Support a study of inmate mental 500,000
Fund health
34 Judicial Department General Counsel for domestic violence Unexpended
Fund balance
35 Connecticut State General E-Commerce Training Program 65,000
Colleges and Fund
Universities
37 Department of General To support police crisis intervention 100,000
Emergency Services Fund training
and Public Protection
38 Department of General American Legion Post 85 4,000
Economic and Fund
Community
Development
39 Department of Special Grant to the Port Authority to 3,000,000
Transportation Trans. conduct a dredging study
Sections 9 and 10 reallocate federal American Rescue Plan Act
(ARPA) funding from the State and Local Fiscal Relief Fund (SLFRF)
and allocates the unallocated balance of the ARPA Capital Projects Fund
(CPF). This results in a total of $748.7 million in new ARPA ($671.3
million in SLRFR and $77.4 million in CPF) allocations for a variety of
initiatives and grant programs.
The bill reduces General Fund revenue replacement ARPA SLFRF
allocations by $809.9 million, but only reallocates $671.3 million, leaving
$137.7 million unallocated. This, combined with (1) $233 million in
previously unallocated SLFRF funding; and (2) $2 million in reallocated
FY 22 SLFRF funding, results in a total of approximately $373.7 million
unallocated.
Section 40 precludes the Office of Policy and Management from
making allotment reductions to implement budgeted lapses if there is a
projected budget surplus. This correspondingly precludes any
subsequent adjustment to such projected surpluses that would
otherwise occur.
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Section 41 transfers $20.0 million from the resources of the
community investment account (CIA) to the following: (1) $5.0 million
to the Department of Agriculture to implement a farm manure
management system program; (2) $5.0 million to the Department of
Housing for eviction prevention, including (a) $2.0 million for project
longevity housing vouchers to be issued in Hartford, Waterbury,
Bridgeport and New Haven, (b) $1.5 million for the Rent Bank, and (c)
$1.5 million for Coordinated Access Networks; (3) $5.0 million to the
Department of Economic and Community Development for historic
preservation; and (4) $5.0 million to the Department of Energy and
Environmental Protection for open space. The available cash balance in
the CIA is approximately $24.6 million.
Section 42 requires the Department of Children and Families (DCF)
and Division of Public Defender Services to develop a plan concerning
legal representation in child protection proceedings. The section makes
the release of $150,000 contingent upon the release of this plan. These
funds are included in section 1 of this bill.
Section 43 requires DCF to develop a plan to expand coverage and
improve outcomes for youth service bureaus and juvenile review
boards. The section makes the release of $2,000,000 contingent upon the
release of this plan. These funds are included in sections 1 and 9 of this
bill.
Section 44 requires the Connecticut Port Authority to conduct a
study on dredging and to report the results of such study to the
Environment and Appropriations Committees by January 1, 2023. The
study is anticipated to cost approximately $3 million.
Section 45 requires the Department of Administrative S