(a) From the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, to the fiscal year ending June 30, 2028, inclusive, there shall be deemed appropriated from the General Fund of the state in each fiscal year an amount, to be distributed over said fiscal years, equal to the difference between the accumulated deficit of the state in the General Fund, as determined using generally accepted accounting principles prescribed by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board as of June 30, 2013, as estimated by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, and the amounts authorized in section 3-20h. Such appropriation shall be deemed appropriated in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, and each fiscal year thereafter that any bonds, notes or other obligations issued pursuant to section 3-20h are outstanding for the purpose of eliminating the accumulated General Fund deficit determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as prescribed by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board. If the annual financial report for any fiscal year, delivered by the Comptroller to the Governor in accordance with section 3-115, and presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as prescribed by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, states that there is no accumulated deficit of the General Fund for such fiscal year, then no amounts shall be deemed appropriated pursuant to this section in each of the fiscal years succeeding the year for which such financial statements were delivered. The state of Connecticut does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any bonds, notes and other obligations issued pursuant to section 3-20h, that no public or special act of the General Assembly shall diminish any appropriation hereunder until such bonds, notes or other obligations, together with the interest thereon, are fully met and discharged, provided nothing herein contained shall preclude such diminishment if and when adequate provision shall be made by law for the protection of the holders of such bonds, or if and when the Governor declares an emergency or the existence of extraordinary circumstances, in which the provisions of section 4-85 are invoked, and at least three-fifths of the members of each chamber of the General Assembly vote to diminish such required appropriation during the fiscal year for which the emergency or existence of extraordinary circumstances are determined, or in such other circumstances as may be permitted by the terms of the bonds, notes or other obligations issued pursuant to section 3-20h.

(b) The State of Connecticut does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any bonds, notes and other obligations issued pursuant to section 3-20h, that the state shall not treat the proceeds of any such bonds, notes or other obligations as constituting revenue of the General Fund, nor shall such proceeds be available for any current or future budget appropriation.

(c) The State Treasurer is authorized to include these pledges and undertakings for the state in such bonds, notes or other obligations.

(P.A. 13-239, S. 69.)

History: P.A. 13-239 effective July 1, 2013.