Sec. 3-55i. Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 3-55i. Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund. There is established the "Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund" which shall be a separate nonlapsing fund. All funds received by the state of Connecticut from the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe pursuant to the joint memorandum of understanding entered into by and between the state and the tribe on January 13, 1993, as amended on April 30, 1993, and any successor thereto, shall be deposited in the General Fund. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, and each fiscal year thereafter, one hundred thirty-five million dollars, received by the state from the tribe pursuant to said joint memorandum of understanding, as amended, and any successor thereto, shall be transferred to the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund and shall be distributed by the Office of Policy and Management, during said fiscal year, in accordance with the provisions of section 3-55j. The amount of the grant payable to each municipality during any fiscal year, in accordance with said section, shall be reduced proportionately if the total of such grants exceeds the amount of funds available for such year. The grant shall be paid in three installments as follows: The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall, annually, not later than the fifteenth day of December, the fifteenth day of March and the fifteenth day of June certify to the Comptroller the amount due each municipality under the provisions of section 3-55j and the Comptroller shall draw an order on the Treasurer on or before the fifth business day following the fifteenth day of December, the fifth business day following the fifteenth day of March and the fifth business day following the fifteenth day of June and the Treasurer shall pay the amount thereof to such municipality on or before the first day of January, the first day of April and the thirtieth day of June.

      (P.A. 93-388, S. 1, 12; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 33, 53; P.A. 97-274, S. 1, 7; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1, S. 3, 51; P.A. 05-287, S. 19.)

      History: P.A. 93-388 effective July 1, 1993; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 provided for transfer of $85,000,000 received by the state from the tribe to Mashantucket Pequot Fund and distribution in accordance with Sec. 3-55j during fiscal year ending June 30, 1995, and each fiscal year thereafter and provided for proportionate reduction of municipal grant during any fiscal year if total of grants exceeds available funds, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 97-274 added "Mohegan" to fund name, removed outdated fiscal year references and realigned certification dates, effective June 26, 1997; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1 deleted provision re transfers during fiscal year ending June 30, 1994, deleted provision re transfer of $85,000,000 to the Fund during fiscal year ending June 30, 1995, and each fiscal year thereafter, and added provision re transfer of $135,000,000 to the Fund during fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, and each fiscal year thereafter, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 05-287 changed references from the "first" day of December, March and June to the "fifteenth" day of each such month and changed the timing for the Comptroller to draw an order on the Treasurer from on or before the fifteenth day of December, March and June to on or before the fifth business day following the fifteenth day of each such month, effective July 13, 2005.