(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of section 14-212g, the Treasurer shall apply the resources in the Special Transportation Fund, upon their receipt, first, to pay or provide for the payment of debt service requirements, as defined in section 13b-75, at such time or times, in such amount or amounts and in such manner, as provided by the proceedings authorizing the issuance of special tax obligation bonds pursuant to sections 13b-74 to 13b-77, inclusive, and then to pay from the Transportation Strategy Board projects account of the Special Transportation Fund, established under section 13b-57r, the incremental revenues identified in approved annual financing plans for cash funding.
(b) The remaining resources of the Special Transportation Fund shall, pursuant to appropriation thereof in accordance with chapter 50 and subject to approval by the Governor of allotment thereof, be applied and expended for (1) payment of the principal of and interest on “general obligation bonds of the state issued for transportation purposes”, as defined in subsection (c) of this section, or any obligations refunding the same, (2) payment of state budget appropriations made to or for the Department of Transportation and the Department of Motor Vehicles, (3) payment of state budget appropriations made to or for the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection for members of the Division of State Police designated by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection for motor patrol work pursuant to section 29-4, except that (A) for the fiscal years commencing on or after July 1, 1998, excluding the highway motor patrol budgeted expenses, and (B) for the fiscal years commencing on or after July 1, 1999, excluding the highway motor patrol fringe benefits, and (4) payment to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection for purposes of regulation and enforcement of chapter 268.
(c) As used in this section, “general obligation bonds of the state issued for transportation purposes” means the aggregate principal amount, as determined by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, of state general obligation bonds authorized for transportation purposes pursuant to the following authorizations issued and outstanding at any time: Special acts 406 of the 1959 session; 328 of the 1961 session, as amended; 362 of the 1963 session, as amended; 245 of the February 1965 special session, as amended; 276 and 315 of the 1967 session, as amended; 255 and 281 of the 1969 session; 31 of the 1972 session, as amended; 73-74, as amended; 74-43; 74-102, as amended; 75-101; 76-84, as amended; 77-47; 78-70; 78-71, as amended; 78-81, as amended; 79-95; 80-41; 81-71; 82-46, as amended; 83-17 of the June special session; and 83-2 and 83-3 of the October special session; sections 4-66c; 13a-20; 13a-29; 13a-32 to 13a-35, inclusive; 13a-157; 13a-165; 13a-166; 13a-176 to 13a-192, inclusive; 13a-197; 13a-198a to 13a-198j, inclusive; 13a-239 to 13a-246, inclusive; 16-338; 16a-40j; and section 28 of public act 132 of 1959*, sections 8 and 13 of public act 325 of the February 1965 special session*, as amended; sections 4 and 5 of public act 755 of 1969*, as amended; and section 1 of public act 80-392*.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-30, S. 4, 8; P.A. 84-254, S. 3, 62; P.A. 88-115, S. 1, 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 29, 168; P.A. 93-80, S. 45, 67; P.A. 96-180, S. 148, 166; P.A. 97-62, S. 8; 97-309, S. 4, 23; 97-322, S. 7, 9; P.A. 04-143, S. 30; 04-149, S. 4; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; P.A. 13-234, S. 61; 13-277, S. 67, 76; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 40, 514; P.A. 16-151, S. 12; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 55.)
*Note: Section 28 of public act 132 of 1959, sections 8 and 13 of public act 325 of the February 1965 special session, as amended, sections 4 and 5 of public act 755 of 1969, as amended, and section 1 of public act 80-392 are special in nature and therefore have not been codified but remain in full force and effect according to their terms.
History: P.A. 84-254 divided section into Subsecs., added Subsec. (a) requiring resources of special transportation fund to be applied first to payment of debt service requirements, added Subsec. (b)(1) and (2), re required purposes for expenditure of remaining resources of fund and added Subsec. (c) defining “general obligation bonds of the state issued for transportation purposes”; P.A. 88-115 amended Subsec. (b) to allow remaining resources of the special transportation fund to be applied and expended for state budget appropriations made “for” the department of transportation; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended Subsec. (b) to authorize use of fund's resources for payment of appropriations to or for department of motor vehicles; P.A. 93-80 added Subsec. (b)(3) authorizing use of fund's resources for payment of appropriations to or for department of public safety for members of division of state police designated by commissioner of public safety for motor patrol work pursuant to Sec. 29-4, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 96-180 amended Subsec. (c) to delete reference to repealed Secs. 13a-156, 13a-160 and 13a-214, effective June 3, 1996; P.A. 97-62 deleted reference to Secs. 13a-199, 13a-202, 13a-204, 13a-206, 13a-207, 13a-208 and 13a-218; P.A. 97-309 amended Subsec. (b)(3) to add exception Subpara. (A) re highway motor patrol budgeted expenses and Subpara. (B) re highway motor patrol fringe benefits, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 97-322 changed effective date of P.A. 97-309 but without affecting this section; P.A. 04-143 and P.A. 04-149 both amended Subsec. (a) to provide that resources in Special Transportation Fund shall be applied to pay incremental revenues from Transportation Strategy Board projects account only after applied to payment of debt service requirements, effective May 21, 2004; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” and “Department of Public Safety” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” and “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, respectively, in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-234 amended Subsec. (c) by deleting reference to Sec. 16a-40k, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 13-277 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision re exception provided in Sec. 14-212g(b), effective October 1, 2013, and added Subsec. (d) providing that resources of the fund shall be used only for transportation purposes, effective July 1, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 repealed P.A. 13-277, S. 76, effective June 30, 2015, and amended Subsec. (b) by adding Subdiv. (4) re regulation and enforcement of Ch. 268 and Subdiv. (5) re transportation for employment independence program, effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 16-151 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting reference to Sec. 13b-57q, effective July 1, 2016; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting former Subdiv. (5) re payment to Department of Social Services for transportation for employment independence program, and making technical changes, effective October 31, 2017.