Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 243 - Infrastructure Program
Section 13b-61a. - Deposit of revenues from gross earnings from sales of petroleum products attributable to sales of motor vehicle fuel, and from sales of petroleum products generally, into Special Transportation Fund.

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of section 13b-61: (1) For calendar quarters ending on or after September 30, 1998, and prior to September 30, 1999, the Commissioner of Revenue Services shall deposit into the Special Transportation Fund established under section 13b-68 five million dollars of the amount of funds received by the state from the tax imposed under section 12-587 on the gross earnings from the sales of petroleum products attributable to sales of motor vehicle fuel; (2) for calendar quarters ending September 30, 1999, and prior to September 30, 2000, the commissioner shall deposit into the Special Transportation Fund nine million dollars of the amount of such funds received by the state from the tax imposed under said section 12-587 on the gross earnings from the sales of petroleum products attributable to sales of motor vehicle fuel; (3) for calendar quarters ending September 30, 2000, and prior to September 30, 2002, the commissioner shall deposit into the Special Transportation Fund eleven million five hundred thousand dollars of the amount of such funds received by the state from the tax imposed under said section 12-587 on the gross earnings from the sales of petroleum products attributable to sales of motor vehicle fuel; (4) for the calendar quarters ending September 30, 2002, and prior to September 30, 2003, the commissioner shall deposit into the Special Transportation Fund, five million dollars of the amount of such funds received by the state from the tax imposed under said section 12-587 on the gross earnings from the sales of petroleum products attributable to sales of motor vehicle fuel; (5) for the calendar quarter ending September 30, 2003, and prior to September 30, 2005, the commissioner shall deposit into the Special Transportation Fund, five million two hundred fifty thousand dollars of the amount of such funds received by the state from the tax imposed under said section 12-587 on the gross earnings from the sales of petroleum products attributable to sales of motor vehicle fuel; and (6) for the calendar quarters ending September 30, 2005, and prior to September 30, 2006, the commissioner shall deposit into the Special Transportation Fund ten million eight hundred seventy-five thousand dollars of the amount of such funds received by the state from the tax imposed under said section 12-587 on the gross earnings from the sales of petroleum products attributable to sales of motor vehicle fuel. On and after July 1, 2015, for calendar quarters ending on or after September 30, 2015, the Comptroller shall deposit into the Special Transportation Fund the amount of such funds received by the state from the tax imposed under said section 12-587 on the gross earnings from the sales of petroleum products.

(P.A. 97-309, S. 5, 23; 97-322, S. 7, 9; P.A. 00-170, S. 11, 42; 00-196, S. 8; P.A. 01-105, S. 9; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1, S. 73; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-4, S. 41; P.A. 06-136, S. 15; 06-187, S. 21; P.A. 07-199, S. 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 138; P.A. 11-6, S. 121; 11-61, S. 18; P.A. 13-184, S. 87; P.A. 15-244, S. 91.)
History: P.A. 97-309 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 97-322 changed effective date of P.A. 97-309 but without affecting this section; P.A. 00-170 increased the amount of motor vehicle fuels revenues deposited into the fund to $11,500,000 as of the calendar quarter ending September 30, 2000, and each quarter thereafter, effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 00-196 made technical changes; P.A. 01-105 made technical changes; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1 added provisions for amounts to be transferred for calendar quarters ending September 30, 2002, and prior to September 30, 2003, and for calendar quarters thereafter, effective July 1, 2002; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-4 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a)(1) to (5), added Subsec. (a)(6) to (10) re deposits into Special Transportation Fund in calendar quarters ending September 30, 2005, to September 30, 2013, and thereafter, and added Subsec. (b) re procedures in case of shortfall in receipts, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 06-136 added new Subsec. (b) re deposit of annual amount for quarterly transfers into fund, redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as new Subsec. (c) and made conforming changes in Subsecs. (a) and (c), effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 06-187 amended new Subsec. (b) by deleting “attributable to sales of motor vehicle fuel” and made technical changes in new Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 07-199 amended Subsec. (b) by decreasing the amount of the annual transfer in fiscal year 2008 from $164,000,000 to $131,000,000, in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 from $180,900,000 to $145,300,000, in fiscal years 2011 to 2013, inclusive, from $200,900,000 to $165,300,000, and in fiscal years 2014 and thereafter from $219,400,000 to $179,200,000, effective July 1, 2007; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 amended Subsec. (b) by decreasing the amount of the annual transfer in fiscal year 2008 from $131,100,000 to $127,800,000, and in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 from $145,300,000 to $141,900,000, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 11-6 amended Subsec. (b) by increasing amount of the annual transfer in fiscal year 2012 from $165,300,000 to $226,900,000, in fiscal year 2013 from $165,300,000 to $199,400,000, in fiscal year 2014 from $179,200,000 to $222,700,000, in fiscal year 2015 from $179,200,000 to $226,800,000 and in fiscal year 2016 and thereafter from $179,200,000 to $231,400,000, and added Subsec. (d) re calculation of tax revenues to determine future transfers, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-61 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) to specify that Subsecs. are notwithstanding Sec. 13b-61(a), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-184 amended Subsec. (b) by increasing amount of annual transfer in fiscal year 2014 from $222,700,000 to $380,700,000, in fiscal year 2015 from $226,800,000 to $379,100,000 and in fiscal year 2016 and thereafter from $231,400,000 to $377,300,000, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 15-244 deleted Subsec. (a) designator, added provision re deposit by Comptroller into Special Transportation Fund, for calendar quarters ending on or after September 30, 2015, of funds received from tax under Sec. 12-587, and deleted former Subsec. (b) re deposit of annual amount for quarterly transfers into fund, Subsec. (c) re shortfall transfers and Subsec. (d) re percentage calculation, effective July 1, 2015.

Structure Connecticut General Statutes

Connecticut General Statutes

Title 13b - Transportation

Chapter 243 - Infrastructure Program

Section 13b-58. - State Transportation Fund established.

Section 13b-59. - Definitions.

Section 13b-60. - Moneys in Transportation Fund to be paid into General Fund.

Section 13b-61. - Revenues credited to General Fund. Revenues credited to Special Transportation Fund.

Section 13b-61a. - Deposit of revenues from gross earnings from sales of petroleum products attributable to sales of motor vehicle fuel, and from sales of petroleum products generally, into Special Transportation Fund.

Section 13b-61b. - Deposits of revenues from sales of motor vehicles taxable under section 12-431.

Section 13b-61c. - Transfers from the General Fund to the Special Transportation Fund.

Section 13b-62 to 13b-67. - Moneys in Transportation Fund from state securities or federal grants to be paid into General Fund. Fund only for transportation purposes; appropriations for mass transportation controlled. Percentage of appropriations req...

Section 13b-68. - Special Transportation Fund. Use of fund. Transportation Grants and Restricted Accounts Fund.

Section 13b-69. - Expenditure of resources of Special Transportation Fund.

Section 13b-70. - Surcharges on motor vehicle related fines, penalties and other charges.

Section 13b-74. - Special tax obligation bonds for transportation projects. Purposes.

Section 13b-75. - Definitions.

Section 13b-76. - Bond procedures and provisions.

Section 13b-77. - Covenants.

Section 13b-77a. - Annual report re certain special tax obligation bonds.

Section 13b-78. - Loan or other credit agreements with the U.S. Department of Transportation. Special tax obligation bonds. Federal transportation bonds.

Section 13b-78k. - New Haven Line revitalization program: Definitions.

Section 13b-78l. - New Haven Line revitalization program: Duties of Commissioner of Transportation.

Section 13b-78m. - New Haven Line rail fare increases. Regulations.

Section 13b-78n. - Solicitation of bids.

Section 13b-78o. - Annual report.

Section 13b-78p. - Bond issue for rail cars, maintenance facility and related projects.

Section 13b-78q. - Bond issue for improvements to Interstate 95, transportation system improvements and bus rolling stock.

Section 13b-78r. - Bond issue for Fix-it-First program to repair state roads. Report.

Section 13b-78s. - Bond issue for Fix-it-First program to repair state bridges. Report.

Section 13b-78t. - Bond issue for Fix-it-First program for railroad crossings at grade.

Section 13b-78u. - Bond issue for environmental clean-up of highway service plazas.

Section 13b-79 to 13b-79b. - Updating of ten-year plan for bridge repair and road resurfacing; annual report to General Assembly. Reports concerning the transportation program authorized pursuant to special act 84-52 and public act 84-254. Reports co...

Section 13b-79c. - Funding level of mass transit projects financed through special transportation bonds.

Section 13b-79d. - Notification plan re significant highway or railway incidents. Permanent retention of personal information. Prohibition.

Section 13b-79m and 13b-79n. - Transportation Accountability Board established; duties. Reports of board.

Section 13b-79o. - Definitions.

Section 13b-79p. - Duties of Commissioner of Transportation re strategic transportation projects and initiatives, transportation improvement projects and state transportation plans.

Section 13b-79q. - Special tax obligation bonds.

Section 13b-79r. - Grant anticipation revenue vehicle bonds. Grant Anticipation Transportation Fund.

Section 13b-79s. - Duties of Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management re transportation projects and initiatives.

Section 13b-79t. - Solicitation of bids or qualifications.

Section 13b-79u. - Operation of New Haven-Hartford-Springfield rail line.

Section 13b-79v. - Funds available through Commissioner of Economic and Community Development and Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.

Section 13b-79w. - Loans from Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated.

Section 13b-79x. - Governor's recommendations re transportation projects.

Section 13b-79y. - Discussions with Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island re commuter and freight mobility in region.

Section 13b-79z. - Annual report re implementation status of transportation projects and initiatives.

Section 13b-79kk. - Transit-oriented development projects.

Section 13b-79ll. - Bond issue for transit-oriented development pilot program. Projects. Grants.