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Connecticut · Through Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-66aa: Donald E. Williams, Jr. community investment account. Distribution of funds.

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  1. TITLE 4. MANAGEMENT OF STATE AGENCIES
  2. CHAPTER 50. OFFICE OF POLICY AND MANAGEMENT: GENERAL PROVISIONS; BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS; STATE PLANNING
  3. PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

There is established a separate, nonlapsing account to be known as the “Donald E. Williams, Jr. community investment account”. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. The funds in the account shall be distributed every three months as follows: (1) Twelve dollars of each fee credited to said account shall be deposited into the agriculture sustainability account established pursuant to section 4-66cc and, then, of the remaining funds, (2) twenty-five per cent to the Department of Economic and Community Development to use as follows: (A) Four hundred seventy-five thousand dollars, annually, to supplement the technical assistance and preservation activities of the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, established pursuant to special act 75-93, and (B) the remainder to supplement historic preservation activities as provided in sections 10-409 to 10-415, inclusive; (3) twenty-five per cent to the Department of Housing to supplement new or existing affordable housing programs; (4) twenty-five per cent to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection for municipal open space grants; and (5) twenty-five per cent to the Department of Agriculture to use as follows: (A) Six hundred twenty-five thousand dollars annually for the agricultural viability grant program established pursuant to section 22-26j; (B) six hundred twenty-five thousand dollars annually for the farm transition program established pursuant to section 22-26k; (C) one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars annually to encourage the sale of Connecticut-grown food to schools, restaurants, retailers and other institutions and businesses in the state; (D) ninety-three thousand seven hundred fifty dollars annually for the Connecticut farm link program established pursuant to section 22-26l; (E) fifty-nine thousand three hundred seventy-five dollars annually for the Seafood Advisory Council established pursuant to section 22-455; (F) fifty-nine thousand three hundred seventy-five dollars annually for the Connecticut Farm Wine Development Council established pursuant to section 22-26c; (G) thirty-one thousand two hundred fifty dollars annually to the Connecticut Food Policy Council established pursuant to section 22-456; and (H) the remainder for farmland preservation programs pursuant to chapter 422. Each agency receiving funds under this section may use not more than ten per cent of such funds for administration of the programs for which the funds were provided.

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