{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-2-36","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 2-36","heading":"Deficiency bills.","body":"On the day the Governor submits a budget document to the General Assembly, or a report on the status of the budget enacted in the previous year, pursuant to section 4-71, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall submit to the Treasurer and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, through the Office of Fiscal Analysis, any items to be included in a deficiency bill, which may be passed by the General Assembly to pay expenses of the current fiscal year of the biennium. Each such item shall be accompanied by a statement which explains the need for a deficiency appropriation. Any agency which has an item to be included in the deficiency bill shall, on such day, submit a report to said joint standing committee, through the Office of Fiscal Analysis, concerning any steps taken by the agency to reduce or eliminate the deficiency.","path":["TITLE 2. GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND LEGISLATIVE AGENCIES","CHAPTER 16. GENERAL ASSEMBLY"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/sup/chap_016.htm#sec_2-36","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:19Z","sha256":"5b684a7f9741442a5ef823e5d70af00a7bdbdf2d34393a056bfc8e81df4da4d0","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-2-35c","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-2-36a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}