Connecticut § 3-22u - CHET Baby Scholars fund and program.

§ 3-22u. CHET Baby Scholars fund and program.

Sec. 3-22u. CHET Baby Scholars fund and program. (a) There is established an account to be known as the “CHET Baby Scholars fund” which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account shall be expended by the office of the Treasurer for the purposes of the CHET Baby Scholars program established pursuant to this section.

(b) The Treasurer shall use the funds deposited into the CHET Baby Scholars fund for the purpose of establishing the CHET Baby Scholars program. The program shall promote college education savings by providing a maximum incentive contribution of two hundred fifty dollars from the CHET Baby Scholars fund to a designated beneficiary in the Connecticut Higher Education Trust established pursuant to sections 3-22f to 3-22p, inclusive. For purposes of this section, “designated beneficiary” has the meaning as provided in section 3-22f, except that, for purposes of this section, such beneficiary shall be born or legally adopted on or after January 1, 2014, and shall be a state resident at the time the Treasurer provides an incentive contribution.

(c) The Treasurer shall provide, from the available funds in the CHET Baby Scholars fund, incentive contributions to be credited toward the savings plan in the Connecticut Higher Education Trust for a designated beneficiary in the amounts of (1) one hundred dollars, provided a depositor enters into a participation agreement not later than the first birthday of the designated beneficiary, or, in the case of a designated beneficiary who is adopted, not later than one year after the date the designated beneficiary is legally adopted, and (2) one hundred fifty dollars, provided the designated beneficiary's savings plan has received deposits totaling at least one hundred fifty dollars, exclusive of the initial incentive contribution made pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, not later than the designated beneficiary's fourth birthday, or, in the case of a designated beneficiary who is adopted, not later than four years after the date of adoption.

(d) The Treasurer may enter into one or more contractual agreements to fulfill the purpose of this section, and any such contractual agreement shall specify the rules of participation in the CHET Baby Scholars program. The Treasurer may pay for costs incidental to establishing the CHET Baby Scholars fund or the CHET Baby Scholars program, and any administrative costs related to maintaining such program, from the CHET Baby Scholars fund established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.

(P.A. 14-217, S. 27.)

History: P.A. 14-217 effective July 1, 2014.