Connecticut § 4-39 - Transfer of appropriations upon transfer of functions or deinstitutionalization of clients.
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§ 4-39. Transfer of appropriations upon transfer of functions or deinstitutionalization of clients.
Sec. 4-39. Transfer of appropriations upon transfer of functions or deinstitutionalization of clients. (a) The Governor shall determine the amount of any appropriation or appropriations granted by the General Assembly to any department, institution or agency for the financing of functions, powers or duties which are transferred or assigned under the provisions of any act of the General Assembly and shall have full authority, with the approval of the Finance Advisory Committee, to transfer any such amount to the department, institution, agency or authority to which any such function, power or duty is transferred or assigned.
(b) Where a state agency plans to move or moves clients from a state-operated or contracted-for facility or institution into the community and such move increases the costs of another state agency, the Governor, with the approval of the Finance Advisory Committee, may transfer sufficient funds to cover such increased costs from the appropriations of the agency which moved the clients to the appropriations of the agency which incurred the additional costs.
(1949 Rev., S. 279; P.A. 86-281, S. 12; P.A. 93-247, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 86-281 added reference to “authority”; P.A. 93-247 made existing provisions Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re transfer of funds to cover additional costs incurred by an agency because of another agency's action, effective July 1, 1993.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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