Connecticut General Statutes 16-331bb – Municipal video competition trust account
(a) There is established an account to be known as the “municipal video competition trust account”, which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by this section to be deposited in the account. In the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2008, and in each fiscal year thereafter, the amount in said account at the end of the preceding fiscal year shall be distributed as property tax relief to the towns, cities and boroughs of this state pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 16-331bb
- Certified competitive video service provider: means an entity providing video service pursuant to a certificate of video franchise authority issued by the authority in accordance with section 16-331e. See Connecticut General Statutes 16-1
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- legislative body: means : (1) As applied to unconsolidated towns, the town meeting. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
- Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. Source: OCC
- Video service: means video programming services provided through wireline facilities, a portion of which are located in the public right-of-way, without regard to delivery technology, including Internet protocol technology. See Connecticut General Statutes 16-1
(b) The Comptroller shall deposit into the municipal video competition trust account, established pursuant to this section, a sum not to exceed five million dollars per fiscal year from the gross earnings tax imposed on certified competitive video service providers pursuant to section 12-256.
(c) (1) The amount to be distributed to each town from said account shall be a proportional part of the total amount of such distribution determined with respect to each town by the following ratio: The total number of subscribers to certified competitive video service located in such town at the end of the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year during which the distribution to municipalities under this section occurs shall be the numerator of the fraction, and the total number of subscribers to certified competitive video service located in all towns in this state at the end of such fiscal year shall be added together, and the sum shall be the denominator of the fraction.
(2) Any city or borough not consolidated with the town in which it is located and any town containing such a city or borough shall receive a portion of the amount allocated to such town under subdivision (1) of this subsection on the basis of the following ratio: The total property taxes levied by such town, city or borough in the most recent fiscal year for which a certified copy of an audit report is received by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, in accordance with section 7-393, shall be the numerator of the fraction, and the total property taxes levied in such fiscal year by the town and all cities or boroughs located within such town shall be added together, and the sum shall be the denominator of the fraction. On and after July 1, 2009, the town in which a city or borough is located shall be entitled to retain the amount otherwise allocable to a city or borough under the provisions of this subsection if the application of such ratio results in an allocation of less than five dollars to such city or borough. Any such city or borough may, by vote of its legislative body, direct the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management to reallocate all or a portion of the share of such city or borough to the town in which it is located.
(d) Not later than September 15, 2008, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall certify to the Comptroller the amount to be paid to each municipality from said account in accordance with this section and the Comptroller shall draw the Comptroller’s order on the Treasurer not later than the twenty-fifth day of September in the same year. The Treasurer shall pay the respective amount to each municipality in accordance with this section on or before the thirtieth day of September in the same year.
(e) Not later than July 30, 2008, and annually thereafter, each certified competitive video service provider shall file with the Office of Policy and Management the total number of subscribers to certified competitive video service in each town and the total subscribers to certified competitive video service in all towns in this state as of the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year.